Independence Centre

Curriculum

Halo semuanya (Hello everyone!)

This week’s edition of the newsletter is brought to you by 3/4RB who are incredibly excited by the opportunity to share their student voice about the exciting things happening in the Independence Centre!

In Reading, we have been making predictions about our class novel, Wylah (pronounced Wheel-a) the Koorie Warrior. It is a great book with wonderful illustrations (we love the way the book was designed). We think Wylah is a very inspiring character that Jordan Gould and Richard Pritchard (authors) created. We have finished Chapter 5 and we are looking forward to seeing what happens next in the text. Whilst reading Chapter 5, we highlighted our noticings and wonderings and explained our thinking.

Written by Ava J and Yazmeen D

In Writing, the 3/4 students have been busy writing lots of persuasive speeches. These include SRC speeches as well as other topics like ‘Why we should have a class party’ and ‘Should we change the date we celebrate Australia Day?’. We have been closely following The Writing Process. First we do pre-writing, drafting, conferencing, revising, editing and finally publishing! We can’t wait to present our persuasive speeches next week!!

Written by Maddie T and Johanna C

In Maths, the 3/4 students made fraction walls and stuck them at the back of our Maths books. We put them there for future use. We worked hard on folding the paper evenly so that our fractions were accurate. Although people said it was not very easy to fold the paper, we still had a lot of fun! We also played ‘Race to a Whole’ using fractions between 0-1 and mixed numbers between 0-3.

Written by Mia H and Sam L

In Wellbeing, the 3/4s have been reading a book called Wylah the Koorie Warrier. We made posters describing what Wylah was doing in the story and how she felt. We connected this into our Wellbeing session where we spoke about the Zones of Regulation. We also talked about how there is no such thing as ‘bad’ zones/emotions, and that it is ok to feel all the emotions from all the different Zones. If you need a fidget to help you self-regulate, use one. If you need a drink of water, go get one. This is because it is okay to feel upset or angry. We also looked at the Catastrophe Scale and how it can be used to help us put our feelings into perspective.

Written by Sakina K

In 3/4 sport we have been practising for Gala Day which is happening on the 8th of March. There are four sports: Newcombe, Hotshots, Rounders and Soccer. On the day we are going onto a bus to different places depending on the sport and the venue that it is allocated to! We can’t wait to compete against other schools.

Written by Tom M and Josh N

Have a wonderful week,

3/4RB, Miss Wang, Miss Honan, Miss Chooi, Miss Walker, Miss Tillotson and Mrs Baker

Student Voice:

Collected by Elliot G

Elliot G - "This week in Maths, I enjoyed learning all about fractions”
Freddie - “I think Writing was fun because we got to write about topics we found interesting”
Anna and Sophie - “We’re soooo excited for the swimming carnival tomorrow!!!”
Elijah - “This week in Writing, we have been doing persuasive speeches and mine was about ‘The Best Superpower'"

Reminders

Headphones: Please ensure your child has a pair of named headphones. Students require headphones for a number of different learning experiences at school.
Gala Day is coming up on Wednesday 8th March. The sports students are participating in are Rounders, Hot Shots (tennis), Soccer and Newcombe (modified volleyball). If you have any expertise in these sports we would be very excited to have you join our weekly sport sessions or assist in coaching on our Gala Day. Please contact your child’s teacher if you are interested.
I.C.E preference forms are available via your child's Google Classroom. Please ensure you read the instructions and complete the form with your child/ren.

Pupil of the Week

3/4C: Troy M -

For demonstrating perseverance and creativity when writing your persuasive speech. You worked so hard to explain your ideas and even added humour to engage the audience.

3/4H: Eva E -

For demonstrating a love of learning when creating your persuasive speech. It was wonderful to see your creativity when brainstorming a variety of reasons.

3/4RB: Sakina K -

For working hard to act on feedback provided to you during teacher and peer writing conferences. It is great to see you using a range of strategies to revise and edit your work.

3/4T: Arya A -

For demonstrating love of learning and determination when writing your persuasive speech. It has been fantastic to hear the different techniques you have used in you piece .

3/4W: Marko I -

For demonstrating leadership and consistently being a role model. You are thoughtful of your actions, take pride in your work including your speech presentation.