Year 3 News

Congratulations to all of the Year 3 students for their excellent start to the year. 

The Daily 5

The students have been working on different elements of the Daily 5 each day.  We are very lucky in Year 3 to have some great outdoor spaces to work in. Here are some photos of our students ‘Reading to Someone’.

The elements of the Daily 5 are:

1. Read to Self
2. Read To Someone
3. Work on Words
4. Work on Writing
5. Listen to Reading

Maths

In Maths we have been working on place value and addition strategies. The students enjoyed hands on activities to further consolidate their understanding of place value and are learning some games to build on their automatic recall for addition such as ‘Addition Snap!”

Inquiry

Our first unit of inquiry ‘Who we are’ focusses on positive relationships. Our central idea is, 'Positive relationships contribute to a harmonious community'.  

The students have worked both independently and in cooperative groups to find out what makes a harmonious community.  They created a class essential agreement, used a variety of thinking tools to prioritise the characteristics of a good friend and have discussed the importance of rules in creating a harmonious community.

We also focussed on two books, Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley and Sunday Chutney by Aaron Blabey, to further develop empathy and respect for each other. 

The students also worked on a wellbeing writing piece based on the book ‘The Important Book’ by Margaret Wise Brown. The students had to interview a classmate and create a writing piece to reflect the important characteristics of their friend.

Year 3 Sport

Dodgeball Tournament

Over the last four weeks the students have been participating in a Dodgeball Round Robin. They have competed against each class. It was great to see each class strategise and work together for a common goal. 

This year will be having Year 3 sport every Tuesday afternoon which is a great opportunity to get together as a year level and to work on the skills taught in PE.