Exploring and learning

Room 4 worked with our senior buddy class to explore and learn more about 'Scratch' (a programming language). They learnt to think creatively and work collaboratively, while creating their 'scribes'.



What the students had to say:

'Broadway comes to Broadlands'

Throughout this term the junior students were involved in many rehearsals for our school production 'Broadway comes to Broadlands'. This year our production has been separated as 3 smaller productions. The junior students presented 'Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo' and did an outstanding job! Well done to you all!

Some songs:

Thank you to the many parents who helped with costumes, props (Azarnia for the television, waves and ark windows and Mark and Jo for the ark) and backstage (Leanne and Victoria). 

Using our notebooks

We like to use our Notebooks to help us with our learning. Today we could choose which activity we would like to do on our Individual Learning Plans after working in our learning groups.

We also used our virtues of helpfulness and co-operation when a buddy got stuck.

Nursery Rhyme Recitation

The students in our learning environment used their virtues of Perseverance and Courage when learning and then presenting their nursery rhymes in front of an audience.

Congratulations to you all! I am very proud of you!

Travelling Water Experiment

Our Inquiry this term has been around the concept, 'Cause and Effect' of Change. One of our experiments was 'Travelling Water.'

To carry this out successfully, we followed the basic 5 steps of a science project:

• Step 1: Ask a question
• Step 2: Make a hypothesis (Predict the outcome)
• Step 3: Procedure
• Step 4: Results
• Step 5: Conclusion

Sewing a Spring garden

The students in Room 4 learnt to:

• sew
• use sewing words: needle, thread, fabric, over, under, up, down, top, bottom and across
• sew a spring garden

Science with Jamie from SCION

We were visited by Jamie from SCION as part of our Term 3 Science focus. He demonstrated a few exciting experiments to us.

Turning a liquid into a solid using hydrogen peroxide, liquid soap and potassium iodide...

He changed a solid into a liquid using acetone...

Freezing daffodils using liquid nitrogen...




What happened when he put a balloon and lollies into liquid nitrogen...




A 'rocket' with liquid nitrogen...

Clothes for each season

Room 4 has been learning about seasons. They choose some paper dolls and paper clothes to cut out. Then they divided a sheet into four, glued their doll on and sorted the clothes for the four seasons.

Afterwards they discussed which of the seasons is their favourite and why.

Crossing the road safely

Room 4's students are using the correct procedures when crossing the road to get to our hall. They behave safely and know how important it is to wear their safety vests so they can be visible.