Our Year 3/4 students were fortunate to have had great weather for their biennial Kangaroobie adventure camp and they made the most of this opportunity! It was a wonderful chance for our students to learn more about themselves and their peers while experiencing many of the features of our South West region. Students were challenged by team building activities, fun obstacles courses and were able to partake in daily farming routines. Matt Bowker spoke to the students about where our food comes from and the finer points of animal husbandry. There was heaps of mud, laughter and fun had by all. On the 9th November 2021, the Year Prep students were part of a field trip to the Heytesbury and District Landcare Network (HDLN) nursery and Berry World where they explored even more about ‘How things grow’. After planting out seedlings in tubes at the nursery, the Preps were fortunate enough to be able to take some of those seedlings home. Fast forward 20 months, and a photo memory of the Preps’ seedlings popped up on HDLN’s Project Officer, Kate Leslie’s phone. Kate contacted Andrea asking if it would be possible to ask the Preps’ parents how the gifted seedlings were doing. Anna Stephens replied to the Compass request and forwarded a photo of Emily Stephens with the Peppermint Gum she planted in 2021 that is doing very well at their front gate in Cowleys Creek. You can check out the original post on 19/11/21 as described on the TAP Blog http://timboonagproject.weebly.com/tap-blog/archives/11-2021/2 From little things… This term during their History unit, Exploring the Past and Present, the Year 1/2 students have been comparing how different jobs, tasks or things were in the past as compared to the present and potentially, into the future. After watching a movie about how butter was churned the students made their own butter by shaking thickened cream in a jar. The class recorded the materials, ingredients and method in a butter flipbook and discussed the process to consider if it was how they imagined it would be, did it take long and best of all, did it taste good on the crackers!! This year, the Year 5/6B class are the custodians of five Hy-Line Brown commercial pullets that we have been given to raise as part of the Royal Melbourne Show Schools Poultry Competition. Currently the pullets are visiting the School and residing in the new chook tractor provided by Ms Hampson and Pat Wallace while Mr Cook and the Year 7/8 Hands on Learning (HOL) team build a more permanent chook shed. The Year 5/6 students will care for the chickens as classroom pets until September when the birds will be delivered to the Show for a presentation and judging of the birds and their egg laying ability with students’ project worksheets supporting the School’s entry. The Competition offers a unique hands-on educational experience for students and assists with developing new skills and inspiring interest in career options in agriculture, especially around poultry and caring for animals. We are grateful to Pat Wallace for this wonderful opportunity and thank Ben Boyd from Ridley’s Agriproducts who donated bags of Pullet Grower Crumble and Golden Yolk Pellets for our birds. Watch this space for more updates about our School chooks and how we learn about putting the chicken before the egg! The thoughts, concerns, and ideas of our Year 9 students about environmental issues that matter to them were recently shared at the Great South Coast Sustainable Energy Forum at Deakin University in Warrnambool. Results to questions about the most urgent sustainability challenge today were shared in a word cloud and students considered ‘How important do you think climate action is for our community?’ The students’ feedback was used as an introduction to the Food and Fibre Great South Coast Sustainability Snapshot that was introduced to attendees including representatives from government, industry and the farming sector. Our students’ input and participation in the forum was tailored to help gain a better understanding of the challenges we all face and help develop strategies for a sustainable future. Thanks to Ms Wakefield and students for your input. Once again we have challenged our Year 8 Science students to produce their very own Camembert in the classroom. In Term 3 the classes are studying the science of cheesemaking including chemistry, food science and scientific processes as they culture their own Camembert cheese. Students learnt about the various types of cultures required to make cheese, the time and precision it takes, the types of milk used, the importance of hygiene and the unit gave students the opportunity to be involved in a real-life, hands-on science project. Schulz Organic Dairy’s Organic Full Cream Milk was being used for two big cheese making days and students produced cheeses that were hooped, brined and turned. Thanks to our cheese making teachers, Mr Mottram, Mrs Maxwell and Mrs Watson for a wonderful hands on learning opportunity! The Term 3 staff room noticeboard is a place to to inspire or intrigue teachers with potential topics and showcase the work undertaken in classrooms across the Timboon P-12 campus. We try to constantly challenge our thinking about what is important to us, and link into local ideas and opportunities in our region to help make our classroom learning even more real and relevant. What can WE TAP into? |
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