Year 3/4 News

Welcome

What a wonderful start to the 2022 school year! The students have been slowly settling into their new routines and are enjoying getting to know each other.  The transition into reading and maths groups is going well, with the students being able to move efficiently between learning spaces. 

Writer's Notebook

Students in 3/4 have started a Writer's Notebook. A Writer's Notebook is a place where writers can collect, store and grow their ideas for writing. It is important that students continue collecting seeds (artefacts that provoke writing) like photos, sketches, holiday memories, lists, postcards etc. The seeds are personal and can vary styles from writer to writer. 

Religious Education (RE)

Last week, students in Year 3/4 participated in RE Rotations, centred around the theme of Prayer. Students explored formal prayers, including the 'Our Father'. They unpacked the language used and interpreted its meaning for today's people. Students wrote their own Prayers of the Faithful for the Church, the World, those in need and the local community. Students also investigated the role that prayer plays in the classroom and contributed to the 

making of the class prayer cloth.

Congratulations 2022 Year 3 & 4 SRC Reps!

We are very excited to announce our Year 3/4 student representatives for 2021.

Year 3: Alessandro D'Ercole

Year 4: Dean Sciulli

Congratulations and well done to all Year 3/4 students who applied, you all did a marvellous job preparing and delivering your speeches last Friday.

Ipads 

We ask that you take some time to speak to your child about appropriate use of ICT (iPads) at school. Please refer back to the ICT Policies and Procedures document via Operoo.

Toilets

Please have a chat to your child about going to the toilet at appropriate times (before/after school or at lunch/recess breaks). 

Reminders

• Maths homework (Sunset Maths & My Numeracy by logging into your child's Essential Assessment account)
• Spelling - Students are expected to complete daily spelling and tasks A & B (Year 4 both and Year 3 to complete one).
• Reading - It is expected that students read daily, record their reading and write a short summary (2-3 sentences) about what they had read.  We ask that parents sign their child's reading diary AND spelling weekly.
• Spelling and ready diaries are to be handed in on Friday morning. 

Week 5 & 6 Timetable

Week 5 & 6 Learning Intentions

Important Dates

2nd March - Whole School Ash Wednesday Mass 9.30am

3rd March - School Open Day 9.30am-10.30am, 12pm-1pm

7th March - School Closure Day

Contact Details

3/4P       

Linda Pham          lpham@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au

3/4H

Belinda Hirschauer

bhirschauer@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au 

3/4M

Kaitlyn McMillan

kmcmillan@srprestonwest.catholic.edu.au 

Please note, we will respond to emails Monday to Friday, between the hours of 8am- 5pm.