2021 is off to a wonderful start in Class 3.  We’ve been exploring the deep past through our studies of Time and the ancient Hebrew tales of creation.  We have been learning a Hebrew blessing to say over our food as well as their songs and dances.  We are hearing about the trials and tribulations of Adam and Eve once they were exiled out into the world and have been inspired to work on our own practical survival skills.  We have been doing extra gardening and woodwork with Neal and Heather and learning how to grow and make what we need by working together.

We have also been beginning to experiment with building ideas in readiness for our building main lessons that are coming up this year.  Amazing cubbies are evolving down in the paperbark forest and we also took on the 'Spaghetti Challenge' to see if we could collaborate to build the highest structure capable of holding up a marshmallow using only 20 pieces of spaghetti, 1 metre of tape and 1 metre of wool.  No marshmallows were harmed but the mystery of the 1 missing one remains.  The class has its suspicions!

In breaking news, two of our intrepid junior archaeologists, Jasper and Zoee made an amazing discovery when they began to colonize the previous Class 3’s eating area.  Upon close investigation of the mulch and what was under it, (which is an important part of eating your lunch), they unearthed the remains of an ancient civilisation!  The hidden building project of a previous Class 3 began to emerge and reveal its secrets.  Through carbon dating the fossilized remains of mud brick hexagonal pavers were identified as the work of some children way back in the year 2000!  After some lightning fast mathematical calculations we realized these children were no longer children at all, but had reached the grand old age of 28 or 29.  Hmmm….who did we know who came to Golden Hill that long ago in the distant past?  Aha!  Of course, our wonderful Class 6 teacher Ellen was actual a member of the class who made it.  Amazing!