Year 3/4 News
St Raphael's School
End of Term 2
It is hard to believe that we are nearly at the end of another term! We would like to recognise the efforts of all the students this semester. We wish all the families a safe and happy holiday break and look forward to an exciting term ahead!
Over the holiday break, we recommend that all students continue to practise telling the time and work on their automatic recall of multiplication facts.
Year 3: 2, 3, 5 & 10
Year 4: Up to 10 times tables
Sovereign Hill
Last week, the 3/4 students headed to Sovereign Hill to learn about the history of the Gold Rush and the different immigrants who migrated here.
The students enjoyed panning for gold, some even had a stroke of luck and yelled out 'EUREKA!' when they found a small speck in the river. Others chose to spend their money buying a small gold flake from the gift shop, while a lot chose to buy quite a few sweets from the confectionary store.
Although the weather wasn't the greatest, the students all had an absolutely wonderful day exploring Sovereign Hill.
Here are some photos of the children enjoying the different activities.
PBL
The students have completed and started to present their cultural suitcases to their classes this week. We have been so impressed with the effort and depth of the presentations so far and the work they have done for this unit this term. Students' engagement in this unit has been really high and we are so proud of the attentiveness they have shown to other students and guest speakers. The 3/4 teachers were extremely impressed with the questions they devised to ask a family member about their culture and their research about their cultural traditions and celebrations. In their suitcase, they were required to choose 10 items that they would like to keep about their culture. These items would represent their culture and be passed down to future generations.
Here are some examples of the slides of two students who presented their cultural suitcases earlier this week.
Lia Ciarma:
Sierra Pes:
Parent helpers
Thank you to all the parents who have come to assist us during formal learning time throughout Term 2. Your assistance and support during this time is widely appreciated by staff and students.
Please note parent helpers will not be required to assist during the last week of term Week 9, Term 2.
We do look forward to welcoming all helpers back into our learning space at the commencement of Term 3.
Year 3/4 Camp
The Year 3/4 Camp is fast approaching. We are heading to Camp Dewar in Bacchus Marsh for two days from Monday 8th of August to Tuesday the 9th of August.
Please note that we will be sending the permission note via Operoo, please respond by the end of the Term. We will also be taking expressions of interest for parent helpers for camp as well.
Important Dates
Term Two
Friday 24/06: Feast of Sacred Heart Mass 9:30 am
Friday 24/06: Semester One School Reports sent home / End of Term Break.
Please note students finish at 1pm.
Term Three
Monday 11 July – Friday 16 September
Monday 11/07: School Closure Day
Tuesday 12/07: Term 3 Commences
Contact Details
3/4P
Linda Pham lpham@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au
3/4H
Belinda Hirschauer
bhirschauer@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au
3/4M
Kaitlyn McMillan
kmcmillan@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au
Please note, we will respond to emails Monday to Friday, between the hours of 8am- 5pm.