Pod 3 have been extremely well catered for recently with a range of experiences covering different curriculum areas.

Grade 5’s participated in the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee whereby students did an online spelling test. This was interesting because no student had the same words, but it focussed on their understanding of letter patterns, bases, suffixes and prefixes.

Our whole POD completed our Third Term writing assessment seed which included a card with simply the word CONGRATULATIONS and a cake or two! (Greeted with delight and can we please have a piece?) This open- ended task allowed the students to write in which ever genre they wanted, focussing on voice, sentence structure, coherency, punctuation and presentation.

As part of National Science Week we had three scientists come and share their specialities with us. Thomas Lewis  is a brain electrician or a Neuroscientist which is someone who studies the brain. He tested students taste buds with some very strange, flavoured jelly. Shasta Henry – is an Entomologist, which means she studies bugs and has travelled the world doing just that. She even has a bug named after her. Lyzette Matthews is also a Neuroscientist and has recently delivered her research about MND in Queensland, hopefully getting close to a breakthrough.

Did you know that a brain cell is only 1 Micrometre!!

Did you know that some people donate their bodies for scientific research when they die and this helps scientists to discover new things.

Did you know that when the first fleet landed in Botany Bay a scientist on board took a beetle back to England to research. It is now called the Botany Bay Weevil. 

The big news for the fortnight is the Swimming and Water Safety Program! This has been an amazing program with the students improving so much every day in confidence and their swimming techniques. We have been very pleased with attendance, manners and behaviour! Well done Pod 3!