First term of grade 3 and 4 this year

NAME	Reflect on your first term in grade 3 or 4.I What are you LOOKING FORWARD TO next term??
Josh	I had a really good first term in middle.S 2018. I have lots of friends in class and I improved in writing, maths and reading. I learnt how to write persuasive pieces in class better and in maths I have started to learn about grade 7 subtraction and addition. In reading I’m learning to read fact and opinion Sheets in literacy. In term 2 I’m looking forward to inquiry because we are learning chemistry so we are probably going to rebuild the school in term 3. But I really hope not. I had a really good term 1 and I hope it's the same in term 2!
Tilly	This term has been fantastic! I have learnt lots like the days of holy week are Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. I’m hoping next term I learn all of my times tables. I’m looking forward to doing chemistry next term.
Erin	This term has been really fun and full of surprises. Some of the highlights from this term have been twilight sports, interschool athletics, doing tessellations holy week and lent. Holy week is Palm Sunday and today is Holy Thursday tomorrow is good Friday Saturday is Holy Saturday and then sunday is Easter Sunday. In inquiry we made board games witch was so fun we made instructions game cards and then the game board.
Sam	Being a grade 4 is fun. I’ve had a fantastic first term. I enjoyed persuasive writing, tessellations, learning about the brain and vertical notation. I can’t wait for chemistry next term and I’m also looking forward. I’ve finally got into a cycle with my homework. The Game Of Life was a fun way to learn.
Alexander	My first term in Grade 4 was great. I had a lot of fun with my new classmates. This term for our inquiry project was making our own game of life. We have all taken them home. I hope this time for our project is a slide show or a poster. For term 2 I am looking forward to our new inquiry question. I hope that next term is better than this term.
Eleanor	Being in grade 3 is fun but also hard .L can’t wait for Chemistry next team. L have really enjoyed art this year especially tessellations liked learning how to play in sport l have really liked learning basketball SEL and library.
Liana	Being a grade 3 is a little bit hard but it’s the best grade ever when you’re in grade 3 it is a lot harder than  grade 2 and 1 and prep so when you move in grade 4 it might be a little harder but i don’t know about grade 4 because i am  not in grade 4 yet when you’re in this grade you have to listen more and i am  looking forward to grade 4 and 5 and 6 sometimes when you go into grade 2 1 3 you miss prep when you go into grade 3 you will learn about cyber safety because you will get your chromebook and you will do so much maths sometimes the maths are fun just saying grade 3 is fun when you get your chromebook you have to have your diary.
LUCA	Being a grade 3 is really fun and I love being a grade 3 and very excited and surprised that we get chromebooks in grade 3 and was very excited to get homework but now i think it is a little boring that i have to do it after school instead of playing iPad. And are really excited about Easter and really want to learn about chemistry because i want to be a scientist and really want to finish my tesselation art and i am really looking forward to learning about science and really want to do more kahoots and genius hour.I want to improve my handwriting and my 4 times tables and more of my 7 times tables and doing more library and sport and more of S.E.L. and to do some science.
Layla	Being a grade 3 is cool but it's also a bit hard I love doing homework I love my new teacher and all my classmates. I can't wait for chemistry unit next term and all the other things we will be doing. This term I was really excited to get my chromebook I loved making my game of life. And I am super excited to make my first genius hour. I probably think this year is gonna be the best year of my life. I love everything I think I will love grade 3, better enjoy it because time flies when you're having fun.
Tegan	I have learned a lot this term like how to do tessellations, and different ways of working out subtraction and addition. I also I really really enjoyed making the game of life it was really fun but also hard to. I’m really excited for easter! I’m also really excited for next term because where doing chemistry. I have really enjoyed being with my new classmates and i have made a lot of new friends it has been a great term and i hope next term is the same as this term.
Luke (:	My first term in grade 3 was so fun. I learnt tessellations and also art and about Picasso. We also got Studyladder logins to use on our Chromebooks. We did some persuasive writing and I wrote about I think that Winter is better than Summer.             We are doing science next term and I looking forward to chemistry and chemistry there is a volcano thing.
Tara	My First term was AWESOME. We have been doing maths and we learnt a lot about Symmetry and Symmetry lines and what shapes are used for it. We’ve also been doing a lot of Addition and Subtraction with partitioning and Compensating. What I’d love to learn next term is maths but vertical notation with Subtraction and Addition. I also enjoy doing art so next term I would like to do art and something interesting and creative like DIY. So i’m really really excited!!
Max.L	This term it has been really fun being a grade four and meeting new classmates. This term with maths I have learnt lots about symmetry and what shapes are used for it and we were also learning about addition and subtraction now I know lots about it.
Myla	Our first term was grate I had so much fun. It is the last day of school I am so excited for next term to learn new chemistry I am like next level at maths I prefer this term more than normal. Last year I did not really want to go to school but this year really want to go to school I love school  so so so so so much it is so much fun learning new things and I love the people in my class sport me so well and I got the best teacher ever.
Alessia	I can't wait until term 2 because of science it's so fun. I am excited for Easter. It is the last day of school. I really want to learn my 12 times tables. I can't wait until term 2.
Harry	I made a lot of friends this term. I've found more strategies for doing subtraction and addition. I’ve also been learning about the Stations of the Cross. I learnt about Lent, almsgiving and prayer. In inquiry I learnt how to make a good board game and I also learnt how to keep myself fit and healthy and how other can too. I also learnt about the brain - the frontal cortex, the hippocampus and the amygdala. In sports we’ve been practising basketball. In SEL (Social Emotional Learning)    we've been practising how to be calm and be cooperative, and work with others. In Art we learnt about tessellations, by M.C. Escher. I’m looking forward to next term and we are going to learn about Chemistry. I have already learnt a lot about chemistry and how the atom is made, with protons, nucleus, the shell and the electrons. I had a great time this term and I’m really looking forward to next term. I’m really grateful that I’m able to go to school :)
Abbey	Last year I was very stressed about year 3 but now it’s the best. I don’t have anything to worry about. I am SO excited for next term because I am going to do my first chemistry class! I am so excited I can jump over the moon. Not exactly but I could. I also want to learn my 12 times tables.
Max s	This term 1 was the best term ever!!! I loved getting my chromebook in week 4. Maths and literacy was a improvement, because we got to do some using our chromebooks. And using my for art .i've also would always wanted to do chemistry and I really want to code a video game.

The Game of Life Family Day

Reflection on our Learning this week

Name	Reflection on our learning this week
Tara	This week I have learnt a lot with sport and I have been practising for into school sports and it has been going really good for everybody no injuries at all. The class also have been doing The Game Of Life that were doing for inquiry for the rest of the term. For maths all of us are doing 2D shapes and how they fit into 3D shapes. I am so impressed that my class have been doing AWESOME tessellations for art and all the ways there making them and I enjoyed looking at all the different artwork people have been doing. I am Fascinated with my classes work and how outstanding the year 3s are so far. For Religion we were watching a video about Ryan's Well Foundation. I am happy with the class I have this year and I am enjoying it A LOT!   BUONA PASQUA ! ( Happy Easter!)
Max.L	Sport because we were practising for into school sports like the sprints and hurdles. Literacy because i really liked the literacy groups and my fav part about it was practising predicting. In Religion, We were watching a video about the Ryan's well foundation it was really interesting. Italian, we were making easter baskets and… BUONA PASQUA! (HAPPY EASTER)
Sam	This week I liked maths the best.The tangrams and shapes were cool and so were the tessellations.We continued tessellations in art and made our own.In religion we talked about the Ryan's well foundation and the prodigal son.For inquiry we are making our own board games called The Game Of Life. We’re doing it because our rich question is Who am I and how can care for myself and others? In italian we we are making easter baskets, BUONA PASQUA! (Happy Easter).
Joseph	This week I learned about the game of life and made them n our chromebooks and during art we made tessellations and at class we learned about predicting and read a text called The AVIARY. In italian we learned that happy easter  in italian is called buona pasqua!And in p.e. We learned about basketball and how you play it.And it was the bestweek in my life!
Abbey	This week l have learnt a lot about the chromebooks a chromebook is a computer l also learnt  lods of new art that is very interesting and new maths ‘sport and l am very excited for lent and next wednesday because i am going to my first italian class buona pasqua which means happy easter ciao!!!#lol for my bff aleissa!!! #cool!!
Josh.D	I had a really good week in Middle.S. My favorite thing was doing tessellation in art. I made a square one that looked really cool. We also did tessellations in maths that was amazing! We practiced for inter school sports in PE and I helped Ms Scott with discus. I don’t think I will be in inter school sports. In italian we made easter baskets and learnt buona pasqua (which means happy easter). In writing we did a persuasive piece about if teachers should wear uniforms.
Luke	This WEEK I learnt a lot of stuff and I am also making a game of life board game. In maths i did tessellations which was so fun. Oh, no! I forgot easter and in italian it is (buona pasqua)
Harry	This week was AMAZING!!! I learnt about consequences in literacy. In maths I learnt about shapes and learned about Sliding , Flipping and Turning.I also learnt about bullying like why people bully others because they think they look cool or they think it is funny. But that is not cool or funny. In italian we made easter baskets and we learned how to say Happy Easter!In italian .We also played dodgeball in P.E .We did tessellations in art by M.C Escher. HAPPY EASTER! Or should I say BUONA PASQUA! (The italian way of saying happy easter!)
Myla	This week has been amazing we learnt very fun new  maths and new literacy it has been amazing learning about 2d shapes new stores and new spot and art  p.e we got our chromebooks i love grade 3 it is challenging work.
Liana	In maths we learnt about number lines 2D shapes and we learnt art we did our faces and we did tessellations art but we did not finish
ALEXANDER	This week we did a lot! For maths we have been learning about tessellations and 2d shapes. For literacy we did prefixes, pobble 365 and grammar. All of us read this story called the aviary and in teacher group we did this story called rules. For art we did tessellations again but this time we drew shapes with pencil. In religion we did either a pretend review show or acting about the prodigal son. For p.e we did basketball skills E.G shooting, dribbling and ball control. This week was great.
Tilly	This week has been really fun. We have been doing art with tessellations and we also have been doing italian and we have learnt how to say buona pasqua it means happy easter. And in maths we have been doing 2D shapes, especially that you can flip slide and turn.
Erin	This week has been really fun and has been full of adventures yesterday (Thursday) we learnt about tessellations and how they cannot overlap or have gaps then we made our own. This week we also started our games of life which we had to make game cards to play the game. In italian this week we started Our Easter baskets and we learnt how to say Buona Pasqua which means Happy Easter.
Tegan	This week i have learnt a lot. In maths I’ve learnt more about 2D and with art I learnt about tessellations and how they can’t have any gaps and they can’t overlap. In Italian we made easter baskets and I learnt how to say Buona Pasqua (Happy Easter.) And in inquiry we are making our own game of life! It’s nothing like the real game of life so if you have played life before it’s not that. So first we made cards under these titles: Me as a learner, learning together, My community and My identity and we made 4 for each title and then we made rules to go with the game. We got to make our game however we wanted. In literacy
Alessia	This week I learnt a lot. I learnt maths, reading and sport. We have been doing Game of life cards we are creating a game and it’s cold Game of life and I learnt Italian. I love school it amazing I have b
Max S	This week we began our game of life it was fun making our game of life cards for our very board game it explains life. We made tessellations on our computers it was amazing and fun! And we did math we made shapes with shapes. And art was fun
Celia	This week has been really fun. on Monday we had no school but on Tuesday we did shapes for maths and the prodigal son for Religion. On Wednesday we had sport, S.E.L and library and we started doing the game of life, which is a board game that we are making and we started going the cards. On Thursday we had Italian and we made paper easter baskets and we learnt how to say Buona Pasqua which means Happy Easter in Italian, we also did performing arts and we learnt how to use our diaphragm when we sing. On Friday was tuck shop and the first thing we did was sport and we were practising for into school sports and I think I might be doing shot putt, We also learnt about the no bullying association and on Sunday is the school fete which is really exciting. For the whole week we have been learning about tessellations and we even did them for art and that was really hard but fun we have also learnt about Ryan's well foundation and I think he was a really caring 7 year old . Well anyway this has been a really good week and we have many more weeks in 2018!! Bye

Discovering new things about our brains and emotions

Today, we had a special visitor who came into to talk about our brains. Emma'as mum, Sharon, is a psychologist and she told us lots of interesting information about our brains and how they control our emotions and feelings and things we do.
We started the session by trying to solve a paper puzzle, then read a book about the parts of our brain and how plastic our brain is.

Thanks Emma!!