Barwon Heads Primary School Teaching And Learning Update

Grade 3

 

Literacy Block

This year the Literacy Block will based on a structured literacy model. Each Literacy Block is broken into seven parts, including a daily review, spelling (see below), reading fluency, handwriting, comprehension, vocabulary and writing.

 

As part of the literacy block students will undertake explicit teaching of strategies based on content knowledge. This term grade 3 students will be completing the World Rivers and Ancient Egypt Unit.

 

 

 

Spelling Mastery

As part of the literacy block, students will complete spelling mastery programs that specifically target their needs. Students will be completing these sessions each day and will be placed in groups within the grade 3 and 4 cohort.

 

Numeracy

This year students will be undertaking evidence based, explicit instruction lessons. As well as the explicit lesson, each lesson will include a Daily Review component in which students will review previous learning.

 

This term's topics include:

  • Counting and Place Value,
  • Addition and Subtraction,
  • Time,
  • Multiplication and Division.

 

Inquiry

In inquiry this term, students will be focusing on how rules and laws help us stay safe. 

 

Key reminders & Dates

Sunsmart: students need to be wearing hats when they are outside at school. They are also welcome to bring their own sunscreen and apply themselves during recess and lunch.

Nude Food - Resource Smart School: 

As part of our commitment to being a ‘resource smart school’, we encourage all students and staff to bring nude food to school as much as possible. 

By practising Nude Food across the school, we reduce the amount of packaging and waste we bring to school that ends up in our bins to be sent to landfill.

Nude Food is a fantastic opportunity to educate children about how their actions can impact the environment and their health. Focussing on the positive message of ‘nude food = a healthy body + a healthy planet’. As a school we pride ourselves on reducing our ‘footprint’ and caring about the beautiful environment that we are so lucky to live in. 

Stationary: 

In year 3, students are allowed to bring their own pencil cases and stationary items.

NAPLAN: 

-NAPLAN will be conducted this term, between the 12th March and 24th March 2025. A timetable with more specific dates and times for each test will be released closer to the starting date. 

-In class, we will be doing a range of tasks, discussions and practise tests to ensure the students feel prepared.