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Year 3/4 Class News!
What a busy Term we have had in Year 3/4 and now as we slowly come to the end we still have a few things on our to do list! The big move across is the first and Camp! Due to the Potrick book launch we are unable to present at assembly, but here are some of the things we were going to present!
As we head off to camp next week, here are some of the things the students are looking forward:
Lenny: l am looking forward to camp because of the camp’s lolly shop.l am so excited to have one.
Chloe:For camp I am personally excited for the candle dipping,the light show and buying lots of candy. When we go to camp I am excited to share a cabin with my friends.This will be my first time going sifting for gold and we will be doing the Red Hill Mine Tour.We are all very excited for camp.
Oscar Ma: For camp I am looking forward to panning for gold and having a great time with my friends. I am also looking forward to going on the red hill mine tour and going to the lolly shop.
Raph:I am looking forward to panning for gold and mining.I am also looking forward to doing all the other fun activities.
Tavi: For camp i am looking forward to candle dipping,the light show,hanging out with friends and having my first camp at St Augustine's
Tilly: At camp I am excited to find gold and watch lollies be made. The diamond mine sounds really fun, and I am excited to buy things from the gift shop, I can not wait!
Nora:I am so excited to hangout with my friends and do all of the actiities like panning for gold and watching the lollies be made. I cant wait to be in a cabin with all of my besties.
Marlon: I am very excited for camp so I can hangout with my new friends and have fun! 10:30pm for bed time seems awesome!!! Cant wait to explore Sovereign Hill for two days.
Grace: I am excited for camp because we will do fun activities like go to the lolly shop, pan for gold and get photos.
Poppy.M: I am looking forward to the gold panning, watching the lollies be made and being able to buy something from the gift shop on my own. I also can't wait to hangout with my friends.
Mateo: I am excited for the food, the activities and lots of sleep. I hope I get a good sleep and I am looking forward to being with my friends in my cabin.
Our Poems
They have also really enjoyed learning about a variety of poems with so many poems showing another creative side to the students. Here are some:
Lila: My favorite type of poem was the Acrostic poems. They were so much fun because it was like we were choosing what the words stand for. Here is one of my favourite Acrostic poem that I made: I ce cream is so good C reamy and delicious E veryone loves it C old and yummy it cools you down R efreshing so so good E veryone believes it’s the best A ll people in the world love it M mmm so good and yummy!
| Alina: Here is one of my Acrostic Poems Raspberry Amazing Special Perfect Brilliant Excellent Radiant Ripe Yummy!! |
Adriel: I have been enjoying writing poems and making them rhyme. I'm looking forward to being the best I can be at writing poems. Here is one I have written:
Roses are red, Or blue, So fun to play, Each rose looks cool. | Isaac: For the past few weeks we have been learning poems. My favourite is Didactic cinquain which is 1 word then 2 words 4 words 3 words 4 words 1 and I have one about the moon.
✩‧₊˚Moon✩‧₊˚ Silent, silver Watching, glowing, dreaming Guides us through night Guardian |
Jimmy.S:I loved poetry, my favourite poem style was acrostic poems. My favourite poem was one that I made about Miss Jess. M iss Jess is the best I mportant is what she is S mart and cool S uper good at hockey J ust as cool as she is E xcited always to teach us S uper at being a teacher S o kind to me | Anais: My favourite poem was the Haiku because you can be really creative. It needs syllables of 5, 7, 5 This is a Haiku that I made: Pasta is yummy I really love it so much You can't resist it |
Matthew: My favourite poem was the Haiku Poem. The Haiku poem stuck to a 3 line basis of 5,7,5 syllables:
Autumn is the best Kicking all of the brown leaves And enjoy the sun. |
Our 4/5 Soccer Day, SEL excursion, Chance games, Celebration projects & Swimming Carnival reflections
| Gisele: At the SEL excursion we made habitats for our Australian animals. My Australian animal was a baby Koala. Its name is Cookie Crumble and the habitat I made for it had a tree and a river. | Mihail: The soccer gala was really fun to play in. There were two groups, Miss Marissa and Miss Jess. I was in Miss Marissa’s group. We lost 2 games and we won 2 games and drew one game. Miss Jess’ group won 3 games and drew 2 games. The groups did really well and we got to see how everyone played on the pitch. |
Emily:At the SEL Australian animals we made Australian animals and also made their habitat. I made snakes,an axolotl and turtles
| Alex: I loved the soccer gala. It was so fun. We won 2 games, we lost 2 games and we drew 1.I was goal keeper and I did really well. I sadly got no goals but I was really good at goal keeper.In my team there were Xavier, Charlie, Mihail ,Calleum, Sophia, Aria, Teddy, Lachlan, Jimmy S, Atticus and our coach Miss Marissa.
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Thomas: At the swimming carnival we all had an amazing time we all swam splashed and some won medals for there house colour. I won three 1st on for free style one for backstroke and one for breaststroke.
| Tate: On 7/11/2025 the grade 4s and 5s went to the soccer gala day at Emanuel college.There were two St.Ausgustines teams one Miss Jess coached.Miss Marissa coached the other one.I was on Miss Jess’ team we won three games and drew two.Miss Marissa’s team won two games, lost two and drew one game. I had lots of fun. I scored three goals, nearly four, but the goal keeper just saved it.
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| Kiara: I chose Oxi day also known as No day for my project because it is something my family and I celebrate together. It is a Greek celebration. It is on the Tuesday 28 of October 2025 | Ivy: We have been making our own board games in maths class. My board game name is called ‘The Collector's Fun games’. It was really fun to make. Everyone’s board games are really fantastic and I'm very excited to play everyone else's. My board game is fair because it is randomized. There are: cards, a spinner and a dice. There are also 2 ways to go, one is a way to lose and the other way is to win. You will never know which way you will go. Either left or right! |
Atticus: My celebration box is on Halloween because I like lollies and creepy scary things
| Kyle: During SEL excursion, I made a wombat out of clay, I enjoyed going on the train with Oscar and Rory. | |
| Raf: The best part of the excusion for SEL was making cute little animals out of clay, we got to tell a little background story about the animals in the yarning circle. | Oscar: At Swimming carnival, we did Freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke. I varied between finishing in different places but I was proud of myself regardless. | |
| Alice: We went to the swimming carnival on Halloween. It was really fun and my friends and I got into district level. | Bonnie:At the Swimming carnival I swam and got a first ribbon, it was fun to verse my friends. | |
| Rory:I made a board game called Money Madness. It's basically monopoly but with lifestyle points You could go to Hawaii, Fiji, become an astronaut but its all chance and luck. You can loan or buy a house, lose your debit, find a lost cat become a graphic designer.... who knows where life will take you. | Rosie: In Maths everyone made their own board game. We could name it what ever we wanted and make up the rules and characters. I did a village run and the main character was named Patricia. I had different coloured spinners and a dice to play. | |
| Poppy.L: In my maths class I made my own board game for chance/probability. I named my game "Jelly Run" I made my own dice that people rolled to know how far to jump ahead. | Moshe: I picked Chinese New year is because I like the colour, the drums ,food(dimsims, Ducks Bill and Curry) and the music. I am going to show the class how to make Chinese drums with balloons, paper cups, and sticks. I really like Chinese New Year because I feel like I can be myself and do what I want. | |
| Pascale: I did my celebration box project on Navratri which some of may not know what that is. Navratri is a Indian celebration where you sing and dance and it is so much fun. My mums grandparents are Indian that is why I picked this celebration as I love and am proud of my culture. Navratri is bright, colourful and festive just like me! | Jimmy.C: I went to the Soccer gala and when I was Goalkeeper I only let one goal in ! I was on Miss Jess's team and we went undefeated. We played one team that was like double our heights, i thought they would squash us but we were determined and ended up with a draw. | |
Teddy: Womenjeka My name is Teddy ! Last week, on Thursday we were lucky enough to be the first group to go to a SEL Excursion. We went to FootscrayCommunity Arts Centre. It was so fun, The most important thing was to learn about Indigenous Culture and some of the organizers were proud indigenous people, some were from different countries and a couple were from WA. We also made sculptures from Australia's most famous animals such as the Dwaginin (Echina) Gurrung Gurrung (Kookabara). I made a Dwaginin (Echina) and his name was Gurrumul, named after a famous Indigenous singer and he was born and raised in Naarm (Melbourne) and always went to the NAIDOC week celebrations and participated in every dance. He is a proud Indigenous animal. | ||
Prep and buddy morning
For our final morning in kitchen garden we were so excited to have our buddies join us to create a momento that will remain in the garden forever.
The kitchen was alive with preps and their buddies creating their tile designs then colouring them in. Thank you to Year Six who were so patient and encouraging, your preps absolutely loved spending time with you. Thank you also Miss Jones for your amazing support and organisation of our games after fruit break. She had to work up a sweat being chased in duck duck goose! Also thank you to Miss Marissa who lent us her Year 6's. The morning was lovely, the sun finally came out and we all had a great time. Please view the garden to see our work.
Final kitchen garden for 1/2B
Kitchen garden classes also wrapped up today for 1/2B. We produced some delicious chocolate chip biscuits and spinach (harvested from our garden) and feta pastries.
In the garden we have created a beautiful 'pond' for our cow to drink from. 1/2B students carefully and throughfully laid each mosaic tile. We think it looks amazing. In addition to the mosaic tile laying we also planted some plants donated by Charlie C's family, collected at the opening of the tunnel a week ago - thank you for the donation of these natives for our garden.
Year 1/2
Chrismas Elves in 1/2
Up in a far away land of 1/2 we have some special guests that arrived this week - our Christmas elf's. Meet Lindt from 1/2RSB and Linda from 1/2MB. Lindt suddenly appeared on Wednesday morning and gave us a shock, as one minute he was not there and the next he was sitting on our tv - (Quin was the first to notice him).
Next we had a letter arrive advising his name and that he had a friend (Linda), who has no self direction but would be joining him and finally arrived today frozen in ice due to missing Australia and landing in Antarctica. Our Christmas trees are up and a favourite place to eat lunch with friends.
Additive patterns
This week Year 1/2 have been learning about additive patterns. Sometimes a new concept in mathematics just needs a little hands on learning practice, so out came some greyleads and we started adding them together - 3 + 2 --> 5 + 2 and so on - we reached 57 with our pencils, and hopefully a whole lot more understanding.
Respectful Relationships
Our Respectful Relationships learning this week was all about working together. Through team games, students learned that problems are easier to solve when we listen, take turns, encourage others, and stay calm. The 1/2s shared great reflections about how teamwork helps everyone feel included and confident, both in learning time and during play.
5/6 Surf Life Saving Workshop
The Year 5/6 students had a great time at The Surf Life Saving Club at Altona beach. Unfortunately the water was not great to swim in, the student still learnt the fundamentals of water safety.
LA BEFANA
La Befana – An Italian Tradition
On January 6th, children in Italy celebrate La Befana, a traditional folklore figure who brings small gifts and treats to children. La Befana is a kind, old woman who travels on a broomstick and delivers presents to children who have been good, much like Santa Claus. Legend says she was invited by the Three Wise Men to visit Baby Jesus but arrived too late. Since then, she has wandered the world, giving gifts to children in his honour.
In our Italian lessons, students learned about the story of La Befana and explored this special cultural tradition. They created beautiful artwork, wrote short stories, and discussed the similarities and differences between La Befana and other gift-givers around the world. It was a wonderful way for students to connect language learning with Italian history and culture.
Buona Befana!
