Imagineers program
Students are selected through a thorough testing schedule and in collaboration with their classroom teacher to take part in various programs.
Students can be selected to take part in: Literacy, Mathematics and IMAGINeers.
Students are in the process of choosing the IMAGINeer courses. They can choose from the following options:
Literacy Circles: This program teaches students in year 6 independent learning skills as well as higher order thinking skills through carefully set tasks which students rotate through.
Visual Literacy: The year 5 students are learning Visual Literacy modes. We use these skills to write our own picture book to enter in the Tim Winton picture book writing competition.
Animation: Year 4 students learn all about speech writing skills and how to complete a storyboard. The students will write a script and make an animation at the end of their course.
Mathematics: Students learn problem solving skills using the Australian Mathematics Trust maths problems. Year 3 and 4 students will take part in a problem based competition in term 3. Year 5 and ^ students are able to research a Maths concept and make a video explaining how Maths makes anything possible. The video's will be entered into a competition.
Synergy Solar Car Challenge: A small group of year 6 students are building their own solar cars. They learn all about the angle of the sun and circuits. On Tuesday March 19 they will compete against students from school across Kalgoorlie to race their cars.
Science in Art: students can learn all about the Great Western Woodlands; The significance of the Great Western Woodlands on our eco system; how to identify plant species; what are mordants?; how do mordants effect the colour of plant dyes?; students will also print plant materials on silk using the technique of Eco dying, Our research will be guided by Inquiry Based Learning.
Robotics: students learn about computational and algorithmic thinking and programming skills. Working with four EV3 Mindstorms robots, students develop engineering skills to build their robots to perform a specific task. Using an icon based programming language they learn to make their robot complete any mission.
Business studies: students can develop a business of their choice. They learn to develop their business with a target audience in mind. We learn how to make our business sustainable for the environment and financially. Students can choose to develop: web design skills, learn about advertising, and how to package our goods producing minimum waste.
Forensics: In Forensics students learn about the science behind crime solving. We look at finger printing, chromatography and handwriting analyses, blood spatters, solve coded messages. Students will also solve crimes and learn questioning skills that can secure a conviction in court. In Philosophy students learn about right and wrong and why people have committed crimes over centuries.
Sustainability Waste: How can we make our lives more sustainable? Waste is a major problem for the future. We investigate the problem in more detail and research hw we can reduce our use of plastics. Students can cook their own biodegradable plastic, learn to make wax based sandwich wraps and produce information for the local community on how to reduce our use of plastic.
Going for Gold: Students learn all about gold mining in Australia. They learn how to identify rock, vegetation around gold finds, how to calculate the density of rocks and they will complete an Engineering challenge to help them to extract their gold.