Year 3 Term 3 Overviews
Wominjeka!
Welcome back to a busy and exciting term. The term began with re-establishing the routines and expectations for Year 3 students, as well as building on a sense of community in each classroom. We are continuing to work together to develop strong relationships with your children to understand and support their social, emotional and academic learning strengths and needs. We appreciate the support you are giving your children with their nightly reading and diary entries.
Our learning this term:
In Reading and Writing this term, students will explore a range of poetry and procedural texts while developing their comprehension and writing skills. Through shared reading, guided reading and reciprocal teaching, students will identify the purpose, structure and language features of different text types. They will use mentor texts to build their understanding of how authors organise ideas and engage readers, while continuing to develop strategies such as predicting, questioning, summarising and making connections to deepen their comprehension.
Students will create a variety of poems, including haiku, diamante, concrete and cinquain poems, experimenting with descriptive language, imagery and carefully chosen vocabulary to express ideas and emotions. They will also learn to write clear and well-organised procedural texts, focusing on sequencing steps, using precise vocabulary, imperative verbs and appropriate text features to give clear instructions. Throughout the writing process, students will plan, draft, revise, edit and publish their work while receiving feedback from peers and teachers. They will continue to use their Writer's Notebooks to collect ideas, experiment with language and develop confidence as independent writers.
In Year 3 Mathematics this term, students will continue to build strong number knowledge by recognising, representing and ordering natural numbers beyond 10,000. They will investigate the properties of odd and even numbers, explore number patterns and simple algorithms, and solve number sentences by finding unknown values. Students will strengthen their understanding of place value by partitioning, rearranging and regrouping two- and three-digit numbers to support efficient mental and written calculation strategies.
Students will continue to develop their additive thinking by extending their knowledge of addition and subtraction facts and applying a range of mental and written strategies to solve problems involving two- and three-digit numbers. They will also explore financial mathematics by representing money values in different ways, making estimates and determining whether financial and everyday calculations are reasonable.
This term, students will build their multiplicative thinking by developing fluency with multiplication and division facts for twos, threes, fours, fives and tens. They will apply these facts to solve practical, real-world problems using a variety of strategies and mathematical models, helping them understand the relationship between multiplication and division.
In geometry and space, students will investigate angles by recognising them as measures of turn and comparing them to right angles. They will also interpret and create simple two-dimensional maps and representations of familiar environments, developing their spatial reasoning and understanding of position and direction.
Our Unit of Inquiry this term explores the relationship between biomes, biodiversity and our responsibility to care for the environment. Students will investigate a variety of biomes around the world, discovering how climate influences the plants, animals and other living things that thrive in each environment. They will learn about biodiversity and why healthy ecosystems are important for the survival of all living things.
Throughout the unit, students will develop an understanding of the difference between weather and climate and explore how climate shapes the unique features of different biomes. They will examine how human actions, such as pollution and deforestation, can impact ecosystems and biodiversity, recognising that every action has consequences for the environment. Students will be encouraged to think about how their own choices can make a positive difference and how working together as a community helps protect our natural world for future generations.
Throughout Term 3, our Social and Emotional Learning will focus on the connection between identity, values and caring for the world around us. Students will explore how their interests, strengths and passions can shape the ways they contribute positively to their communities and the environment. They will reflect on environmental issues they care about and recognise that everyone has a role in protecting our planet.
Students will also challenge stereotypes by exploring diverse environmental leaders, scientists and changemakers, understanding that caring, leadership, problem-solving and creating change are opportunities for everyone, regardless of gender.
Year 3 Camp
The Year 3 camp, held at Camp Sunnystones, is an adventure camp where students stretch their boundaries with challenging activities and continue to use their skills in cooperation and teamwork. The cohort will be split into two groups: Camp 1 (9/11/26-11/11/26) and Camp 2 (11/11/26-13/11/26)
The total cost of the camp is approximately $470 (to be confirmed with final numbers). A deposit of $200 is required to be paid to secure your child's spot.
The deposit is non-refundable. Please refer to our website for our refund policy.
Spots are limited to 50 students per camp. We now have only 5 spots left.
Incursion Term 3 - Ceres: Restoring Earth’s Ecosystems
In August, students will have the opportunity to explore what makes a healthy environment through engaging, hands-on activities as part of the Ceres: Restoring Earth’s Ecosystems program.
From the birds in the trees to the worms beneath our feet, our built environments are teeming with life. Students will take their learning outdoors to explore the ecosystems within our own schoolyard, discover how they support biodiversity and learn what we can do to protect and care for local habitats.
Further information, including permission and payment details, is shared on Compass. Permission and payment are due by 2 August.
General Reminders:
- Please ensure that your child is at school and ready to learn at 8:35am.
- Please check Compass daily, as this will be the main portal that we (the teachers) and the school will use to communicate information to you.
Students will transport books from school to home and back each day in their satchels. Each morning, readers will be exchanged from the take-home reader boxes in classrooms. Your child's teacher will have a day when all Green Home Reading Diaries need to be handed in so they can view, record, and provide feedback on students’ nightly reading.
Learning apps, Wushka, IXL and Google Classroom are being accessed by students. The safest place for login details is in Green Home Reading Diaries, and we recommend that families take a picture of their child’s login details and store them on phones as a backup.