Year Three
We’re excited to share the fantastic learning experiences from this fortnight. As Term Four progresses, it’s been amazing to see our students grow, challenge themselves, and achieve new goals. Their energy, enthusiasm, and commitment as thinkers, communicators, and risk-takers have made this a truly productive and rewarding time.
Reading
In Reading, students have been exploring hybrid texts, learning how authors combine narrative and factual elements to inform and engage readers. They have been identifying the different features of the narrative and factual sections, discussing how each section serves a purpose, and exploring interesting vocabulary, descriptive language and engaging phrases used by authors. Students have also been developing their understanding of how factual information can be transformed into an imaginative narrative sequence while keeping the key information accurate. This has provided opportunities for students to be creative with language while strengthening their ability to communicate factual information through storytelling.
Writing
In Writing, students have been developing their understanding of hybrid texts by combining factual information with imaginative storytelling. They began by researching an animal to learn about its features, habitat and adaptations. Using their research as inspiration, students created an imaginative narrative sequence, bringing the animal to life through characters, events and descriptive language. They then included a factual section to share the real information they had gathered about the animal. Finally, students brought both elements together and published their own hybrid texts, combining creativity and factual knowledge to inform and engage their readers.
Maths
In Mathematics, students have begun exploring fractions and developing their understanding of how a whole can be divided into equal parts. Through hands-on activities, they have represented fractions in different ways, including paper folding, shading shapes, grouping collections of objects and locating fractions on a number line.
Students have been learning to recognise and describe fractions such as halves, quarters and thirds, while understanding the importance of equal parts. These practical experiences are helping students build a strong foundation in recognising, representing and comparing fractions in everyday contexts.
Inquiry
In Inquiry, students have been exploring the different components that make up a habitat by identifying and distinguishing between biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) elements. They have developed an understanding that both biotic and abiotic components work together to create a habitat that supports living things. Students created concept maps to organise their thinking and make connections between the different components of an ecosystem. They also investigated how these components are interdependent, exploring how living things rely on one another and on non-living elements such as water, sunlight, air and soil to survive and thrive in their habitats.
Reminders:
Students are reminded that as we are a SunSmart school, hats are required to be worn during Term 4. Please ensure your child brings their hat to school every day.
Please ensure your child continues to bring their fully charged device to school every day.
Remember to bring water bottles to school each day, especially as we are enter the warmer seasons.
Grade 3 team.