Grade 3/4 News

Week 2, Term 4
Welcome back to the Grade 3/4 page!

Reminders and Upcoming Events:

Grandparents Day - Friday 24th October
Bendigo Cup Day - 29th October
Be Awesome Day - 31st October
Grade 3-4 Country & Belonging Excursion (Bendigo Art Gallery) - Wednesday 12th November
Curriculum Day (Report Writing) - Friday 14th November
Swimming Program (For Grade 3-4s) - Monday 24th - Friday 28th November
Statewide Step-Up and Transition Day - Tuesday 9th December
Final Day of Term 4- Friday 19th December

Just a friendly reminder, you're always welcome to reach out if you have any questions, concerns, or even some positive feedback (which we love to hear!). You can contact our team via the following emails:

Rohan Daenke: rohan.daenke@education.vic.gov.au
Daniel Lidgett: daniel.lidgett@education.vic.gov.au
Lauren Schulz: lauren.schulz@education.vic.gov.au
Alisha Mitchell: alisha.mitchell2@education.vic.gov.au
Brooke Ingram: brooke.ingram@education.vic.gov.au

Maths Challenge

Please find our first Maths challenge of Term 4 below!

Imagine SEVEN people sitting around a ROUND dinner table. They have a LONG ball of string. The string is stretched from one person to another. How many straight lines could they make from one person to another (in any order) BEFORE a triangle is formed by the string?

What we are learning...

In Literacy, our Grade 3/4 students have been revisiting narrative writing and exploring how to make their stories more exciting and engaging. In particular, we have been focusing on using adventurous and descriptive language to help readers visualise characters, settings and events.

In Maths, students have been learning how to add and calculate money, using budgeting activities to help students make spending decisions within a set amount. Students have enjoyed applying their knowledge through hands-on shopping challenges, where they had to plan purchases and calculate change. In addition, we have been working with fractions during our bi-weekly Fluid Maths sessions.

TOPIC:

This term, students will be exploring key geography concepts through our unit Our Island Home. They began this unit by sharing what they already know about climate and natural features, and will build on this understanding by investigating different climate zones and natural vegetation. To finish the unit, students will design their own island nation, applying their geographical knowledge to decide on its location, features, and environment. Keep an eye out for some exciting work coming your way!

Social & Emotional Learning:

Our term 4 topic for Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships (RRRR) is Positive Gender Relationships. Throughout this unit, students will work to identify different forms of violence, understand its effects on others, and discuss safe and appropriate ways to respond. Students will also practise help-seeking strategies and will develop their understanding of respect, inclusion and personal safety in a supportive and age-appropriate way.

Other activities and events:

SEDA Visits

Thankyou so much to Mr Smith and everyone involved at SEDA for allowing us to participate in some fun rotations over the last two weeks! The students had a blast!

CAMP Quality Visit

Last week, Camp Quality presented a puppet show to the Grade 3-6s. The themes discussed in this program included:

You can’t catch cancer from someone else.
Treatments and side effects of cancer.
How to be supportive of someone facing cancer.
The importance of recognizing our own strengths and the power of positivity.

CAMP- Thank you!

We are so grateful to each of our parent helpers (Jackie Yong, Ilona West, Kim Davies, James Flaherty and Josh McLeod) for their amazing support during our PGL Camp at Campaspe Downs. We could not have done it without you!

A massive thankyou also to Miss Mitchell for organising this event, Mr Trezise for looking after the medical needs of students and to the rest of the 3/4 team for their amazing work.