Year 3 Program

Semester 1

English

Students read a range of texts including fiction and non-fiction. They continue to develop various comprehension strategies such as making predictions, asking questions throughout the reading process and making connections with the text. Students work with various texts within guided reading groups. Throughout the week, students work within a small focused teaching group to develop their reading skills and understanding of what they have read. They continue to consolidate a range of writing styles including recounts, narratives and persuasive texts. Through both modelled and shared writing experiences, students learn about specific text features and key language associated with different text types. Explicit spelling and handwriting activities are embedded throughout the program to develop the necessary skills to become confident spellers and writers.

Mathematics

Students explore and model place value to tens of thousands and explore various number and skip counting patterns. They further develop mental strategies to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division algorithms.  Students are encouraged to apply problem solving strategies to solve worded problems in everyday contexts. They use a calculator to check the accuracy of their solutions. Students explore mass and capacity using formal measurements such as grams, kilograms and litres. They learn to tell the time to the nearest minute using an analogue and digital clock. Students conduct surveys to collect data, then organise and create graphs to display results. They study aspects of location, giving directions to follow maps and using simple grids to show position. 

Inquiry

In the unit ‘How is Australia different to other countries?’ Students investigate the differences between Australia and other countries, including South America and Africa. Students will explore differences in day and night time in coherence with Australia’s position on the globe.  They will research the states as well as a selected Australian animal, building on what makes Australia unique. Students will demonstrate their skills working collaboratively to develop their own nation including elements such as; its location, climate, anthem and emblem. 

Auslan

Students develop their foundational conversation skills, using simple greetings, signing their emotions, numbers to 20, telling time, as well as fingerspelling skills. Students communicate with each other and teachers in relation to their personal life. Students ask and answer questions in Auslan as well as follow directions given by signing. 

Health and Physical Education

Students discuss strategies that make the school environment a healthy, safe and active place to be. They practise and develop fundamental skills in different movement situations including the bounce, dodge and kick. Students investigate how their emotional responses vary in different situations. They adopt inclusive practices when participating in physical activities, through individual and team orientated challenges. Students apply innovate and creative thinking when adjusting rules and creating their own game. 

 Performing Arts

Students build on drama practices by studying performance styles from different cultures and times. They continue to develop the fundamental techniques used to create engaging drama pieces for both improvised and rehearsed pieces. Students look at the message presented in dance and drama, and apply this to their own group pieces. They practice and refine performance pieces in preparation for public performances within the school community.

Visual Arts 

Students focus on developing various techniques through the Visual Arts elements of line, colour, shape, texture, value and space. They observe techniques used by artists from a range of social and historical contexts and plan and create their own visual art works. Students participate in the areas of drawing, collage, painting, textiles and construction. They use ideas and concepts taken from themes and visual stimuli from a range of cultures and social contexts to explore, create and express their ideas. 

Media Arts 

Students focus on developing various techniques through the Media Arts elements of representation, languages, technologies, institutions and audiences. They observe techniques and ideas of media artists from a range of historical and social contexts. Students will plan and create their own media artworks using story principles. They create such media artworks as photo stories, still photographs and animations