Tremendous 3

Term 2 Week 6

Year 3 Newsletter

Welcome to Week 6 of Term 2!

Literacy:

Students have been developing their independent writing skills by drafting their own information reports, drawing on the skills they have learned throughout this term. Following our recent zoo excursion, students planned their reports using observations and facts gathered during the visit, along with additional classroom research. They are now in the process of writing their information reports independently, focusing on animal features, habitats, diets, and life cycles. This task is allowing students to deepen their understanding of non-fiction text structure while applying their research and note-taking skills in a meaningful way. We are looking forward to seeing the final reports that showcase each student’s knowledge, effort, and growing confidence as writers.

Phonics:

Week	Focus	Example words
Week 1	111 Rule	Madly Clapped Runner taping
Week 2	111 Rule	Dripped Splashed Strapped Shopped
Week 3	111 Rule	foggy Stunning Trotting Cunning
Week 4	Homophones 1	Ball Bawl Knot Not
Week 5	SFE + suffix rule	lovely homeless shameful hugely
Week 6	SFE + suffix rule	Hopeful Gamer Trembling Rescuer
Week 7	Homophones 2	heel – heal – he’ll
Week 8	L stuffs it all	Fall stall always almost
Week 9	Homophones 3	meat meet flour flower
Week 10	Homophones 4	which - witch

Maths:

Students have been learning about data representation and interpretation through guided statistical investigations. They have been exploring how to collect and record data by creating surveys questions, observing results, and organising information into frequency tables and simple spreadsheets. Students have then used this data to create and compare different graphical representations, including picture graphs and column graphs. We have been focusing on interpreting the data by asking questions about the results, identifying patterns, and discussing what the information shows in relation to the original question being investigated. This learning is helping students build their confidence in collecting, organising, representing and interpreting data in meaningful ways.

Weeks 1-2

Weeks 3-4

Week 5

Week 6-7

Weeks 8-9

Fractions

VC2M3N03

Length

VC2M3M01, VC2M3M02

Pattern

VC2M3N09

Data representation

VC2M3ST01, VC2M3ST02

Addition and subtraction 2

VC2M3N04, VC2M3N06

Science

This term in Science, students will be learning about living, non-living and once-living things. They will explore the features of living things, such as the need for food, water and air, and how to group and classify different things in the world around them.

Students will also investigate life cycles of plants and animals, learning how living things grow and change over time. They will compare different life cycles (such as insects, mammals and plants) and begin to understand that some living things go through significant changes, while others develop more gradually.

A key focus of this unit will be understanding that offspring are similar to their parents, but not identical, helping students recognise patterns in how living things grow and reproduce.

Extra Announcements:

Please send any photos from home to your child's classroom teacher
School photos Monday week 7
Swimming Monday- Thursday week 9 & 10

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