YEAR THREE
Grade Bulletin - Term Two, 2022
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School provides a range of holistic learning experiences to enable students to:
- Participate in the life and mission of the school.
- Deepen their knowledge and engagement with the Catholic faith and tradition.
- Build capacity to continuously reason, reflectively, logically and critically.
- Embrace interdependence of human existence as global citizens, who are responsible to and for themselves and others.
- Engage in learning in a multitude of ways, through personalised and self-paced learning.
Religious Education
3.3 Easter: A time to celebrate the presence of the Risen Lord
The Easter unit recalls the events of the Journey to Emmaus and how the risen Jesus is present with us, through the Holy Spirit, in our relationship with Jesus, in the Word and in the ‘breaking of the bread’. The unit explores the celebration of Easter in the Church. It highlights the importance of Baptism in the Easter season as a sign of new life.
3.4 Pentecost: The Holy Spirit gives us strength
This unit explores the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. It focuses on the Holy Spirit as a source of strength to continue the mission of Jesus. The unit looks at the Holy Spirit as the fulfilment of Jesus’ promise not to leave us alone.
English
This term the students will explore hybrid texts through literature. These texts include Searching for Cicadas by Lesley Gibbes and Dry to Dry - The Seasons of Kakadu by Pamela Freeman. Our novel study for Term 2 is Matilda by Roald Dahl. The focus is on further developing students' reading comprehension and writing, whilst exploring the author’s purpose, effective vocabulary and structure of the text. Students will continue to follow the ‘Seven Steps of Writing program’ to assist the structure of their written texts. Students will be taught explicit skills in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. They will also continue to engage in the ‘Sound Waves’ spelling program that is implemented throughout the school.
Mathematics
Flexible learning groups will continue this term. The activities are differentiated, and the children are grouped in order to cater to their needs and abilities. The students are explicitly taught concepts from the NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus. The topics taught in Term 2 include: Area, Fractions and Decimals, Angles, Addition and Subtraction, and Two Dimensional Space. The students will continue to engage in a numeracy fluency program to develop counting patterns, as well as facts and strategies for mathematical operations.
Science and Technology
This semester, students will continue to engage in the Science and Technology unit ‘Living World’. Having focussed on the classification, life cycle and survival of living things in Term 1, students will examine and consider the agricultural processes used to grow plants and raise animals. They will be given the opportunity to design and support the growth of a plant and/or animal by following a design and production process, using digital solutions and programming software. This will culminate in recording and sharing their findings in a science portfolio.
Mandarin
Students in Kindergarten to Year 6 will continue to participate in a Chinese language program called the Meg Language Program. The Meg Curriculum is written by the co-author of the Australian Curriculum. All students and teachers participate in the digital learning platform via weekly Zoom sessions
Geography
This term the students will continue studying the Geography unit ‘Places are Similar and Different’ which was started in Term 1. Students will examine the natural and human features of Australia and the diverse characteristics of neighbouring countries. They will explore different climates, settlement patterns and demographic characteristics and use this information to imagine what it would be like to live in different places. Students will have the opportunity to compare and contrast the characteristics of some of Australia’s neighbouring countries and consider how people’s perceptions of places are the basis for action to protect natural and human environments.
Creative Arts
In Visual Arts the students will focus on exploring the elements of design with links to the literature including Searching for Cicadas and Dry to Dry - The Seasons of Kakadu.
Students will use sketching techniques and learn the importance of perspective to create realistic cicadas and Australian landscapes.
During Music this Term, students will be exploring the musical concepts by singing, playing and listening to a range of music. They will learn basic musical notation and develop an understanding of rhythm while playing the percussion and stringed instruments.
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
This term in Personal Development and Health the students will be learning about the factors that contribute to being healthy and the ways that a balanced lifestyle can be achieved.
The Stage 2 Physical Education unit is aimed at providing opportunities for students to develop their skills and build confidence in Athletics activities using Fundamental Movement Skills. Students will practise and apply these skills through activities and team games. Games are encouraged to build teamwork, communication, strategy and resilience.
Homework
It is recommended that Year 3 students spend a duration of 30 minutes on Homework per day. This includes 20 minutes of reading every night.
In preparation for NAPLAN, the first three weeks of Homework will enable students to become familiar with NAPLAN style questions. For the remainder of the Term, students will access their Homework on Google classroom. Students are required to record what was read in their School Diary each night. Parents are to sign their child’s diary weekly and return to school each Friday for the teacher to view.
Miss Taylar Puskaric (3 Blue)
Miss Kathleen Kennedy (3 Gold)
Miss Melissa Flynn and Mrs Erin Wing (3 White)
Important Dates for Year 3
Naplan Online Testing
Tuesday, 10th May - Friday 20th May
Geography Excursion - Thursday 23rd June
Sport
Students are required to wear their sports uniform on the following days:
3 White: Tuesday and Thursday
3 Gold: Tuesday and Thursday
3 Blue: Tuesday and Friday
Library
3 White: Monday
3 Gold: Friday
3 Blue: Friday
School Term - Tuesday, 26 April - Friday, 1 July 2022