We would like to thank all the year 4 students for a wonderful year. The students have worked hard throughout the year, despite some of the challenges we all faced with lockdown. We were lucky to just make it to camp this year and it will definitely be a highlight. We were all happy to…

Today was the second and final day of year 4 prep transition day. Last week the children were jumping out of their skins to meet their buddies. The year 4 students displayed responsibility and care when interacting with their buddies. Today the students created cards for the new preps that will be sent next year…

On Tuesday, Meredith and baby Arav paid a visit to the year 4s. The students were extremely excited to see Meredith and her beautiful baby boy Arav. Meredith looked happy and baby Arav slept through the whole meet and greet. We all wish her all the best!

Students have been exploring museums and learning about their purposes and features throughout our inquiry. We connected the historical significance of the pandemic to our learning by documenting our experiences at home through lockdown exhibitions. Students applied what they learned about museums and became curators of exhibits which helped them to share and reflect on…

As part of our studies in maths, students have been working together to complete projects which involve considering and responding to a range of questions relating to planning a garden. We started with measuring and drawing a scaled diagram of the school garden beds, and calculating area and perimeter. The projects then involved researching food…

Soccer with my friends Wet, I slip over the ball Windy dirty fun – Haiku by Sonny in 4A Why do people write poetry? What makes a great poem? What is onomatopoeia? Why might poets use alliteration? What is free verse poetry? These are some of the questions which we have been considering in the…

Students in year 4 have been documenting their experiences in lockdown. The historical significance of lockdown puts our students at the front and centre of this experience.  They are part of an authentic historic experience and they have first-hand knowledge to comment on it. Melbourne museum has provided a real world example of what a lockdown…

Last term students were highly engaged producing videos about their time in lockdown. We wanted to extend the students’ thinking by putting the lens on the students themselves and documenting a historic period in time. The historical significance of lockdown put the children front and center in this experience.  Melbourne museum have also been document students…

As term 3 comes to an end, the year 4 neighbourhood would like to wish Meredith every joy and happiness with the forthcoming birth of her baby. Thank you Meredith for being such an amazing teacher and working so hard during the year to make sure that all your students were well cared for, safe…

This term we have made connections to museums through the experiences and the opportunities the children have had at Sovereign Hill. We have continued to research, discuss and build our collective understanding through dialogic pedagogies. The children have deepened their connection through reversing the lens of the museum from the past to the present and…