In Term 3, the Grade 3/4 students completed an author’s study unit based on Jackie French. We focused on natural disasters by reading her books Fire, Flood, Cyclone, Pandemic and Earthquake. The students loved learning how Jackie weaves descriptive language and vivid imagery into her books to engage the reader’s senses. The students also wrote their own Jackie French inspired stories, focussing on a natural disaster and using a range of lovely figurative language. It was wond

In 2026 students had the opportunity to go on camp to Sovereign Hill. In the lead up to the camp, we investigated “The Goldrush” where students read about the life of miners, learned why miners travelled to Australia to search for gold, and investigated different strategies miners used to find gold. On camp students participated in a range of activities to learn all about life on the goldfields! Camp was also a great chance for the students to develop resilience and independe

Students have been working diligently to publish their narratives on Chromebooks, focusing on their individual writing goals, including sentence structure, paragraphing, descriptive language, the use of “show, don’t tell,” and effective dialogue.