Mathematics Science and Language
Mathematics
Term 3 is almost over all our students deserve a good rest. This term they worked hard to complete their statistical projects. The second topic that we have started to learn was the complex arithmetic’s of algebra. Most students did well and learned how to calculate and how to use the algebra to solve problems. Students also worked to develop a good understanding how to use the mathematics in an everyday context. For example, how to calculate the cost of petrol or how use percentages in everyday situations.
Science
It is important to learn how to clearly communicate any key message. Our students learnt how to and why they need to communicate their scientific findings in a logical and meaningful way. In order to do this, students needed to explain why they are testing a hypothesis, what methodology they used, what they found, and why this finding was meaningful. This term science lessons have been reversed. Students are first finding the interesting experiment and then they preparing the scientific way of testing and reporting for the chosen topic. They prepared list of material that they needed to test their hypotheses and in term 4 we are going to start with conducting some interesting experiments. Some students are going to create an Ice-cream in the bag, a second group decided to test a Pasta Rocket, a third group of students are going to create a smoke bomb and the fourth group of students decided on creating a Key ring smoke bomb. All students are excited about their experiment and I am looking forward to their experiments.