Term Two Update

Welcome to the Groovy Graduates blog site. It has been a very busy end of Term 1 and beginning of Term 2. The students have sat their NAPLAN testing and we are now continuing our fortnightly tests. These Test Books are sent home once a term for parents to view their students' work. The test books cover the Learning Areas covered in the classroom and they are a good indication to parents, the type of work covered in the class during the term. During Term 1 and Term 2, the students had a task to complete for Technology and Enterprise (T&E). The task was to create a container to help keep a bottle of water cold over a period of an hour. Today, we tested the many different water bottle holders for their temperature rating. Many students created their holders from polystyrene and they were all rather surprised at how cold the water became and how it held it's temperature. Emilee was successful at making a difference in the water temperature over a one hour period.


Checking temperature of the water in the bottle

In the middle of last term, Mrs Lavery announced that we were going to start making a water bottle cooler. When I first started to think about it, I thought to make an esky sort of thing. I was right, we had to make something to freeze a water bottle for a day. Si, I started and in the end I made a big foam box. Inside the box, was a plastic cylinder full of ice. I ended up being in the top 5 students of the class. ......Cassandra

 

Emilee and her winning water cooler container

At the beginning of the term, we had to make "Water Bottle Coolers". We had to make a design, then we had to build it. On the 20 May, we tested out water cooler containers. I won by 1 degree, in 2nd place was Tanisha and Tazmyn. when I heard I won, I was so excited. I didn't think I had a chance of winning......Emilee

ANZAC DAY 2014

Wes and Madison in uniform for the ANZAC ceremony