Independence Centre
Curriculum
This weeks newsletter is brought to you by the students of 3/4T (With just a little editing from Miss Tillotson).
Reading
In Reading this week, we have been practising our questioning skills by creating our own questions to quiz the other classes on different stories. We ended the week with playing a Kahoot made from the other classes.
Writing
By Jeremy and Angus
In writing this week we have been publishing the poems that we have been writing for the past 2 weeks. We did: a limerick, a ballad and a cinquain, as well as using Minecraft Education to discover poetry techniques like rhyming and alliteration.
Maths
By Hayley and Olivia
This week we have been learning about data using the Father's Day and Special Person's Day data to make graphs on our iPads. We have also been learning about angles and using protractors to measure angles around the room. Lastly, we learnt about symmetry and created our own symmetry posters.
Guided Inquiry Immersion
By Harnoor, Jude and Emily
This week we had an immersion and we ate chocolate. It was made with bush tucker. Our immersion got us thinking about what we want to learn about next term and helped the teachers plan for next term.
In Guided Inquiry we’ve been building powered items with renewable energy (they are not real!) and getting one part 3D printed.
Book Swap
By Maddie and Eva
This week on Thursday, we did a book swap.
We donated a gold coin to the Literacy foundation so they could buy books from the book shops. We could pick two books, one on the first table that you pick and the second one (so it's fair). Parents came to help sell all the books. They were very helpful.
Thank you parents!
District Athletics
By Sophie and Emilie
We went to Tom Kelly Reserve for district athletics on Wednesday the 7th of September, the sports we did included, high jump, relays, shot put, running races
(200m, 800m, 1500m), long jump, triple jump and discus!
Sophie- It was fun competing against different schools and I liked doing high jump too.
Emilie- I enjoyed watching all the sports be played, and I am happy I got to division, for shot put! This is a photo of the Tom Kelly athletics course.
Have a wonderful week,
Miss Chooi, Miss Richardson, Miss Wang, Mrs McCoy, Miss Tillotson and Miss Honan
Student Voice (Charli and Ava):
- Maddie T - She enjoyed publishing my poems in writing because Writing is my favourite subject at school
- Megan T - Writing limericks because she can make them funny :)
- Monica T - She enjoyed doing Guided Inquiry because she enjoys building and creating new inventions
- Sam S - He enjoyed doing guided inquiry because he got to make new projects
- Amelie B - She enjoyed art because she enjoys using new items such as: watercolours, paint & other items
Reminders
- Sports Day this Friday - Please make sure to come in your footy colours!
- Anyone going away for you school holidays we would love you to bring back some spare brochures for writing next term.
Pupil of the Week
3/4C: Aira N -
For demonstrating perseverance and a love of learning when measuring and identifying different angles. You maintained a positive attitude even when experiencing challenges and used resources to assist you with problem solving independently. Well done Aira!
3/4H: Emily J -
For demonstrating perseverance and creativity when investigating symmetry. It was wonderful to see you take risks to create different patterns with different types of symmetry. Amazing effort, Emily!
3/4M: Zsofia C -
For demonstrating creativity and a love of learning when using question stems to create challenging questions for your peers. It was great to see you using the three star stems to get the reader to think more deeply. Well done, Zsofia!
3/4T: Emilie L -
For demonstrating bravery and creativity in your ICE performance. It was so amazing to watch you perform with your group and show your zesty personality. Keep up this incredible work, Emilie!
3/4R: Chitra S -
For demonstrating leadership and a love of learning when working with your peers on our symmetry and angles maths task. You are so thoughtful for looking out for those around you and sharing your knowledge. Keep it up, Chitra!
3/4W: Ryan R -
For demonstrating creativity and a love of learning when writing and publishing your poems. You focused on following the structure using key features, figurative language and humour. Roaring effort, Ryan!