Year 4 ‘Marble Run Extravangaza’
Last week, one of our Year 4 classes held a ‘Marble Run Extravangaza’ with lego! It was a fantastic opportunity for students to problem solve their way through the process of constructing 3D marble runs, thinking about the angles of the slope, incorporating turns into …
West Oz Wildlife Visits Kindy
Last week the Kindy students had a visit from West Oz Wildlife and got to learn more about native Australian wildlife, and get up close and personal with a dingo, carpet python, bob-tail lizard and a koala! …
Year 3 Science Experiments
One of our Year 3 classes had a wonderfully messy time exploring Non-Newtonian Fluids this week. Oobleck play was a big hit! …
Year 3 Lego Masters
As part of STEM learning, one of our Year 3 classes participated in their own version of Lego Masters yesterday! Students worked in pairs to complete the challenge of making a spaceship and a creature. They had fifty minutes to work as a team to …
Secondary Cross Country
Here’s some photos from the Harrisdale Secondary Cross Country held recently. The newly developed track at Harrisdale Swamp proved a challenging course with a mixture of sand tracks, limestone and varying gradients. Students in Year 7 and 8 had a 3km course and Year 9–12 …
WACSSA Inter-School AFL Carnival
On Friday 14 May, a team of Upper Primary students from our Harrisdale Campus headed off to the WACSSA Inter-School AFL Carnival. We had 1 boys team and 2 girls teams. Our students performed so well considering many of them had never played before! The …
Year 4 Camp
Our Harrisdale Year 4 students had their camp during Week 4, which included a fun day of team building activities led by Scripture Union, followed by a camp out on the school oval with their parents. Thank you to all the Year 4 staff and …
Harrisdale Visited By Australian Author Norman Jorgensen
On 18 May, our Harrisdale Upper Primary students had the privilege of a visit from widely celebrated Australian author Norman Jorgensen. Students and teachers alike loved his cheeky sense of humour and were enthralled by his entertaining stories. Norman spoke about how he started writing …
National Simultaneous Storytime
Last Wednesday as part of National Simultaneous Storytime, some of our Primary classes across both campuses, joined NASA astronaut Dr Shannon Walker read ‘Give Me Some Space’ from the International Space Station! National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information …
National Young Leaders Day!
Our Year 6 student leadership team at Carey Harrisdale had an inspiring day on Tuesday at the National Young Leaders Day! Presented by Halogen Australia, students heard from a variety of inspiring speakers including ARIA Award winner and author Josh Pyke. …
