Jun ior School A day in the life of an Engineer AN initiative of Engineers Australia, EngQuest encourages students to participate in fun, educational engineering activities involving Mathematics, Science and Technology. ON 2 June 2010, Ms Hardy's Year 3 EngQuest class visited Claisebrook Railway Station in East Perth, for a tour of the facilities and to see what Railway Engineers did for a living. The students discovered there were 48 trains at the station, they were washed each night in a huge 'train wash', and each train had eight surveillance cameras and 100 voice recorded messages for the train driver. They now know what a 'bogey' is too! The Year 3s had an opportunity to go under the Australind train, but the highlight was the simulator where they sat at the controls of a train and drove it through the Perth rail network.
Later in the month on 25 June, the Year 4 EngQuest class was also fortunate to attend an interesting excursion. They visited the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at the University of Western Australia and enjoyed seeing the Robotics Laboratory, Renewable Energy Vehicles and the Mechanical Engineering Faculty and their motorsport cars. It was a wonderful afternoon and many of the students are now inspired to become Mechanical Engineers! For more information visit: www.engquest.org.au.
Ms Gail Hardy - Learning Support Coordinator
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full days in Kindy KINDERGARTEN students, teachers and parents enjoyed a wonderful event on 24 February 2010. THE annual Kindergarten Family Day marks the end of half days for the students and celebrates the start of their full-day attendance at Kindergarten. Bloopo the Clown performed fun magic tricks before everyone enjoyed a lovely picnic lunch in the Kindergarten 22
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playground and classrooms. It was a memorable and special day.
Mrs Rebecca Flanagan - Kindergarten Teacher
