Year 3/4 Mainstream

Celebrating Learning

A huge splash of colour and fun was had at our Colour Fun Run on Wednesday. We’d like to give a huge shout out to parent helpers for their involvement. It was amazing to see the children running around doing their laps around the school, laughing and getting a bit of colour! Thanks to everyone who donated to this fundraiser as it will help us build up our school sports equipment.

Maths:

Students continue to develop their understanding of fractions of shapes. They have explored what happens when the size of the parts increases or decreases, as well as the relationship between the part and the whole. Students have experimented with representing common fractions in different ways, including using manipulatives, drawing pictures and representing using numerals and words. Students have enjoyed making tangram shapes to identify how a whole can be made up of different fractional portions, and we have also practised identifying fractions of a collection. Counting by fractions on a number line beyond a whole has helped students understand mixed numbers and improper fractions. 

Literacy:

In Reading, students have been analysing information posters about landforms to take inspiration for their own posters. We have co-created assessment rubrics in class groups to decide on criteria that makes a poster effective and engaging. To complement the work being done in Writing, students have been examining examples of “show, don’t tell” in stories, and observing how authors use description to explain something, rather than direct statements. 

In Writing, students have been carefully creating beautiful posters about landforms. They made a mock-up design and then worked to bring their visions to life. They have also been working on narratives that feature their chosen landforms as a setting. There has been a focus on the idea of “show, don’t tell”, where students use description and detail to explain things rather than statements. 

What’s to come in the next two weeks:

• In Writing, students will be writing narratives that feature a landform they have researched as the setting, and that includes a villain and detailed problem.
• In Maths, we will be learning about 3D shapes, and exploring the language of probability.
• In Reading, students will be looking at making inferences and analysing texts to see how authors explain characters, settings and emotions through description instead of saying things directly. 
• We have the Gurrin Gurrin transition program starting soon, with students moving into loose class groupings for 2025. Talking to your children about change and adaptability can be really helpful during this time.