Here on Mrs. Rutherford’s Blog, all are welcome to join in. If you visit the blog, please feel free to leave a message. My students and I are always so pleased to make new friends, and to hear from visitors.
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Welcome to 3/4RW 2012
February 1, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
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Brilliant Subtraction Demonstration!
May 18, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
Please give this group some feedback on their explanation of subtraction with trading.
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100 Word Challenge
May 17, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
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Subtraction
May 12, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
We are becoming experts in subtraction with trading (or borrowing). Here is a video that really helps us understand how and why trading (or borrowing) works.
Did you know that some mathematicians believe this is the hardest part of primary school maths? But we can do it.
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Back to the ’80′s!
May 9, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
3/4 Goes Back to the ’80′s! on PhotoPeach
Now that you are immersed in the 1980′s, use this post to share your wonderings, write about the ‘treasure’ you have brought in or something your parents might have told you about the 1980′s. Remember to make this a ‘conversation’ by responding to the contributions of others.
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Week Three Homework
April 27, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
The supper at Emmaus, Ceri Richards (1903-1971) Gouache, 1958.
This week, we would like you to read the story of the Road to Emmaus with your family. You can find this story in Luke’s Gospel (Chapter 24, verses 13 – 35). You might have a family Bible you can look in, or you may be able to find the scripture on the internet.
When you have read and talked about the story, have a good look at the artwork above. Then answer these three questions, with your family, as a comment on this post.
1. How do you think this scripture story relates to the Sacrament of First Holy Communion?
2. What part of the story is shown in the artwork?
3. How has the artist used shape and colour to tell us more about Jesus and this story?Category Student Tasks | Tags: | 49 Comments
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What’s on in Term Two?
April 12, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
In Grade 3/4 during term two we will be focusing on the following:
English: How can text change your mind? – Persuasive texts.
Maths: Shape, symmetry, angles, measurement, time and graphing.
Religion: Eucharist. Welcome to the Table.
Inquiry: Australians in wartime. Australia on the world stage in the 1980′s.
Art: Exploring a variety of Aboriginal artists and art pieces.
Social and Emotional Learning: Working cooperatively in small groups.Performing Arts and Mandarin lessons will take place on Tuesdays.
Sport will take place on Mondays and Fridays.
Library will take place on a Thursday and you will need your library bags.Click on the link below to access the Term Two homework expectations.
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Modern Holy Week Art
March 24, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
The grade 3/4′s have been learning about the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. Mondrian’s use of black line and coloured blocks inspired this series of Holy Week artworks. You will see representations of Palm Sunday, The Last Supper, The Agony in the Garden, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.
To view the artworks more clearly – click on the ‘full screen’ symbol and then click on individual pictures.
Mondrian Inspired Holy Week Images
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Difference of Three
March 9, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
Today, inspired by Prof. Mike Askew I asked my 3/4′s to ‘show me a difference of three’. At first they came up with some simple number differences, like 5 and 8, or 10 and 13. Then they started to get even more clever. Matt said ‘Eighteen thirty sevenths and Three and eighteen thirty sevenths’. Gemma said ‘The number of letters in GEMMA and the number of letters in LANGUAGE’, Nikita crossed a decade by saying 18 and 21.
And then the children became even smarter still….
Elena said (amongst other things) ‘The note C and the note D#’.
Luke said ‘Western Australia to New South Wales’.
Audrey said ’99cm to 1.2m’.
Lucas said ‘Eleven o’clock to two o’clock’.
Sophie said ‘Mercury to Mars’.
WOW! I had my socks knocked RIGHT OFF.
There were many more wonderful examples of ‘differences of three’. If you can think of another one, add it as a comment!
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Holy Week and Easter
March 2, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
1. What do you know about the events of Holy Week? Can you put them in order?
2. What do you wonder about the events of Holy Week?
3. Many people say Easter is the most important event in the Catholic Calendar. Why do you think this is?Please check your spelling and grammar before posting your reply.
Please make sure you answer all questions.
Please comment on someone else’s response if you have time.Category Student Tasks | Tags: | 40 Comments
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Place Value
February 29, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
This term we have been revising place value, expanded notation and trading.
Some of the children accepted the challenge to create powerpoints explaining these important terms.
Have a look at the great work, and leave some feedback.Elena and Jordan’s Place Value Powerpoint
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The Nicene Creed
February 24, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
We have been learning about the Nicene Creed this week.
The children were asked to select one of the following challenges:
1. Compose your own creed about your own personal beliefs.
or
2. Have a go at writing the Nicene Creed in more child-friendly language; see if you can make it a little bit easier to understand without losing the main message.
Here are some examples of their wonderful work. Please click on the links to view the documents and remember to leave feedback for these thoughtful authors.Alisha’s version of the Nicene Creed
Dakotah’s Creed
Daniel’s Creed
Dearna’s Creed
Elena’s Version of the Nicene Creed
Holly’s Creed
Imogen’s Creed
Katie’s Creed
Lucas’ Creed
Marcus’ Creed
Matthew’s Version of the Nicene Creed
Reeya’s Version of the Nicene Creed
Sophie’s Creed
Thomas’ CreedMore to come! Watch this space!
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At the bottom of the deep blue sea….
February 21, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
Please use this post, grade 3/4′s, to tell us everything you have learnt about the deep ocean.
You have heard from Sir David Attenborough, you have seen lots of amazing footage, and even watched some of Finding Nemo.
What do you know now that you didn’t know before?
What do you think and feel now that you know this?
Write it here, and if you make any spelling mistakes, I’ll send my angler fish to GOBBLE YOU UP!!
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Creative Cake Challenge!
February 20, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
In Maths today the children worked together to solve this problem:
“You have a cake. You may cut the cake four times. What is the smallest numbers of pieces you can make? What is the largest number of pieces?”
Here’s what happened….
A film of our reflections…(click the play arrow)
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Reading Eggs
February 15, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
Here is the link to Reading Eggs.
We are lucky enough to have a six week trial of this online program, so make the most of it, Grade 3/4′s. What a wonderful option for nightly reading!
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Term 1, 2012 Curriculum
February 15, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
In Grade 3/4 this term we will be focusing on the following:
English: Spelling, Grammar, Purposeful Writing and Reading for an Audience.
Maths: Place Value, Ordering Numbers, Addition and Subtraction.
Religion: Catholic Identity and Holy Week.
Inquiry: What Lies Beneath (Under the Sea, Under the Skin, Under the Stage).
Art: Line, Colour and Easter in Art.
Sport: Ball Skills.
Elearning: File Management and Cyber-safety.
SEL: Friendship and Social Skills.Performing Arts and Mandarin lessons will take place on Tuesdays.
Sport will take place on Wednesdays, Fridays and every odd Monday (wks 3,5,7,9).
Library will take place on a Thursday and you will need your library bags.Homework for this term is nightly reading. You must read for a minimum of 15 minutes, five nights per week. This must be recorded in your school diary according to this format:
Author, Title, Pages Read.
e.g. Roald Dahl, Matilda, pp 15-27.
You must then write a brief comment about what you have read.
e.g. “I couldn’t believe it when the headmistress swung the little girl around by her pigtails.”
If you are unable to meet your nightly reading commitment, you may attend Homework Club on Monday and Tuesday lunchtimes.You may also access Mathletics, Spellodrome and Reading Eggs to support your learning.
Students, Parents and Visitors, please feel free to ask questions or offer suggestions regarding this information.
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A Place in the Choir
February 4, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
Ok, 3/4′s. Let’s learn this brilliant song and perform it in assembly…. what do you think?
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How are you feeling?
February 1, 2012 by Mrs. Rutherford
How wonderfully exciting to be back at school, and beginning a brand new year together. I hope all our new students, and our old friends are as excited as Mrs.Ryan, Mrs. Weston and I are!
* How are you feeling about being a Grade 3/4 student in the Senior Building?
* What would you really like to learn this year?
* What subject do you enjoy most at school?
* Are there any questions you would like to ask us about Grade 3/4?Category Student Tasks | Tags: | 40 Comments
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Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas Everybody!
December 20, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Well, another school year has ended. I have learnt so much during 2011, and I hope everyone else has too.
This time last year I had no idea what blogs even were, and yet, here we are. I wonder what amazing new adventures 2012 will bring.
I hope everyone has a restful, spirit-filled Christmas and that we all take time to remember how fortunate we are.
Lots of love fromMrs. Rutherford
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Our Heide Gallery Excursion
November 11, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Oh how I wish I was Sunday Reed….what an amazing home and what an interesting life she and John led. I loved our excursion. I especially enjoyed listening to your sophisticated discussions about art. Please watch the slideshow and leave a comment about what you saw…
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Very cool new research tool…
October 31, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Click on the link below to access ‘wolfram alpha’. This is a really simple search engine, that will help with homework or research tasks. Just type in what it is you want to know about, and watch what happens.
Please leave a comment to let others know what you think of this new tool. Is it something you would recommend? Why?
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We Find Out About Our Blog Visitors
October 25, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
As part of this week’s homework, the grade 3/4 students have been asked to research a country that appears on our blog’s flag counter. Visitors, please check out the children’s comments on this post and see if they have found out about your country.
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The Grade 3/4 Poets!
October 23, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Do yourself a favour and click on this link to view the amazing poetry-composition and performance skills of our 3/4 students. Amazing! Well done kids, and Mrs. Weston.
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Great News!
October 20, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Our Make Poverty History photograph (see below) WON the competition! I had an email from the Make Poverty History organisers today. We are also featured on their website.
How exciting! We are making a difference! Let’s keep at it…..Category Information, Special Events | Tags: | 3 Comments
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Blog Update…
October 19, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
First of all…this is the best fun I’ve had in ages…click on the link straight away!
When you’ve visited this site, please leave a comment here to tell me what you thought. I loved it.
Secondly, check out the ‘fun’ page to read my Dad’s latest research about Australia. He’s coming to visit in December, and is obviously brushing up on his Australian facts. I wonder if you could help him out by sharing an interesting fact that you know about Australia.
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What’s your favourite book?
October 17, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
One of my favourite books of all time is called ‘Life of Pi’, by a writer called Yann Martel. This story, published in 2001 is like nothing I have ever read before. Through a series of very unusual events, a young boy called Pi ends up being in a lifeboat in the middle of the Indian Ocean with a tiger, an oran-utang and a zebra. It is quite scary and once I started reading I had to keep going because I was desperate to see what happened to Pi. I laughed, cheered and cried the first time I read this amazing book, and then I laughed, cheered and cried AGAIN when I read it a second time! I would recommend this book to people aged 15 – 150, because it is quite a grown-up book really, and quite sad in parts. I would award Yann Martel 10/10 for his work and there is not one thing I would change about ‘Life of Pi’.
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Make Poverty History
October 17, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Today we took some special photographs because it is Make Poverty History day. We are going to send our photos along with a letter to Mr. Kevin Andrews, our local Member of Parliament to remind him of the government’s promise to halve poverty by 2015. The challenge the organisers set everyone was to present a ‘creative handshake’, as a symbol of this important promise.
Here’s the photo we posted on the Make Poverty History facebook page on behalf of the St. Kevin’s community. What do you think?
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Term Four
October 11, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
I simply cannot believe it is our last term together already. We have had a great year so far, and I’m sure term four will bring a lot of fun new learning.
This term we will be focusing on the following:
English: Creative writing.
Maths: Fractions, money, problem solving, revision.
Religion: The Holy Bible.
Inquiry: “Every Picture Tells a Story”….an exploration of the Arts.
Elearning: Emailing, attachments, file management and cybersafety.
Art: The Heidelberg School, drawing techniques, still life.
Sport: Athletics and swimming.Library visits will be on Thursdays.
Sport will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays.Please find a link to our homework under the ‘homework’ tab.
What a fabulous term we are about to share. I can’t wait….
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Term Four Homework
August 30, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Grade 3/4′s, parents and all visitors, we would like to plan for some really rich, exciting and helpful homework for term four.
We need your ideas!
Think about all the different ways we have done homework in the past; mathletics, reading a novel and having activities each week, times tables charts, comprehension questions…etc. What worked well? What was boring or too hard? Is online or hard-copy homework better?
The more feedback you give us, the better we’ll be able to plan!
Visitors, please share your ideas/opinions about homework too. You are very valued members of this learning community.
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Personal Learning Projects
August 30, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Please leave a comment here that tells me your topic, your rich question and how you are going to present your learning.Remember to look back at your comment to see if I have replied with some feedback or suggestions.
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We built nesting boxes!
August 25, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
What did you learn from our nesting box incursion that you didn’t know before?
Are you beginning to see the connections between inventing/creating and biodiversity? What are these connections?
Did you enjoy the activity?
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Mad Inventors’ Day
August 22, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
We shared such a special day last Friday. We invited grown ups to come to school for the day and join us in being ‘Mad Inventors’. We were set the challenge to work in groups in order to design, create and demonstrate a moving toy.
Aug 2011View more videos from erutherford247Grade 3/4′s, it would be great to read some reflections on the day, and also some details about what the day involved. Perhaps you could reflect upon why we are connecting our inquiry into inventing and innovating to our exploration of biodiversity. How did ‘Mad Inventors’ Day promote biodiversity? How are ‘inventing’ and ‘the environment’ related to one another?
Visitors, we would love to hear your thoughts about the connection between technology and our Earth’s resources. What responsibilities do we have as builders and creators of the future?
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Art Inspired by Joan Miro
August 16, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Inspired by miro largeView more videos from erutherford247Here is our beautiful new Miro inspired mural. We are very proud of it and think it brightens up our learning area beautifully.
WOW! I am blown away by your beautiful artwork grade 3/4′s. What do you think about how they turned out? What did you enjoy about the process? What did you learn about art techniques that you didn’t know before? And, visitors…I know the children would love to receive some feedback on their work.
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August 16, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
What does ‘biodiversity’ mean? What are your wonderings about biodiversity? How do you think the topic of biodiversity might relate to our study of inventions?
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Google Squared
August 12, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Thank you so much to Mireille’s mum who suggested this fantastic new way of searching. It’s called Google Squared.
If you click on the link below you will be taken straight there. All you do is enter a search term (for example: inventors). Then press ‘square it’. Google will make you a grid of information.
Then you can make your search even more specific by adding a further search term (for example: Australian inventors).
I had such a lovely time playing with this tool.Challenge Alert!
There will be a small but interesting prize for the student who uses Google Squared to find the most interesting fact about inventions and adds it as a comment on this post. The competition ends in two weeks…GO FOR IT!
Also…remember to invite your parents to submit ideas and thoughts on the Parent Page, just like Mireille’s mum has done.
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Reflecting on Procedural Writing…
August 3, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Today in 3/4 the children were challenged to use nothing more than an A3 piece of paper to create a 3D object. They then needed to write a very clear procedure so that someone else could re-create their object. Here are some of the children reflecting on this learning:
Untitled from Emma Rutherford on Vimeo.
Grade 3/4′s what do you think was the best learning that came from this activity? What was hard about it? What will you know next time you have to write a procedure? And visitors, please leave a comment. We love to receive feedback from the whole wide world!
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What did you get up to in the holidays?
July 17, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Mr.& Mrs. Rutherford at Yarra Valley Dairy.
Tell us all about something exciting you did, or perhaps something you did for the very first time. One thing I did for the very first time was that I ate cheese with ash on it! That happened at Yarra Valley dairy. Tim and I spent three days in the Yarra Valley with our friend and cousin, Kirsty. We stayed in the Yarra Glen Hotel and visited lots of wineries. We ate lovely food, and saw a fantastic band. It was so cool! We are going to go there again as soon as we can.
Please share your holiday news with us all….
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Are you ready for the Clockwords challenge?
July 15, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Clockwords is a game that involves mystery solving, typing skills, new vocabulary and invention. Click on the link, have a play and leave a comment to share your thoughts. Visitors, please join in the fun!
OH! And please check out the new games on the English and Maths pages and let me know what you think.
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The Table of Your Love
June 20, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Untitled from Emma Rutherford on Vimeo.
Please click on the link above to listen to a hymn written by some of our clever 3/4 students. These students have been learning about the significance of the offertory in the Catholic Mass. The lyrics of this song show some of their understandings and the tune shows that the children believe this to be a solemn, important event.
Perhaps some of the composers of the song will leave a comment to tell us more about what happens during this part of the Mass and help us understand the symbols used by the Church.
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Our First Term of Blogging!
June 20, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Well done 3/4′s on an excellent first term of blogging. Haven’t we achieved a lot? I am feeling pretty proud, considering it was only a few short weeks ago that we embarked on this new way of learning together. How are you feeling?I would like you to write a comment on this post about what you now know about being a successful blogger.
And visitors, we would really appreciate it if you could help us out. Leave a comment about how you think we’re going as new bloggers. What could we do differently? What are we getting right? Do you have any advice for us as we head into the next stages of our blogging journey? Thank you for helping us create an exciting, global learning space.
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Cyber Safety
June 1, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Being Cyber Safe is so important. I would like everyone to visit this website (click on the picture) and then leave a comment about something you learnt about being safe cyber-citizens. I bet you’ll be able to teach me something!
A prize for the best cyber-safety tip!
Thank you for all the great cyber-safety tips, everyone. Sebastian, I have a small prize for you. Your tips were very clever and beautifully written. Come and see me to collect your prize! Look out for more competitions next term everyone!
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Blogging Task
May 30, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Today you are being given the opportunity to explore the new school blogs in detail. You are to do the following:
1. Look at the new ‘pages’ on Mrs. Rutherford’s blog. Play some of the games or watch some of the videos.
2. Look at another of our school blogs. You can find these on the ‘blogroll’.
3. Look at the blogs of another school. Again, you can find these on the ‘blogroll’.Work in pairs to complete these tasks:
1. Write a positive, constructive feedback comment on somebody else’s blog.
2. Write a response to this post telling me something interesting you have learnt today and an idea you have for our blog. Please use capital letters and full stops correctly in your comment.When you have completed all of these jobs, you may continue to explore all the different blogs on our blogroll or you may have a go at writing a piclit or a storybird story.
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Blog Update!
May 28, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Hello everyone!
You will notice a few changes to my blog. I have added ‘pages’ which you can see up there, above the header. So far I have included Maths links, English links, Inquiry links and R.E links. I may add more soon. Any suggestions?
Your challenge is to visit the pages, explore the activities and games and then come back and leave a comment on this post about your new learning.
Please note that this challenge, along with all aspects of Mrs. Rutherford’s blog, does not apply only to students. All visitors to the blog are welcome and encouraged to join in the fun and the learning.
I look forward to reading your comments.
PS. The monkey has his name! Go and have a look. Tell me what you think of the name and tell me why you think I chose it.Category Information | Tags: | 11 Comments
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Grade 3/4 Reflects on ‘Creator God’
May 16, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Creator GodView more presentations from erutherford247.Category Student Tasks | Tags: , Religion, Wellbeing | 11 Comments
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SWELL Day 2011 Images
May 16, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
SWELL Day (Student Wellbeing Day) is an annual event during which our whole school focuses on physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. We have lots of fun activities, healthy food and time to reflect. This year we even had a disco in the church as we all sang along to ‘Firework’ by Katy Perry. I loved it.
Watch the slide show and then write a comment that answers one of these questions:
1. What did you enjoy about SWELL Day?
2. Why do you think we have SWELL Day?
3. What do these images tell you about life at our school?Category Special Events | Tags: , Celebrating, Religion, Wellbeing | 27 Comments
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A trip down memory lane…
May 14, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
You were all so cute back then grade fours! What happened? Leave a comment about your favourite prep memory.
One of my favourite memories is, of course, the day this photo was taken: My practise wedding day; when I married Jackson.
My other favourite prep memory is the Mrs. Wishy Washy musical.
Does anyone remember the songs we wrote?
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Name our Monkey!
May 13, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
You can see we have adopted a pet monkey. He is very cute but he has no name!
Can you think of a really good name for him? (And yes, I know he’s a boy because he told me so). The best name suggestion will be selected by the end of May and his name will be added to his picture.
Please note that only names submitted through the blog will be considered.
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Who is this ‘Creator’ we’ve been hearing about?
May 12, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
In grade 3/4 we are beginning to think about the idea of a ‘Creator God’. We are going to be looking at a variety of Creation myths from various faiths and cultures, and will be talking about why people since the dawn of time have been interested in exploring questions like ‘who made us?’; ‘why are we here?’; ‘are we controlled or do we control ourselves?’.
We will be examining the two very different creation stories in the Bible and thinking about what stories like these can possibly mean to 21st Century thinkers. We will be wondering about whether or not these ancient stories can teach us anything in this age of scientific knowledge.
Here are links to two short movies in which the children share some of their early thinking.
Movie 1. Creation Reflections
Movie 2. More Creation Reflections
This is an interesting topic to investigate, and we will continue to share our reflections throughout the unit.
Please let us know what you think about the idea of a ‘Creator God’, or comment on our thoughts.Category Student Tasks | Tags: , Religion, Thinking | 9 Comments
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Playing with PicLit
May 12, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
Piclit is a webtool that allows you to choose a photo and compose a short story or poem to go with it. There are lots of suggested words to inspire you. I really enjoyed having a play.
You might like to comment on my work, or have a go at your own piclit.
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Our First Lesson about Blogging
May 11, 2011 by Mrs. Rutherford
The grade 3/4s have just completed their first lesson about blogging. We are all feeling lots of different things about this new learning.
Here are some of our red hat (feelings) thoughts about blogging:
“I am feeling excited about making my own blog” Christian.
“I am feeling excited but I have already got a blog” Kristine.
“I feel like I’m going to burst with ideas!” Dane
“I feel excited and interested at the same time” Finn
“I feel pretty normal about making a blog” John-Robert
“I am nervous but confident because I’m not really sure what to put in a blog but I’m pretty sure I’ll end up learning how to do it” Lawrence.
“I’m feeling pretty happy about it because it’s the first time I’ve made anything on the computer” Daniel.
“I feel happy that I get to make my own blog” Alisha.
“I felt like it never would have happened but now it has and I’m really excited” Eden.
“I feel excited that I’m going to make one and a little bit worried because if I make a wrong email it will get put there for a long time” Joseph.
“I didn’t really want to make a blog but I thought about it and I’d like to see what other people put on their blogs and that will give me ideas” Josh.
“I feel very inspired because all those pictures and journals on the other blogs made me feel I can do that too” Jen.
“I feel very excited because I know when I make my own blog I will get some comments” Rhiana.
“I feel a bit nervous and excited that anyone could look at my blog and respond” Joely.
“I can’t wait until the St. Kevin’s blogs take over the internet” Mireille.
“I feel pretty inspired because now I have ideas to put on my blog” Ricky.
“I feel nervous because if I put something on that wasn’t supposed to be there I might not ever be able to take it off” Tyson.
“I feel nervous because if I make my blog bad people will comment badly on my work’ Darcy.
“I feel creative because now I can be a bit more creative by making my own blog” Katia.
“I feel excited about making my own blog because I can put my thoughts and what we’re doing in class on there” Gemma.
“I feel interested and amazed about what’s going to be on other people’s blogs” Madison C.
“”I feel confident because I have got ideas” Paris.
“I feel a bit nervous because I just don’t know how long it’s going to take and I’m a bit nervous because if I do one thing wrong I’ll mess it up and I’ll have to do it again” Helena.
“I feel nervous because everyone will see my work” Reeya.
“I feel a bit excited and I feel a bit weird at the same time because I’ve never made or seen a blog before” Audrey.
“I feel excited because once I”ve made my blog I might make a new friend that commented on my work” Elena.
“I feel really excited because I’m going to make my own blog” Nathan.
“I feel confident because I reckon I can do this!” James.
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