Year Three Team News

Hello Year Three families,   

On Tuesday, the Year 3 to 6 classes went down to the Newport Athletics track to compete in the House Athletics sports participating in the various events, in their age groups, and representing their house colour. Our students demonstrated that Willy Kids are sporty kids!

This week, we have been busy completing several assessment tasks for reporting purposes. These will continue next week, so we ask that the students are well-rested in preparation for this.

Coming up in Week 9, on Friday 14th June: 

This term we are exploring the inquiry question 'How Can We Care For Our Health and Wellbeing?' To assist us in finding out, Proactivity will be running a 'Ninja Warrior' incursion which includes an obstacle course, inflatable zorb chamber, giant Earth ball, tug of war and karate fitness. During this incursion, our Year 3s will be examining the benefits of physical activity and fitness to health and wellbeing. They will also perform movement sequences, which link to fundamental movement skills as well as combine the elements of effort, space, time, objects, and people when performing movement sequences.

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Fortnightly Curriculum Focus

Reading: Completing assessment tasks and a variety of comprehension tasks. Parts of speech - nouns, adjectives & verbs.

Writing: Students are following the writing cycle to produce a narrative of their own choice. We are learning about using sizzling starts and descriptive language to make our writing more interesting. We are learning about how to take notes accurately when researching.

Numeracy:  Identifying the features of 3D shapes. Making models of three-dimensional objects and describing key features. Completing numeracy assessment tasks.

Inquiry: ‘How Can We Care for Our Health and Wellbeing?’ How can we care for our bodies to ensure that our physical, emotional and mental health needs are looked after? (The importance of rest and sleep, nutrition, physical activity, mindfulness, relaxation and hygiene.) We will be producing a brochure to show our understanding of the topic.

Child wise/Respectful Relationships: Personal Strengths - Identify examples of the ways in which team strengths are used in collaborative play.

Describe characteristics of cooperative behaviour and identify evidence of these in group activities.

HOMEWORK:

Literacy:  15-20 minutes of reading daily. Record in table on Homework sheet.

                10 minutes of spelling practice related to the SMART spelling focus or 

                their personal words.

Numeracy: - 10 minutes of revision focusing on concepts taught at school.

Warm regards, 

The Year 3 team – Katja Morris (3M), Carmel Byrne (3D), Rochelle White and Mary Colangelo (3W).