Grade 3 & 4

Dear Grade 3/4 Families, 

We are off to a wonderful start to the year and could not be more proud of the settled and productive atmosphere our students have created. We have seen all of our school S.T.A.R. values shining through in every classroom - Strive for excellence, Take pride, Act responsibly, and Respect our community.

From the Grade 3/4 Team (Mrs Dellar, Miss McDougall, Mr Palmer, Mr Cumming, Miss Buckingham, Ms Yao, Miss Hughes, Mrs Chapman)

Just a few friendly reminders when we return in Term 2: 

⭐ PE & Healthy Bodies Days – Please ensure your child wears comfortable uniform and suitable shoes for movement.

📚 Library & Home Reading – Don’t forget to pack your child’s library bag and decodable reader - if assigned one.

🧢 Hats & Drink Bottles – A wide-brimmed hat is essential for outdoor play, and a water bottle helps keep students hydrated throughout the day.

🥗 Healthy Lunchboxes – We encourage nutritious snacks and lunches to fuel growing minds. Please remember that lollies are not allowed at school.

🚫 Toys at School – To avoid distractions and lost items, we ask that toys stay at home.

🚫 Make-up, Beauty Products and Jewellery at School – To avoid distractions and lost items, we ask that all make-up, beauty products and jewellery stay at home.

Here are some thoughts from our classes: 

3/4 D: 

Some things I have enjoyed in class are silent ball at the end of the day sometimes. As well     as Smiling Mind after lunch most of the time and sometimes after recess.  - Hunter

It has been good and amazing every day. Amelia C

I enjoyed  playing brain brakes  -Blair 

I enjoy all subjects, my favorite subject is maths BECAUSE it's fun.

The jokes are funny sometimes, my favorite game is definitely silent ball. - Harry

3/4 M: 

I have enjoyed lots like mystery student, our brain breaks, reading and free time - Spencer M

I love it in 3/4M it has been a blast, it is really fun - Iggy M

I like doing brain breaks and having specialist classes - Walker G

I like my Teacher Miss M and her personality and how she makes my classroom flow and helps people when the have problems. By being careful with their feelings by far I love her being my Teacher. - Zara W

This class is a great class for me because lots of my friends are in it and I just think it is right for me. - Ruby H

3/4 P: 

This year has been a fantastic year. Math and writing are fun and i love reading how to bee  BEST YEAR EVER :3  - Estelle S

I love this year so far and I love reading how to bee and all the other subjects in class - Emily W

I would say lots of different words to describe how amazing this year has been - Levi P

So far I have loved this year. I love how to bee, Mr Palmer he is very fun and exciting. I look forward to every day - Piper K

I like all the different activities we have done in class - Hamish F

I love meeting my new teachers and reading how to bee and learning new stuff  and I love sometimes having free time - Sophie E

I LOVE having Mr Palmer and love reading How To Bee - Scarlett B

3/4 C: 

I have so far enjoyed being a grade 4 in the class of 3/4C. It's so good to see all of your friends from grade prep to grade 4. - Jett B

In 34C I have liked writing about different topics, creating arguments and using evidence and opening statements. - Austin M

I've enjoyed having Mr Cumming as a teacher and he's been really good at explaining stuff. I've found the way he teaches very helpful too. - Darcy M

I like when we have technology and I like when we also art on Tuesday and PE on Friday. - Blake T

3/4 B:

I like doing brain breaks with my teacher because it is so fun - Sara T

I enjoy watching little lunch at lunch times - Indi H

I like the games we play - Arie P

I have enjoyed everything that we have done so far this year especially the brain breaks - Bentley R

I've liked writing because it helps my brain work - Amelia P

I enjoy watching the funny videos on a Friday for our positive primer and during eating time - Finn W

I have enjoyed watching BTN - Poppy M

I have loved everything in our class this term - Ruby W

I have really enjoyed our grade 4 project which was making our protective packaging - Mila F

Student Leadership - Student Council Representative and Green Magpies: 

Our student leaders for 2026 have been selected and were presented at assembly during the term.

Congratulations to our Student Council Representatives: 

Grade 3: Hunter R, Aubrey H

Grade 4: Martine S, Estelle S

We are incredibly proud of every student who made it to the semi-finals and grand finals of the speeches. It takes courage, preparation and resilience to stand up and share your voice. You should all feel very proud of your efforts and achievements!

Our Grand Finalists:

Congratulations to our New Green Magpie Leaders: 

Poppy M, Chelsea H, Piper K, Alia G, Abby M, Mila F, Summer W.

This term, our students have been participating in the Kinect2Dance program, and it has been a fantastic experience for all involved. Throughout the sessions, students have built confidence, coordination, rhythm, and teamwork skills in a fun and supportive environment. It has been wonderful to see so many smiling faces, enthusiastic participation, and students stepping outside their comfort zones.

It was really fun we did a lot of dancing i like it - Iggy M

I loved learning new dances with Sav. My favourite song was “Thunder”, and my favourite move was “corba kai”. - Walker G

I loved Sav and how she taught us the songs with time and care. I loved doing the dance I will never say never by Justin Bieber and Make the world move. - Zara W

I really liked it mostly because I already do 4 types of dancing and I remembered all the moves and I did not have to watch or listen to Savannah on the night. - Ruby H

Kinect to dance was fun. Because we got to learn new moves. Abbi

 I enjoyed learning three dances in four days . - Blair

I enjoyed learning to dance with Sav. My favourite song and move was “Thunder” and “Cobraki." - Thomas D

I liked when we performed our dances at the picnic. I enjoyed the freestyle part of the dance. - Beau G

 

Our swimming lessons took place in Week 5 at Gurri Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre in Kangaroo Flat. Student participation was fantastic, and staff were incredibly impressed with the way our school values were demonstrated at every lesson. When we surveyed the classes at the end of the week, almost every student was able to explain how their swimming had improved in some way. Of course, Fun Friday at the end of the program was as popular as ever!

I really liked swimming because I really enjoy swimming and we got to swim a lot of types of swimming (not butterfly luckily) and the safety lesson was fun too. - Spencer M

I really liked swimming, because I got a really nice swim teacher, and a group of nice people. I also LOVED the splash park. - Lily M

I enjoyed wearing clothes and learning how to save someone, with a rope and pool noodle.

I also enjoyed doing the 50m army swim, and the splash park! - Walker G

It was very fun because I was in the second highest group and we got to play on the big splash park thing and I just loved it so much. - Ruby H

I loved swimming because I learnt more and I'm a better swimmer. Also I loved the splash park on the last lesson - Hunter

It was so much fun. I love it. - Amelia C

I enjoyed going in the deep end and learning how to float. I have improved my backstroke. - Koby C

I liked going in the deep end and the splash park. - Jackson C

To spend time with my family - Jaxson A

A time to appreciate others - Aimee C

That it's a time to remember that you have great friends - Ruby H

To respect other people because everyone belongs - Walker G

To respect people for who they are as we are all in harmony - Zara W

Time to know that everyone has different cultures and to respect them - Spencer M

During our Literacy lessons this term we have studied the text ‘How to Bee' by Bren MacDibble, to develop our reading, writing, comprehension skills and develop our humanities understandings.

How to Bee is about a girl named Peony who lives in a future Australia where there are no real bees. Kids have to climb trees and pollinate flowers by hand to grow food. Peony loves her farm life, but when she is taken to the city, she must be brave and clever to find her way back home. The story is about family, courage, and never giving up.

In literacy I liked doing our narratives and just writing in general. - Spencer M

We have been working on our book how to bee and we have been working on our handwriting. - Ruby H

I liked thinking about my story and writing my story about things I like.

Even if I didn't do good, I still tried my best. -Hunter

I have enjoyed writing about why people should move to the farm. - Indi H

I have liked reading the "How to Bee" book. - Sara T

I have enjoyed trying to improve my writing and doing more work then in grade 2. - Bella T

I have really liked completing the venn diagrams in class - Jack I

Fluency has continued this year, allowing students to strengthen and consolidate their understanding of frequently used concepts such as place value, addition, subtraction, and key number facts like times tables.

The students have been working hard this term in Mathematics across a range of topics:

• Time
• Addition and Subtraction
• Place Value

They have learned to read 12-hour time using both digital and analogue clocks, apply a variety of mental and written strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems, and recognise, represent, and order natural numbers up to 10,000.

The thing I liked about maths was the octagon fluency game and Mr Palmers movie worksheet. - Spencer M

I love maths, it has been so fun we did an activity called dream holiday - Iggy M

I enjoy doing beat the clock in fluency and drawing the class map. - Lily M

I liked drawing my own classroom and adding all the features. I loved doing the dream holiday for my dream holiday. I wanted to go to, “Ferrari world in Dubai”.- Walker G

We have been working on our times not times tables just the 24 hour time and 12 hour time. - Ruby H

It's fun when we turn maths into games and other things. I do want to work on multiplication and division more often. Sometimes I don't understand, but I try my best. - Harry

In maths it has been fun in maths because we get to learn new things.- Abbi

I enjoyed playing card games in maths. - Blair

I liked skip counting - Ellis

I have enjoyed learning about part-part whole tables and how to fill them out. - Jack I

I liked creating my own day out for a dream holiday - Josh