Grade 3/4 have hit the ground running this term. In English we have become convicts and are currently writing persuasive letters to the judge (Mrs Wright) on why we should NOT be sent on the ships in the First Fleet. We are going to read our letters out to the class and wait for the judge to make her verdict and bang the gavel! 

During reading time with Ms C, we have been exploring characters; their traits, relationships and emotions and have started looking at various parts of text and what it all means e.g. characters and narrators. We have chosen our own books to read from the library based on personal taste, reading ability, fluency and comprehension. Students needed to assess their own ability and make judgement calls on books that would be right for them. 

In HASS we are moving on from the First Fleet and looking at who was already living on this land before they arrived. We listened to Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody's song 'From Little Things Big Things Grow' and had a go at explaining the meaning of the song. Most students thought it was about plants growing or raising animals on farms. We then watched the video clip to this song and were able to recognise that it is actually about Indigenous equality and land rights. We also learnt that Vincient Lingiari led the longest ever protest in Australia of approximately 8 years. 

In Science Ms C has us looking and Earth and Space with a explicit focus on soil. We have started our investigation collecting soil and using magnifying glasses take a closer look at its properties. 

This Tuesday the 3/4 class were very lucky to have a special guest come into our class. We had Justice Jago who is a Supreme Court Judge with around 30 years experience in law. Justice Jago explained what it was like to be a judge, what she needs to do and how she goes about making these very important decisions. We got to see her formal dress wear and had an up-close look to the head piece judges wear which is made from horsehair and is rather heavy. We had a long list of questions to ask and Justice Jago very patiently answered every single one. It was an absolutely valuable experience and we can not thank her enough for coming in to talk to us.

We have reached the final term of the Grade 6 year, and it is looking to be a busy but rewarding term.

We will be continuing our learning in Maths and English, looking to move onto percentages, connecting decimals, fractions and percentages, probability. In English our focus will be on persuasive  and narrative writing. There is still a strong focus on reading across the day and we continue to encourage students to actively read at home. We will be concentrating on developing our reading strategies through an independent novel study.

In HASS, we are completing a unit investigating ‘Defining Moments in Australian  History’ examining the people and events that changed Australia!

In Science we are moving onto studying the solar system and will have experts in the field coming to share their knowledge with us.

Alongside all their curriculum learning, we will have all the exciting Grade 6 end of year events with lots of preparation and planning to come.  We hope that our Grade 6s continue to be engaged and  thoroughly enjoy their final term of primary school.