News from 3/4

Bookweek

Well done 3/4 on your fantastic Book Week costumes. You all looked fantastic. Special congratulations to Aleah and Darcie, who won the best costume prize for their grade.

First Contacts

Now that we have finished reading our novel, X-Box, we have started reading some non-fiction texts to learn about the Colonisation of Australia.  Here are some facts we have learned:

Captain James Cook discovered New South Wales in 1770 - Louisa

Captain James Cook wasn't the first European to discover Australia. - Evie

Captain Arthur Phillip raised the flag on the 26th of January and that they stole the land off the aboriginals.  - Teagan

The word kangaroo is actually an aboriginal word.  The Europeans showed them a picture and the aboriginals said the word.  - Ivy

The European people came to Australia and tried to take the Aboriginal land. Some of the Aboriginal people fought for their country, and some of them died.

When the Europeans came, they spread their diseases. - Mila

The aboriginals saw 11 ships coming towards them.  - Charlie

There were lots of convicts in the ships. - Jordan

The British prisons were full of convicts, so they transported them to Australia. -Liam

There were 11 ships in the First Fleet. - Belle

When the Europeans came, all the aboriginals had to leave everything behind.  - Taylor