Independence Centre

Curriculum

Selamat siang!

When it rains it pours in the Independence Centre, after the excellent effort of our Grade 3 students the week before we kept it coming with an Assessment Week for the whole of the Independence Centre. We are all proud of the efforts made by all students as they rose to the challenge with bravery and persistence. Although we got up to much more than just some assessments. For starters we had our Melbourne Museum Excursion to prepare for.

In guided Inquiry, we have been investigating ecosystems and the different roles organisms play within them. We have explored the impacts we have on our environment along with the impacts of different types  of erosion. A highlight was as we put into practice our mapping skills across the school in teams, thanks Miss Malloy. Students are going to use what they have learned at school in combination with what they find at the Melbourne Museum to begin their own inquiry into organisms and their ecosystems.

In Reading, we got our Sherlock hats on and practiced our inferencing skills together. Inferencing is when we use reasoning and evidence to form our own conclusions.  We focused on using what we had read from the text in combination with our own prior knowledge to form an inference. As you and your child read each night it would be a fantastic opportunity to practice making inferences together.

In Maths, students explored measurement with a focus on length and perimeter. Together we made sure we understood the tools we would use and how to use them accurately before we began stretching our measurement skills to measure a wide range of regular and irregular polygons. To end the week we challenged ourselves by creating our names with polygons with a total perimeter within 5 centimeters of a metre. A perfect perimeter problem to practice what we had learned.

Our 3/4 Winter Gala Day is close approaching (3rd of June) and we have been hard at it learning to work as a team and build our skills. In order to run this event we are looking for parents who could offer their time to volunteer to support our students both in practice leading up to the Gala Day and on the Gala Day itself. If you are interested and able to help our students please let your child’s teacher know ASAP. We have our last practice this Friday the 28th of May between 12:30 and 1:30om and the Winter Gala Day will be held on Thursday the 3rd of June. Thank you to Lisa and Anthony , along with Stanley who helped out at school last week, it was very much appreciated by all.

Student Voice

• Sheldon L - "I liked making our Open Night slides and progressing in my writing."
• Sienna V - "Cooking was interesting, we tried to make green pancakes but we made pink ones because we didn't have what we needed."
• Saumya V - "I enjoyed writing procedural texts in writing, we even got to make paper planes."
• Stephanie F - "I liked doing the inferencing in reading, reading texts and answering tricky questions. I liked saying 'why' because I think it makes more sense."

Reminders

• Homework which has been shared on Google classroom (Dojo rewards!)
• Please check Sentral for permissions and volunteer opportunities.
• Winter Gala Day 3rd June
• Melbourne Museum Excursion 27th May

Pupil of the Week

3/4D: Lily K -

For demonstrating the character strength of teamwork when working with a partner in Guided Inquiry. You confidently put your skills to the test helping your partner look for clues around the school. Keep up the teamwork Lily! 

3/4G: Saina D -

For demonstrating a love of learning when asking for feedback on how to improve your poetry writing skills. You showed maturity and bravery to seek out feedback on your own. Sensational, Saina!

3/4K: Emilie L -

For the zest and respect you demonstrated when creating your acknowledgement of the country. You were thoughtful and inclusive to ensure you covered all the success criteria. Extraordinary Emilie!

3/4M: Oliver LW -

For demonstrating perseverance and a love of learning when writing your persuasive piece last week. You accurately structured your writing  using paragraphs and edited for punctuation. Outstanding Oliver!

3/4O: Jasper P -

For demonstrating the character strengths teamwork and a love of learning while solving length and perimeter problems. You confidently put your skills to the test solving perimeter problems as you made estimations and checked for accuracy. Jamming Jasper!

3/4R: Lewis T -

For being a cooperative member of the class and assisting your peers when writing a procedure on ‘how to make a paper plane’. It was great to see you sharing your love of learning with others. Lovely, Lewis!