YEAR THREE

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School provides a range of holistic learning experiences to enable students to:

• Participate in the life and mission of the school.
• Deepen their knowledge and engagement with the Catholic faith and tradition.
• Build capacity to continuously reason, reflectively, logically and critically.
• Embrace interdependence of human existence as global citizens, who are responsible to and for themselves and others.
• Engage in learning in a multitude of ways, through personalised and self-paced learning.

Religious Education

DLY3 - The Liturgical Year 

Throughout Term Two, Year Three students will also take part in the 'Liturgical Year' unit. This unit enables students to explore the traditions, beliefs, Scripture and events celebrated by the Catholic community throughout the Liturgical Year especially during the time of Easter to Pentecost. Easter celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus and is a time of hope and new life.

B3: Church and Community - Pentecost

This unit explores the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. It focuses on the Holy Spirit as the source of strength, enabling us to continue the mission of Jesus. The unit looks at the Holy Spirit as the fulfilment of Jesus’ promise not to leave us alone after he had ascended into Heaven. It concludes by identifying the mystery of the Holy Trinity as central to our faith.

C3: God, Religion and Life - Christian Goodness

Year Three will begin the year exploring the 'God, Religion and Life- Christian Goodness' unit. In this unit, students will learn that they are created and loved by God. Students will learn about the second story of creation, which speaks of the creative act of God, an outpouring of divine love and goodness, in which we are all called to share. The students are encouraged to explore their giftedness and identify how they can use their gifts for the good of all. The students will identify ways they can give glory, praise, and thanks to God through prayer and the celebration of the Eucharist. The unit finally focuses on sharing God’s love, through the ways we live in the right relationship with God and other people, using Jesus as our example. 

Year 3 Students will be making the Sacrament of Reconciliation this Term. There is a Parent Meeting which will be held in Week 2 on May 6th. Information has been sent out through Compass. 

English

This term the students will gain a greater understanding of the textual concepts of genre, perspective, imagery, symbol and connotation through the study of the texts 'Searching for Cicadas' which is a hybrid text and 'Animals of the World'. In this unit, through shared reading, creating texts, oral language and communication students learn research skills and use these to explore and create effective multimedia informative texts about the living world: habitats and creatures.

Students in Year 3 will also engage in the ‘Sound Waves’ spelling program that is implemented throughout the school. 

Mathematics

Year Three students are explicitly taught concepts from the NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus. Students will engage in differentiated activities according to their learning needs. The topics taught in Term 2 include Additive Relations, Non-spatial measure (Mass and Time), Partitioned Fractions, Geometric Measure (Position), Multiplicative Relations, Two-dimensional Spatial Structure (Area) and 3D Spatial Structure (Volume and 3D objects). Students will also take part in daily review and fluency activities to help consolidate their skills.

Geography

The Geography unit for this Semester is ‘Places are Similar and Different’. Students examine the natural and human features of Australia and the diverse characteristics of neighbouring countries. They will explore different climates, settlement patterns and demographic characteristics and use this information to imagine what it would be like to live in different places. Students consider how people’s perceptions of places are the basis for action to protect places and environment

Science and Technology

This Semester students will engage in the Science and Technology unit ‘Living World’. They will focus on the classification, life cycle and survival of living things. Students will have the opportunity to plan, create and communicate information and ideas through design and production, using digital solutions and programming software. Students examine and consider the agricultural processes used to grow plants and raise animals. They are given the opportunity to design and support the growth of a plant and/or animal.

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

The sport unit focuses on developing athletics and Oz Tag skills in a fun, team-oriented environment. Students will refine running, jumping, and throwing techniques through engaging athletic activities to prepare them for the upcoming Athletics Carnival. Students will also work on their soccer skills, such as kicking, dribbling, passing and shooting, in regards to the upcoming interschool sports day. They will also build key Oz Tag skills, such as passing, tagging, and spatial awareness, which prepare them for the Shark Tag interschool sports day in term 3. The unit promotes teamwork, resilience, and problem-solving, building confidence, and fostering lifelong engagement in sport and movement.

Open Parachute will continue to be implemented K-6. Open Parachute aims to provide practical support on mental health to students. The program aims to reduce stigma and generate authentic dialogue in classrooms about the real issues students face. The psychological skills-building exercises aim to increase empathy, self-compassion, self-awareness, mental health literacy, and self-efficacy in students. 

Important sport dates:

Friday the 2nd of May - Athletics Carnival

Wednesday the 14th of May - Interschool Soccer Gala Day

Amadeus Music Program

Students will continue with the Amadeus Music Education Program and participate in activities in listening, performing and organising sound within their regular Classroom Music lessons. 

• It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that they:

  • Arrive on time for each lesson

  • Bring their instrument and required accessories to every lesson

  • Bring their Essential Elements* music book

  • Bring a lead pencil and eraser

Creative Arts

In Drama with Mr Parlato, students will participate in dramatic performances and situations that build an understanding of melodrama. Students will perform monologues, soliques and engage in group performances.

This Term our Visual Arts unit will be an integrated unit across a variety of Key Learning Areas. The students will have opportunities to recognise that making art involves consideration of subject matter and concept, techniques and issues to do with representation. They will complete artworks linked in with our Religion, English and Geography units.

Homework 

It is recommended that Year 3 students spend up to 30 minutes on homework per day. This includes 20 minutes of reading every night. Students are required to record what was read in their School Diary each day. Parents are to sign their child’s diary. The homework grid will be shared with the students in Week 2. Both diaries and homework will be due each Monday. Please make sure your child has filled in their daily reading in their diary and you have signed it and their homework books are brought in to school every Monday.

The students will continue to complete a unit each week in their 'Maths Plus' mentals book. It will provide students with opportunities to sequentially develop, practise and master their skills and knowledge.

Communication

We look forward to working with you and your child this term. A gentle reminder that all emails are to be sent through info@olfcaringbah.catholic.edu.au. If you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher via a note or by making an appointment via the office.

Mrs Tayla Waters and Mrs Jolene Cullen (3Blue)

Mrs Marnie Stuart and Mrs Nicole Pyne (3Gold)

Mr Thomas Gair (3White)

Important Dates for Year Three

Music, Library and Sport classes for Year 3 are on Wednesdays.

Each week, students will have the opportunity to borrow books from our school library. Please ensure your child brings their Library Bag to school on this day.

Sports days will be on Wednesday only for Term 2

Students are to wear their sports uniform only on this day. 

On Friday May 16th we are very excited to attend our excursion at the IMAX and Sydney Wildlife Zoo. Information has been sent out via Compass last Term. Please make sure you have given permission for your child to attend on Compass.

There are a variety of dates below also important for Year Three students regarding the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

2025 - School Term 2

 Parent calendar available at this link