Grade 3/4 News

Reminders 

• Homework - Week 5: Reading Diary and TT Rockstars (30 mins) 
• Homework - Week 6: Reading Diary and Big Talk Homework
• Home Reading Diaries must be checked each night and come to school Friday with a parent signature. Students will need to read a minimum of 20 minutes for 4 nights each week

Parks Victoria (Webinar) 

On Friday, 20th of October, we attended a webinar held by Parks Victoria, in conjunction with Water Week to launch a book by a local author – Jordan Charters, titled ‘Sprinkle Streams Ahead’. The book’s main character ‘Sprinkle’ was a droplet of water. We followed their journey from the mountains of Victoria, down through streams and rivers, and pipes, out into Port Philip Bay. Along the way Sprinkle learns about conservation of our precious waterways (and animals) as they met a few of Parks Victoria’s faunal emblems, including Alpine Tree Frogs, platypuses and cuttlefish. The author then spoke about her writing process and took a Q&A from the schools who were remotely attending the session.

Be Awesome Day

Thankyou so much to everyone for all the donations to our stalls so far! If you would also like to help out in the running of your child's stall, please feel free to email their teacher and they will discuss a suitable time with you - thankyou for your assistance!

• 3/4 Green (Face painting): as assortment of coloured face paints
• 3/4 Schulz (Lucky Shot): lollies (GF/DF), books, fidgets, small toys, Kmart stationary, school supplies, packets of stickers, stamps, pencils, rubbers, bookmarks, jewellery, teddies, etc.
• 3/4 Daenke (Cake Stand): a tray/plate of assorted goodies according to your assigned colour
• 3/4 Mitchell (Temporary Tattoos): an assortment of school appropriate temporary tattoos
• 3/4 Staley/Alexander (Lucky Bags): small toys, stickers, lollies etc. that are suitable for lucky bag prizes

Learning in Weeks 5 & 6

Mathematics: Due to Bendigo Cup Day and a staff planning day, Fluid Groups will be postponed until Week 6 where we will begin looking at 'Division'. In Applied Maths we will review how to calculate 'Volume' as well as identify and measure angles using a protractor.

Writing & Reading: In Writing, students will be writing a letter to next year's buddies (Grade 4s) and next year's teachers (Grade 3s). We will also review how to write a Persuasive piece. In Reading, we will continue to engage in our small group reading activities as well as our weekly library sessions. Students will also continue to practise their Reading Goals in our regular 'Read-to-Self' sessions.

Topic: Students have designed and started creating their islands as part of their Topic projects. This fortnight, we will also begin drawing a detailed map of our islands with the following information:

• the name/s of the ocean that are around the island
• the location of the main town or city
• the types of natural vegetation 
• built features such as monuments and sacred sites
• a key using symbols like we looked at in the mapping lessons