Term 3 in Year 4 

Storm Boy 

By James and Sebastian 

Recently we've been reading a book called Storm Boy with Mr Whiteford. Storm Boy is a book about a child and his father, Hideaway Tom. One day, Storm Boy was out playing when he saw two shooters shooting at the pelicans and other native birds. By the time they'd finished, there were only three pelicans left. Later in the text, when Storm Boy was out, he met a man who introduced himself as Finger Bone Bill. He taught Storm Boy how to nurture the park and teach pelicans. A few years later, Storm Boy taught pelicans how to deter shooters. Later, when the pelicans were deterring the shooters, Mr Percival, Storm Boy's favourite pelican was shot. Storm Boy left the Coorong, his beloved home, and headed to Adelaide to learn at a boarding school. 

Storyline 

By Grace and Zayden 

Year 4 have been working hard recently, learning about the First Fleet and researching people involved in the First, Second and Third fleets. We have been watching a number of videos and having a number of interesting discussions about convict life. To show our determination in learning about past Australians, we've been studying convicts carefully, writing four to five journal entries depicting their day to day life before, during and after travelling to Australia.  

Soon we will be starting our first contacts artworks, making a map of our journey from Great Britain to Australia, a ship artwork and a portrait of our convict. On Storyline Presentation Day, we will dress up in what convicts would have worn in the 1700s. Many people have also chosen to tell the story of a British officer or official from colonial times or of an Indigenous person faced with foreign colonisers in the 1700s and 1800s. Our teachers have been helping by conferencing with us to help us when we are stuck. 

Canberra 

By Winter and Astrid 

On Monday 11 August, Year 4 went to our first overnight camp. We left at 6:45am and headed to Canberra. We stopped at Braidwood for a toilet break, then hopped back on the bus. We went to the zoo and saw jaguars, hyenas and monkeys. Then we went to the Art Gallery. There were heaps of interesting and cool artworks. Later, we went to the Australian Institute of Sports and we played sports games and got shown where the Olympians train. We entered our accommodation and settled into our cabins. We all unpacked our stuff and got ready for dinner. After dinner we went bowling. All of the Year 4 kids enjoyed it, afterwards, we all went to bed. The next morning we went to the Arboretum, played at the Acorn Park and made kites. We then went to Questacon. Some of us went to the gift shop and some were brave enough to go on the drop slide. After some lunch we finally got back on the bus and headed back home. We watched Surf's Up on the bus ride back. When we got back to school, our parents picked us up. It was a great first camp. We’d like to thank our teachers for taking us.