Year 3 Term 3 Newsletter
Welcome Back!
Welcome back to Term Three. We hope everyone had a relaxing break over the holidays.
The last term was a great success. Our highlights were Camp, Half Moon Bay Indigenous Plant Walk, visiting Garden World, the Ridiculous Rhyme Show and the Cyber Safety incursion The children impressed us all with their keenness to learn and, their outstanding behaviour and manners outside of school.
Term 3 is going to be a thrilling and exciting term. One of the highlights will be the school Concert. 3B and 3L's concert item is Mario Kart. 3D and 3L's item is Sonic Racing.
Mathematics
In addition to developing our knowledge of number facts across the four operations, emphasis will be placed on:-
Measurement & Geometry: Measuring, ordering and comparing objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity.
Money: Counting money amounts, finding equivalent amounts and calculating change.
Fractions: exploring and comparing representations of halves, quarters, thirds, fifths and eighths and modelling and representing unit fractions and their multiples.
Problem Solving: exploring open-ended real life questions and discovering multiple ways to answer questions.
Wellbeing
Every day after lunch time, students will continue to participate in mindfulness activities. These include Smiling Minds mediation and mindfulness colouring in. This helps students to take some time to refocus and be ready to learn for the afternoon.
Research shows that the Smiling Minds program can assist with students' sleep, wellbeing, managing emotions, concentration and classroom school behaviour.
Each week students are also taught social and emotional skills through our Friendly Schools program. Students are reflective of their experiences and are able to identify areas of their lives that would benefit from these skills.
English
This term students will be learning about how both explanations and information texts are used in their every day lives. The specific skills that will be taught and practised will be:
Writing:
Exploring explanations and information texts, structure, language choice, paragraphs, spelling, labelled diagrams and the use of tense.
Reading:
Identifying the point of view in a text, author's language choice depending on the text type, analysing how different verbs groups are used for different processes, making predictions, and identifying important ideas and details in texts.
Speaking and Listening:
Asking relevant questions, providing meaningful feedback during News Report Presentations, creating and using cue cards and varying the tone of their voice when presenting to the class.
Excursions and Incursions
During Term 2 we had some very engaging
excursions and incursions, camp was the most memorable of all. The children participated in many engaging, stimulating and interactive experiences where they had the opportunity to encounter challenges that were outside of their comfort zones. Activities such as the Giant Swing, Hut Building, GaGa Ball and the Commando Course helped to foster and develop team-building skills such as confidence, trust, independence, resilience and friendships.
Dance Incursion:
To prepare for the concert Year 3 students will be participating in weekly dance lessons as a part of the Performing Arts Curriculum. Expect to be razzled and dazzled by their dancing skills.
Homework
Homework will continue to be sent home to complement the learning the children are undertaking within the classroom.
Students will be required to choose two activities to respond to from the homework BINGO grid each week. They will then write a reflection in their Homework book about the book they are reading at home. Mathletics tasks will also be set that are related to the topics that are being taught in class.
Please encourage your child to complete their homework.
Unit of Inquiry
This term the students will be exploring the Inquiry topic, ‘Australia and Beyond’. Students will use geographic concepts of environment and space to examine the similarities and differences between places in terms of the climate and the types of settlements. They will also investigate how the environment supports the lives of people and how humans can be more sustainable.
STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS
Year Three parents and guardians will continue to receive notification via Compass, informing them when their child is being awarded a ‘Student of the Week’ certificate. Please do not inform your child, so there is an element of surprise for our students.
Dates to Remember
Parent Teacher Interviews -23rd July
Junior school Science Incursion-6th August
Science Week -12th 16th August
Science Night-14th August
Book Week- 19 to 23 August
Junior School House Athletics-20th August
School Concert- 5th and 6th September
Casual Days ( Fridays )
26 July
30 August
20 September
Footy Coin Line ( tbc)
Last Day of Term 3 ( 2 : 30 pm Dismissal)
20 September
Sandy Bassoukos, Davina Dibbs, Jo Hayes, Nicole Large.