Classroom News
Grade 3 & 4
Term 3, Week 2
Blackburn Primary School
Welcome Back to Term 3 everyone! A busy term planned including Athletics Day, Book Fun Day and Swimming at the end of term. Not to mention the learning in Reading, Writing and Maths, as well as our Integrated Unit focussing on Australia.
In Writing this term, we will continue with a variety of text types including poetry and persuasive. We will continue working through the Writer’s process independently, focusing on developing pieces for our Writer’s Gift. We continue to be amazed at the creativity shown by our students and enjoy reading their work showcasing voice and sentence fluency in their writing.
In Reading we have begun reading our class novel Runt by Craig Silvey. We will be looking at making predictions, determining the importance of summarising to help us with comprehension. Please encourage your child to read daily, all students know their individual goal and what they need to do to achieve them.
Last week we began our Mathematics topic with subtraction. Over the coming weeks, we will also be exploring division, and the relationship between division and multiplication. A strong understanding of how division and multiplication relate to one another, as well as a wide variety of strategies to choose from when completing equations will help students feel confident in their ability to solve problems efficiently and accurately.
For Integrated Studies we have been learning about Australia. Students have started with locating and identifying the states and territories of Australia. They have been identifying the capital cities of Australia, the seas and oceans of Australia and significant places in Australia.
Important Dates:
House Athletics – 31st July
PPD – 15th August
Year 4 Camp - 12th-14th August
Book Fun Day - 28th August
Fathers Day Stall – 29th August
Swimming - 9th-20th September
Footy Colours Day - 19th September
Last Day of Term - 20th September
We look forward to a busy and wonderful Term 3 ahead!
Many thanks,
Level 3/ 4 team.