Year 3/4
Year 3/4 Cluster News
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night.
Maths: Focus on 3 times tables for week 4
Word Study
Year 3 sound for the week: aw, al, au
Year 4 sound for the week: nch
Grammar focus- conjunctions
| Year 3 – aw/al/au | Year 4 – nch |
halt hawk sauce haul thaw salt
flaw drawn laundry dawdle already launch
auburn awkward alternative audition altogether awesome | winch drench quench stench hunch lunchbox
scrunch rancher flinch wrench crunchy pinched
launch franchise luncheon haunches henchmen enchantment |
Reader’s and Writer’s workshop: We have started our class text, Charlotte’s Web. We will be reading and exploring the novel together, making links to our unit on systems and discussing the different systems we notice throughout the story.
Alongside this, we have been focusing on nonfiction texts, exploring how they differ from fiction texts and developing strategies to help us extract important information from them.
Mathematics: We are starting to explore measurement and the metric system. We have had a focus on length in week 3 moving on to capacity in week 4.
Unit of Inquiry: Our How the World Works unit on systems has started, and we have been exploring what is a system and the types of systems we use in everyday life.
Reminders
3/4H Chapel – Friday 31st July, Term 3 Week 2
Colour run
We are excited about our School Colour Run, taking place on the afternoon of Friday 22 May 2026. This fun community event will be held on the school oval, where students can run, walk, or skip around a circuit — it's not a race, just a great excuse to get moving and have fun!
COLOUR POWDER
There will be two lanes at each colour station — one with colour powder and one without, so your child can choose their level of involvement. Powder is aimed at torso level, though wind may occasionally cause some facial contact. You're welcome to send your child with sunglasses, goggles, or a face mask if you prefer.
WHAT TO WEAR & BRING
• A plain white t-shirt (to make the colours pop!)
• Casual clothes for the day
• A change of clothes after the event (especially for students catching the school minibus home)
• Optional: eye protection such as sunglasses or goggles
• If collecting by car, you may wish to bring a towel to cover your seats
FUNDRAISING
This event also serves as an optional fundraiser for our planned playground improvements. Donations to the Future Fund can be made via the Qkr! app, or by cash, card, or direct debit through the School Office.
VOLUNTEERS WELCOME
If you'd like to help out on the day, please let us know be emailing office@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
PERMISSION NOTE
Please email office@goldengrove.sa.edu.au if you wish for your child to run in the non-colour lane on the day. If you have any questions, please feel welcome to contact the school office.
We look forward to a colourful afternoon!
Weekly timetable - 3/4H and 3/4R
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Assembly Cluster PECanteen | PE Art | Library Japanese Canteen | Band STEM (even weeks) | Chapel Choir Music Golden Time Canteen |
PE Uniform | PE Uniform | Formal Uniform | Formal Uniform | Optional PE Uniform |
Premier’s Reading Challenge: This year in the 3/4 cluster, students will have their own individual records to track the books they read. Students are required to read eight books from the book list and four free choice books. The full list of suitable books for your child can be found online at this link: https://premiersreadingchallenge.sa.edu.au/book-list/
As you read books at home, please feel free to email them to me so I can help your child to add them to their list or alternatively feel free to visit the classroom before or after school to add them to the list with your child. The recording sheets will be kept at school. We will also aim to read some books as a class to help to complete our records.
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
May God bless your week,
Chelsie Riches and Amy Hughes
Chelsie Riches
Riches.chelsie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Amy Hughes