Swimming on Monday - Lifesaving Day

On Monday 25th, students signed up for the intensive swimming program will be learning essential lifesaving skills. We ask all students who are going swimming on Monday to bring a spare set of clothing so that they are able to practice swimming fully clothed (long sleeve top and long trousers). It is also a good idea to bring a platic bag so that they can place their wet clothes in them afterwards.

Number

Some of the students will be moving into addition concepts. We will be looking at:

• Reading and writing addition stories
• Addition strategies including counting on, using doubles, making to ten, zero facts
• Addition algorithms - 2 digit add 2 digit with and without renaming and with zeros in the answer
• Addition algorithms - 3 digit add 3 digit renaming ones and tens and with zeros in the answer
• Adding several one digit numbers
• Addition algorithms - 4 digit add 4 digit renaming ones ,tens and hundreds and with zeros in the answer
• Problem-solving – addition concept interpreting the question and it’s meaning and applying it to a situation.

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Intensive Swimming Program Times

Intensive Swimming Program will take place at Klim Swim, Punt Rd, Richmond from this Thursday. The students will be leaving the school and arriving back at the times below:

09:15 ~ 11:15 - 3/4M and 3/4S
10:15 ~ 12:15 - 3/4K
11:15 ~ 13:15 - 3/4T
12:15 ~ 14:15 - 3/4G

Book Talk Cancelled This Week

Due to the Intensive Swimming Program, timetable changes for students in 3/4 Neighbourhood 1 had to be made. Unfortunately, this means that Book Talk is cancelled until next term. We apologise to the parents who are involved in this program for the short notice.

Book Talk

EDIT: Although Book Talk is cancelled this week, we would still like this process to take place whenever it is scheduled. Thank you.

If you are a parent helper attending these sessions, please email Sheryal at phps34@gmail.com by 3.00pm each Tuesday so that areas and groups can be allocated to teachers and parents. If you have any queries regarding Book Talk, please ask Sheryal directly, or email her using the address above.

StarLab Incursion

The students of 3/4 Neighbourhoods had an out of this world experience when the CSIRO StarLab came to our school with an inflatable planetarium last Wednesday. Lucas from CSIRO was able to extend our knowledge on how seasons worked due to the tilt of the planetary axis. We were then treated to an inter-planetary exploration through the solar system and beyond!

Going inside the Planetarium!

Lucas shows us how seasons
work using a globe and a lamp.

Science Rotations - How the World Works

Students predicted how food dyes from chocolate buttons would mix in water. The surprising results demonstrated the role of prior knowledge in making predictions. The food dye in the outer layer of the coating travels with the dissolved sugar. Because sugar is more dense than water, it sinks as it dissolves and spreads to areas of lower sugar concentration. This lesson was also perfect for working cooperatively in small groups

Intensive Swimming Program

If your child is signed up to the Intensive Swimming Program, please ensure that they bring in  their swimming kit and a towel on these days: Thursday 14^th, Friday 15^th, Monday 18^th, Tuesday 19^th, Thursday 21^st, Friday 22^nd, Monday 25^th and Tuesday 26^th March.

People's Parade

On Friday, the students of Year 3/4 Neighbourhoods took part in the People's Parade. Many families and students came out to watch as we paraded our fantastic costumes and items around the outer perimeter of the school. Luca's grandfather and his friend from Williamstown RSL Band kindly joined us for the afternoon to lead the parade, playing the bagpipes and the drum. Many residents came out from their homes to cheer us on, while passers-by stopped to watch. The students brought with them musical instruments and those that didn't chanted or sang songs. We all made lots of noise! It was the most beautiful spectacle and a fantastic conclusion to the first half of our Culture Inquiry.

Please enjoy some of our photos (click on the photos to enlarge them). If you have any photos to share with the blog, please email them to the blog email address (phps34@gmail.com).  

Luca and his Grandfather.

The students assemble for the parade.

Mara and Asha represent the Italians with home-made gelato.

Luca and Lucia in their Scottish outfits.

Lily, Bianca, Jacob, Ruby, Clara and Brigid show off their Aussies styles!

Aleda with some of her South African items.

Evie withScottish flag and outfit.

The Parade is ready to start!

And we're off out of the gates.

Some of our families and friends came to support us.

The Williamstown RSL Band leads our parade.

And back to school...

Year 3/4 Assembly

The students sing "Sanpo". Click to see a larger photo.

On Tuesday, the Year 3/4 Neighbourhoods presented their current learning in the school assembly. During this term, 3/4 students have been exploring their own cultural connections during our Culture Inquiry. Some of these students presented the items, music and movements related to their culture and showed this off by parading in the assembly. This has been a great practice for our real parade on Friday. We finished off the assembly by singing the Japanese song "Sanpo." This is a song from the movie "My Neighbour Totoro" about walking together with friends.

Here are some photos of the assembly for your enjoyment (click on any image to see larger versions).

Students present their connections with American Culture.

Filip presents his connection with Macedonian culture.

Shanay, Keith and Kerri parade together and
present their connection with New Zealand culture.

Sarah and Evie present their connection with netball culture.