Year 3 News
North Melbourne Primary School
From Ahmed Al- Hameli, Year 3B teacher
Designers in the mix
We have had a busy fortnight in Grade 3, exploring poetry, building our maths strategies and getting creative in preparation for the school fete!
Reading
We have explored the features of poetry, including lines, stanzas, rhymes and themes. Students have investigated how poets use descriptive language, similes, metaphors and personification to help readers picture their ideas. We also practised reading poems aloud, using expression, pauses and a clear voice to bring them to life in our poetry slam.
Writing
Students have been strengthening their sentence and paragraph skills, learning how to avoid run-on sentences and organise related ideas. They have also planned and written their own poems, experimenting with descriptive and figurative language. This included writing odes to celebrate a person or object, and Oriki praise poems highlighting their own strengths and talents.
Maths
We have been developing strategies for multiplication and division. Students have used arrays, MAB blocks and area models to break larger calculations into manageable parts. We have explored sharing tens and ones into equal groups and using known multiplication facts to solve and check division problems. Students have also applied these strategies to worded problems, explaining their thinking and checking that their answers make sense.
Inquiry
Our inquiry into government and democracy has continued with students comparing different types of government and researching how decisions are made. We have also explored Australia’s three levels of government—local, state and federal—and the responsibilities each has in our communities, from rubbish collection and parks to schools and national defence.
The Year 3s have been busy designing and creating their own Hama bead keychains for the school fete! Students have carefully chosen colours and arranged beads to bring their designs to life. Our keychains will be available for a gold coin each, so please come along, visit our stall and support our young designers. We look forward to sharing their creations with you!
