Level 3 & 4 Wonga Weekly

🌿 WEEK THREE LEARNING

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The Big Idea for Term Three is CURIOSITY. We will explore curiosity through the lens of exploration of geography and impacts on natural life. This week we will be looking at specific features of the states and territories of Australia including population, flora and fauna, vegetation and climate.

At home you can: talk about how places you have visited in Australia and overseas are different geographically.

📚 Literacy

Phonics

During our daily phonics sessions, students are being explicitly taught how to read and spell a range of sounds. The sounds we are studying this week are air, are, and ear.

At home you can: Ask your child about the spelling sounds they are covering this week. List some words for each spelling pattern.

Reading and Writing

Our mentor text for Term Four is 'The One and Only Ivan'. We are using this text to build vocabulary, discuss literary themes, and as a springboard for writing creatively and persuasively. This week we are joining dependent and independent clauses to build complex sentences

What you can do at home: 

You can read 'The One and Only Ivan' with your child via Showbie in the Level 3/4 'Reading' folder. Encourage your child to set aside time to read every night, include time to read aloud and or record themselves reading on their iPad. 

Ask your child to write a persuasive letter to Santa in preparation for your family's Christmas fun. 

🎲 Maths

This week we will introduce the concept of angles as a measure of turn. We will discuss vocabulary such as - right, acute, obtuse, straight, reflex and revolution. Students will participate in many hands on tasks in which they need to identify angles that are smaller and larger than a right angle.

What you can do at home:

Notice angles within your house and discuss if they are smaller or larger than a right angle.

Complete 400 points of Mathletics including all set task.  You can support your child to practice their times tables. In Grade Three, our focus is on 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s. In Grade Four we continue to strengthen these as well as building in 4s, 6s, 7s, 8s and 9s.

📆 Dates to remember 

Tuesday November 5th - Melbourne Cup Public Holiday

Thursday November 7th - Grade 4 Camp Information Session 3.45 - 4.15pm

Wednesday December 11th - Friday 13th - Grade 4 Camp @ The Y Discovery Camp Mount Evelyn.

Crazy Socks and Shoes School Disco - TBC

🌿 REMINDERS

🌱 Students are encouraged to bring their iPads fully charged each day

🌱 We are quickly running out of tissues and wipes, we would accept any donations with gratitude

🌱If you can help out for SAKG, please check your emails for the volunteer link.

🌱 We are using whiteboard markers and boards everyday. We recommend that students could bring a set of their own that are labeled.

🌱 Hats On

As of September 1st, we would like to remind you that our school adheres to the SunSmart policy set by the Victorian Government. All students are required to wear a broad-brimmed hat when outdoors from the 1st September when UV levels are typically higher.

Please ensure your child brings a hat to school every day to protect them from the sun's harmful rays.

Thank you for your support in keeping our school community safe and sun-smart.