A couple of weeks ago all the grade 3/4 students went to the Caribbean Gardens. Below is a report written by Julia explaining what can be found at the Caribban Gardens.
The Caribbean Gardens is a market and garden at Stud Road, Scoresby.
The Caribbean Gardens has a tank, playground, train, Japanese Garden, Café, Chairlift and more!! There is also some big cars and ladders to climb on (not real cars and ladders).
In the market there are stores that sell clothes, snap backs, slap bands, footy items and basketballs/footballs set on tables all around the market.
The Japanese Garden has a huge lily pond. It’s very beautiful. There is a mini fountain in the middle of the lily pond twisting around.
On the playground there are two hang gliders, a little high hideout, a ladder, and a slide.
There is also a tank to climb on. It has a missile shooter (it doesn’t work), a huge chain on a huge wheel, a porthole and others.
Yesterday we had the chance to talk to two footy players on Superclubs. They were Jordan and Stephan from the Melbourne footy club.
We got our books and got to work writing GOOD questions for the players. Then when our 15 minutes ended we went down on the floor and Mrs Hazzledine told us to stand up. So we did and we played a game! We had our books in our hands then we had to pick a person to tell a question for Mrs Hazzledine to write on the board. If all our questions were asked, or we asked a question that had been asked already we had to sit down.
We ended up with twenty questions. Mrs Hazzledine posted them onto the hot seat because we were in PE during the Hot Seat time.
Below are the questions we posted which were answered:
Stefan – Sleep. I’m looking for a house right now
so that takes up a lot of time. I like to ride my
bike and read.
Jordan – I do complicated math problems.
Thank you Grace and Erica for providing this information for our blog page.
This term our intergrated unit has been on Australia. We have worked in groups and each group has researched one state or territory in Australia. In our research we looked at our states flags, emblems, capital cities and landmarks.
We have also read the book “Meerkat mail” by Emily Gravett.
We all drew on our knowledge from our research plus what we had learned about postcards in the book “Meerkat mail” and wrote postcards, pretending we were visiting a place in Australia.
Taylah – year 3 wrote:
Dear Mum,
I am having the time of my life in the Northern Territory.
I am at Katheron George. Next I am heading to the Devils Marbles.
This week we have read “the dot” by Peter Reynolds. After reading this book we looked at “inferring” and “connecting to the text”.
We know that when we infer we ask ourselves “What does the author want me to understand but hasn’t told me?”
Alyssa wrote “He has told me that I should believe in myself no matter what”.
Louise wrote “I think that the author wants me to know that if Vashti [the main character] can draw, then I can to.”
As a class we decided that the author was wanting us to know that we should believe in our self, try our hardest and persist in what we do.
The next day we read the “the dot” again, revisited what the author was wanting us to know, then drew on that to “connect with the text”, and write about a time when we have believed in our self, tried our hardest and persisted in what we did.
The day I learned to write my name.
When I was in kindergarten and I did a piece of art work the teacher asked me if I wanted to write my name? I always said “yes”. So she asked me if I needed help spelling Bethany and I said “no thank you”, but when I wrote my name I wrote “Bethy”. I kept trying and trying but I couldn’t get it right.
But then, at home all by myself I sounded my name out real slowly. I took my time with my writing and finally I wrote “Bethany”.
Bethany – Grade 3
The first day I rode my bike.
At first my Dad told me I was getting too old for my training wheels on my bike. (I was about six). Then the next day my Dad brought me a new bike without training wheels. Dad took me out to the daycare and tried to teach me how to ride a bike. After a few days (about three weeks practising) my dad ran and pushed me (Mum was there as well) and I started to ride my bike. At first I didn’t know what was happening then I got the hang of it. I did about five laps and mum kept cheering. I felt 100% good.
Morgandy – Grade 3
Making inferences when reading and connecting to the text in our writing helps with our comprehension.
Today our whole school was lucky enough to watch a puppet show called “Dreamer in the Deep”.
Lily’s best part was when the seahorse appeared and when the seahorse met Dreamer (the main character). She was wondering how the puppeteer moved the rod puppets so quickly.
Erica’s favorite part was when the seahorse met the sea dragon. She wondered how the puppets moved.
Michael loved all of it. He thought it was awesome and loved the glowing “stuff”.
Julia loved the puppet show and thought that the puppeteer very talented. She has never seen anyone do something as amazing at that!
Mary loved then ending when Dreamer went to sleep peacefully.
Keanu loved it and also loved it when Dreamer went to sleep.
Bella thought the show was brilliant and loved it when Dreamer backflipped out of the boat. She also loved it when the shark came.
Bethany also thought the show was brilliant. Her favorite characters were the crab and Dreamer. Bethany loved it when the shrimp sang and the crab played the musical instrument. This was also Cameron’s favorite part of the puppet show.
Sam thought the puppet show was awesome and hopes it comes back next year. His favorite part was when the shrimp sang and the crab played the musical instrument.
Jerell was amazed that the whole puppet show was done by one puppeteer. His favorite part was when the boat sail hit Dreamer and Dreamer fell out of the boat.
McLaren thought that it was awsome how the pupeteer moved the characters. His favorite part was the same as Jerell’s.
Samuel also liked the part when Dreamer got hit by the sails and fell out of the boat.
Jazzmin thought Dreamer in the Deep was great and loved when the seahorse got stuck in the cage by a big lion fish. She also loved it when the eel got chased by a light bulb fish.
Antonio thought the show was fantastic.
Louise liked it when the seahorse got chased by the big fish. She also liked watching the seahorses dancing.
Alyssa loved it when the eel got shocked by the big light buld fish.
I have been working on using different media formats and have inserted some of our beach day photos into a movie maker. Please click on the link above to see our adventures on the beach in February.
