In
Week Five, we went on and excursion to the Perth Mint and Bell Tower, as part
of our integrated HASS program. First, we went to the Mint. We got to see a
demonstration about how gold is put into a big furnace turned from a nugget
into a gold bar. We even saw a 1 000 000 dollar gold coin! Next we set of to
the Bell Tower. We learnt that it was built in the year 2000, as a special
Millennium project. We got to see the big “clangers.” The highlights were going
onto the observation deck and getting a 360 degree view of Perth City and
having a go at ringing the bells. We may have some future bell ringers in our
midst.
In
Science, we have been learning about shadows. We conducted an experiment to
observe how Sammy the Snail’s shadow changed throughout the day. We concluded
that as the sun moved, so did his shadow. It started to the left of Sammy,
moved behind him at midday, before ending up behind Sammy. 
We
were very excited to hear that Ms Roberts had been to see our Canadian pen pals
while she was on her holiday. The Year Two teacher, Ms Fulton, and her class
had written us a card! Our pen pals live in a
place called Taber, which is located in Alberta, Canada. They attend Dr. Hamman
School, which is a bit smaller than ours. It is their summer at the moment and
they finish school at the end of June. We have posted them letters and
hopefully they get them before they go on summer break!
