Parkhill Kids

Here are some recycling or environment games that you can enjoy
Earth Day
Michael, Michael, Go Recycle! – pick up all the litter and put it into the correct bins
Visy Enviromaniacs! – try a number of games with an environmental theme
Now go out there and save the world – on your computer!!

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No, that doesn’t mean we’re putting weblinks through the recycling factory, but, it does mean Miss Ryan has been very busy finding useful sites for you to visit! These sites will be all about our topic for this term – the four Rs! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle… and, hmmmm, what do you think is the other [...]

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Welcome back to what looks to be another busy year in grades 3 and 4 at Parkhill! We’ve been pretty quiet on our blog, but no doubt that will change as the year gets going. Wondering what the title means? That’s the name of our Integrated topic this term, looking at rules and laws.
We’ve got [...]

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I wonder how well you know plants? I’ll bet by the end of this term the answer will be “a whole lot”! Here’s some activities that help you remember flower part names, and the activity that encourages you to balance what a plant needs to help it grow happy and healthy. See how well you [...]

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Our topics are open and ready for commenting! All we need now are the students! You can expect your username and password to gain access to the forum soon… Be patient!

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Here are the results of the poll about “who is the best athlete from the Olympic Games?”…. the winner is Michael Phelps! 180 people voted, over two weeks in August. Did you vote? What do you think of the results?

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Here are some DigiLearn activities, to help you learn about Australia…
Going to School - compare two different Australian students
Gold Rush – find out about Victoria in the 1860s, during the Gold Rush!

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Here’s an interesting DigiLearn object. It’s all about Ned Kelly.

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“This House” is a Digilearn activity series, where you can see how Australian houses have changed over time. Different people move in, and they bring special objects with them.
Ballarat, VIC
Ainslie, ACT
Broome, WA
Darwin, Northern Territory
Leichhardt, NSW
Mackay, Queensland

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It was Science Week last week (16 August), and to celebrate that, an interesting Sim game was written, called “Catchment Detox”. It’s all part of a Science National Project. There are prizes up for grabs, but most importantly, it lets us see how difficult it is to manage a water catchment. Try it for yourself!

Catchment Detox

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