From the Year 3 Classroom

As we wrap up our Poetry Unit this week, we are excited to announce that our students will be participating in a Year 3 Poetry Slam! This event will be a fantastic opportunity for them to showcase their skills in both speaking and listening, as outlined in our curriculum. 

To prepare for the Poetry Slam, students have been working diligently on reciting their chosen poems in an engaging and expressive manner. We look forward to seeing the creativity and enthusiasm the students bring.  

Beginning next week Reading will focus on Persuasive Text.   

After four weeks of hard work, writing various forms of poetry, our students are excitedly publishing their own anthologies.  They are publishing these using Pages and are busy working on their formatting skills changing fonts, font size and colour and adding images and clip art.  They are all keen to bring these home soon and share their writing with their families. 

Beginning next week Writing will focus on Persuasive writing for the remainder of the term.   

Students have wrapped up their latest topic ‘Transformation and Location’ We have covered; coordinates on a map, directions on a compass, lines of symmetry and slides, turns and flips of shapes and pictures. To complete the unit, students are investigating the skills they have learnt to create a treasure map with hidden treasure. They will swap with a partner to see if their directions were accurate. Our next unit will be ‘Shape’  

Reminder to continue practicing Timetables, even those students who have passed.  

We have paused our Geography unit for our ‘Mini olympics’ Inquiry. After investigating this year’s Paris games, students were able to select an a topic to research, including:  

History of Olympic games 

Sport profile  

Olympian profile 

Mascots over the years 

Flags of the Olympics 

History of the Olympic rings 

Countries that compete in the olympics 

Best olympic moments in history 

We are continuing our Source of Life Unit, Jesus Models Forgiveness, as many of our Year Three students prepare to make the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  

Our first presentation Mass is this Sunday, August 18th at 9am at Sacred Heart Church.  The second presentation Mass is the following Saturday, August 24th at 5pm. 

Please keep our Sacramental students in your prayers during this important time in their faith journey. 

Award Winners

Well done to Ember, Mackenzie, Tom & Farley on becoming Multiplication Masters last week! 

Upcoming dates for August-  

Reconciliation Masses - Sunday 18th August 9am and Saturday 24th August 5pm 

Book Week Parade - Friday 23rd August 9:15am 

School Closure Day  - Monday 26th August