Only 1 week to go! Term One has been a busy and fun filled term for our students. NAPLAN is now done and dusted and we have been SO PROUD of the students resilience and persistence during this time. We have been so impressed with how they have adjusted to the expectations of Grade Three.

We would like to wish everyone a lovely break coming up next week and hope its a time full of fun and relaxation. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.

What's coming up?

Date	Event
Friday 22nd March	Hot Chip Lunch
Monday 25th March - 9:00am	Easter Hat parade
Thursday 28th March	House Athletics Day Final Day of Term One 2:30pm dismissal
Friday 29th March	Good Friday - Public Holiday

House Athletics Day - Thursday 28th March

Money and permission slip is due by next Wednesday 27th March. The day will be filled with fun running races, banner competitions and dress up competitions (teachers included!)

Please make sure your child has a packed lunch, snacks and a drink bottle.

What's happening in the classrooms?

Literacy: In between preparing for NAPLAN, we have been working on the concept of 'questioning'. The students have learned the difference between 'thick' and 'thin' questions and we read the story 'Pierre the Penguin' to help support our learning. In Writing, we have been doing short sharp writing responses to give ourselves a boost in getting some writing down on the page quickly, building our stamina!

Numeracy: During Maths this fortnight, we have continued our work on multiplication and division, using strategies to work through problems. We have also learned about 3D shapes, naming them, making them and describing their properties. The students used playdough in one of our activities and then drew on the tables (gasp) to describe how many faces, edges and vertices they had.

Inquiry: The students have started brainstorming a disability that they would like to learn more about. To finish the term, we will be researching and writing down some facts and information about a disability they feel passionate and interested to understand more about. We have been impressed with the empathy and understanding that our students have shown.

Wellbeing: We have now established our routines with our ready to learn scales, which the children have taken to very quickly! We love how the children are starting to use the language more regularly. Now our next step is... what if we aren't ready to learn? What can we do to support ourselves and each other to be ready to get back to our learning.

During Term Two we are going to work on our learning plans. This will be a plan to help us re-centre and re-focus in order to reach our best potentials. Keep an eye out in the next few Connects!

Check out what we have been up to!

We celebrated Harmony Day this week on Thursday! Harmony Day is a day to celebrate our cultural diversity, a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home. We made some lotus flowers with keys words with what Harmony Day means. We will make these into a display which will be seen in our learning area.

Need our emails again? Here they are! Please don't hesitate to reach out to us.

3A - Amy Jung (M-W)- amy.jung@education.vic.gov.au

& Taryn Clough (Th & F) - taryn.clough@education.vic.gov.au

3B - Helen Hamill - helen.hamill@education.vic.gov.au

We hope you all have a wonderful Easter break and get a chance to rest and recharge for another fun filled term!

Amy, Taryn & Helen

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