Grade 3 News

Important Reminders

LIBRARY DAYS

• 3KA and 3S: Wednesday
• 3RH and 3D: Thursday

Homework as per Term 1

Other Information

June 10th: Kings Birthday Public Holiday

June 25th: Celebration Morning

June 28th: Last Day Term 2 - 2.30pm finish

Please check Compass for any other dates.

Learning in Action

Literacy:

Students have continued to practise the skill of note-taking from non fiction texts. They are becoming more adept at identifying the keywords and main idea from each paragraph and recording these in bullet points. From these notes students have created informative paragraphs about Australian landmarks. Some have incorporated sentences to include a subject, verb, adjective and/or adverb, as we have been practising in our grammar lessons.

Preview:

Next week, students will begin a new unit centred around persuasive texts. The Grade 3 students will analyse advertisements, identifying the author's argument, reasons and the text features used to persuade. 

Maths:

Over the past fortnight, students have learned about balancing equations and that the equals sign means that both sides are the same or equal. They have also learned that the ‘answer’ can be another equation and some also used more than one operation. This week they began to explore how addition and subtraction are connected using fact families.

To complete the location investigation, students used directional language to give instructions on how to get to one of their five landmarks from Melbourne. Students then evaluated their maps with a rubric and wrote a reflection.

Preview: 

In number, students will focus on subtraction and apply the strategies learnt in addition such as the jump and skip strategies, counting on, the split strategy and vertical subtraction. These will be practised in more detail via their goals.  As we will have completed the location unit, we will beginning our focus on measuring area. This will be linked to the states of Australia.

Inquiry:

In continuing with our topic of Australian Geography, we commenced Inquiry rotations. Each Wednesday afternoon, a Grade 3  teacher introduced students to a famous Australian landmark. Students took notes, wrote a summary and then illustrated it. These will later be compiled into a booklet.  Library sessions have supported our learning with students learning to use atlases and read maps and legends.

Preview: 

Over the next fortnight we will continue learning, in more detail, about some significant landmarks from around Australia. These include The Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, Coober Pedy and K’gari (Fraser Island)

Wellbeing:

This fortnight students were learning to recognise each other’s strengths and celebrate our uniqueness. This included identifying some things that we had in common with others and reflecting on what strengths allowed us to be successful.

Preview: 

We will continue to build on character strengths through team bonding activities and play ‘Ask and Pass’ which requires them to ask each other more detailed questions.

Please see the attachment below for a list of friendship goals we will look at.

Hoop Time 

On Monday, the Grade 3s were very excited to participate in their very first Hoop Time event. We are very proud of how our students demonstrated great sportsmanship!  

At Lysterfield Primary School, we promote high expectations for all our students, and want to encourage our students to challenge themselves and tackle new and interesting opportunities. In light of this, we are encouraging interested students in Grades 3-6 to participate in the Australian Mathematics Competition this year.

The Australian Mathematics Competition, run by the Australian Maths Trust, is Australia’s longest running, largest and most well-known maths competition for school students. It is made up of 30 unique problems designed to challenge and extend students’ problem solving skills. 

Students have 60 minutes to complete the competition which will occur at school sometime between Tuesday 6th - 8th August (exact date and time TBC). 

Every student who participates will receive recognition and an award at their level of achievement. The levels are:

• Participation
• Proficiency
• Credit
• Distinction
• High Distinction

The competition will cost $8.50 per student. 

For more information about the competition, watch this video from AMT, check out their website, or contact Zahra Harvey (zahra.harvey@education.vic.gov.au).

If you are interested in your child participating in the Australian Mathematics Competition this year, please add their names to the form below by Friday 31st May:

Australian Mathematics Competition Expression of Interest

Exciting times ahead in STEM!

We are thrilled to share some exciting updates about our STEM program! As we continue to inspire and empower our students to explore the wonders of these vital fields, we are reaching out to our wonderful community for support.

Your generosity has always been instrumental in helping us provide enriching educational experiences for our students, and we are once again asking for your support to ensure the success and sustainability of our STEM initiatives.

Your support makes a significant difference to our students' learning opportunities and the success of our STEM program. Here are a few ways you can contribute:

Opportunities to help: 

• Donations of Timber/Wood, appropriate for construction E.g. Billy Cart bases or other small vehicles.   
• If you own or are a part of a company or business who would be willing to sponsor our engineering program. 
• If you have connections with hardware stores/companies, helping us to make contact in order to obtain suitable engineering resources. 
• If you have any household STEM-related materials such as; plastic bottles, milk bottle lids, masking tape, balloons, wooden skewers, plastic or paper cups, unwanted CD’s or DVD’s, Aluminium Foil please drop them off outside the STEM room. 
• Construction Crew: If you're handy with tools and have some basic experience in woodwork or mechanics, we would be delighted to have your help in the upcoming terms to assist with our Grade 6 Science and Engineering program. Please email sophiechamberlain@lysterfieldps.com or melissaadams@lysterfieldps.com

Thank you for your continued support,

Melissa Adams & Sophie Chamberlain

STEM Leaders

Lysterfield Primary School