What's Happening In Our Classroom

Grade 3 

The Grade 3’s could not wait to get back into the classroom after the holiday break. We were lucky enough to have our classrooms painted and pin boards placed on the walls during the holidays. Ms G and Mrs Elliott had a very very busy first couple of days ensuring that the rooms were ready for students to begin learning. We can’t wait for parents to come in and visit the rooms during Education Week Expo night on Tuesday. They look fantastic!!!

Literacy

We have also started to learn about the structure and features used in narrative texts. We were fortunate enough again to welcome Stephen Graham back into our classrooms. Stephen Graham is Mackellar's literacy consultant and the students are always excited to work with him. He began to work with the students to create a narrative text. We were pleased to see so much enthusiasm and energy from the students to participate and complete their task. We will continue with narratives and look forward to hearing the students’ stories.

Mathematics

This term, students are focusing on place value, as well as reading and recording length.  

In our work with place value, we have ensured that we are “experts” in working with numbers up to 10000. We have really enjoyed learning about rounding numbers, placing numbers on number lines and learning that numbers can be represented in many different ways. We have been learning to use rulers and tape measures to measure things using formal units such as centimetres and metres. We had fun finding things around the room that were between 10cm and 30cm and measuring the length of a bean bag throw. 

Inquiry and SWPBS 

Students have continued to work on School Wide Positive Behaviour values lessons in our classrooms as well as exploring the history of Australia. We are learning about celebrations and commemorations that are observed in Australia. We are investigating the lives of First Australians as well as the arrival of the First Fleet. We are looking at the changes to Australia over time and how and why these changes have occurred. We enjoyed reading the stories of people who migrated to Australia and the way they have influenced the rich and diverse way we live today. Some students will share their personal stories of parents and grandparents who migrated to Australia.

Ann Gemayel 

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Brenda Elliott     

Grade 3 Teachers

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