Year 3/4 News

We have had a very busy and exciting couple of weeks in Year 3/4. The students have been engaged in a variey of learning tasks and whole school activities. The ground breaking ceremony for our new Discovery Centre was attended by the whole school & we were able to watch our special guests break ground on the building site via a video hook up. The positive powers of technology.

Award Winners 

Every school assembly awards are given to a student from each learning group who has shown our school values. Congratulations to our first award winners for 20206. we are very proud of the example you set for your peers.

Naplan 2026

Wednesday March 11th the Year 3's will begin Naplan. The first assessment is writing, this is a paper assessment & the students will be given a picture stimulus to write about. All following assessments are completed using technology.  

• Thursday March 12th is Reading
• Friday March 13th Conventions of Language
• Monday March 16th Numeracy

All students need to bring their laptops to school every day fully charged. they also need to bring headphones as some assessments have spoken elements.

Technology

At OLSC we have a BYOD ( Bring Your Own Device) policy. All students in Year 3 and Year 4 are expected to have a Chrome Book laptop. We are now using technology as a tool for learning so students are asked to bring their laptop to school every day.  Please make sure these are fully charged. 

If you and your child are yet to sign the ICT agreement please contact your child's teacher ASAP. Students will NOT be allowed to use technology until the agreement is signed. 

Reminders  

• Specialist Day is every Tuesday - please ensure that sports uniform is worn, and that your child has a hat and drink bottle ready for the day.
• No hat no play - please make sure your child brings their hat everyday
• Make sure that all your children's belongings (clothes, lunch boxes, drink bottles, stationery, etc.) are clearly labelled with your child's name. Labelled property can be easily returned to its owner. 
• Please encourage your child to charge their CHROME Books nightly, to read and practice REAL life math - helping measuring, cooking and timing events. Also exploring how we use money. 

Important Dates

Year 3

Religion

Over the past two weeks, in religion, we have been learning more about forgiveness and how it relates to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Students have been engaging in discussion around scripture and the other sacraments. They have enjoyed making models of the sacraments as some of our students also prepare for their first Reconciliation.

Literacy

In literacy, we have been looking at a few texts and ways we can interpret them. Our students have enjoyed looking at two books called Crumbs and Boy, by Phil Cummings and Shane Devries. They have been looking at interpreting and describing characters and settings in stories and their own writing. They have also enjoyed drawing characters and settings from the texts. Over the next lessons our students will be continuing to look at different texts and how to use their understanding of character and setting to create summaries.

Maths: 

Over the past two weeks, in numeracy, we have been learning about our new topic of addition and subtraction. Students have continued working in groups with different teachers as they learn about different ways to understand and represent addition and subtraction. Our students have enjoyed learning about partitioning, bridging to 10, and using numberlines as ways to add and subtract. In the next unit the students will be learning about time.

Inquiry

In inquiry, we have been looking at identifying problems and solutions for our ideas for the garden around the school’s new building. Students have been thinking about how we could create a space for local animal habitats or to encourage pollinators. Over the coming lessons they will be creating models of their designs. 

Wellbeing Year 3 and Year 4

During Wellbeing Hour we have been unpacking some of our school expectations and listing what these look like in our learning space and on the yard.

• We are aware of the personal space of others
• We allow others to learn.

We have investigated and defined the terms Equality versus Equity using a picture to initiate the discussions.  

The students came up with lots of examples to explain the definition of each word.

Equality means everyone is treated fairly. We are all different but have some things that make us the same. We all have the right to be treated with respect.

Equity: Everyone has the same chances but we look at individual needs so they get what they need to succeed.

We have also been exploring and naming our emotions and developing an understanding that people won’t always feel the same way about a situation as they do.

Our goals have been to:

• Name comfortable and uncomfortable emotions
• Identify how I feel in different situations
• Explain that I may feel different to someone else in the same situation

Year 4

Religion

In religion the students have been learning about the different parts of the mass and the prayers said during each part. They have learnt about how during the Eucharistic prayer the bread and wine through the consecration becomes the Body and Blood of Christ. The students used a graphic organiser to draw and write about the different parts of the mass

We have now started our Lenten unit where the students are focusing on Passover and The Last Supper. Students this week have learnt about the institution of the last supper and the different parts of the meal that the Jewish people eat. 

Literacy

The students have really enjoyed our author’s study of the Fan Brothers, the students have looked at The night gardener, The Antlered Ship and It fell from the sky. All of the texts had amazing illustrations 

Maths

Last week we were looking at fractions and learning how to put a fraction in a diagram and putting it on a collection and making mixed numerals and improper fractions. We also have been turning a mixed numeral to an improper fraction. This week  we have been learning about how to say time in an analog clock way and digital time. We also learned how to read time on a digital time and on an analog clock.  

Inquiry

We have been learning about the local government  and what things they look after. We have been looking at Wyndham council and who our Mayor is and what each of the wards in the local council area are. Manor Lakes is in the Quandong  and our councilor is Peter Maynard.

We have learned that the council is responsible for  rubbish ,pet,libarys,sport facilities

Cheers Year 3/4 Team:  Sam, Krystin, Rita, Josh, Hayley, Ben Anthony, Anastasia, Cheryl,                                                         Kelsey, Helen, Gabby & Sandy