Grade 3 & 4

A wonderful start to our year!

We are off to a wonderful start to our year and we could not be prouder of the settled and productive atmosphere our students have begun with. We have seen all of our school S.T.A.R. values on show in each classroom (Strive for excellence, Take pride, Act responsibility and Respect our community). 

Here are some thoughts from our classes...

3/4S

~Term One has been fabulous with so many exciting events. Our class is kind and inclusive and hardworking. I have already learned a lot of new things. I am having a lot of fun this year and I hope everyone else is too. - Harvey

~I was really excited to begin this year so I could make new friends. Swimming was really fun and it helped me to learn how to swim a lot. - Paw

~I love that we can all have fun and our teacher likes to sing, and we all like to play the popcorn game. The things I loved were swimming - I loved it. I like to write and also to do maths. - Austin

3/4C

~ Its been a good start to the year and we have done a few challenging things. Swimming has been the best so far. - Ruby

~ Its been a fun start and I've especially liked Maths. All the learning has prepared us for NAPLAN. - Martine

~ I've liked the start of the year, even with NAPLAN. Its been busy with swimming too, but its been good. - Spencer

3/4P

~ I've really enjoyed our art classes. In particular when we painted our realistic fruit. - Piper.

~ It's been a busy start. I've enjoyed our Maths so far, it's challenging and of course our story writing. - Ava

~ Our writing has helped me improve my skills and our project has taught me about places around Australia. - Caden

3/4MP

~ I've really enjoyed Maths. I liked it when I got something right and it was a really hard question. 

~ I really like seeing my teachers every day because I get to have fun with them and I enjoy learning with them. - Ava M

~ I really enjoyed swimming except for when others splashed me. I think my swimming really improved. - Alice

3/4H

~I like how we do Sounds Write and we get to talk about our day in the Yarning circle. I really enjoyed swimming- Emily

~I've really enjoyed all the hard maths and loved going to our swimming lessons.- Cody

~I like how we've been learning vertical addition in maths and I love my new class mates ❤-Victoria. 

Student Leadership - Student Councillors and Green Magpies

Our student leaders for 2025 have been selected and were presented at assembly during the term.

Congratulations to our Student Council Representatives...📝

3/4S- Hudson Chandler

3/4C- Ruby D

3/4P- Sofia Manoj

3/4MP- Mia Gobbo

3/4H- Lexi Ryan

Congratulations to our Green Magpie Leaders...💚

3/4S- Paw Htoo, Addi Bickerdike, Evelyn Markby, Zara Ware, Ava Crimmins

3/4C- Piper Knight, Blair Davey, Martine Schepisi

3/4P- Sophie Ellis, Caden Wah, Estelle Schepisi

3/4MP- Scarlett Besley, Flynn De Gille, Riley Tierney, Riley Fawcett

3/4H-  Sara Tuaopepe,  Emily Wicks, Aleah Chesterfield

Literacy Learning:

During our Literacy lessons this term we have studied the text 'Are We there Yet?' by Alison Lester, to develop our reading, writing, comprehension skills and develop our humanities understandings.

The story follows a family's trip around Australia. We followed along and marked our own maps. We have learned about a lot on new places all over Australia and developed our summary skills. We ended the term by researching one of the places we read about and creating a postcard from that place.

Mathematics Matters:

Fluency has continued this year which gives the students the ability to consolidate their learnings around frequently used topics such as place value. 

The students have been working hard this term in Mathematics across multiple topics:

-Time

-Addition and Subtraction

-Place Value

They have learned how to read 12 and 24 hour time, using digital and analogue clocks, multiple mental and written strategies to solve addition and subtraction equations and recognise, represent and order natural numbers up to 10,000. 

Swimming  Scenes:

Our swimming lessons took place in Week 5 at Gurri Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre in Kangaroo Flat. Student participation was fantastic and staff were so impressed with the display of school values we saw on each and every lesson. When we surveyed the classes at the end of the week, just about every single student could tell us how their swimming had improved in some capacity. Of course, the Fun Friday at the end of the week was popular as ever! As the photo below shows...

Harmony Day Happenings:

On Friday 21st March, our school participated in Harmony Day by wearing orange. This day to celebrate that in Australia everyone belongs and to celebrate our cultural diversity.

Why the colour orange?

Orange is the colour chosen to represent Harmony Week. Traditionally, orange signifies social communication and meaningful conversations. It also relates to the freedom of ideas and encouragement of mutual respect. Australians can choose to wear something orange during Harmony Week to show their support for cultural diversity and an inclusive Australia.

We wish all our students and families a safe and enjoyable holiday break and Easter! 🐰🐇

Kind Regards,

Mr Hartland, Miss Pedretti, Mrs McKenna, Mr Price, Ms Salm, Miss Jones 

and Ms Capozza-Delves.