Koonung Creek Wetlands

This term we are learning about water. We've been finding out about the water cycle and how water is constantly moving and changing form, refreshing our fresh water supply. This is necessary for life to exist on Earth. We have learnt about Melbourne's water cycle which includes catchment areas, rivers, creeks and wetlands. All the grade 3 and 4 classes went on a walk to the local Koonung Creek wetlands. We saw how rubbish can enter waterways through drains. We saw lots of rubbish stuck high up in the trees where water levels had reached during storm surges. We saw plants such as reeds which are commonly found in wetlands and provide shelter and protection for animals and help prevent errosion. We could hear frogs craoking and we observed many wetland birds. We saw six differnet species in total; Eurasian Coot, Purple Swamphen, Dusky Moorhen, Little Pied Cormorant, Pacific Black Duck and Chestnut Teal. Some of the birds looked quite similar and at first they were difficult to tell apart, but we were able to spot subtle differences after looking at them for awhile such as slightly different coloured beak or eye feathers.

Oz Opera

On the first day of term we had a visit from Oz Opera. They performed The Barber of Seville. At the end there was a question time and we learnt some things about opera. The Barber of Seville is an Italian opera that is usually three hours long. They shortened it to 50 minutes. It was quite funny in parts and the whole school enjoyed going along to see the show.

Pyjama Day

At the end of Term 2 we had a pyjama day. we were very comfy.

The Wedding

Hi Grade 3/4A,

I just wanted to share a few pictures from my wedding with you.  I hope you have a wonderful Term 2 and I look forward to seeing you all again when I get back.

While we are away we will attempt to keep a travel blog.  Feel free to visit it at matt-sus.blogspot.com

Love Mrs Peterson

Super Egg

On the last day of Term 1 we had one of our favourite Kerrimuir traditions - SUPER EGG!!  It was lots of fun making our hard-boiled eggs and rolling them on the THUNDERDOME.  It was also a free-dress day and we brought in gold  coin donations for the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal.

Harmony Day

Today is Harmony Day!  Harmony Day is a special day when we celebrate multiculturalism and all the things that make us unique and all the things we have in common.  We have done a range of harmony activities including; flag making, whole school photograph, reading stories from different cultures, harmony painting and venn diagrams.  It has been a lovely day and a wonderful time to refelct on how fortunate we are to have so many cultures represented at Kerrimuir Primary and the opportunity to learn from each other and form strong friendships.

Learning Styles

Welcomes to our Grade 3/4 A class blog for 2013!

CALC
For the first week and a half of the year we have been doing our Creating a Learning Community Program and have spent lots of time getting to know each other and deciding how we would like our class to run this year.  It has been lots of fun.  We are very lucky to have the HUGE classroom near the office with four air conditioners.  There is plenty of room for all sorts of activities and we have been taking advantatge of all the space and enjoying our nice refuge from the heat.

Learning Styles
One of the things we have been talking about during CALC is Learning Styles.  These are based on Gardiner's theory of Multiple Intelligence.  The idea is that there are eight styles of learning and each person has a preferred way to learn.  We did a questionnaire to find out what they are in our class.  This will help with designing lessons throughout the year that are suited to particular children.  The eight Learning Styles are: Nature, Maths and Logic, Music, People, Self, Visual and Word.  Please watch the video above to see Grade 3/4 students explain and demonstrate the concept.

We're looking forward to a fantastic year!

Miss Jeffery