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

A3 - Scripture and Jesus - Jesus the Teacher and Healer

This unit explores the importance of Jesus’ ministry of teaching and healing. Through Scripture, students explore stories where Jesus taught people how to live their lives modelled on his example. Students will learn how Jesus taught us how to pray and give thanks to God. Students will develop an understanding of how Jesus showed his love for us by reflecting on his life, death and Resurrection.

D3 - Prayer, Liturgy and Sacraments - The Sacrament of Eucharist

This unit develops students’ understanding of the celebration of the Eucharist. The unit focuses on the key parts of the Mass and explores the ways Christ is present. It presents the Mass as central to the life of the community. In sharing the Eucharist we become one body in Christ. During this unit, students are encouraged to attend Mass to embed learnings (actions, words and symbols) of the structure and significance of the Mass. Insert text here

English

This term, Year 3 will explore persuasive texts in the form of literature and speeches. These texts include Dear Mrs LaRue by Mark Teague, and The Great Kopak Tree by Lynne Cherry as well as multimodal persuasive speeches. The students will develop their skills in persuasive writing through a Stage 2 Public Speaking Competition. Students will follow the ‘Seven Steps of Writing’ program to compose a speech and will be taught public speaking skills. They will also be taught explicit skills in relation to reading, grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary. Students will engage in the ’Sound Waves Spelling’ program, which is implemented throughout the whole school. Insert text here

Mathematics

The students are explicitly taught concepts from the NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus. The topics taught in Term 3 include: Chance and Data, Representing Number and Additive Relations, Geometric Measure (Angles), Two-dimensional Spatial Structure (2D Shapes), Multiplicative Relations and Two-dimensional Spatial Structure (Area). The students will continue to engage in a numeracy fluency program to develop counting patterns, as well as revise facts and strategies for mathematical operations. Each class will provide differentiated activities according to their class's learning needs.

History

The unit for this term is ‘Community and Remembrance’. This topic provides a study of identity and diversity in both a local and broader context. Students explore the historical features and diversity of their community. They examine local, state and national symbols and emblems of significance, and celebrations and commemorations, both locally and in other places around the world.

Science and Technology

In Science and Technology, Year 3 will be exploring the Material World. Students will focus on how solids, liquids and gases change state and the properties of natural and processed materials. Students investigate how different properties of materials affect their suitability for products.

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

In Term 3, Year 3 students will be involved in an Olympic Game Class Tournament, in which they will be given the opportunity to undertake specific roles, such as being coaches, captains, referees and scorekeepers. This will allow them to demonstrate their leadership and communication skills while giving them some creative freedom and independence in the implementation of the tournament. Students will also have the opportunity to demonstrate these by playing various games including soccer, netball and volleyball.

Students will also be going to another Tri Tag Rugby Gala Day in week 3. They will learn and practice the game in their sports lessons. 

Creative Arts

Visual Arts this term will be focused on cartooning. The students will acknowledge that artists make artworks for different reasons and that various interpretations are possible. They will have opportunities to identify connections between subject matter in artworks and what they refer to and appreciate the use of particular techniques.

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

Mandarin

Our students continue to enjoy participating in the Chinese language program called the Meg Language Program. The co-author of the Australian Curriculum writes the Meg Curriculum. All students and teachers will participate in the digital learning platform via Zoom weekly sessions with educators in China.

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 is read in their School Diary each week. Parents are to sign their child’s diary weekly. The homework grid will be shared with the students in Week 2. A Homework book will be used to complete spelling activities and record set tasks.

A "Maths Plus" Mentals workbook and homework book will be provided to all students. A weekly task will be set and we ask that this be returned on Fridays on a fortnightly basis. "Maths Plus" follows a graded and spiralling approach, allowing for the revision of concepts throughout the year. It will provide students with opportunities to sequentially develop, practise and master their skills and knowledge.

We encourage the children to take responsibility for handing their homework book in. Due dates are on their homework sheets. Homework is due on Fridays of Week 4, 6, 8 and 10.

Miss Sophie Heighes (3Blue)

Mrs Tracey Carnegie and Mrs Nicole Pyne (3Gold)

Mr Thomas Gair (3White)

Important Dates for Year Three

Sport

All students are required to wear their sports uniform on  Wednesdays and Fridays.

Library, Sport and Music

Music class lessons, Sports and Library Day for Year 3 are on Wednesdays. The classes will rotate between the three activities every Wednesday morning from 9-11 am. Each week, students will have the opportunity to borrow books from our school library which are great to use for nightly reading. Please ensure your child brings their Library Bag to school on these days.

2024 - School Term 3

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