Year 3-6 Sector

AP News

Hello everyone,

Wow, I can’t believe we are already at the end of 2018. It has been a very successful year at Brookside College. The students in the 3-6 Sector should be very proud of all their hard work and efforts this year.

One of the biggest changes in the 3-6 Sector this year has been the introduction of Project Based Learning. This has been a huge highlight for the students, teachers and wider community. The students have been so engaged in these projects. Today I was lucky enough to work with the Year 4 students as they worked on their designs for a new playground.

Their creativity and collaboration was on show and they are super excited about sharing their proposals over the next week. This is just one example of the many projects the students have been involved in. I would like to thank the teachers for all their work in creating such rich, engaging projects and the students for all their hard work. I’d also like to thank all our parents and guardians for their support, from coming into school to view the Public Products to late night visits to Officeworks to buy supplies the kids have loved having you involved in their learning.

The last two weeks of school for the year are always a very exciting time. Students and staff will be out on their end of year celebrations which promise to be heaps of fun. Our students will also be involved in Step Up Day when they go into their next year level for part of the day. The students will also have Meet the Teacher Day, where they will meet their 2019 teacher. 

I would like to congratulate the Year 6 students who move into the Secondary Sector of the school next year. This cohort of students have been a fantastic bunch! They look out for each other, enjoy their schooling and are dedicated to their studies. Good luck in Year 7.

Finally I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holidays. I hope you all have a great and restful break and I look forward to seeing you all back at Brookside in 2019.

Adam Bright

Assistant Principal

Year 3 News

The Year 3 cohort attended their first camp at Log Cabins in Creswick.  It was their first time away from their families.  They experienced new activities including canoeing, zip lining and giant swing amongst other activities.  Everyone had lots of fun including the teachers.

I think canoeing was the best because I nearly got tipped into the water and that we saw something big in the water. It looked like a turtle. There were fish in the pond.  We went on the big giant swing and I went 18 metres up.   In the morning when we ate breakfast, we got to talk with our friends.

Logan 3A

Camp was fun on the giant swing and pretty fast when Jazz and I did the commando course.    It was cool in canoeing because it was good to see the mini island in the middle of the dam.  I was proud of myself when we won the game of how many balls we go in canoeing. 

Ryder 3A

I enjoyed going upside down on the giant swing.  The ziplines were awesome.

Ben 3B

I love canoeing because Adem and I fell in. We got very wet and had to have a shower.

Ashleigh Rose 3B

The possum glide was great as you got to go up like a possum and go down a little bit and go back up.

Beza 3C

I really enjoyed the food because it was mouth-watering. My favourite meal was the chicken schnitzel.

 Zara 3B

The food as camp was delicious, everybody liked it. There was such a range of different foods that we got to eat.

Amelie 3C

My favourite 2 activates were canoeing because we got wet and it was such a laugh. I also liked the zip line because I got to go upside down. I loved camp, had loads of fun and wished it went a little longer.

Mikayla A 3C

Year 3 camp was phenomenal. I learnt about bravery and responsibility. The giant swing was the best, when I was being lifted up I wasn’t scared but when I pulled the rope I was terrified as I was falling down.

Bhuvan 3C

Year 5 News

Dear Parents and Families,

Can you believe that it is already the end of Term Four. We have had a super busy term where we’ve gone on an excursion and camp. We’ve learnt all about Measurement and Probability in Maths, Narrative writing and perspectives in Writing, and Inferring in Reading. In PBL we have been working hard to produce our products which will be on sale during the Summer Fest on Thursday 13th December from 2.30pm – 3.45pm.

On the 17th of December we will be heading off to Zone Bowling at Watergardens as our end of year celebration where we will participate in bowling and laser tag – we will even have lunch provided. There are many fun and exciting things happening as we wrap up 2018.

We would like to thank all the families for such a positive year and wish the children all the best for 2019 and beyond.