Years 3 & 4 Neighbourhood
Good afternoon families and friends, This blog post marks the 4th last day that we will have together as the year 3/4 neighbourhood for 2023. Well done to everyone for what has turned out to be an incredibly successful and enjoyable year! To celebrate the learning and final projects from our inquiries, the 3/4 neighbourhood …
Over the last fortnight, the 3/4N have worked on creating mathematical games, linking to our inquiry on play! Some students chose to use their knowledge of ‘Scratch’ when creating a digital game while others chose to create a more traditional board game. Students have thought about the mathematical strategies that would be needed to answer …
The 3/4 Neighbourhood have busy finalising their collective inquiry into play, and thinking about what will be shared at the upcoming Expo. Hannah came and shared how the map of our school was progressing now the drawing has been reduced to fit. We realised there were still some spaces that needed some more drawings and …
Dear parents and carers, Welcome to the 3/4 blog for term 4, week 4. Over the past fortnight the children have, for an hour a day, turned our Neighbourhood into a thriving economy with all of the booms and busts of the real world. A maths provocation was provided with a picture of children ‘playing …
It has been a busy start to Term 4 in the 3/4 Neighbourhood… Using our Inquiry question “How can we improve play across our school”, the students have formed lunchtime clubs to teach younger students about their own passion. Students were required to create a schedule of activities, create persuasive videos, plan the resourcing and …
Over the term we considered how spaces are used for play in our school. We were very lucky to have Hannah (our Artist in Residence) come and visit us and discuss how we could map out the areas and include all the knowledge and stories we have of these areas. We walked around the school …
Welcome back Jo! Since returning to school after camp, the children in the 3/4 Neighbourhood have returned to answering our two guiding questions: Physical play: How can we improve physical play for everyone at our school? We have children who are planning lunchtime clubs to improve play time across the school. Look out for expressions …
This term has kicked off with a strong start in years 3/4. We are currently in the final part of the ‘expand’ phase of our inquiry with children investigating two major lines of inquiry. All children have engaged in statistical analysis of the FIFA Women’s World Cup as well as learning about key players from …
Greetings parents and carers, Over the past few weeks the students in the 3/4NH have been continuing to develop their understandings of how play contributes to their development. They have investigated the reasons why young animals play and made connections with their own play. Why do animals play? Simane: I think animals play so they …
Our neighbourhood over the past fortnight has begun to explore what play looks like and how it is important for cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being of children. They have been exploring different games people play and how it has changed over time which has incorporated various disciplines of the curriculum including writing, reading, art, …