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As of Term 1, 2012, your online resources for Comet, Challenge and Explore will no longer be accompanied by printed magazines. Term 4, 2011 will be our last issue. A huge thanks to all who have used, enjoyed and produced Magazines. Please feel free to continue using this site to access teachers’ notes, articles and more.

Term 4 2011 Highlights

This term help your children learn all about sound in Comet, Explore amazing spy gadgets and Challenge them with globetrotting ideas!

Comet: Listen Up!

This issue explores how we hear and interpret noise. We look at animals with super-hearing and how science has helped people who are unable to hear. We also explore the world of music and meet some amazing people who make it!

Click here to download the Make & Do activity for this issue – how to make a complete Aussie Bush Band.







Explore: I Spy

Shhh, this issue is top secret! Don’t tell anyone that we’re going to interview real-life detectives, spies, secret agents, code breakers, forensic experts and even dog detectives. We also sleuth out the latest in spy gadgets and technology for surveillance.

Try making a super spy kit. Click here to download the PDF.








Challenge: Globetrotters

This issue explores a range of jobs that take people around the world including doctors, vets, aid workers, researchers, journalists, flight crew, athletes, artists, models and charity workers – to name just a few. The possibilities are endless...!

Check out the link below to see how your child can learn to write travel articles. Click here to download the PDF.