Connect: Level 3

Important Dates:       

• Thursday 2nd November: Level 3 Cooking session  
• Monday 30th October to 3rd November:  Wanyara Week -  interactive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural experiences
• Wednesday 16th November:  Science Incursion   

What's happening in Weeks 5 and 6

Literacy

We are revising all the Reading and Writing elements of a Persuasive text and will be linking our Health focus of wellbeing and physical and mental health. Watch out for some persuasive students coming home to convince you to look after yourselves and drink plenty of water to stay hydrated. Week 5 Spelling will focus on correctly spelling 2-syllable word with /j/ spelled ge and dge. Week 6 Spelling will focus on identifying & correcting errors in multisyllabic words with an ending of able or ible. Students will also be revising nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. We will also begin our assessments so please make sure laptops come to school fully charged. Thank you.

Maths 

Over the next two weeks, we will be revisiting a range of strategies which we can use for multiplication and division. We will continue to explore the connection between multiplication and division and the associated and related facts which can be determined from these. For example, if 5 x 3 = 15 then we can get '3 for free!' Meaning we can find another 3 related facts for this number sentence - 3 x 5 = 15, 15 ➗3 = 5 and 15➗5 = 3. Knowing these facts and improving our recall with known and related facts will help with our number fluency. We will also practise applying these skills to worded problems, which is a fun and engaging way to apply what we have learned.

Inquiry and Wellbeing

We are continuing to research healthy eating and lifestyle choices to improve our physical and mental health. We will be looking at different physical activities including dance to increase our heart beat. For our mental health we will draw on strategies to support coping with stress and help seeking strategies to solve big and small problems. We will also practise relaxation techniques and meditation using Smiling Minds.

Last week...

Level 3 had a wonderful time cooking with Mr Marco in the canteen. We learnt about correct cutting techniques and how to move around a kitchen with a knife safely.

Next week we are making Bliss Balls. Please let your teacher know if your child is allergic to anything in this recipe below.