During the time of learning remotely, many students across the school have been engaged in enrichment projects to encourage and nurture their curiosity, research skills and engagement in higher order thinking.  Students in Year 4 completed a project based on the novel “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio.

It was amazing doing the Wonder project, I learnt information that I probably never would of otherwise and it was challenging as well as engaging. I learnt about really cool facts like the genetic makeup of the syndrome and how the syndrome is caused by changes in any of several genes.

I was excited when we were told to do the Wonder research project because I love finding out new information about interesting things. I also would like to be a doctor when I grow up (if I can't be an actor) so I thought it was cool that I could learn about a syndrome because I have always been interested in finding out about medical conditions and diseases - Miller Charnock

The Wonder project was amazing. I liked it because it was challenging and fun at the same time. My favorite part of the Project was  looking the information up on the Internet.  It was probably my favorite project I have done in a long time. My precept - If you have a choice between being kind or looking normal.  Choose kind! - Elliot Mole

This project was super fun, I loved it but it was quite hard so my parents helped me a little bit. It made me think about how it would feel to have Treacher-Collins Syndrome. I know they might get bullied at school (if they go ) and that would feel really sad.  Personally if I had Treacher-Collins Syndrome I would beg my parents not to go to school because I would get bullied and I don’t like to get bullied as it always makes me feel sad and upset. I  really feel for the people all over the world that have Treacher-Collins Syndrome so please don’t judge a person by their face - Isaac Moran

Year 5 completed an interest project based on the science unit of work.  I researched gravity. 

Gravity is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center. The force of gravity keeps all of the planets in orbit around the sun. Why do you land on the ground when you jump up instead of floating off into space? Why do things fall when you throw them or drop them? The answer is gravity: an invisible force that pulls objects toward each other. Earth's gravity is what keeps you on the ground and what makes things fall. I created a diorama of the solar system to show where gravity is evident in space - Mattias Flynn

CSO Virtual Art Gallery

All students in our school have been invited to participate in the CSO Virtual Art Gallery project.  The Virtual Art Gallery will go live in Week 10 of this term.  Students are encouraged to submit work with a positive, hopeful and uplifting message.  Many classes are creating artworks as part of their school work however if students would like to submit additional art they can do so but bringing it to school or emailing a scanned copy to the school email address by week 7. For more information please contact Mrs Belinda Pearson.