Independence Centre

Curriculum

The sun is out and the hats are on! It has been incredible to be out enjoying the sun with Cricket Clinics and we have seen quite a few Year 4 students showing leadership as they began to sign up to become Let’s Talk Mentors.

In Reading this week, we were learning to identify the emotive language in a text. We explained the effect that emotive language can have on the reader and we shared our ideas with our peers. The 3/4's made a chart of what emotive language we can see and how it makes us feel.

In Writing this week, we began making a Google Sites website about native Australian flora. Facts we added to our website included distribution, climate, uses, names, cultivation, distribution maps, diagrams and appearance. For example, the drooping she- oaks timber can be used to make boomerangs also the shoots and cones from the tree can be eaten. The Trigger plant’s scientific name is Stylidium Gramminifolium, so strange!

In Maths, we created tessellations using rotation, translation, glide reflection. Rotation is when the object rotates across, up or diagonally. A translation is an object sliding across or up or diagonally. Finally, a glide reflection is an object sliding and then flipping one hundred and eighty degrees. Students have worked hard using irregular shapes to create tessellations. Check it out on seesaw!

In Wellbeing, we were learning to describe the impact of gender-based violence. We identified perpetrators and victims within a situation, identified how individuals might be feeling, acting and thinking. We then discussed what we could have done in different scenarios. We created an x-chart to identify these ideas.

This week in Guided Inquiry, all the 3/4s students have been brainstorming their own islands. Students have also been told that they can either make it or draw it featuring biomes, a key, and landmarks. We had to find the climate zone, average rainfall, seasons and began designing a flag to represent the values of our islands. The 3/4s made their island based on the 2022 Guided Inquiry Term 4 based topic ‘Our Island Home'.

Thank you to Aaliyah, Amelie, Liv, Ryan, Archer, Anosh and 3/4W for helping to write this newsletter!

Have a wonderful week,

Miss Chooi, Miss Richardson, Miss Wang, Mrs McCoy, Miss Tillotson and Miss Honan

Student Voice:

Oscar S - "I enjoyed Writing and making my own website because we got to write detailed explanations of varying native Indigenous plants."
Anoshan M - "I enjoyed Writing because we were able to go onto Google Sites and create our own website about native plants."
Aaliyah J - "I enjoyed Maths because it was fun to see what funny shapes we could make using 2D shapes. It was fun to see what the tessellations looked like."
Freddie B - "I enjoyed Maths because it was fun to create different tessellations."

Reminders

SSG meetings are running through Week 7
Please bring in pizza boxes to help us with our Science Activities!

Pupil of the Week

3/4C: Saumya V -

For demonstrating leadership when working with your group to make your Native Australian Flora website. You took the time to help others and provide suggestions to improve the teamwork in your group. Well done Saumya!

3/4H: Karmveer R -

For demonstrating creativity and curiosity when investigating and making tessellations. You listened carefully to feedback given and implemented changes to improve your work. Excellent effort Karmveer!

3/4M: Kimaya T -

For demonstrating a love of learning and perseverance when researching and drafting information about your native plant for your website. You are an excellent addition to our class. Well done, Kimaya!

3/4R: Hinrich P -

For demonstrating creativity and a love of learning when drafting your informative research on your plant. It was fantastic to see you take on feedback to edit and uplevel your work ready for publishing on your website. Amazing, Hinrich!

3/4T: Nathan E -

For demonstrating an inquisitive mindset and sharing your ideas during class discussions with 3/4R and T. It was great to hear you sharing your thoughts with others. Great work, Nathan.

3/4W: Anoshan M -

For demonstrating curiosity when completing your research on your native Australian and Sri Lankan flora. You carefully researched the cultivation, the uses and more to explain how they interact in their biomes. Keep it up, Anosh!