As our young TSS students start Year 4, their journey through the Prep School steps up and they face the exciting challenges of the upper primary school. From the very beginning of Term One to the end of Term Four, the boys have many wonderful experiences both inside and outside of the classroom.
AMANDA PEMBERTON
Year 4 Coordinator
YEAR FOUR CAMP
Our boys began the year with their first outdoor recreation camp at Tyalgum Ridge Retreat in Northern New South Wales. We embarked on this adventure in the third week of the school year, which allowed the teachers and students to really get to know one another in a fun and relaxed environment. The boys enjoyed their two-night sleepover sharing rooms with bunk beds and their own ensuite bathrooms! Not quite the “camp” they expected.
some free time as the camp staff clocked off. The boys could swim in the pool, play a game of touch football or soccer, or use the games room and improve their table tennis or snooker skills. By the time dinner came around the boys were winding down and ready to chill out in front of a movie or try their hand at trivia. Our final day at camp is always a race against the weather for some reason, and this year was no different. The boys hiked with wet-weather gear to try their hand at making damper in the slightly soggy campfires that they had learnt to build, and walked down to the creek to look for crystals among the rocks. By the time we all arrived back at the lunch area the boys were exhausted, muddy, hungry and ready for home.
After three days away we returned back to school totally exhausted and in one piece, although slightly soggy and smelly and all looking forward to a decent night’s sleep! HISTORY
The boys were split into groups and rotated through a number of activities each day. After a hearty breakfast, the boys headed out to try their hand at archery, group “trust” games and hiking or canoeing. We would all head back in time for morning tea, a change of clothes or shoes and then head off again for further activities, including the low ropes, rockhopping and feeding the farm animals. The boys worked up healthy appetites and luckily the staff provided filling and healthy meals throughout the day. The day always ended up with
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THE SOUTHPORT SCHOOL SOUTHPORTONIAN 2015
In Year 4, as part of the Australian Curriculum, the boys learn about Indigenous Culture and the years before, during and after the arrival of the Europeans. Our boys wrote stories and journals, travelled back in time, sailed the seven seas with different explorers, travelled across the world to establish a colony as a First Fleeter and grew to understand a little more about our past and how we could improve our future. We had visits from a variety of actors and performers who brought our history to life and spent an enjoyable day dressed up as our “First Fleeters” participating in fun activities, including damper-making, a scavenger hunt, tent races and ball games.
