Year 3 - 5 Class
3-5
This term in English, students wrote their own version of a fairy tale of their choice. They had to write two versions of the story. The first was to be told from the villains perspective, and the second was to be a fractured fairy tale. These stories turned out fantastic! We had a big bad wolf who was actually a vegetarian, another wolf who had bad allergies, an angry giant who kept having his things stolen by a tiny human and a poor old lady who had children eating her house! The stories were all very creative and students had a great time writing them.
In HASS this term, we studied celebrations around the world. We looked at some of the things students celebrate at home, school and in the community and then made some comparisons to events that people celebrate in other countries. Later in the term we turned our focus to learning about Asia. We learned about China, Vietnam and Thailand and next term we will continue with Japan and Korea.
HPE
In Health, the 3-5 and 6-9 classes used the movie ‘Inside Out’ to learn about emotions and how our personalities come to be what they are. It was a good little unit and it was useful for students to think about why they or others might respond to particular events.
In PE Rebekah taught us about volleyball. This was a great opportunity for Bek to use a strength of hers to complete her SACE. Her knowledge and understanding was very beneficial to the other students as well as it gave them the chance to play a sport that they otherwise wouldn’t have done.
We also spent a lot of time preparing for Quorn Sports Day in Week 4 and our own Sports Day in week 8. It was great to have Leigh Creek and Marree come down as it encouraged more competition. Hawker students performed fantastically on the day with many personal bests beaten!