Syndal South Primary School

John Monash Science School students completed a range of experiments including chromatography, diffusion and making bubble tea! 🧬 🧪 🧫 🔬

Yesterday our Year 4 students rode to Valley Reserve for a picnic lunch. They were able to apply all of their Bike Education skills and knowledge acquired over the last two terms. Thanks to our staff and parent helpers for making this valuable experience possible. 🚲

❄️⛷️ A day on the slopes! Our Grade 5/6 students had an incredible ski day at Mount Buller, embracing the snow, challenging themselves and making memories together. 🏔️🎿

Big thanks to our awesome staff members and parent helpers who made it possible. 🤩

Yesterday, our Year 3-6 students were visited by author and illustrator Gabrielle Wang. Many of her books have been shortlisted for significant awards and she was the Australian Children’s Laureate in 2022–2023. It was a great way to celebrate Book Week. 📚✏️

We had the most fantastic book characters attend Syndal South today. Well done everyone! 📚

As part of our Book Week celebrations, we welcomed Heidi McKinnon to SSPS. We love Heidi’s books and had a go at drawing her famous character, Floof. 🐱

At John Monash Science School students enjoyed a Biology lesson. They looked at onion cells and pond water under the microscope, observed living creatures and created a robotic hand. 🐸🔬

Year 1 Digital Technologies - Students are learning to program Bee-Bots by creating and following sequences of instructions. They are developing their problem-solving skills by identifying ‘bugs’ in their code, working out where their program has gone wrong, and reprogramming the Bee-Bot to successfully reach its destination. 🐝🤖

Issue #13

Last week our students enjoyed a Cheese Toastie from the Cheer Toastie Truck. Thanks so much to all of our parent helpers. 🧀