It is always a joy to participate in Book Week celebrations and this year was no exception. We looked closely at a number of shortlisted Book Week books during the week and the students’ responses and deep insights always astounds us. A bit thank you to Elise Hurst (Sammy and Archie’s mum) who presented at…

Last week, students used information that they had documented in their diaries as well as photos from our 3 days at Sovereign Hill to create a pictorial diary about their experience of Year 4 Camp. Students chose five photos that told the story of their time at Sovereign Hill and wrote a paragraph of text…

As part of our inquiry into museums, we have been exploring natural and personal artifacts. We understand that there are different types of museums and our camp to Sovereign Hill highlighted what we can learn from a living museum. This week the students of Year 4 attended a two night, three day camp in Ballarat…

Museums use artifacts to tell stories about people from the present and the past. Students have continued to investigate artifacts and objects that tell stories from the students past and present.  We asked students to show us a series of artifacts that tell the story about themselves.  What artifacts would you display to tell the…

African Drumming workshops & ‘Drum Jam’ Performance were a highly anticipated program. We had our first workshop in week one term 3 and our year 4 students were highly engaged as seen by the following pictures. The program will continue once restrictions are eased. “I found it really fun the way Kofi made the patterns,…

Students have been eagerly watching and requesting to watch ‘Secrets of the museum’ on ABC.  After watching the fourth episode during lunch time we asked the children a series of questions:-  Why is it important to preserve objects in a museum? What does preserve mean? (Preserve = keep, bring back to life, to keep safe…

Shared writing By Year 4  In the year 4 neighbourhood we have had many discussions about our Rights and Responsibilities both in the neighbourhood and in the playground. These discussions are helpful because they can help us make better decisions about how to interact with others. It benefits our health and happiness at school. If…

We have been back to remote learning and hope to be back to school soon. The students have been engaging in morning and afternoon meetings and responding to online learning experiences enthusiastically. We have had a great response to our Maths projects on mapping, area and perimeter and using our knowledge we have been developing…

In Term 1 and 2 students have been participating in literature circles, where they read a novel that they have selected in small groups. Each week students have been reading a chapter and responding to their text through a variety of thinking routines, and share their thinking with the neighbourhood. Over the last few weeks,…

The students of year 4 are now well and truly onto developing their inquiry projects.  We continue to develop our big idea, ‘We are part of the natural world’, and ask questions on ‘What part do we play in shaping the natural world?’ and ‘How do our feeling and emotions connect us to the natural world?’…