Year 3-6 Sector

Year 3

Welcome back to school! The grade 3 students are settling into their new classes and building relationships with their peers and teachers.

Reading:

In Reading, students and teachers have worked together to unpack and establish reading routines such as Independent Reading, Guided Reading and how to choose a ‘Just Right’ book, that will be practiced throughout the year. Our Reading unit this term is understanding Persuasive texts. We will do this by looking closely at their features, various persuasive techniques and their effectiveness in helping the author persuade the reader of their opinion! You can support your child at home by asking them to identify the author’s point of view and what persuasive techniques they noticed in their home reading and in conversation.

Writing:

It has been amazing to have our new Grade 3 students fill our classrooms up with laughter and curiosity. We are excited to be delving into our first writing unit, Persuasive Writing. During this unit students will explore the difference between facts and opinions, investigate various forms or persuasion and formulate a range of persuasive texts that we are sure will convince us to agree with them! 

Maths: 

Students have started Maths this year with a bang! Students have been working in small groups to share ideas and strategies they used to solve a problem. Students were able to lead the charge on organising their classrooms Maths resources, sorting them into appropriate categories. Our first few weeks of Maths are around Place Value and Time. Students will look at the difference between Place Value and Value and will practice telling the time to the nearest minute.

Year 4

Term Overview 

What's been happening in Grade 4?

The Grade 4 students have settled into the 2022 year with ease! All students have been very excited getting to know their teachers and peers!

As a part of our start up program, all class’ worked on creating a class mission statement. The purpose of these mission statements is to outline classroom values, norms and goals. 

Reading: Persusaive texts 

Writing: Persuasive writing

Maths: Place value, addition and subtraction.

Chance and probability.

Humanities: Community: First contact

Science :Forces

Health: Health channels

Curriculum Overviews:

Reading: Students have been sharing their love for reading by discussing the types of books and genres they are interested in. Students have been very eager to explore our library, as it has been re-designed. We have started looking at persuasive texts and identifying persuasive techniques. 

Writing: This year students will be apart of Australia Post’s Pen Pal Program. They will be writing and receiving letters from other Grade 4 students around Australia. We will also have a strong focus on our Writer’s notebook this year. The purpose of a Writer’s notebook is to encourage young writers to value writing. Students are encouraged to bring thing in to add to their writer’s notebook, such as photos, movie tickets and any other items collected from experiences or things they enjoy. 

Maths: This term we have started focusing on place value, addition and subtraction, as well as chance and probability. 

Humanities: This term, students will learn about the lives of the First Australians before the European settlers arrived in Australia, and the causes and reasons for the journey of the First Fleet. They will practice thinking and acting like historian as they are immersed in storied of first contact between Indigenous Australians and European Settlers.

Science: This term, students will be learning about different forces, such as push, pull and gravity. 

Health: In Health, we have started to look at why food brands use slogans. We will also be looking at the health messages in food advertsements. 

A wonderful poem written by Peyton in 4E J

Roses are red, violets are blue, with classmates like you our friendships are true. 

I started the year anxious and in fear but as the days went by everybody said hi. 

When I found out I had classmates like you, I didn’t think it was true to have people in my life as amazing as all of you. 

4E works together so we respect each other from the minute we walk into the room. 

Our friendships will never break no matter what we go through. We’ll always say sorry for our mistakes/ misunderstandings.

 We’ll listen to each other no matter what we say.