Year Three Team News

Hello Year Three families,   

We hope you have all had a relaxing break and got the chance to recharge. It has been great to see our wonderful Year 3 students settling back into the school routines. We look forward to a busy and productive Term 4.

This week we are celebrating our creative Willy Kids with the WOW Art Show.  Please come along and support this fundraising event on Friday evening and/or Sunday afternoon.

We are getting closer to our Zoo Snooze in Week 9. More details will follow soon.  Please make sure you read the information carefully and fill in the required forms. Ask your class teacher if you are not sure about anything. A reminder of the dates are as follows:

• Monday – 2nd December – 3W
• Tuesday – 3rd December – 3B
• Wednesday – 4th December – 3M

Over the next few weeks, we will be conducting various assessment tasks. Please ensure that the students are well rested and inform us if you are planning to go away for an extended period of time.

Fortnightly Curriculum Focus:

Reading: Reading a variety of Information Texts about animals and using research skills including summarising.

Writing:  Planning, drafting, editing and publishing an Information text on a chosen endangered Australian animal, following the writing process. Planning and delivering an Oral Presentation about the animal chosen. 

* A note will be coming home soon with a timetable including the date your child is presenting.

Numeracy: Measuring, ordering and comparing objects using familiar metric units of length, area, mass and capacity.

Inquiry: Endangered Species- What Can We Do?  Focus on endangered species both in Australia and in our local area. Students will be researching information on the animal they have chosen including description, lifecycle, habitat, and diet. They will prepare an oral presentation to the class about their chosen animal.

Child Wise/Respectful Relationships: Help Seeking - Students describe factors that contribute to positive relationships, identify communication skills that enhance relationships for particular groups and purposes and describe characteristics of cooperative behaviour and identify evidence of these in group activities.

Homework:

Literacy: 15-20 minutes of reading daily. 10 minutes of spelling practice related to the SMART spelling focus or personal words.

Numeracy: 10 minutes of revision focusing on concepts taught at school. Practise times tables.

Warm regards, 

The Year 3 team – Katja Morris (3M), Carmel Byrne (3D), Rochelle White and Mary Colangelo (3W).