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Excursion Notice

Excursion to Old Melbourne Gaol - Grades 3 and 4

"Inventing transport toys as a class and a device to fulfill a need in the community at home"

Grade 3/4B have been working in their resilience tribes to research, choose, design and construct a transport toy out of household waste or unused materials from our garage. Here is a pictorial account of how this project underwent.

 

Research Phase

Ethan and Josh researching 'horse and carts.'

 

Josh and Ethan

Ethan: "Josh and I worked hard and got some good information"

 

 

Damon and Keith researching 'cars'

Keith and Damon 

Damon: “Later Keith and I got more fast facts off the internet”

 

Kevin and Vince researching 'horse and carts'

Kevin and Vince

 

Kevin 'I like working with Vince because we make a good team.'

 

Building Phase

 

Sebastian, Ned and Keith 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sebastian: “We all talked lots and it took ages before we started work, when we did the car looked so good we were all surprised!’

Sasha and Charlie

Sasha and Charlie

 

 

 

Charlie; "We took our project home and our built the boat at my house, it was good because I got to get to know some new people"

Rebecca and her team making a Paddlesteamer

Rebecca and Kevin 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rebecca; 'We used paint pens to paint our boat at school'

 

 

 

Showing our work to the class

Elizabeth car speech 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth: “I was really nervous when presenting to the class but it all worked out in the end.”

 

GRADE 3/B Take home projects

Using the links below have a look at some of the creative inventions 3/4B have been producing!

The Edible Tie by Ethan  

 

Sebastian Invention

 

Paw washes

 

Bananas 101Sasha

 

Madeline

 

Inventions Charlie

 

By Jessica

 

bb karla

 

Bathroom Buddy Rebecca

 

Grace  

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