The Year 3 students have been busy completing a METS (Maths, English, Technology and Science) unit based on time.

Time was a focus in Maths, both telling and recording time. In Science, students investigated the rotation of Earth as it orbits around the sun. From this, students could see how shadows were formed and how they changed during the day. Night and day were explained using the rotation of Earth. This led into an investigation of sundials and other 'old fashioned' ways of telling the time.

The students were challenged to design a 'time telling/keeping device' and then write a procedure showing how to build it. The creations were presented to the class over the last couple of weeks.

A big part of this investigation was the children's acknowledgement of the dispositions that they had to use to be successful. A lot of persistence, collaboration, thinking, communication and resilience were shown in building their devices!