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Grade 3 Camp – Cave Hill Creek

What an incredible adventure our Grade 3 students had at Cave Hill Creek! Our camp was packed with exciting activities, plenty of laughter, a few soggy socks and memories that will last a lifetime.

Students took on a huge range of activities, including archery, bush cooking, possum glider, the vertical challenge, hut building, low ropes, bouldering, canoeing and map reading. Day one brought plenty of rain, which certainly tested our patience (and our ability to stay dry!), but our students showed fantastic resilience and enthusiasm, refusing to let the weather dampen their spirits. 

Evenings were just as memorable, with a campfire and marshmallow roasting, a movie night watching Shrek, and the excitement of late nights followed by some very early mornings. It’s safe to say that some students were more enthusiastic about the late nights than the early starts!

One of the biggest highlights of camp was seeing students step outside their comfort zones and give new experiences a go. Whether tackling a challenging activity, building a hut, navigating the outdoors or working together to solve a problem, students demonstrated wonderful teamwork, leadership and collaboration. We also saw plenty of encouragement, support and moments where students discovered they were capable of far more than they first thought.

Our Grade 3 students should be incredibly proud of themselves. They embraced every challenge, showed resilience in the face of unpredictable weather and demonstrated the importance of working together. Cave Hill Creek was a fantastic opportunity to build confidence, strengthen friendships and create some truly unforgettable memories... even if we did come home a little wetter, muddier and more tired than we left!

Life Education

Today we had a visit from Life Education, to learn all about personal safety. Students learned about ways to keep themselves safe in a variety of situations, including recognising potential dangers, making safe choices and understanding when and how to ask a trusted adult for help. Through interactive discussions and engaging activities, students were encouraged to think about how they can take responsibility for their own safety and the safety of others. It was a fantastic opportunity to build important life skills while having fun and sharing their ideas!

Writing

This week, Grade 2/3 students have been wrapping up our writing unit using Big Red Kangaroo as our mentor text. Students have been busy applying their learning to create their own individual information reports about a chosen Australian animal. It has been wonderful to see students researching interesting facts, organising their ideas into clear sections and using their growing knowledge of informative writing to share their learning. We have certainly become a class of Australian animal experts!

Next week, we will begin exploring our new mentor text, Remembering Lionsville. This will introduce students to a new genre, memoir, where they will learn how authors draw on personal experiences, memories and reflections to create meaningful pieces of writing. We look forward to seeing students develop their storytelling skills and explore how memories can be brought to life through words.

Swimming

Our class will be participating in swimming lessons at Ballarat Aquatic Centre for the next 5 Fridays. Students are asked to wear their bathers underneath their school uniform as we won't have time to get changed before our lesson. Due to our departure time, students will not be able to have a lunch order on these days, and will be taking their packed lunch to have once we are out of the pool. Please ensure that your child/ren have a towel, change of underwear, goggles and a plastic bag for their wet items.