Year 3/4

What Are We Learning This Week? Students have continued reading the class novel Uncle Xbox, further strengthening their reading fluency and oral reading skills. Alongside this, students have been making connections to their History learning by taking notes and analysing information related to Captain James Cook and the colonisation of Australia by Britain. This week, students will continue developing their recounts by writing their second body paragraphs, while also strengthening their understanding and use of coordinating conjunctions within sentences. 

In Mathematics, students will begin exploring the concept of area after successfully developing their understanding of perimeter. Students demonstrated confidence when applying their perimeter knowledge to measure a variety of objects around the classroom.

This hands-on learning experience was both engaging and enjoyable for the class. Our classroom has also been fortunate to welcome Mrs Griffiths for the next three weeks as she completes her pre-service teacher placement. Mrs Griffiths is excited to meet, observe, engage with, and teach the students throughout her placement.“I feel inspired and grateful to have the opportunity to work alongside Mr Larose and receive guidance as I continue the next two weeks of my teaching journey.”

Jessica Moroney

Prac Teacher 3/4

MA2-2DS-03: estimates, measures and compares areas using square centimetres and square metres.

MA2-MR-01: represents and uses the structure of multiplicative relations to 10 × 10 to solve problems.

EN2-REFLU-01: sustains independent reading with accuracy, automaticity, rate and prosody suited to purpose, audience and meaning.

EN2-RECOM-01: reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension.

EN2-UARL-01: identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts.

HS2-HIS-01: explains how people lived in the past, how navigation connected the world, and what life was like in the Sydney Cove penal settlement, using sources as evidence.