Indigenous Australians have a real sense of Place!

As we explored the idea of people and places being connected in our new inquiry we looked at how Aboriginal people are very connected to the land.  They welcome people to country, include aerial views of the land in their artwork and tell stories which usually include landforms! 

As we explored this idea, we created artworks using traditional icons and symbols to illustrate the stories we wrote about “the place in the picture”.  Here is William’s artwork and story.

 

Great job, William!  You put a great deal of care and thought into this creating this artwork with all the dot painting – and typing up your story.  A very professional result!

Mrs Veary 😎

Triathlon Success for Lottie and Shiloh

Both Lottie and Shiloh participated in the Year 3 Triathlon event earlier this term.  Here are two reports written by them to let you know what it was like!  

Editor’s note: My apologies to both Lottie and Shiloh.  This post was created and has been sitting unnoticed, waiting for the photos to be published.  It was a job well done, girls (both the racing and the writing) – thank you for sharing the experience!  Mrs Veary

On Friday the 25th of August 2017 I went to Triathlon, but I forgot my bathers and my bike. It was disappointing. Then my mum came and brought them.

Everyone had to do swimming first. All the Year Threes had to go last at swimming. The Year 5s and Year 6s had to do two laps of everything, except bike riding. We had to jump in the water then start doing freestyle, get out then put on our shoes and put our helmets on, then run with our bikes until a certain point. There we had to get on our bikes, go to the BMX track, then come back. I accidentally skipped the BMX track but I kept riding to the end. After we had ridden our bikes, we had to run around the oval near the Rec Centre before we had to run through the park. At the end of the park there was a big inflatable balloon, which we had to run under to get our medals.

It was my first experience of Triathlon. It was very exciting and I came third out of all the Year Threes!

Written by Shiloh

My Big Day at Triathlon

On Friday we had Triathlon and we had to train every Friday for it. But on the day we had to bike ride, run and swim. We lined up in groups and when Charlie blew the whistle, we set off and ran into the water and swam around. Then we hopped out and started running around to our bikes. We got our shoes on and got on our bikes and rode off as fast as we could. We had to follow the Mums and Teachers’ hands for directions. When we finished riding we hopped off our bikes and put it in our base. We ran across the oval. I ran to the finish line and that was the end of my first Triathlon.

Written by Lottie Wood

Some of our exciting projects this term!

We have had so much fun this term alone with our learning and here are some of the highlights.

  1. Pyjama Day fundraiser for “Save the Children Fund”.  You all really look SO tired….you must have been working really hard before this photo…

2. Making Clay Stamps with Tracey and Ian Dowling.

This is a slideshow of Ian Dowling’s visit where we made clay stamps based on our wetlands visit last term.  Our stamps will be used to create Ian’s sculpture for the new school.  What a lovely idea it was to share our creative energy in this way.  🙂  (Thanks, Tracey!)

Clay Art with Tracey and Ian Dowling on PhotoPeach

3.  Arley winning the Junior Journo writing competition…

4. Our highest fundraisers for the Fun Run – raising money towards computer equipment at our school.  Well done!   😎

That’s why being part of a learning community is so much fun!  Great work everybody!

Mrs Veary 🙂

 

Podcast 4 – Term 4

Congratulations to Mason, Rory, Luca V, Luca G and William for this high quality podcast, with commentary on the Go-karts, Westpac helicopter visit and among other things, giving us an up-to-the-minute rundown on what weather to expect for the week!  🙂  [Scroll down and press the arrow to play the podcast.]

 

Enjoy!   Mrs Veary 🙂