Growing the Knowledge at Tin Can Bay
Front Row – Keenan, Xavier, Lily, Max, Chloe
Second Row – Kobi, Georgia, Madison, Harmonie
Third Row – Blayd, Luxy-Leigh, Amassa
Back Row – Yasmin Saur (HPE Teacher P-6) Wallu Captains: Rakeen and Mark, David Dorey (Sports Coordinator)
2020 has seen the start of a new branch of learning for our indigenous students based around native bees.
We have been fortunate to have the guidance of Leslie Lowe to continue the development of native edible plant species in our gardens and the introduction of two native beehives.
Students have been learning about the environmental needs of these stingless bees, with links into science, HaSS, maths and health.
The goal of the program is for these students to share their new knowledge and lead the learning among their peers.
Growing in the Kitchen Garden
With the wonderful rain at the end of the holidays, the Kitchen Garden is growing beautifully!
Students have got straight into digging, trimming, planting and watering. There has been much excitement about the speed at which the carrots, radishes and beans have been shooting skywards.
In the meantime, students have been enjoying sampling the delicious herbs – including oregano, basil, parsley and chives.
But the favourite by far is the fennel with its lovely liquorice flavour. YUM!
Tin Can Bay P-10 School swimming carnival
Our school carnival morning dawned with cloudy skies and the threat of rain throughout the day, neither of which dampened the spirits of the Tin Can Bay P-10 State School students and staff.
This was swimming carnival day and nothing was going to get in the way, even though the weather tried to do so.
The carnival got off to a flying start, but it wasn’t long until the skies opened up. In true Tin Can Bay spirit, and in what can only be described as extreme conditions, students and staff showed their resilience and team pride to complete all championship events.
At times it seemed the people out of the pool were getting wetter than the students in the pool swimming!
With the completion of the necessary events by lunch time, the carnival was abandoned but not before Wallu House secured “overall winning team” for the day.
Congratulations to Wallu for a closely fought win, and to our age champions on the day:
- 9 Years Age Champions: Max Cavanagh, Chloe Williams
- 10 Years Age Champions: Xavier Madden, Lily Wilson
- 11 Years Age Champions: Keenan Sheridan, Madison Yates
- 12 Years Age Champions: Kobi Watson, Harmonie Milesi
- 13 Years Age Champions: Georgia Douglas
- 14 Years Age Champions: Blayd Watt, Luxie-Leigh Duffy-Findlater
- Open Age Champions: Rakeen Masri, Amassa McPherson
Thank you to all the students, staff and parents for their efforts in and out of the pool for making a great success out of challenging circumstances.
