Dear Parents,
This term the students have done lots of different things. We have written a quick summary for you.
MARKET DAY
Market Day this year had lots of fun stalls as well as stalls with delicious food. From the feedback we got from students involved in buying things, it was an extremely fun day and they enjoyed it. $874.10 was raised for a charity to be finalised. They are looking forward to the next Market Day planned for 2023.
CAMPS
There were two camps held this week that were fun and exciting. House 2 went to Narnu Farm and did activities like horse rides and butter making. House 3 went to Arbury Park and they did a lot of activities but their favourites were campfire cooking, freshwater life and the 'web of life' chasey game. The nights were cold but everyone really enjoyed themselves at these camps.
BOOK WEEK
The Book Week theme this year was “Old worlds, new worlds, other worlds”. People came to school fabulously dressed up with amazing costumes, even staff. One staff member dressed as Tin Man from Wizard of Oz and another as Huggdapuss, (which is the character that looks like an octopus from Kimochis).
SCIENCE WEEK
This year’s theme for Science Week was “Food by design”. In Science we talked about genetically modified fruits and vegetables. The idea is to make a fruit that is easy to grow so that it was cheaper for people in places like Africa to buy it.
SPORTS DAY
Everyone performed well and had a lot of fun on Sports Day. Tate won the Championship shield and Kaurna won the Fair Play shield.
MISSION TO MARS EXCURSIONS
All students in Yrs 5-7 went to Hamilton High School to experience what Hamilton Space had made which was an interactive excursion that they called Mission to Mars. First there was an informative clip, then everyone changed into a spacesuit to ‘explore’ Mars. The spacesuits were real NASA suits with helmets, coms and a backpack with a fan for an oxygen tank. The students who were not ‘exploring’ got to be Mission Control which was just as fun.
CASUAL DAY TODAY
Thank you to everyone for dressing up in support of sports teams or in casual clothes today. We raised $460 which will be sent to the Heart Foundation charity.
We have had an interesting and exciting term.
From the Lighthouse Leaders