Independence Centre
Curriculum
Selamat siang!
What an amazing week to be fully back in the classroom! This week we had our Senior Athletics Carnival where all the students were excited to show their house spirit. We are so proud of everyone’s participation and it was lovely to see the development in their sport abilities and personal skills when competing in a range of activities including 100m sprints, discus and high jump.
In Maths, we focused on decimals, and in theme with our athletics carnival, we hosted the 3/4 Olympics. We measured distance and times when racing our robots through a range of different heats. They were challenged to order and compare decimals to show who came first, second and third.
In Writing, students developed their lovely 3-way conference slides to show their progress at our meetings this week. Students also have been practising planning a narrative as a team. They have used a range of planning strategies including mind maps and narrative story graphs to start developing their creative stories. Towards the end of the week, students started to write their narratives using their plan to focus on adding detail and describing the character, setting and actions using figurative language.
In Guided inquiry we continued our investigation into the forces through reflecting on our findings over the past three weeks. Students were able to look back at their findings, noticing and wonderings from our Wonder Wall and see if they now know more than they did when we started the term. Students were able to answer a range of questions including does gold stick to magnets, and what would happen if we didn’t have gravity.
This week we are continuing with our ICE program which will get us back into learning all our new activities. We will also be starting our multiplication unit in maths, so any extra practice at home is much appreciated!
Have a wonderful week,
Miss Chooi, Miss Richardson, Miss Wang, Mrs McCoy, Miss Tillotson and Miss Honan
Student Voice:
- Jude P - "My favourite part of last week was athletics day!"
- Emily F - "My favourite part of last week was the maths races with the robots."
- Shayaan S - "I liked exploring guided inquiry when we dropped things to see what happens."
Reminders
- Please bring in any cardboard boxes or recycled material that students will use later in the term for their STEM and Guided Inquiry project.
- Camp permission is due and if you haven’t submitted it so far please complete this ASAP.
Pupil of the Week
3/4C: Tiffany L -
For demonstrating teamwork when working collaboratively to plan a narrative story. You listened attentively to other's ideas whilst also showing confidence to share your thoughts and opinions. Keep up the great work Tiffany!
3/4H: Elijah B -
For demonstrating your character strength of social intelligence when identifying how and why a character's feelings change and develop throughout a story. It was wonderful to see you using evidence to support your ideas. Keep up the excellent effort, Elijah!
3/4M: Megan T -
For consistently demonstrating a love of learning during independent reading sessions. I enjoy our reading conferences where you show the evidence you have collected to achieve your goals and work with me to set new goals for the future. Keep up the amazing work, Megan!
3/4R: Zac H -
For demonstrating creativity when writing your narrative story. It was inspiring to see you including text features from books you have read and making alternate exciting endings. Great work, Zac!
3/4T: Jeremy K -
For demonstrating love of learning and teamwork when developing your group plan for your narrative. It was great to see you adding backfill and your sizzling start to add depth to your story. Great work, Jeremy!
3/4W: Shriya D -
For demonstrating curiosity when using your operations to solve how long MPRPS staff are on yard duty. You added durations of time and converted between seconds, minutes and hours. Incredible effort, Shriya!