The Year 4 students have completed a unit on information report writing. They had a number of weeks to research a plant native to another country and write an information report in their own words. They initially learnt how to research on google by entering only key words, and learnt how do identify trustworthy websites….
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Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs Program
As part of our recycling program, Thomas Mitchell Primary School is now collection bread tags for the Aussie Bread Tags for Wheelchairs Program. This program began in South Africa to raise money for money for people in need of wheel chairs and has now been set up in Australia. During term 2, as a total…
Eco Kids 2019 – Sustainability
Introducing the Eco Kids, Eco Ambassadors and Sustainability Leader for 2019. Each class has chosen a representative to be the Eco Warrior for their class. They will attend weekly meetings, where they will have discussions on what can be done around the school to support our sustainability program. They will also be active members involved…
Investigating Plants – Year 4
During Term 4, the Year 4 students are investigating plants. As part of this unit we are investigating plants that the indigenous people use. We have variety of these already growing at school such as the lemon myrtle, native pig face and native mint. The students will also look at how trees were used for…
Environmental Waste – Year 4
During Harmony Day, the Year 4 students had discussions about reducing waste in our environment. We looked at different food and drink items and how they created waste and we investigated other options that would reduce waste. We then connected our discussions and investigations with a number of Global Goals. 13 – Climate Action (reducing…
Outdoor Classroom
By Liz Cooke—Sustainability Coordinator During the first week of Term 4, we have been participating in the Outdoor Classroom. This is an international program, encouraging students and teachers to take their lessons in to the outdoors. With research showing that a larger number of children and adults do not spend much time in the outdoors,…
Clean Up Australia Day
We took part in Clean Up Australia Day. Classes went out into the school grounds to collect rubbish and then reported back the types of rubbish that were found. Our main issue is food wrappers. We have come up with some suggestions to assist in the reduction of the waste in the grounds. These are…
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