Year 3 Program

Semester 2

English

Students continue to develop a range of reading strategies and comprehension skills such as analysing the author’s purpose, recognising cause-and-effect relationships and comparing and contrasting within and between texts. They review various texts and engage in guided, collaborative and independent activities to build on a range of proficiencies.  In Writing, students continue to establish a range of writing styles including reports, expositions, narratives and procedures. Through shared, modelled and independent writing, students consolidate their understanding of the text features and key language associated for each text type. Explicit spelling and handwriting activities are embedded throughout the program to build on students' language and writing skills.

Mathematics

Students continue to develop their mathematical understanding across the curriculum. They continue to consolidate their use of mental strategies to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. Students estimate answers for addition and subtraction problems and then use written strategies to solve them. They use calculators to check their answers and mathematical software to explore various concepts. Students are further developing their understanding of money and calculating change. They undertake a range of activities to build on their understanding of fractions. They explore the features of two and three dimensional shapes and identify angles in everyday situations. Students conduct chance experiments, identifying and describing possible outcomes. They also explore evidence of symmetry in their environment. Students also undertake a range of activities to develop their understanding of using formal measurement in length.

Inquiry

In the unit ‘Rules, Laws and Consequences.’ Students investigate what is the difference between rules and laws and why are they important within our community. Students design and create a board game. They investigate what a community is and what their place and role is in our local community and school community throughout the unit ‘Our community and environment.’ Students explore the concept of how does reducing, reusing and recycling waste make a difference to our community? Students focus on our school community and work in small groups to problem solve and find possible solutions to make a positive impact on the environment within our school. 

 Health and Physical Education

Students examine the benefits of physical activity and physical fitness to health and wellbeing. They continue to practise fundamental skills in a number of contexts including the punt and strike. Students apply basic rules, scoring systems and demonstrate fair play when participating in games sense activities. They participate in a bike education program to develop bike awareness, safety and riding skills. Students continue to adopt inclusive practices when participating in physical activities.

Performing Arts

Students build on their knowledge of the elements of music by performing and presenting different styles of music. They listen to music from different cultures and analyse it using their understanding of beat, rhythm, tempo and dynamics. They develop their ability to compose and notate their own rhythms. Students look at music's message, intended audience and purpose. 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.