Independence Centre
Curriculum
Great to see everyone back after the weekend! We hope you all are feeling refreshed as we come into the last few weeks. Thank you to all of the 3/4 students and their families for their consistent effort.
In Writing, students had their final week creating and exploring narratives. Using our story graphs and plans from the previous week, students spent some time constructing and drafting narratives earlier in the week. Later in the week, students began to edit and uplevel these writing pieces using a variety of up-leveling tools and strategies that you might like to ask your child about. During Reading we have begun to look at persuasive texts and some of the different persuasive features of these text types. Some of the features included statistics, facts, and exaggeration. We even made some funny persuasive videos in one of these sessions which were really exciting to watch!
Our Maths sessions have been heaps of fun learning conducting research and collecting data on everyone's favourite type of chocolate. With this data, students were then able to create a variety of different graphs including a column and strip graph. It was great to see all of the different data collections and displays! What is your favourite type of chocolate?
In Guided Inquiry, we explored perspectives of the First Australians and those on the First Fleet. We spent some time making and presenting some short role-plays. It was great to see all of the students exploring the different perspectives.
To ensure a smooth transition for the upcoming NAPLAN testing we require all Year 3 students to download the NAP Locked Down Browser App for their Ipads by next week.
Special thanks to the 3/4 parents who were able to attend the sports gala day and helped in the running of the day. Your help was greatly appreciated by all the teachers and students!
Wishing you a lovely week,
Mr Dix, Miss Gasowski, Mrs McCoy, Miss Molloy, Mr O’Connor and Miss Richardson
Student Voice
- Lily K - "I can't wait to present assembly again, it was so much fun!"
- Raiden T - "ICE has been awesome, I can't wait to go next week!"
- Bob S - "I am really looking forward to the sports gala day!"
Reminders
- Return I.C.E money if your child’s activity has a cost. Cash only and must come in a named and labelled envelope/bag.
- Make sure you have downloaded all the apps on the school apps list.
- Message your classroom teacher on Sentral if you have any questions
- Headphones for iPad
- Seesaw family logins will be given out later in the term
Pupil of the Week
3/4D: Elise M -
Well done on using your strength of bravery to present the specialist awards at assembly. It was amazing to see you then support your peers when they presented. Great work Elise!
3/4G: Shayaan S -
For demonstrating perseverance and patience when editing your narrative about the camping trip. You worked hard to improve your spelling, insert adjectives and improve your punctuation. What an amazing achievement! Keep it up, Shayaan!
3/4K: Ava M -
For demonstrating love of learning when constructing your narrative story. You used descriptive language and your five senses to show not tell your readers what is happening in your story. Fantastic, Ava!
3/4M: Megan T -
For demonstrating excellent love of learning and curiosity when editing and upleveling her narrative. You readily accepted the feedback given to you during our writing conference and used classroom resources to assist in upleveling. Marvellous Megan!
3/4O: Saumya V -
For demonstrating a love of learning and teamwork while working on displaying your data in different ways. You displayed your data in three different ways and worked together with your classmates to share success! Super Saumya!
3/4R: Jackson M -
For consistently being a supportive and cooperative group member. It was great to see you cheering on your teammates during 3/4 sport. Excellent work, Jackson! :)