Editor’s Note: Last week our Year 4 students, staff and parent helpers climbed onto their bikes and set off for Bike Camp. Their overnight stay was an exciting first for many students who were very active, on and off their bikes, for the duration of the camp. Thank you to Nicholas T. from T3 for […]
Ms Angell has been leading a crusade against waste at MRPS. She appears regularly at assemblies to promote key recycling projects and she’s just upped the ante with the Plastic Free July challenge, which still has a week to go. Our school canteen has joined her in this challenge by making these changes: paper straws instead […]
Working with the Cape to Cape Catchment Group, Year 6 students in Rooms 11 and 12 have been researching the health of the Margaret River. Their research culminated in a presentation of their findings at the Cape to Cape Confluence, held in the undercover area last week. They shared their main message with the rest […]
T6 students have been busily immersing themselves in the fascinating topic of sustainability as they start their new inquiry topic, “Grow Your Own”. Students have been learning though all their senses as they discover the principles of Permaculture, an example of sustainable farming. They have “obtained a yield” from the Kitchen Garden and constructed solar […]
Last Friday Room 6 students had an exciting morning constructing their Spacecraft designs from recycled materials. Our room was transformed into a high performance construction zone with some incredible results! Students had to meet criteria such as: aerodynamic shape; provide the power to break through Earth’s atmosphere; surface to be able to survive friction heat […]
