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During our first week back in 3/4B we became news reporters. Together we created the Holiday Headlines where we each had to create a newspaper article all about what we got up to during the school holidays. We also had to include a catchy alliteration title for our report, some of which include The Amazing American Adventure, Treetop Trekking and Tassie Travels, Soccer Scoring Sensation and Blissful Break in Binalong Bay. Here is our finished product along with a few entries.

This term, 3/4C have been exploring the world of forces in science. So far, we have investigated how pushes, pulls, gravity, speed and contact and non-contact forces affect the way objects move. Students have enjoyed hands-on experiments, including a ramp investigation where we tested how the height and surface of a ramp can change the speed and distance a car and ping pong ball travels (pictured). It has been wonderful to see the student’s curiosity and scientific thinking grow as they predict, test and explain their results from science activities they have engaged in.

The students in 3/4D have continued to impress with their writing skills. Students have been following the Seven Steps to Writing Success program and have demonstrated a great understanding of how to use the steps to make their writing more engaging. Amazing effort, Students!

Literacy

Over the past couple of weeks 3/4 E have been learning about adding details to sentences to make them longer, and more interesting. They have also been learning about how to include possessive apostrophes. This week, as we head towards the end of winter, students wrote their own winter poems.

Three times each week we do literacy rotations. This involves students moving around four different activities in an hour: vocabulary extension, spelling or comprehension booklets, writer’s notebook, and buddy reading. At the end of the rotations, students move into small groups to read a shared book. Each group is led by a teacher or an aide. The books we are reading at the moment in the groups are: Nevermoor, Fantastic Mr Fox and Camel Rider.

Numeracy

In numeracy, students have been learning about fractions, how to represent them in shapes and on a number line. Grade four students have also been learning about equivalent fractions. Grade 3’s have been learning about four-digit numbers and comparing lengths in metres and centimetres. Grade 4’ students have been practising their 4’s and 8’s division facts. and converting between centimetres and millimetres, and metres and centimetres. The students have also been learning to tell the time.

HASS

The last part of our unit on traditional Indigenous Australian culture involved students researching information on the Australian Museum website and viewing videos on The Orb (an excellent online site for teaching students about Indigenous Tasmanians) about how indigenous Tasmanians traditionally made tools, canoes and huts. Next, we will move onto early explorers, life in England in the 1700’s, reasons for the transportation of convicts to Australia, the First Fleet, and European impact on Indigenous Australians.

Year 7:

Self introduction unit has kicked off Term 3 for students. They’re learning to ask people’s names and respond. By the end of the unit, they’ll be able to share their name, age, where they live and their nationality. 

Year 8: 

The past four weeks has been building vocabulary with food related terms. Next week, the Japanese class will be visiting a restaurant to eat some “oishii” food and test their chopstick skills. 

Last Friday, a team of 21 players from the Penguin District School travelled to Byard Park in Devonport to play in the Girls Football Gala Day. The Gala Day saw PDS competing against schools in the Devonport region.

Although the Gala Day was tailored more so for girls in Years 9 and 10, our school team consisted of girls from all year levels, with a large majority of the girls being made up by Year 8 students.

Out of the four games we played, we split the middle, losing our first two games and winning our last two to finish third in our pool overall. Kaitlin and Maggie led the way with their football IQ and experience through all four games, as well as Taleah's forward pressure in the last two games.

Iluka, although she had trouble converting early, was dangerous in front of the goals as was Kiara. They were matched up on girls who were older than the and competed well when they were in the game.

Some of the schools’ rising stars, Koa, Eva, Harper and Toree  were great contributors in the midfield despite being from the younger two grades.

Some of the best moments came from some of our first-time players. Jaimie , Estella and Pippa all contributed well in the games and who can forget Amelia's goal and celebration in the last game!

Overall, the girls got better with each game, and they learned to play together as a team and follow the game plan.

I want to take this opportunity to thank the Penguin District School for inviting me to participate in the Gala Day and thank you to the support team on the day.

Shaun O’Neill - Go Two Blues!

Students and their families are invited to join current teaching staff and students for an introduction to the Year 7 program at Penguin District School.

Our Principal, Angela McAuliffe and Year 7 coordinator, Karina Van Essen will present relevant information on the school, learning environment and curriculum delivery, followed by a tour of the school in small groups, facilitated by current students and staff.

Please indicate your attendance through the QR code presented on the invitation below. There is a section to submit questions or queries for the evening.

We look forward to sharing this first step in transition for our current Year 6 students into the secondary space for 2026.

Attention: Parents and Carers of students in Year 4-12

Student Wellbeing and Engagement Survey

Please note update change of dates due to staff sickness.