Year 3/4
Year 3/4 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night.
Maths:Focus on 8 times tables this week. Spend 15 minutes working on study ladder fractions pod.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_BJjR9rdwA
Word Study-
Year 3 sound of the week is soft g.
Year 4 sound of the week is the suffix ‘ary’.
Grammar focus is concrete and abstract nouns.
Year 3 – Soft g | Year 4 – ary |
page margin angel digital germ stage
giraffe engine change magical strange energy
gender genetic gymnastics emergency dungeon urgency
| literary primary solitary diary library glossary
ordinary necessary Imaginary dictionary temporary vocabulary
itinerary secretary hereditary anniversary evolutionary complementary
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Reader’s and Writer’s workshop: We have continued exploring animal classifications through our Unit of Inquiry, How We Organise Ourselves. In Reader’s and Writer’s workshop we are researching invertebrates and practicing our note taking skills. We are then transferring our notes onto our PowerPoint presentation about our chosen invertebrate.
Mathematics: As part of our Mathematics learning, we are beginning to explore classifying shapes. Students will be learning to identify and describe shapes by looking closely at their properties, such as the number of sides, vertices (corners), angles, and whether sides are equal or parallel. We will be sorting and grouping shapes according to their similarities and differences and explaining the reasoning behind our classifications.
Unit of Inquiry: In our Unit of Inquiry, How We Organise Ourselves, students are learning about classification and how people organise information, objects, and living things into groups based on shared characteristics. This week we have a focus on states of matter; solids and liquids.
Books week- book swap
We need your help. If you have any books at home in excellent condition that no longer serve a purpose, please donate them to our book swap in support of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF). All funds raised will go directly to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, this money helps to provide books and literacy resources to children in remote indigenous communities across Australia.
Reminders:
Next Tuesday evening at 6:00pm, our Year 3/4 cluster will be holding our Celebration of Learning for the year.
This is a school requirement and a wonderful opportunity for us to share and celebrate the learning our students have been undertaking in our current unit.
The celebration will be held in the Worship Centre. We aim to begin promptly at 6:00pm, so please arrive by 5:50pmto ensure everyone is settled and ready for the presentation.
We look forward to welcoming you and sharing this special celebration of our students’ learning and achievements.
Uniform Days
- Monday and Tuesday: Sports Uniform
- Wednesday and Thursday: Formal Uniform
- Friday: Optional Uniform
Formal Uniform Requirements
Weekly timetable - 3/4H and 3/4R
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Assembly Cluster PE Canteen | PE Drama/Dance | Library Japanese Canteen | Band STEM (odd weeks) | Chapel Choir Music Golden Time Canteen |
PE Uniform | PE Uniform | Formal Uniform | Formal Uniform | Optional PE Uniform |
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
May God bless your week,
Chelsie Riches and Amy Hughes
Chelsie Riches
Riches.chelsie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Amy Hughes