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Dear Grade 3 Families,

From all accounts the students and teachers had a fabulous day at the zoo today.  Photos will be added to the newsletter next week.

This week the students have had a practise at doing an end of year assessment.  This helps the students do their best work during the actual end of year assessment as they know what the testing looks like and the way the program works.  Teachers can also help students with accessing the assessment which also eleviates stress, the focus becomes on showing their teachers what they can actually achieve.

In English lessons this week the students have been working on how to make a fantastic paragraph for a Persuasive piece of writing.  Using a SPO (Single paragraph outline) the students worked to create a great introduction about how to protect our animal population, add proof of their point of view and an example of their point of view in the middle of the paragraph, then finish out the paragraph with a strong summing up statement.  Students are encouraged to use strong persuasive language to enhance their point of view. 

During Mathematics, students have been working with multiplication and division word problems and working out what the problem is actually asking them to do.  In this case the language 'Times as many' or an 'equal group'.  A task that was completed this week is shown as an example, the students worked hard to explain how they worked it out.

                        Learning for Term 4, Week 4

Religious Education:

Students are learning about the life and mission of Jesus.  The students are learning about how this mission continues in the church today, and how we also continue this mission in our lives.  They are analysing the scripture from Matthew 4, Mark 1 and Luke 4, understanding what it means and how that has relevance in our lives today.

English:

In English, students will continue reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. The zoo excursion is aimed to build the students connection with the text.  Their experiences will also help the students create the next elements of their persuasive writing. 

While doing this the students will undertake end of year assessment in reading and writing.  Reading assessment involves students showing how they understand questions from texts they read.  Writing assessment is based on an imaginative and colourful picture, the students create a story about the image with a beginning, problem in the middle and a resolution to their problem while involving characters and an interesting setting. 

Mathematics:

Next week, students will begin to undertake end of year assessment.  The learning the students achieved analysing mathematical problems based on multiplication will be used to assist their understanding of mathematical problems based on division as they begin to finish up their Multiplication and Division Unit.  

Auslan:

Over the next week students will be learning some signs that enact the movements of zoo animals.  In particular giraffe, tiger, lion, monkey, elephant and deer.

Social & Emotional Learning:

In Social and Emotional Learning this week the students used resources from the Daniel Morcombe foundation that identified the clues our body gives when we feel unsafe.  We will use these body clues to help us recognise how we feel when we feel unsafe in different situations.  Students will learn that violence isn't just physical. It can be physical, verbal, emotional, social or online for example. "Everybody has a body, they are different and every body deserves respect".

What you can do at home:

• 📖 Encourage your child to read for at least 20 minutes each day and discuss the characters, events and themes in their book.
• ✖️ Practise multiplication facts. Use everyday situations, such as shopping or sharing items, to practise these skills.
• 🤟 Practise Auslan signs together by describing objects or pets using size, shape and colour. Yes, No, Please and Thankyou are important in any language.

Important Classroom Reminders:

• Fidget Toys

  We kindly ask that students do not bring fidget toys to school unless their use is a planned adjustment in consultation with Allied Health Professionals. Students who bring fidget toys without an approved adjustment will be asked to place them in their school bag for the remainder of the day to take home. We appreciate your support in encouraging your child to leave fidget toys at home.

• Spare essential clothes need to be available in the front zip of your child's school bag.
• Please ensure that you are labelling all your child's belongings.
• Students need school hats everyday this Term. No Hat/No Play.

Important Dates to remember:

• Wednesday 11th November - Remembrance Day Service
• Tuesday 1st December - Christmas Carols
• Friday 11th December - Last day of Formal Classes.

Enjoy your weekend, 

The Ephesus Team

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