Grade 3 and 4 - Level 3
The 2022 Level 3 Teachers and ES Staff
John Hoskin (Team Leader), Charlotte Caldarelli, Philip Allison, Sally Dyett, Paul Souter, Andrew Wastie, Kate Yates, Lisa Shoebridge, Julie Reid, Tabatha Watson, Rachael Fletcher, Fiona Materia, Georgia Murphy, Jo Hearn and Kaylene Stait
The Year 3 and 4 students are eagerly awaiting our STEM week excursions to Quantum that started today. We are also looking forward to other exciting events that will occur over the remaining weeks of the school year.
Important Dates
Friday 4th November– 3PA go to Quantum Victoria
Monday 7th November - Next school assembly
Monday 7th November – 4JH go to Quantum Victoria
Tuesday 8th November – 4JS go to Quantum Victoria
Wednesday 9th November – 3LS go to Quantum Victoria
Thursday 10th November – 4PS go to Quantum Victoria
Friday 11th November – 3TW go to Quantum Victoria
Monday 14th November – 4SD go to Quantum Victoria
Tuesday 15th November – 3KY go to Quantum Victoria
Wednesday 7th December – Pupil Free Day (Staff Planning Day)
Monday 19th December - Students last day of school
Quantum Victoria Excursion
Quantum Victoria is a Centre of Excellence and Innovation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education and is co-located with Charles La Trobe P-12 College at Macleod. Students will be involved in unique hands-on STEM and Digital Learning activities throughout the day. The Year 3/4 lesson is a coding and robotics one called ‘Makey Makey’. Dates are listed earlier on this page.
On your child’s day, they will need to be at school at 8.45am with the bus leaving for Macleod at 9am. Students will need to bring their hat, a snack, a drink bottle and their lunch in a small backpack. School uniform is to be worn.
Parent Maths Night – Thursday, November 3rd
Thank you to all the parents and students that attended the Maths Night last night at school. Each family attended three sessions, each one on a different maths topic. It gave families an opportunity to hear about and experience how maths is taught at Vermont Primary. The night also provided us with a chance to showcase the amazing maths videos that students have been making with Ms Hannink during the year. Details on how parents can watch these videos on various mathematical topics and strategies will be sent home with students shortly. Each family attending last night left with a small pack of maths resources and information to assist with maths at home. Special thanks to Mr Wastie and the STEM staff committee for organising such an informative evening.
The Maths Night
By Hiya 4JH
On Thursday November 3rd, the parents and some of the students went to a Maths night.
First, we were in the stadium and a lot of projects were on the walls. My favourite was the Grade3 Where’s Wally and Grade 6 Bird’s Eye View 3d.
When the night started and someone showed the video of a Vermont Primary student doing Maths. It was cool!
Our first session was Number Sense where we learned that we try different strategies for one problem. I know this but my parents were learning. We watched a video to understand. After that, we got a problem and we tried different strategies.
We then went to Room 20 for fractions. We watched a video which was about a VPS student showing us how to add fractions and subtract fractions with different denominators. We then had to do either an addition one or subtraction one but in the middle of me doing the addition one an announcement came and we had to move to the next session.
We had to go to room 19 to do multiplication. This time the video was about a VPS student doing the lattice method. Then we did a problem with the lattice method 24 x 32 and I finished it. The teacher was super supportive. Then we watched another video about the stick method which was cool. Then we did a problem about it but I got it wrong and a girl showed us how to do it.
After that, there was an announcement to conclude the session. We then went to the stadium where a lucky number was drawn and the person won some games.
Vermont Views Magazine
The Vermont Views magazine is now available for purchase on Qkr! This is a great keepsake of 'the year that was' and a fun way to track your child's journey through their school years. Further details can be found on Qkr.
What we are learning in Weeks 6 and 7 of Term 4
| Week 6 | Week 7 |
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Writing Year 3 - Narratives Year 4 - Narratives | Writing Year 3 - Narratives Year 4 - Narratives |
Reading Year 3 - Drawing Conclusions Year 4 - Drawing Conclusions | Reading Year 3 – Collective Nouns Year 4 – Drawing Conclusions |
Maths Year 3 – Time Year 4 - Fractions | Maths Year 3 - Time Year 4 – Fractions
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Inquiry Design Process | Inquiry Design Process |
Math Strategy Help Videos
The Vermont Primary School STEM team is proud to finally be able to share our maths strategy help videos with the school community. You will have access to these videos via the link below and be able to support your child across a range of areas in Mathematics. The website will be updated with more help strategy videos as we create more in the future.
We ask that parents do not share the videos or individual logins with anyone. Usernames and passwords will given to students early next week.
https://au.accessit.online/VRM00/#!dashboard
