Year Three Team News

Hello Year Three families,   

The students’ oral presentations on anendangered Australian animal have begun this week and will be happening over the next two weeks. Thank you for supporting your children with these. They are doing a fabulous job.

This week Suzette Rodoreda, the conservation ranger from Hobsons Bay Council, visited us to talk about endangered species in our area as part of our Term 4 Inquiry unit, ‘Endangered Species. What Can We Do?’ The students were thoroughly engaged with Suzette’s talk. We thank her immensely for being a guest speaker and teaching the students lots of interesting facts.

Zoo Snooze

We are getting very close to our Zoo Snooze in Week 9. Please return the medical forms to your class teacher and make payment and give consent via Compass if you have not already done so.

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

The students will attend school on the day as normal and will be dropped off outside the main entrance of the Melbourne Zoo, in the evening, where they will be greeted by their class teacher. They will spend the following day at the zoo and return to school by bus in time for normal school pick up. 

*A note came home last week with all the details and what the students need to pack.

Willy Games

Next Tuesday November 19th, all the students from Prep through to Grade 6 will be split up into multi-age groups and spend the day doing some fantastic activities and competing for house points! After an early lunch, we welcome back ‘Kaboom Kid Sports’ who, will help put on a multi-age Extravaganza with unique sports and activities that will include all students across the school. There will be activities such as the Giant Dart Board, the Wacky Wheel, Olympic Javelin, Jurassic Hoop, Parachute, Mini Golf and many others! Parents are welcome to come down and watch along from the outskirts of the oval from 1:30pm onwards. 

* Please make payment and give consent via Compass if you have not already done so.

Fortnightly Curriculum Focus:

Reading: Learning about different homophones and comparing/contrasting when reading different texts.

Writing:  Writing an information report about an imaginary animal.

Numeracy: Recognise, describe, and order Australian coins according to their value.

Count and order small collections of Australian coins and notes according to their value.

Represent money values in multiple ways and count the change required for simple transactions to the nearest five cents.

Inquiry: Endangered Species- What Can We Do?  Oral presentations about an endangered Australian animal. Preparation for the Zoo Snooze.

Child Wise/Respectful Relationships: Stress management. Students use a game to help them develop self-calming techniques, discuss the role of self-calming and self-control in managing their daily challenges and explain the value of self-discipline in helping them to learn.

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. Keep working on times tables recall.

Warm regards, 

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