Year 3 television series and words like, ZAP! WHAM! POW! As part of our Spinning in Space Science unit the boys went on another excursion. This time they went to the Brisbane Planetarium. The highlight this term I’m sure the boys will agree was Multicultural Day, which tied into our History unit. The boys went to a lot of trouble to come dressed up representing various cultures from around the world. They brought beautiful dishes to share from a variety of backgrounds. There were parents who presented information about their cultural heritage on the day. The boys and the teachers were in awe of the amount of work and effort put into their presentations. They were amazing! This was followed closely by another dress-up day, Mitre House’s Superhero Day, an event put on to raise money for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. This was a huge hit with the Year 3s for obvious reasons! Term Four was an exceptionally busy and quick term. This term saw the boys wrap up their Narrative Writing unit and touch on poetry. They completed their History unit with a celebration or commemoration of their choice to focus on for a narrative story. Their Science unit explored Heating Up. The boys were given a class project to work on entitled ‘Once Upon a Crime’. They became crime-scene investigators and needed to find out if in fact Goldilocks had been telling the truth about the Three Bears’ porridge. To complete the year the boys had their first school mini camp. They had a sleepover at the Senior School, went twilight swimming in the pool, a sausage sizzle, movie and popcorn, and home the next morning after breakfast. The Year 3 boys have been an absolute pleasure throughout the year with many milestones and achievements along the way. We have no doubt they are now ready to take on Year 4, and we wish them well on the next part of their educational journey.
THE SOUTHPORT SCHOOL SOUTHPORTONIAN 2014
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