This week we have been looking at perimeter. Perimeter is the distance around a two dimensional shape. To calculate the perimeter of a shape you need to measure each side accurately and then add all the sides together to get the total distance. P = 10cm + 7cm + 4cm + 7cm = 28cm… Read More All about Perimeter
This year our class are participating in the Premiers Be Active Challenge. Regular physical activity is a great way to relax, it improves your health, makes you feel good and helps with learning. The Challenge is to do at least 60 minutes of physical activity on at least 5 days of the week for 4 weeks. Each day we… Read More Premiers Be Active 2015
Our class will be entering the Mayoral Make-a-Book Literacy Challenge for 2015. This challenge has been running since 1979 by the Charles Sturt local council. It is an extremely popular challenge particularly at Grange Primary because it allows young authors and illustrators to shine. Last year there were 830 entries with 43 lucky individuals and… Read More Mayoral Make-A-Book Part 1
Our Science topic for term 3 is called Beneath our Feet. In this topic we will: Have opportunities to explore how natural processes and human activity shape our surroundings. Develop our understanding of soils, rocks and landscapes and how they change over time through hands-on activities and investigations. Investigate factors that affect the erosion of soils. This is a… Read More Beneath our Feet
This term our class will be learning about measurement of length along with perimeter and area of shapes and objects. This is always an enjoyable topic as it is easy to see how important and how often we use measuring skills in real life situations. As a class we talked about what types of jobs or… Read More The how and why of measurement
During Week 2 all Year 4 classes participated in swimming lessons at the Adelaide Aquatic Swimming Centre. Swimming is part of the curriculum and is another way we can be active whilst learning about water safety. The skills we developed were: Water confidence Survival in the water Swimming technique Rescue of others Water safety Endurance and fitness… Read More Swimming Lessons
An inspirational quote to begin Term 3 Can you explain what this quote means in your own words? Can you think of an example in your life that matches this saying?
As everybody knows Mrs. Baldwin went to Europe for 4 weeks during the last 2 weeks of term and the school winter holidays. It was a great way to escape the winter weather as it is summer in Europe. From what Mrs. Baldwin heard Adelaide has had some of its coldest winter weather in a very long… Read More Winter Holidays
For computing our class have been using the iMovie program to create movie trailers about our camp to Illawonga. We worked in small groups and used the hundreds of photos that Mrs Baldwin took on camp to create our trailers. To begin with we needed to choose the template for our trailer. There are so… Read More Our Camp Adventures using iMovies
For our latest art project we learnt about the concept of foreshortening. Foreshortening is the optical illusion that occurs when a part of something moves from one part of space to another. For this project we traced our feet and hands on a paper. We had to work with a partner to help us with the… Read More Falling for Foreshortening Art