Grade 3

Literacy

Over the past two weeks in Literacy, our Year 3 students focused on sentence expansion, summarising and narrative writing. Students practised expanding simple sentences by adding details about who, what, when and why, helping them create more precise and engaging writing. Students also developed their comprehension and planning skills by creating a Single Paragraph Outline (SPO) to identify and summarise the key ideas from a text. They used these skills to revise an unelaborated paragraph, adding detail and improving vocabulary to make their writing more interesting for the reader.

Alongside this, students have begun planning and writing their own narratives. They explored the key elements of a narrative, including characters, setting, problem, events and resolution, before developing their ideas into structured stories. Students were encouraged to use expanded sentences, descriptive vocabulary and interesting details to bring their narratives to life.

Numeracy

Three-Dimensional Objects

In mathematics students have been exploring three-dimensional objects through hands-on experiences. 

They identified and discussed the features of 3D objects including faces, edges and vertices and used these features to classify them. Students also built and compared rectangular prisms using cubic blocks, exploring how height, base and number of blocks affect their designs. 

Students constructed towers using a range of 3D shapes, experimenting with different shapes to create strong and stable structures. Students connected their learning to the real world by identifying 3D objects in everyday life and discussing how different shapes are used in structures and objects around us. 

Democracy, Community and Me incursion

Students took part in the Democracy, Community and Me incursion, where they explored how democracy, rules, laws and government help shape our communities. They learned about the key principles of Australian democracy, the difference between rules and laws, and the roles of the three levels of government.

Students also participated in a mock election, experiencing the voting process and learning about preferential voting. Through a council meeting role-play, students took on the roles of councillors and community members. They shared ideas, discussed community issues, listened to different perspectives and worked together to make decisions. 

The hands-on activities, costumes and props made the learning engaging and meaningful while helping students develop their communication, collaboration and critical thinking.