NAPLAN

May 15

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Our Year 3 and 5 students are undertaking NAPLAN this week. They will complete a language conventions test which looks at spelling and grammar as well as writing, reading and maths tests.

Good luck to all of our Year 3 and 5 students, especially the Year 3′s in 3/4GB!

Happy Mother’s Day

May 13

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Wishing all of our Mother’s a wonderful Mother’s Day! I hope that all of 3/4GB looked after their mum’s and made them feel really special today.

What did you do to celebrate Mother’s Day?

Mother’s Day Clip Art

First Reconciliation

May 10

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On Wednesday 9th May nine students in 3/4GB celebrated their First Reconciliation. We congratulate the following students from our class:

Oscar H
Laura
Caitlin
Tiana
Thomas
Nicholas
Amelia
Jessica Ba
Dominic

By making your First Reconciliation,
you discover the wonder of God’s forgiveness.
Blessings to you for this very special occasion.

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Addition Using the Split and Jump Strategies

May 4

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We have been learning how to do addition using strategies called Split and Jump. We created lessons to show our understanding and to help teach others how to use these strategies.

listen to ‘Split Strategy’ on Audioboo

Tags: Jump Strategy, Split Strategy

Miss Gale’s Broken Foot

Apr 18

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Hi 3/4GB!

I am so disappointed that I have missed the first three days of the Term. On Saturday I broke my foot I was walking on uneven ground and tripped over.

Here is a photo of how my foot looked on Sunday:

It was extremely bruised and swollen. I have to use crutches for at least two more weeks and I will have to wear a special boot for at least six weeks.

Here is a photo of the boot I will have to wear:

I will be back at school tomorrow. Mrs Bright will be taking the class because it is Thursday but I will come and say hello! I am looking forward to hearing how your holidays were and how the last three days have been!

From Miss Gale

School Holidays

Apr 14

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Wow the school holidays are almost over. I hope that everyone had a fantastic break and did some exciting things. I can’t wait to hear what you all got up to on the holidays.

These holidays I have been really busy! I painted the lounge room, kitchen/family room and the spare room in my house. It took a whole week. Then I went to Phillip Island for a few days to recover from all the painting. This week I have caught up with lots of friends. I saw The Lorax with Miss Dickson and I went to a concert by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

I am looking forward to a very busy, but exciting Term. See you on Monday!

From Miss Gale

Tuning In – Teaching the Preps

Mar 29

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This Term we have been learning about how we learn best. We looked at the multiple intelligences and thought about which one most matches our learning styles. We researched the brain and found out how it impacts on our learning. We understand that everyone learns differently and needs different things to learn.

As part of our inquiry we all did a mini inquiry where each student followed the process of inquiry: Tuning In, Finding Out and Sorting Out, Going Further, Drawing Conclusions and Taking Action. For Tuning In we worked in groups to teach the Preps something that we already knew a lot about. Some examples include mini lessons on hockey, football, dancing, paper areoplanes, games, rhymes and raps.

Below is a video that shows some of the pictures from when we taught our lessons.

This activity was a Tuning In activity as we were teaching something we already knew and getting excited about what we would learn next.

Tags: Learning to Learn, Tuning In

3000 Visitors

Mar 28

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Wow 3/4GB we are only 4 visitors off 3000! Can you believe we have had 1000 visitors since we started school at the beginning of February? Keep up the good work everyone!

From Miss Gale

Harmony Day

Mar 21

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Harmony Day is celebrated around Australia on March 21st. It is a special day when Australians celebrate our cultural diversity.

Our school celebrated Harmony Day by inviting everyone to wear either orange or the national costume that matches the cultural heritage of their family. We chose orange because it is the colour that is used to stand up against bullying. We also had a special assembly this morning, where we introduced the day, sang the national anthem and had some guest speakers talk about their culture.

In 3/4GB we made paper people that represent where our family originates from. You can see the display we made in the photo below.