Year 3 Update

Our Learning-Weeks 6 & 7

English

• Students will continue to read the novel of Brindabella and identify how the author describes places, characters and feelings to help readers imagine the story clearly in their minds.
• Students will learn how we convert between past, present and future tense.
• Students will continue to build their understanding of compound sentences by joining ideas together using conjunctions such as and, but and so.
• Students will learn the meaning of the sufix 'ible' and apply this knowledge when reading and spelling new words.
• Students will use the base word of 'form' to add pervious sufixes and prefixes to and apply this knowledge when reading and spelling new words.

Maths

• Students will continuing to learn the 10’s strategy and using place value patterns to multiply numbers by 10 efficiently.
• Students will continue to learn the 5’s strategy by using the “times 10, then halve it” strategy to solve multiplication facts mentally.
• Students will be introduced to the 3's strategy by using their skip counting knowledge and the multiples of 3 multiplicative family.
• Students will participate in maths games by using their knowledge of multiplication facts to solve quick timestables problems.

SEL

• Students will continue to explore their individuality by identifying the different qualities, interests and experiences that make them unique.
• Students will explore stereotypes through stories and examples of common stereotypes.

Inquiry

• Students will be learning about Australian colonisation and settlement from different perspectives, particulary the Aboriginal perspective.
• Students will also explore the consequences of colonisation.

Events and Reminders

Drink Bottles - Please remind your child to bring a drink bottle to school daily so that they have easy access during class learning time.

Homework

Students are now bringing home their homework, so we ask that you support them with reading their passages and recording them in the reading log. 

They also have the multiplication chart for the multiplication facts they are working on currently. Students should be practising their times tables regularly, and there are ideas for ways to practise in their homework books. 

Teachers will be testing these every couple of weeks. If you have any other questions about homework, please reach out to your childs classroom teacher.

Ongoing Reporting

Please make sure to log onto compass and look at your child's Addition Assessment Task and see their hard work in Maths.  This was uploaded to Compass on Friday 22nd May. This assessment task focusses on addition and will showcase your child's growth in this area. 

Hillsmeade Heroes

At assembly in Week 5, our Hillsmeade Heroes were:

3A: Arman and Maanha

3B: Feroz and Hania

3C: Levi and Lincoln

3D: Moana and Jesse

Celebration of our learning.