YEAR 4 NEWSLETTER â TERM 1, WEEK 10B
YEAR 4 NEWSLETTER – TERM 1, WEEK 10B The highlight of this week has been the excursion to the Botanic Gardens at Benowa. The girls enjoyed deepening their knowledge and understanding of the diversity of plants in our region and the importance of conservation. On Tuesday 4N and 4B went to the Botanic Gardens. We were directed by a lady called Mrs Rana. Mrs Rana told us the history of plants and how important plants are for us: Plants give out air that helps us breathe, plants give food and shelter to animals, plants can be shady and can keep people cool through the Summer, but in Winter it is warm under the trees. 4N and 4B saw many different types of interesting plants and animals that were from overseas and from Australia. The Botanic Gardens was given to the Queensland Government by the Rosser Family, but they didn't give it to them to pollute and build roads and buildings, they gave it to the government to make a sustainable park, where people can learn about plants and how important they are to us! 4M and 4F are going to be going to have this lovely opportunity to go here as well! Dayna Whiteley-Hall 4N Telephone (+61 7) 5532 4922 Facsimile (+61 7) 5591 5352 Email [email protected] 52 High Street, Southport. Correspondence to: PO Box 290 Southport 4215 Queensland Australia ABN 244 590 308 32 St Hilda’s School Registered CRICOS Provider No. 00510M www.sthildas.qld.edu.au Anglican Church of Australia 4B’s Day at the Botanical Gardens We enjoyed having scientific discussions with our guide, using the language we have learnt about Australia’s native plants, animals and vegetation types. The girls found it interesting hearing facts about how living things rely on each other to survive. 4B was shocked to hear that the Melaleuca plant was able to clean water with its roots, which assisted living things around it. The Tristanian girls were very proud to have their photo taken with their native tree! We also just thoroughly relished the opportunity of spending the day in the gardens with such gorgeous weather, great company, a fabulous guide and loads of space to play Red Rover and Tiggy! Information Reports – English In class we have been working hard on our cyber safety information reports. First we took notes and planned our writing. We then drafted our information reports and had to make many corrections to our drafts. Most of us are now on to publishing our information reports on Book Creator and they are looking great. It has been fun bun challenging so far. Amelia Salmon 4M Probability - Maths 4F have been learning about probability and the likelihood of events occurring. They conducted an experiment which involved predicting outcomes, tossing a coin 30 times and tallying their results. They then discussed their findings and compared their results with other groups. Easter Vacation Care Easter Vacation Care will run from the 2 April through to 20 April. It will be closed on the 3 and 6 April for Public Holidays. If you would like to make a booking please go to www.flexischools.com.au. Casual Bookings are offered at an added cost of $15 per day (plus regular daily fee), dependent on staff ratios and availability. If you need to cancel or swap a day, this needs to be done before Wednesday 1 April by emailing [email protected]. Ripple Kindness Card Congratulations to the following girls, who are the recipients of the Ripple Kindness Card. They have been nominated for showing care and concern towards their peers. Well done girls! 4B: Chloe Cummings 4F: Zoe Bennett 4M: Serina Sato 4N: Kiana Dariush-Far Diary Dates Wednesday 1 April – Inter-House Cross Country and last day for Term 1 Monday 20 April – Parent/Teacher Interviews Tuesday 21 April – Term 2 begins Weekly Awards 4B Lacey 4B Cecilia 4B Zoe 4B Scarlett 4B Starla 4B Summer 4F Jessica 4F Lea 4F Edi 4F Polina 4F Jemima 4F Yvette 4M Cyra 4M Casse 4M Adanna 4M Amelia Beyers Kim Kitchin Nye Weber Welsh Cleverly Hoestlandt Licciardi Lukyanova Rice Willemsen Bender Eyears Meehl Salmon TR TR TR TR GR AC TR TR TR TR AC AC AC TR TR AC Endeavour Award Endeavour Award Spirit Award Spirit Award x 2 Spirit Award & Endeavour Award Spirit Award & Endeavour Award Endeavour Award Spirit Award Spirit Award & Endeavour Award Endeavour Award x 2 Spirit Award Spirit Award x 2 Spirit Award & Endeavour Award Spirit Award Spirit Award & Endeavour Award Spirit Award 4M 4M 4N 4N 4N 4N 4N 4N 4N 5C 5C 5C Serina Audrey Claudia Kiana Natarsha Maeka Gemma Hannah Chloe Olivia Tatiana Saskia Sato Theobald Bates Dariush-Far Easterbrook Free Goldie Hwang Lao Badger Belapuna Boquest GR AC GR GR TR TR AC TR TR AC GR TR Spirit Award Endeavour Award x 2 Endeavour Award Spirit Award Spirit Award Spirit Award & Endeavour Award Endeavour Award Endeavour Award Spirit Award & Endeavour Award Spirit Award Endeavour Award Spirit Award
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