Year 3-6 Sector

Year 3

Hello families and friends! 

It is Week 9 and we are heading close to the end of term!

Reading and Writing

For the term we have been looking at poetry. We have been exploring poetic devices in our reading lessons and applying it in our writing. Students have been using figurative language such as similes, metaphors, hyperboles and alliterations. We have been using the 5 senses to help add feeling into our writing and make it more descriptive. 

Mathematics

For non number we have been looking clocks which we will continue to look at until the end of term. The grade 3 requirement is that students are telling time to the minute, which can be a hard concept to grasp, so if you have time, keep practicing this skill at home. 

We are proud of all our students' efforts, positive mindsets and look forward to acknowledging and celebrating their accomplishments with them throughout these units.

Year 3 Team

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Year 4

It has been such a fun term! From the zoo excursion to getting immersed in our Humanities project, we are just loving it! 

In Reading, we have been looking into analysing the theme and message in different poems. We have also been making connections and identifying different poetic devices! 

In Writing, we have been creating our own Haiku & Cinquain poems. We have been experimenting with alliteration, personification, repetition, rhythm and rhyme. Check out some of our poems below!

In Maths, we have begun practicing how to read time on an analogue clock and calculate elapsed time.  We have been experimenting with a range of different addition and subtraction strategies, like bridging to ten, split strategy, bar model, fact families and vertical algorithm.  We have also learnt a funky rhyme to help us round and estimate, it goes like this!

“Find your place, look next door,

\5 or greater? Add one more! 

4 or less? Let it go – make the rest zero! 

In Science, we have been looking at chemical weathering! Yesterday we conducted an experiment using chalk and vinegar. We explored how chemical weathering occurs on our chalk drawings as the vinegar caused it to fizz and break down our chalk drawing. Check out the results from our experiment!  

''In year 4, kindness is our jam!''

 Thanks 

Year 4 Team

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Year 5

The Year 5’s have had an exciting and busy few weeks!

In reading, students have been using lots of difference comprehension strategies to find meaning in poetry. They are exploring different poems and analysing how the language in poetry can convey a theme and message. 

In writing, they have been creating their own poems! They have been exploring many new and different forms of poetry, such as ballads, odes and blackout poems. Here’s some great odes written by out Year 5’s, praising their favourite things!

In maths, students have been learning about different units of measurement, such as volume and capacity. They have also been learning and practicing new strategies for solving division problems. The students have been challenging themselves with long division and short division. 

In science, Year 5’s have been exploring the solar system, learning about the different type of planets and their unique properties. In class, students created their own solar system, ordering the planets and giving some exciting facts about each one. 

Kind regards,

Grade 5 Teachers

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Year 6

In Reading, we have been reading the text Sister Heart, we have been finding all different kinds of figurative language. Sister hearts is an interesting book that is a narrative written through free verse poetry. In writing we are learning about blackout poetry. Blackout poetry is a creative form of poetry where you get a page of a magazine or book and underline interesting words and then black out the rest. See some examples below! 

In Maths, we have been learning about Multiplication and Division. Our focus over the past few weeks is learning how to use long and short division to solve our math problems. We also have been learning about capacity by doing a water and rock experiment.

In Science, we have been enjoying a series of great experiments on earthquakes and how buildings are made to withstand them. In Humanities, we created a convict profile on a criminal that came to Australia on the First Fleet. 

We have been taking turns with the preps on Friday session 5 every week to run SMP. We also love having the preps come to our classroom and doing fun activities, such as, paper plane making, portrait drawing and superhero creating. 

In Interschool Sports this term our options for sports are softball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, and cricket. They are starting their training this Friday, and everyone is excited and nervous not knowing if they are going to make it.

During Interschool sports our options for semester 2 are softball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, and cricket. We are starting the training this Friday, everyone is excited to try their best to make the team.

Athletics Day was an exciting day for the us with lots of events like shotput, long jump, and lots of fun! Eventually freeman came out on top with newton in 2nd Irwin in 3rd and Stynes just falling short coming last.

When the Pat Cronin Foundation came to our school to speak to the year 5s and year 6s everyone was touched

 by Patrick Cronin and his heartfelt story.  

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"In Year 6 we are cool because we thrive at school."

Grade 6 Team