3/4As reflections on Semester 1

Ingrid:
My strengths, I am especially good at Reading, I feel relaxed when I read. For next semester I need help with spelling and fractions. My best memories from this semester have been camp and creating my own island map.

Lucie:
My strengths, I am good at Writing, I feel creative when I write. The best memory from this semester is Science Works and Camp. Next semester I want to get my pen license.


Greta:
My strengths, I am very good at Writing, I feel confident and creative when I am Writing a story. The Best Memory from this semester is at camp, coming 2nd in the camp, is the concert and all the excursions we had in semester 1. Next semester I want to improve on my Maths.


Ned:
My strengths are reading and multimedia. I feel happy when I am on the computers. My best memory in this semester was camp because me and my friends came first in the camp concert. For the second time next semester I want to improve my writing and my maths.

Tsomo:
My strengths, I am good at maths. I am good at art. In maths I feel very happy and multimedia and intrepica. My needs for next semester are for the maths and handwriting.
My best memory from this semester is, I enjoyed the science works. My plan for next semester
is sport.


Ewen: I am good at rounding up and down, multimedia, addition, multiplication 1's 2's 5's 10's and 11's. I feel not that good about doing work unless its fun. For the next semester I need help with my fractions. My best memory from this semester is the 3/4 camp. My plan for the next semester is to get my pen licence :).

Ian's interesting artefacts!

On Wednesday 22nd June, Mrs Maxwell's dad Ian, visited the Grade 3/4s. He brought with him a variety of interesting artefacts, most of which were quite old.

Ian drove to Footscray in his 1950 FX Holden, there are only about 200 left. It was the first car built in Australia, specifically for Australian use.

He also brought with him a variety of cameras, the oldest the Kodak Box Brownie was made in around 1930, the next oldest, another Brownie that Ian got for his 10th birthday in 1960, then his SLR camera from the mid-70s. Ian still has hundreds of slides that were taken during the late 70s and early 80s with the SLR camera, so he showed the 3/4s some slides using his projector, everybody enjoyed seeing Mrs Maxwell as a baby!

Ian also brought an old typewriter and showed everyone how to use it. He had some photos of various phones too, so we have been able to make a timeline showing the changes in phones from 1930 to today.

Lastly Ian showed the 3/4s some old tools that he borrowed from a friend of his, who is a collector and his old digital calculator.

It was a very informative and interesting afternoon.

Web Quest - "Let's Go Shopping"

Here is another web-quest about shopping for ingredients to make a recipe you find on the Internet. Follow these steps:

1. Go the website taste.com.au to the kids friendly section. Write out the ingredients in a list and the amount you will need next to each one.

2. The next step is to find out what your postcode is. Go the site, Postcodes Australia, and enter your suburb and then click "Find". Even if you know your postcode, this is worth doing as it gives you some interesting facts about your suburb.

3. Go to Coles Online and enter your postcode in the "New Customers" section - bottom left. On the next page click on the yellow button that has "Start Shopping" on it.

4. Find where your ingredients for your recipe are and note down the cost. If you want the ingredient, click on the "Add" button - you will see it added to your total on the right.

5. Going further - if you have time go with an adult to the supermarket and buy the ingredients for your recipe and make it! Was it cheaper or more expensive than buying online?

Web Quest - "3D Shapes"

1. Visit this website about 3D shapes – investigate three or four 3D shapes and describe them.

2. Visit this page of images of buildings. Print one or two out and label as many different 3D shapes that you can see.

3. Open Kahootz and create an expression using 3D shapes.

4. Create some 3D shapes using this isometric tool.

5. Try some of these games and activities.

6. Like to learn more about 3D shapes? – visit this site. (Advanced)

Free Rice

Have a look at "Free Rice" website - every time you answer a question you earn some rice for people who need food. This is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program. Keep a tally of the rice you earn and we will add them all together at school.

First Video Game Console

How Band-aids were invented

Science Works Reflections

On Wednesday most of the 34's went to Scienceworks

We went into The House of secrets, Amazing backyards, Sports works and so much more.

By Ruby

On Wednesday me and my class went to science works we saw amazing backyard the house of secrets sports works the lightning room and the pumping station.
by LUCA


After we did all the stuff the other people mentioned we had our snack. There were lots of stairs and there were these mats we could sit on so we don't sit on bird poo. After eating people started to chase people and go crazy.
by Maddison

After we went to the pumping station it was dark and smelly and boring because the smell was horrible and they talk a lot to it was kinda cool as well because they had a machine that moves really cool and it had coins and the machine because its too make it smooth.

by Andy

We had our lunch after the Pumping Station.Then we played on the playground, Andy got really dizzy after spinning around the spinning thing.My favorite place was Amazing Backyards because it was full of games to play.My favorite games in Amazing Backyards was The game where you had to survive and you were a animal I was the best at kookaburra.

By Nicholas

At the Amazing backyards we saw a huge spider behind the glass and the first time i saw it i screamed because it was very very scary. After that i played a games called Plants VS Insects. I Versed Lucie and I was the insect, I won the games and i was so happy. The next game I was the plant but I lost. It was very fun.

By Teah

When we got to science works we went to house of secrets after lunch and all the other stuff we went to the lighting room and when we got to the room there was a girl and this man put confetti in her hand and she put her other hand on a big silver ball then when he turned it on the confetti fell out of her hand and then the man told the girl to shake her head and when she shook her head she started getting a Mohawk.

by Jenan

Intrepica

Mrs Maxwell has found a wonderful literacy learning website, called Intrepica, that is similar to Mathletics but with a focus on reading, spelling, phonics, comprehension and other components of literacy learning. We are trialling with all the grade 3-6 students. Students in grade 3/4 will receive their username and password tomorrow in our multimedia sessions.

Timelines

As part of our unit of inquiry we will be focusing on timelines and how they represent the development of inventions and technology. Here is a timeline made about technology from TeacherTube:

Here is another timeline about technology:

Here is a link to a timeline about computers in Australia.

Here is a website where you can create your own timeline

The first ever photograph

Here is the first photograph ever taken. It was taken in France by Joseph Niepce in 1826. It took 8 hours to develop!

Click here to find out more information.

The invention of video games

For some people the invention of the video game was an exciting time. Here are a few of the very first video games invented. The only way you could play them was to visit a place called a "Pinball Parlour". You had to put 20 cents in a slot for each game.

Do you know what these games were called? You might have to ask your parents or someone around their age!