PLAYGROUND DESIGN
St Patricks has spent some considerable time working on new playground designs for the school. All the design work came to fruition when we had a visit from Lance with plants, plans and spades to [...]
Space
St Patricks has been looking at order from chaos (Yes we have!). As part of our space study we wanted to see the vastness of the solar system. If the sun was reduced to the [...]
Winter poetry
Is it only recently that winter has departed for the joys of spring? On the last foggy day St Patricks rushed out to grab some fog and bring it into the classroom to write cinquain [...]
St Patricks taking their time.
As part of our maths study on time, the girls and boys of St Patrick set out to design their own sundials to help them tell the time. We were blessed with two sunny days [...]
St Patrick’s dig archaeology
On Friday St Patricks began excavating a site at St Leo's as part of our archaeology inquiry. The site was divided into one metre squares the which teams of archaeologists were assigned. The teams had [...]
Beach Clean Up!
St Patricks and St Catherines show concern for the environment by cleaning Torpedo Bay. The children enjoyed scouring the beach and rock pools looking for rubbish and other foreign objects. This fits in with our [...]