Dunlea
Dunlea Newsletter
In Dunlea our current theme is The World Around Us. We are looking at the environment, the solar system, the Vietnam War, rockets in technology and we have activities such as going to the observatory, going to the gym, having swimming lessons and surfing. In food tech we cook food from a number of different countries such as Spain , Italy , Africa and more.
In the Residential program we have experienced dining out at a few different restaurants, where the boys learnt about eating etiquette as well as trying different foods from different cultures. We started doing body balance twice a week in the mornings to increase our fitness and have a great start to the day. We also do a number of recreational activities such as swimming at the beach, bush walking and bike riding.
On our camp to Lake Conjola we got to experience a number of water activities such as, skiing, fishing, snorkeling, swimming, and riding on the boat. We learnt how to pitch our own tents and we also went on a bush tucker tour. On the tour we got to learn about bush medicine and foods we can eat in the bush.
Fight and Flight
This term Dunlea's program has been focused on the theme "Fight and Flight". The boys have been working hard in classroom activities. In English they have completed information reports on an aircraft of choice, fictional diary entries pretending they are soldiers in a war and recounts on daytrips relating to the theme. In Drama the boys will be performing puppetry and creating puppets related to war. In History and geography we have been studying World War II and the history of flight, mapping, cloud identification and photography. During science we are studying matter but also looking at the physics of lift and wing design. Technology is a subject the boys enjoy, this term creating and designing aircraft, creating model aircraft hangers. Some of the outdoor activities have included visit to Sydney Airport, Nowra Naval Museum of Flight, Aerosol Art lessons by 'Youth by Design' as part of the Life Skills program. The boys are all looking forward to camp planned this term to Berry Sport and Recreational Facility. The boys will be participating in all sorts of activities such as archery, canoeing, rock climbing, as well as participate in the high ropes course with the biggest flying fox on the south coast.