End of term fun!

Coffs Harbour Primary School is home to a very diverse community of staff, students and their families. Everyone brings with them different beliefs and customs and the school prides itself on creating an environment that is inclusive  for all our community.

This week students and staff have been extremely busy with science, Easter and holiday craft activities. The main theme of all of this was eggs!  In four days Mrs Booth saw  fresh, boiled, chocolate, paper and ceramic eggs. Eggs, eggs and more eggs; even eggsperiments 🙂

Many students from Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 enjoyed making holiday hats and masks and others created Easter bonnets. Everyone was extremely busy. The highlight for many children and their families was the Easter hat parade and this was performed in our beautiful school hall.

Science was also a huge theme this week with Stage 2 and 3 students designing unique contraptions to protect a fresh egg from damage when launched off the Stage 3 balcony. The height was approximately 4 meters and sadly a number of the eggs were not wearing seatbelts  and nearly landed in some of the audience members laps! Garang had designed a very effective parachute that slowed his eggs descent and it  gently floated to the ground. Another student had a commercially made egg balloon but alas, the egg was doomed and did not survive the drop 🙁 To keep with fair testing in a scientific investigation Miss Callinan launched all the final eggs off the balcony and everyone discovered what a good throwing arm she has!

Everyone loved this activity and, with the weather sunny and clear and only a mild breeze, the conditions were perfect.

Holiday Masks, Hats and Easter Bonnets on PhotoPeach

Grace explains why her egg survived from Coffs Harbour PS on Vimeo.

Garang’s Egg from Coffs Harbour PS on Vimeo.

Stage 2 Eggsperiments from Coffs Harbour PS on Vimeo.

Mrs Booth

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