This week the Year 3 neighbourhood has reflected on the experiences of indigenous Australians. As part of their reflection the students listened and responded to the book, Took the Children Away by Archie Roach. Some of their responses were: Arabella: It made me feel really emotional. The words and the song made me feel emotional…
Learning Reflection Week 4.
“How are natural systems connected and what role do we play?” Last Friday the Year 3 neighbourhood had an excursion to the Australian Native Garden at Royal Park. We went there to understand more about connections in nature. We had four workshops looking at mammals, macroinvertebrates, birds and ‘deep dive’ (how we connect to nature).…
Term 2 Week 2 Learning Reflection
Dear parents and carers, As a neighbourhood we have been exploring connections in nature. The Year 3 neighbourhood watched a documentary by David Attenborough called Our Planet and we learnt there is a flower that produces nectar which bees fall into because it’s slippery. The bees try to escape through a narrow tunnel. When they…
Week 9 Learning Reflection
Welcome everyone to Week 9 of the indescribably engaging and informative Year Three learning reflection for Week 9. Read on to find out about what your children have been up to and the good things that have been happening in the Year 3 Neighbourhood. One of the important things that has been happening this week…
Week 8 Learning Reflection
Welcome parents and families to our amazing blog for Week 8 (Isaiah). We wish you all a happy Harmony Day from the Year Three Neighbourhood (Ivy Belle). Our focus for this week has been the Student Parliament applications, documenting our learning on Seesaw, thinking about what Harmony Day means to us and the courageous performances…
Week 6 Learning Reflection
Welcome parents and carers to the newest Year 3 blog post. Some of the big themes from this week have been factors (division), responding to the statement ‘children are a part of nature’, observational drawing, making hypotheses (second step in the scientific method), preparing for next week’s Expo, Dadirri (deep listening), our place in the…
Week 5 Reflections
Dear parents, carers and other members of the P.H.P.S community, As a neighbourhood we have been thinking about how children are a part of nature. To help us better understand this we have been doing observational drawings outside. We have learnt that observations are the first step in the Scientific Method. Before beginning our drawings…
Week 4 Learning Reflections
Welcome to the Year 3 post-lockdown blog post for Week 4. In this blog there will be some really exciting reflections about what we’ve done in Week 4 (Decca). At the start of the week we had to lockdown. I enjoyed the activities on Seesaw, especially making music from natural objects such as stones (Max).…
Welcome to the Year 3 Neighbourhood
Welcome to the first Year 3 blog of the year (Gabriel). We hope this will give you a good idea of what we have been learning (Louis). These are some of our insightful reflections of the year so far: Robert: Me and Aurelien have been working on a cubby project (CSP- contain, secure and protect).…