Year 3/4 Term 3 Overview

Year 3/4  - Term 3 Overview 2026     

Welcome to Term 3!

 We hope that all families had a restful break and managed to avoid the winter sicknesses. 

It was wonderful to come back to school and listen to the children reconnect and share their school holiday events. 

Important dates to remember:

JULY

Tues 14 July - SEDA Football Clinic - Students to wear sports uniform

Tues 21 July - SEDA Football Clinic - Students to wear sports uniform

Mon 27 July - KABOOM Sports Incursion - Students to wear sports uniform

Tues 28 July - SEDA Football Clinic - Students to wear sports uniform

Wed 29 July  - Yr 4 & 5 attending Emmaus Performance

AUGUST

Mon 3 August - Yr 3/4 Basketball 

Tues 4 August - Australian Mathematics Competition (select students)

Fri 7 August - Family Bush Dance - 6pm

Saturday August 15  - Major School Fundraiser - Parents Trivia Night 7pm

Mon 17 August - Bullying No Way Week

Fri 21August - Super Hero Dress Up

Mon 24 August - BOOK WEEK - A Symphony of Stories

SEPTEMBER

Tues 1 Sept - SCHOOL CLOSURE - STAFF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY

Fri 4th Sept - Father’s Day Breakfast

Fri 18th Sept - Footy Day

Last day of Term 3 - 1pm finish

Religious Education

In Religious Education this term, we will be focusing on Pentecost and the impact of the Holy Spirit. Students will be exploring The Holy Spirit in action and how people are filled with this gift. Students will also be exploring various Bible Scriptures through Godly Play, including The Good Samaritan, The Sower, The Good Shepherd and The Mustard Seed. Students will reinforce their understanding of the importance to love one another. We will end the term by beginning our unit on Reconciliation, which will then continue into Term 4.

Humanities - History

Early in term 3 we will celebrate Naidoc week and learn about some prominent First Nations People from the past and First Nations athletes that will be competing in the upcoming Commonwealth games. 

We will then launch into our history unit  ‘How has our cultural identity been shaped by history and how does it allow us to shine?’

In this unit we will explore the First Nations People connection to and respect for country and land. We will then learn about how Country and Place shaped the daily lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and how their histories and culture are respected through Acknowledgement of Country and Reconciliation Week and National Sorry Day.   We will then explore important national, religious and cultural celebrations and commemorations in Australia and from our own families. 

Any family members who would be interested in sharing their cultural celebrations and personal history with our students are encouraged to connect with Nicole, Anna or Sebastian to make a time to come in and share these with the students.

Mathematics

This term in Mathematics, we will be focusing on the following areas, using evidence-based, knowledge-rich and sequenced lessons. Daily reviews and spaced practice will also be incorporated in our Maths lessons in order to reinforce learning and ensure retention. We will continue to use concrete materials to assist with building understanding and incorporate mental maths experiences to develop fluency of number facts. 

Number 

• Multiplication and Division
  • representing multiplication and division problems with bar models
  • using the CUBES strategy to identify information in a worded problem
  • creating multiplication and division number sentences from worded problems
  • using mathematical modelling and concrete materials to solve problems involving multiplication and division
  • developing efficient mental and written strategies to solve multiplication and division problems
  • recalling multiplication facts for 3, 4, 5 and 10 (year 3) and multiplication facts up to 10 × 10 and related division facts (year 4)

Measurement 

• Angles
  • identifying angles as measures of turn and using right angles as a reference to compare angles in everyday situations
  • estimating and comparing angles using angle names including acute, obtuse, straight angle, reflex and revolution, and recognise their relationship to a right angle
• Time 
  • reading analogue times to the nearest minute
  • matching analogue and digital times
  • solving problems involving analogue and digital time

Number

• Decimals
• representing and writing tenths and hundredths in decimal format
• ordering decimals on a number line
• applying decimals in financial situations, measurement of length and mass

Measurement

• Mass and capacity
  • reading mass and capacity measurement scales 
  • estimating, measuring and comparing mass and capacity using scaled instruments

English

READING, COMPREHENSION AND  SPELLING

This term, students will study the novels Storm Boy by Colin Thiele and The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. Through Storm Boy, students will explore the story of a young boy and his special bond with a pelican, set in the Coorong region of South Australia, while examining themes of friendship, belonging, nature, and change. In The Wild Robot, students will follow Roz, a robot who learns to survive and build meaningful relationships on a remote island, exploring themes of empathy, cooperation, adaptability, and the connection between humans and the natural world. These engaging texts will provide opportunities for rich discussion, comprehension, vocabulary study and sentence level written responses. We will continue to engage in daily spelling and weekly reading focus groups and reading fluency activities. 

Throughout the term, students will develop their comprehension skills by using graphic and semantic organisers, visualisation, question answering, and comprehension monitoring strategies to deepen their understanding of texts. 

WRITING

In writing, they will strengthen sentence construction through sentence expansion, complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions, and summary sentence writing. Students will also plan and write an information report about the cultural significance of the Coorong and create a persuasive letter expressing their opinion about having a robot in the home, focusing on the structure, language features, and organisation of each text type.

Social & Emotional Learning

This term in SEL, we will continue our sessions of The Resilience Project. 

The weekly lessons will continue to build students’ social and emotional wellbeing by strengthening the core practices of Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness, and Emotional Literacy (GEM). Across these lessons, students will explore ways to appreciate positive experiences, understand and respond to the feelings of others, practise being present in the moment, and recognize and manage a range of emotions. Through discussions, reflective activities, and practical strategies, students will learn about resilience, positive relationships, self-awareness, and effective coping skills that support their wellbeing both at school and in everyday life. 

STEM

This term our STEM unit is based on Heat, as we explore the Science of Physics. Students will be exploring sources of heat, the transferral and conduction of heat. Students will learn the importance of warming food to ensure healthy eating. The unit will conclude with students designing, creating and building their own ‘Thermopod’ prototype.

Specialists Subjects

Please see the timetable below for specialist lessons this Term. All 3/4 students will be required to wear their sport uniform on Friday. Students will also need to bring in their library bag and books on their designated library days.

Home Learning 

Please ensure that students are recording their reading in their diaries every night. Homework will recommence in Week 2. 

Communication

The connections between home and school are very important. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. We can be reached via email or leave a message at the office and we will endeavour to respond in a timely manner, between 8am and 5pm on weekdays. 

3/4A - Sebastian Vandenberg svandenberg@sjmitcham.catholic.edu.au

3/4B - Nicole Webb nwebb@sjmitcham.catholic.edu.au (Monday-Wednesday)

3/4B - Anna Hendy ahendy@sjmitcham.catholic.edu.au (Thursday & Friday)