YEAR THREE

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School provides a range of holistic learning experiences to enable students to:

• Participate in the life and mission of the school.
• Deepen their knowledge and engagement with the Catholic faith and tradition.
• Build capacity to continuously reason, reflectively, logically and critically.
• Embrace interdependence of human existence as global citizens, who are responsible to and for themselves and others.
• Engage in learning in a multitude of ways, through personalised and self-paced learning.

Religious Education

E3 Morality and Justice - Called to Holiness

This unit explores the Christian call to holiness – which all of us receive at Baptism. Students will identify, in their experience, people who demonstrate holiness and use their gifts in love and service. They will also learn about the canonised Saints – those whom the Church has declared Saints and set before us as models of holiness. The process of canonisation will be explored. Students will be encouraged to identify ways that they can live out their own baptismal call by living lives of love and service.

DLY3 Prayer, Liturgy and Sacraments - Advent and Christmas

The Liturgical Year units enable students to explore the traditions, beliefs, Scripture and events celebrated by the Catholic community throughout the Liturgical Year and especially during the time of Advent to Christmas, Lent to Holy Week and Easter to Pentecost.

English

During this unit, through shared reading, creating texts, oral language and communication students learn research skills and use these to explore and create multimedia informative texts about the living world, habitats and creatures. This unit will cover contextual concepts focusing on genre, perspective, imagery, symbol and connotation. Students work towards creating their own Information Reports that include headings, paragraphs beginning with topic sentences and descriptive language. The Literature this term is based on the following texts; ‘Searching for Cicadas’ (hybrid text) and ‘Animals of the World’. In Reading, students will continue to focus on fluency and comprehension strategies. In spelling, students will follow the Year 3 Soundwaves spelling program.

Mathematics 

Students are explicitly taught concepts from the NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus. Each lesson consists of a daily review where the children will revise past concepts covered regularly. The main concepts taught in Term 4 are: Representing Number, Three-Dimensional Space (Volume), Partitioned Fractions, Non-Spatial Measure (Time), Multiplicative Relations (Multiplication) and Additive Relations (Addition).

History

This term we will continue our unit on ‘Community and Remembrance.’ This topic provides a study of identity and diversity in both a local and broader context. Moving from the heritage of their local area, students explore the historical features and diversity of their community. They examine local, state and national symbols and emblems of significance, and celebrations and commemorations, both locally and in other places around the world.

Science and Technology

In Science and Technology, Year 3 will continue to explore the Material World. This strand focuses on how solids and liquids change state and the properties of natural and processed materials. Students investigate how different properties of materials affect their suitability for products. They have the opportunity to develop a design solution to an identified need or opportunity, using a variety of materials. Stage 2 of this strand develops students’ knowledge and understanding of the properties and performance of materials and the material sciences.

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

In sports lessons, Year 3 students will enhance their movement skills through engaging activities that promote coordination, balance, and teamwork. The program will include a focus on dance, allowing students to compose their own routines and express creativity through movement. Additionally, they will learn various modified sports, fostering a deeper understanding of teamwork and sportsmanship. Through drills, games, and friendly competitions, students will develop their skills while emphasising the values of respect and fair play. 

Our Swimming program is run by Neilson’s Swim School at Caringbah Leisure Centre. They provide qualified, experienced instructors who teach water safety and race readiness. The swimming program is part of the school curriculum and is compulsory for all children. The intensive swimming program will run for 5 days. Each lesson is 40 minutes. 

Week 2 & 3 (See Compass for details)

3B: 10:30 am - 11:10 am

3G: 11:10 am - 11:50 am

Week 3 & 4 (See Compass for details)

3W: 9:10 am - 9:50 am

Peer Support will commence this term and run for five weeks. This year's Module is, “Strong Together”.

The module aims to enhance student safety and wellbeing by promoting positive relationships, positive behaviours and expectations. It leverages peer-led leadership, encouraging older students to guide their younger peers with engaging activities. The approach emphasises strengths-based strategies and calls for a whole-school commitment to ensure sustained effectiveness in creating a safe and supportive school environment that aligns beautifully with our SPBL and Mercy Values.

This mini module aims to develop leadership as well as:

• Students to know their strengths.
• Establish expectations of positive behaviour and what it looks like.
• Clarify how to take action to make things better.
• Develop resilience.

Open Parachute will then continue for the remainder of the Term. Open Parachute aims to provide practical support on mental health to students. The program aims to reduce stigma and generate authentic dialogue in classrooms about the real issues students face. The psychological skills-building exercises aim to increase empathy, self-compassion, self-awareness, mental health literacy, and self-efficacy in students.

Amadeus Music Program

Students will continue with the Amadeus Music Education Program and participate in activities in listening, performing and organising sound within their regular Classroom Music lessons. 

• It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that they:
  • Arrive on time for each lesson
  • Bring their instrument and required accessories to every lesson
  • Bring their Essential Elements* music book
  • Bring a lead pencil and eraser

Creative Arts

In Music with Mr Parlato, students will develop their understanding of percussion instruments and create and perform known and unknown beats and rhythms

Mandarin

Our students continue to enjoy participating in the Chinese language program called the Meg Language Program. The Meg Curriculum is written by the co-author of the Australian Curriculum. All students and teachers will participate in the digital learning platform via Zoom weekly sessions with educators in China.

Homework 

It is recommended that Year 3 students spend 30 minutes on Homework per day. This includes 20 minutes of reading every night. This term, students are provided with a homework grid with various activities to choose from. They can also choose 2 other activities from the grid to complete each week. Students are to return their Homework book and Maths Plus book every second Friday.

Miss Sophie Heighes (3Blue)

Mrs Tracey Carnegie and Mrs Nicole Pyne (3Gold)

Mr Thomas Gair (3White)

Mrs Cheryl Ross (4th Teacher)

Important Dates for Year Three

Sport

All students are required to wear their sports uniform on  Wednesdays and Fridays.

Library, Sport and Music

The classes will rotate between the three activities every Wednesday morning from 9-11 am. 

2024 - School Term 4

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