Grade 3 & 4

Dear Grade 3/4 Families, 

We have had a fantastic start to Term 2 and are incredibly proud of the calm, positive, and productive learning environment our students have helped create. It has been wonderful to see our S.T.A.R. values displayed throughout the school each day: Strive for Excellence, Take Pride, Act Responsibly, and Respect Our Community.

From the Grade 3/4 Team 

Mrs Dellar, Miss McDougall, Mr Palmer, Mr Cumming, Miss Buckingham, Ms Yao, Miss C-D, Miss Ripper

Just a few friendly reminders when we return in Term 3: 

⭐ PE & Healthy Bodies Days – Please ensure your child wears comfortable uniform and suitable shoes for movement.

📚 Library & Home Reading – Don’t forget to pack your child’s library bag and decodable reader - if assigned one.

🧢 Hats & Drink Bottles – A wide-brimmed hat is essential for outdoor play, and a water bottle helps keep students hydrated throughout the day.

🥗 Healthy Lunchboxes – We encourage nutritious snacks and lunches to fuel growing minds. Please remember that lollies are not allowed at school.

🚫 Toys at School – To avoid distractions and lost items, we ask that toys stay at home.

🚫 Make-up, Beauty Products and Jewellery at School – To avoid distractions and lost items, we ask that all make-up, beauty products and jewellery stay at home.

In Cross Country, I ran 2 kilometres and came 1st. After Cross Country, I went to divisions and came 12th so I just made it to Regionals and came 50th it was top ten to go to state but I think I did well - Zara W.

I ran 2k It was a fun event. I really liked it because the track was hard and easy. Some parts of the track were making me tired and some weren't and I came in the position F I R S T! - Liam S.

We had to run 2km and I thought it was going to be Fun! Until I fell over like every other year - Jacob B.

I really liked Cross Country because everyone cheered me on - Lucy D

 In cross country everyone tried their best to get to the finishing line.every one participated most people ran at the start so most people were tired when we got to the creek. - Abbi M

It was a nice day to do some running Mrs Dellar was cheering us on to do our best.- Ava M

Cross country was very fun but very exhausting my teacher was cheering and me and my friend were running together and we made it!!! -Violet C

It was fun and at the start it was good because we got to watch all the younger grades before we got to race then it was my turn I tried my best and after we got to watch all the older grades rase it was good to watch. 😃 - Maxx H

In cross country I got 5th or 6th. It was really hard and it made everyone tired, but some people liked it, but I didn’t. - Aria D

My mum came to school and I painted one hand of her nails and I put hand cream on her hand then gave her a massage then went to the Green Nest - Cruz C.

Mothers day was fun we pet a pony, drew a picture, did my mums nails, we did hand cream and massage - Tom N.

I painted my nanas nails, rubbed her back and did colourings. It was super fun me and my nan really enjoyed it! - Alice P.

My mum loved it all and we had a really good time! - Ezekial C

I felt happy and my mum felt happy, I did her nails then she did mine. Next I massaged her hands with a special cream Mrs Dellar gave my mum, then I gave her a shoulder massage. She felt really really REALLY happy. Then we did colouring and we went home (:-Abigail 

I did my Mum and Omas nails and some cream on their hands.- Paddy F

It was very funny and my mum painted my fingers. - Harry C

We held our Mothers day paint and pamper this term. Mothers and important people were invited to come and have students  paint their nails. - Sabrina N-C

This term, we were excited to welcome illustrator and author Chris Kennett to our school. Chris shared his passion for storytelling and illustration with students, giving them insight into how books are created from initial ideas through to finished illustrations.

Students were engaged as Chris demonstrated his drawing techniques and explained how characters and scenes are developed to support a story. They had the opportunity to ask questions, learn about the creative process, and be inspired by his journey as an author and illustrator.

This visit encouraged creativity, imagination, and a deeper appreciation of how picture books are brought to life. It was a memorable experience that supported our literacy learning and fostered a love of reading and storytelling.

Loved it 3/4s created PC Pug and his job was to arrest the Kitty Cat Crew. So much fun!! five stars - Aimee C.

It was fun and a little bit funny to and drawed a pug but as a cop and some people think his going to turn the pug into a book and i agree with them - Jobe T.

We drew a funny character named PC Pug he was a pug who worked for the police he loves doughnuts and he had enemies called the, King Cat Squad they keep causing him trouble. He has a belt with a squirty gun and a laser pointer and some treats, yarn ball and handcuffs. 🐶👮 - Walker G.

I liked meeting him for the first time and getting to draw with him. - Evelyn M

OMG! Best day ever I loved the thing we got to draw with him it was a Police Officer Pug PC Pug for short. I turned mine into a girl  - Scarlett B

I loved drawing the pug and how we got to find out a lot of fun things about illustrators - Joey M. 

This term, our class joined schools, libraries and communities across Australia to participate in National Simultaneous Storytime. This year's featured book, Luna Roo the Kangaroo Baller, is a heartwarming story about friendship, teamwork and believing in yourself.

Students enjoyed listening to the story alongside children from around the country and participated in discussions and activities exploring the book's themes and characters. Through this shared reading experience, students strengthened their comprehension skills while celebrating the joy of reading and storytelling.

National Simultaneous Storytime is a wonderful opportunity to foster a love of books and connect students through a shared literacy experience. We had a fantastic time taking part in this special event.

I am usually not into story books, but as soon as I saw and read the story, I was immediately in shock at how good it was! Go Luna Roo! - Lily M.

It was very cool to lesson the Luna Roo story with her amazing skills with the ball. The book made me so happy because it proves that girls can play soccer and I love soccer. So if you are a girl you can play any sports you want to play!!! Go Luna Roo - Martine S

We made a soccer player from a book it was fun - Tyce M

The story time was the best and it was great reading the book Luna Roo - Eh Tha Knyow

I really liked the book and it encouraged me to continue playing soccer and training at home! After the book, the author started to draw luna roo so our class followed along - Piper K. 

Luna Roo was a good book, and I loved learning about it, and especially attempting to draw her! - Ari A

 

This term, our literacy learning has been closely connected to our Humanities topic, Early Colonisation. Through reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities, students have explored Australia's history from a range of perspectives while developing their literacy skills.

Using mentor texts such as My Place, The First Fleet, Meet Captain James Cook, Captain Cook and the Endeavour, The Voyages of Captain Cook, My Name is Lizzie Flynn and Beth: The Story of a Child Convict, students have built their understanding of significant historical events and the experiences of different groups of people. They have learned to identify key information, compare perspectives, make inferences and think critically about historical sources.

Students have applied their learning through a variety of writing tasks, including informative, persuasive and historical recount writing. They have focused on using evidence from texts, organising ideas logically and explaining cause and consequence, continuity and change, and differing viewpoints. Through these literacy experiences, students have strengthened their reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing skills and ability to analyse historical events from multiple perspectives.

We learnt about early colonisation, and how captain cook made an arrival, with the convicts and all about the aboriginal people and the aboriginal people come from the land Australia before us - Ruby H.

In literacy we learned about the early colonisation like are vocabulary which is like settlers and orphan - Iggy M.

In Literacy we have been learning about early colonisation. We have been reading my place and watching videos from the book my place. We are also learning about captain cook and how he invaded our land and it was bad!!! - Emma L.

I really enjoyed reading and watching My Place, especially writing about it - Austin M

Its really fun i like learning about my place and the vocab is really fun too. - Piper K

Literacy is fun because it is my favourite subject. I really like improving my hand writing. - Harry C

This term in Numeracy, we have focused on developing our addition and subtraction strategies through solving a variety of worded problems and applying these skills to real-world situations. 

Students also explored the topic of measurement, where they measured real objects, ordered them and practised their skills in hands-on activities. 

Finally, towards the end of the term, we investigated the properties of 2D and 3D shapes, building students’ understanding of their features and characteristics. 

We have had a great time linking our Maths to our early colonisation learning this term, during which students even planned out their own settlement!

In numeracy, we have been learning how to work out worded subtraction problems, using renaming. Renaming is where if you have a problem for example 21-19, you obviously can't subtract 9 from 1 right? So you take one from one from the tens which will give you 11 in the ones, and now you can do it! Now, take 10 from the tens, which will give you zero. And that is your answer! 21-19=2 - Lily M.

We are learning jump, split and compensation today. We did compensation but it was AFL related. I had a lot of fun - Tom N.

In Numeracy we have been learning additive strategies on how to solve equations - Alice P.

I have enjoyed doing the new settlement task using addition and subtraction - Reese M.

I love numeracy because I get to do hard math equations and it’s really fun and I'm really good at it. - Jaxson 

It has been really good and fun when we do Numeracy like when we did

Settlement tasks and additive and subtraction strategies. It is fun learning math because it shows you new things and it helps you learn more things! 👏 - Estelle S

The grade three and four students were pleased to welcome the Weeroona College school band for a special performance. The students entertained our school community with a selection of musical pieces, showcasing their talent and dedication.

Following their performance, the Epsom Primary School band also performed, giving students the opportunity to share their musical skills and confidence with the audience.

It was a wonderful event that celebrated music, student achievement, and the strong connection between our local schools.

We saw the weroona band and it was epic and they had a trumpet and a flute. - Archie F

The Weeroona College Band was INCREDIBLE! We got to see some familiar faces and some couple different bands like themes including us too. - Caden W

Such a awesome experience loved all the songs plus they were so talented, my favourite song from WCB was Teenage Dirtbag and from EPS it was Pink Pony Club I loved watching but my legs went numb😛.  - Scarlett B