Welcome to Long Street Primary School
Long Street Primary School caters for children from Reception to Year Six. We have a proud and distinguished reputation within the education community. Since our foundation in 1971, we have aimed for excellence – in both education and social development. We pride ourselves on commitment and dedication and believe that every child matters. Through community partnerships, we create a high quality learning environment where we work together to realise the maximum potential of each of our learners.
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LEARNING AT LONG STREET 📏🐥
Classes: Bilbies & Possums
Subject: Mini STEM Showdown
Challenge: Balance Birds - Engineering Focus
Teacher: Mr. Christian Smith
Curriculum Partner: University of South Australia
Dispositions: Courage, Creativity, Persistence, Reflectiveness, Resourcefulness
👷 The Mini STEM Showdown is an exciting series of Middle Primary STEM tasks for students to solve!
🦅 This week, learners designed and constructed a balancing bird using 3 tooth picks and modelling clay. The toy must be engineered to balance. This toy doesn’t just stay upright - if you bump or tip it, it sways and swings before coming back to where it started. We looked at the balancing bird and got it to balance on a pyramid and balance on the end of their finger! Just like an engineer, the students needed to refine their design to keep making it better or ‘Beautiful’. We had lots of success in making our birds balance using a variety of different styles and builds.
🏗️ We progressed in our learning by discussing and researching what is an engineer and what does one do as a job.
🧑💻🧑🏭🧑🔧🧑💼 What is an engineer?
An engineer is someone who designs and builds things to solve problems or make life better! Engineers use their combined knowledge of mathematics, science, technology and creativity to create things like bridges, buildings, machines, and even computers. They use the engineering design process which involves thinking about how things work, making plans, and repeatedly testing their ideas to make sure everything works safely and properly.
There are lots of different types of engineers, some of these engineers are:
🌉 Civil engineers design things that don’t move like roads, bridges, and buildings.
✈️ Mechanical engineers design things that move like engines, machines and robots.
🖥️ Software engineer design code and apps for computers and phoneden
KEYBOARD CURIOSITY 🎹 🎶
Thank you to Mr. Smith for bringing in a new experience which certainly piqued some interest across the school yard yesterday! 🤩
Whether it’s playtime karaoke, dance, arts and crafts, or a simple musical play provocation, our students (and staff) sure do love a good creative outlet!
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ROAD SAFETY 🛣🦺
Years: R-2 and 3-6
Teacher: Mr. Michael Yeates
👮♂️ In alignment with learning about safety in Health lessons, we were visited by Senior Constable Andrew Crowe from the Road Safety Section of the South Australia Police. His presentations provided information for students to stay safe when using our roads, playing a vital role in reducing road trauma by enhancing the awareness, knowledge and skills of all road users.
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Safety was the key element of the sessions:
💭 informing students to stop, look, listen, think when using our roads
⛑ ensuring students use safety equipment: seatbelt, helmet, lights
🚲 instructing students how to ride safely on our roads
📞 how to call Triple Zero (000) in an emergency.