Year 3 - 6 Community

Year 3 - 4

Term 3 already! We have many wonderful things happening in the 3-6 community. Keep an eye out on Xuno for students ERP HASS rubric for their Term 2 project.

HASS / Inquiry

Year 3/4

This term our 3-4 students will move into the topic of Civics and Citizenship. Our focus will be that we all belong to different communities, everyone can make a difference in their community and this can contribute to our identity. Our unit will  culminate in our ERP investigation on how students can ‘pay it forward’. 

Year 5/6

Our Year 5 and 6 students will explore the long awaited Business & Economics unit, which will culminate in the much anticipated ‘Market Day.’ Stay tuned for dates at each campus as families will be welcome to attend. 

What you can to do support at home:

• Start a conversation with your children about the concept of Paying it Forward and how Acts of Kindness can be beneficial for others in society
• Share ideas about why it is important to help others, even when it may not benefit you in any way
• Share ideas about what good business idea would be for a market stall
• While shopping locally, discuss prices, marketing themes and business language with your children

English

Students in Years 3–6 will be exploring a range of texts this term. During English lessons, they will examine the structure of various text types and the language devices used to persuade, inform, or engage an audience. Students will have the opportunity to create their own engaging texts in writing, demonstrating what they have learnt. They will also participate in class discussions and collaborative tasks that build their confidence in discussing and interpreting texts. 

What you can do at home to support: 

• Read with your child every day

Mathematics

In Maths the 3/4 students will build their understanding of place value and use it to solve problems involving mass, capacity, temperature & angles. We will explore how to read and measure using grams, kilograms, millilitres and litres. We will also use addition and subtraction strategies when working with money and solving real-life problems involving length. Throughout the term, we will apply our skills to hands-on activities and investigations to help make learning fun and meaningful.

In Maths this term, 5/6 students will be exploring decimals and learning how to add, subtract, multiply and divide them in real-world situations. We will investigate capacity by measuring liquids and linking our understanding of decimals to units like millilitres and litres. In fractions, we will compare, order and use them to describe data in everyday contexts and link this to  statistics where we will collect, represent and interpret data, using graphs and fractions to make sense of the results.

What you can do at home to support:

• Help your child learn about capacity by using and discussing different measuring tools while cooking
• Discuss different ways to calculate change when making purchases
• Continue to talk about ways to add and subtract - encourage your child to show you the strategies they have been learning at school

Juanita Mountjoy

Assistant Principal - Wexford Campus

Year 3 - 6 Stages of Learning Coordinator 

Rachelle Koepler

 Assistant Principal - Peacock Campus

Year 3 - 6 Stages of Learning Coordinator