Flourishing in 2023

In term 4 I have enjoyed doing maths in the community. We walked down to the main street and collected data on cars and then graphed it our maths books and also on a Google Doc. I collected data on car brands.

By Flynn M

My highlights from term 4 are the class novel called ‘Boy’ by Roald Dahl. I really like the humour that is in the book. I have also liked learning new vocabulary that are old words that we don’t hear anymore. 

By Jeremy

This term I have enjoyed collecting data from down the Main Street in Sorrento. I collected data on car brands in Sorrento and then we made a graph in our math books. Later we were able to use a Google Doc to also create a digital graph. I also liked Crazy Sock day, I wore fireworks socks with confetti. 

By William

I have enjoyed presenting our FBI research projects. My research project was about the Marshall Islands. One of the facts that I found out was that the islands are made of 870 reef system and there are 160 coral species. 

By Alex

My highlight of this term was when we were learning about making paper 3D objects and making them with my friends. The reason I liked it was because it was a bit challenging to make the objects. I also enjoyed when the grade 4s went to Padua to watch the year 10s musical which was pretty cool and fun.

By Charlie W

My highlight in term 4 was going to Sorrento Main Street and collecting data for car colours. We had to take our math’s book and grey lead. I collected lots of data. I collected 103 different data sets altogether. My favorite part of this activity was walking down the street to collect data. I learned how to create a graph on a google doc. I had lots of fun.

By Archie

In FBI, we have been learning about where clean water comes from. It has been very interesting to learn about the water cycle in Melbourne. I enjoy doing Smiley Minds, it makes me calm, focused and ready to learn. 

By ALFRED

My highlight this term was when we worked as a team to make a tower with spaghetti and marshmallows, we also made a paper chain. When we finished we got to eat the marshmallows and the spaghetti from the tower. It was yum.

By Charlie M

I have enjoyed learning about how to collect maths data. We collected car data from the Main Street in Sorrento. I have also enjoyed learning about our novel ‘Boy’ in which we increase vocabulary knowledge. I have enjoyed Smiling Minds, Science, making 3-D objects and drawing Eastern Rosellas.

By Clarke

In term 4, I have enjoyed practicing for ¾ friendly games. I am looking forward to the day. In math, we learnt about shapes and 3D objects. We made our own 3D shapes with match sticks and blue tac. I made a pyramid, a pyramid has 8 edges and 5 vertices.

By Billy 

My term 4 highlight was sharing my neighbouring country to the class because the class learnt more about my chosen country. I also enjoyed doing meditation on Smiling Minds because it makes me relaxed and helps me settle for a new activity.

Reading the new book ‘Boy’ has also been a highlight because it is a really imaginative book and I have found it way more interesting than the last book we read ‘Darwin's Dragon’.

By Edith

My Term 4 highlight was doing the neighboring country research because it was fun researching about a different country. My country was New Zealand, the reason why I chose New Zealand was because some of the New Zealand pictures looked interesting. My term 4 smart goal is to charge my laptop every night so it's ready for school the next day.

By Emme

I have enjoyed learning about data this term because I liked going down to the main street and collecting data. My data was about car colours. There were a lot more white and black cars than I expected but not a lot of red. We made a column chart in google docs and I really enjoyed it.

By Evie

This term I have enjoyed reading our class novel ‘Boy’. I also enjoyed maths when we collected data down the Main Street in Sorrento. I did car brands. We then completed a column graph in our maths books and in a google doc.

By Flynn D

I have enjoyed reading our class novel called ‘Boy’ during term 4. I also have enjoyed doing our vocabulary and spelling. I love reading books and writing words. That's why I love spelling. I have learned new words to add in my Persuasive and Narrative Writing. I’ve also enjoyed doing our Narratives and Persuasive assessments through Elastic online. 

By Gus

This term I have been enjoying  reading Roald Dahl’s book ‘Boy’ because it has very interesting words. I also enjoyed completing a google slide presentation on Papua New Guinea during FBI.

By Hamish  

This term I have enjoyed doing smiling minds mindfulness, this helps me focus and to relax my brain.

I loved doing our persuasive writing about ‘Why kids shouldn’t watch too much tv’, protesting how it isn’t good to be watching too much tv.

I enjoyed our maths data, walking around town to collect different data categories of cars. I enjoyed reading Boy in Reading sessions, it helps the brain to focus and concentrate on the words, and what is happening in the story.

By Bella

In term 4 we have learned lots of things.

Some of my favourite things are Boy, our new novel.

I love the book. It has interesting words like chloroform, loathsome, blighter and more.

I also liked making 3D shapes with bluetac and colourful  matchsticks.

By Evie

I have enjoyed learning about how to write narratives and persuasives in term 4. The reason is because it's so fun to make up imaginary stories, and to persuade people in my writing. I have learned to use better sentences such as, ‘surely you’d agree’ and ‘just think about it’.

By Harriet 

This term I have enjoyed my FBI country research because I learned about New Zealand and the highlight was researching and learning new things. I have also enjoyed reading ‘Boy’ and writing down the answers to the comprehension questions. I have also loved doing Smiling Minds which is meditation, it has helped me stay focused during learning. Also after recess and lunch we would do centring and we go back, forward, left and right and then centre ourselves. And I liked going down to Sorrento Main Street and collecting data on cars. I did car colours and I was able to learn how to put my data into a google sheet.

By Heidi

I have enjoyed counting backwards with 5 digit numbers in maths. I have also enjoyed reading our class novel ‘Boy’ because it has interesting words and when at the end of a chapter we stop it is like a cliffhanger. 

By Henry 

Some highlights for me in term four are our new novel ‘Boy’ because I enjoy all our interesting vocabulary! Some of our vocabulary are words such as idyllic, cauldron, chloroform, adenoids and blighter which is an old archaic word. Some other things I enjoyed were when we constructed the 3D paper objects which are hanging in our room. I constructed a dodecahedron. It was a difficult shape but I really enjoyed making it. 

By Indie

This term I have enjoyed presenting my FBI project to the class and working on it as well. I chose Palau as my neighbouring country. My favourite part of this project was working on it although presenting was fun too. Here is a fun fact about Palau. Palau has a natural spa.

By Isabella

In term 4 I have enjoyed practising for 3/4 friendly games which is improving my sporting skills. I have learnt in FBI that people that are less fortunate need more help than I thought.

By Jack

This term I have enjoyed learning about how to write an explanation because it has shown me that I can write way more than just a story. When you write an explanation you have to  include the title and tell someone how something works. That's when you know you have successfully written an explanation. I have also enjoyed learning about our 3D objects because before that it wasn't my strongest type of learning. My 3D object was a square based pyramid. A square based pyramid has five faces, five vertices and eight edges.  

By Mabel 

This term I have enjoyed writing about our neighboring countries. I wrote about Fiji, it was fun because I got to learn about how to say hi in Fijian which is ‘Bulla’ and other cultural things. I also enjoyed creating my presentation in google slides and learning about the beaches. I have also enjoyed writing our explanations about how flowering plants grow and flourishes. I enjoyed it because when we finished early we could draw the life cycle of plants/flowers. 

By Maisy 

My Term 4 highlight was that I enjoyed presenting my Samoa slide to everyone in my class. I liked it because I worked really hard on it and I also got to do a Canva video which is fun to make. I learnt about Samoa like the population, culture, the capital city and even more. I have also enjoyed reading Roald Dahl’s “Boy’. I really liked the vocabulary in it and we also got to learn about Roald Dahl’s life because it was an Autobiography. Some of the stages in this book were funny and some were scary, I could definitely feel how he was feeling at that moment. This was my highlight because it is fun to read and I got to learn new vocabulary that I haven’t heard before.

By Olivia

One of my Term 4 highlights has been the class book we have been reading called ‘Boy’ by Roald Dahl. It has been really interesting because it has been about Roald Dahl's younger life and his big family. It is fun and interesting. It is really interesting how much things have changed over the years. I have also liked FBI. The topic is Production. Production is a great topic because it shows how lucky and fortunate we are, it makes me feel sad and empathetic for the less fortunate.

By Ivy

My highlights for Term 4 are that we made a google slide on neighbouring countries. I chose Fiji and there were a lot of facts in them. I liked it when we went to the main street in Sorrento. We went looking for data on car brands or car colors.  I chose car brands. 

By Patrick

This term I have enjoyed learning about our new class novel ‘Boy’ by Roald Dahl. We have learnt new words and their syllables, the characters and about Roald’s life.

By Sadie

I have enjoyed learning how to write an explanation titled ‘How do flowering plants grow?’ I got to use words that you would not use in a narrative or in normal everyday writing and what makes an explanation. I have also enjoyed reading our new class novel called ‘Boy’ by Roald Dahl. It is about Roald Dahl's life. It is very interesting what happens in his life. You should read it yourself.

By Summer

This term I have enjoyed counting up and down

from a 4 digit number. I also loved when we had to make words instead of ‘said’ and making 3D objects out of sticks, l made a pentagonal pyramid. When the grade 4s went to Padua the grade 3s made paper chains and structures out of spaghetti and marshmallows. 

By Vesper

I have enjoyed learning about how to write an explanation this term. I wrote about ‘How flowering plants grow?’ It was interesting to learn about how flowers reproduce new seeds to make more flowers. Another highlight in 3/4 is that we went into our community to collect data about types of transport, their brands and colours. I liked this because we collect data in our community and it was fun. We’ve also started reading a novel called ‘Boy' and it’s full of new words that we might not know the meaning of. I love reading this novel because it is fun and it sometimes makes you feel sick because the vocabulary makes it seem so real! 

By Zara B 

This term I have enjoyed presenting my neighboring countries. My country was Fiji. I chose Fiji because It sounded intriguing to me, and had heard about its tropical beaches. I enjoyed the experience because I had a choice to write what I wanted to and got to choose different backgrounds that I thought would resemble my writing about Fiji. Then we got to choose how we wanted to present our work, I chose to present my work on google slides, I presented in a group of three. 

By Zara H