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I hope everyone had a relaxing holiday break and returning to work and school with batteries recharged. A very big thankyou to the parents and staff for supporting our excursion last term to Port Adelaide - your involvement is greatly appreciated.
The class have started the Term enjoying pottery under the guidance of Mrs Woolly. Jill is extremely skilled and provides unique opportunities for our students. During Weeks 1, 2 and 3 students poured a slip mould, prepared them for glazing and then in two sessions, glazed them ready for firing. The results are fantastic and the children are very proud of their efforts. The students are looking forward to their final 2 sessions when Jill returns from her overseas holiday!
Craig Reynolds is continuing to provide one lesson in The Visual Arts each week. The beautiful paintings around our classroom wall are a credit to Craigs enthusiasm and the children's artistic talent.
Our excursion was important to set the scene for our HASS focus this term for History.
By the end of Year 3, students identify individuals, events and aspects of the past that have significance in the present. They identify and describe aspects of their community that have changed and remained the same over time. They identify the importance of different celebrations and commemorations for different groups.
Students sequence informations about events and the lives of individuals in chronological order. They pose questions about the past and locate and collect information from sources (written, physical, visual, oral) to answer these questions. They analyse information to identify a point of view. Students develop texts, including narrative accounts, using terms denoting time.
We are fortunate to have the National Motor Museum visiting our class in Week 6 for our students to learn and participate in a number of activities around Hawker Vans. Hawking and how we shop today will be central to a number of discussions for children to reflect and share their observations.
In English our focus will initially will be on revising correct paragraphing and the skills of reflective and careful self editing. Students will also read each others work and help each other to identify errors and provide positive feedback and suggestions. The beginning of this term saw us revising Persuasive and Narrative Text writing. Journal writing and creative story writing are also an integral part of our week.
While many spelling words will be from individual spelling words drawn from student writing, we will also include words related to our History focus.
Reading and comprehension activities will focus on important celebrations such as Australia Day, Sorry Day, Remembrance Day and other International Days.
Our spelling words this term will be to learn 10 new words each week, 5 drawn from curriculum topics and 5 from their own writing lists.
We recently had fun with Symmetry in Mathematics. Activities concluded with an online program with students experimenting, creating and then printing their favourite creation.
Focus areas this term will be:
Our studies in Health include: What is stamina? Understanding rights and responsibilities, Trust and Networks and Personal Networks. Growth and Development topics will cover How to Stay Healthy, Body Parts and Personal Hygiene. Physical Education continues to be with Mr. Halliday. Thanks to Lester's organisation, our class is involved in learning how to play squash over the next 5 weeks. The kids certainly enjoyed their first lesson in week 3 and have a greater appreciation for the skills involved.
Technologies involve Design and Technology and Digital Technologies. Students will plan steps to produce a solution and learn to manage their time, identify and learn how to follow safety rules when working online and create a range of digital solutions, such as coding simple interactive games. We're also looking forward to observing the 3D printer in action!
Digital technologies will be an important area of discussion during our work in HASS, especially comparisons during our work on the Hawker Vans.
Looking forward to a great term!
Regards,
Maggie Holloway
The class have started the Term enjoying pottery under the guidance of Mrs Woolly. Jill is extremely skilled and provides unique opportunities for our students. During Weeks 1, 2 and 3 students poured a slip mould, prepared them for glazing and then in two sessions, glazed them ready for firing. The results are fantastic and the children are very proud of their efforts. The students are looking forward to their final 2 sessions when Jill returns from her overseas holiday!
Craig Reynolds is continuing to provide one lesson in The Visual Arts each week. The beautiful paintings around our classroom wall are a credit to Craigs enthusiasm and the children's artistic talent.
Our excursion was important to set the scene for our HASS focus this term for History.
By the end of Year 3, students identify individuals, events and aspects of the past that have significance in the present. They identify and describe aspects of their community that have changed and remained the same over time. They identify the importance of different celebrations and commemorations for different groups.
Students sequence informations about events and the lives of individuals in chronological order. They pose questions about the past and locate and collect information from sources (written, physical, visual, oral) to answer these questions. They analyse information to identify a point of view. Students develop texts, including narrative accounts, using terms denoting time.
We are fortunate to have the National Motor Museum visiting our class in Week 6 for our students to learn and participate in a number of activities around Hawker Vans. Hawking and how we shop today will be central to a number of discussions for children to reflect and share their observations.
In English our focus will initially will be on revising correct paragraphing and the skills of reflective and careful self editing. Students will also read each others work and help each other to identify errors and provide positive feedback and suggestions. The beginning of this term saw us revising Persuasive and Narrative Text writing. Journal writing and creative story writing are also an integral part of our week.
While many spelling words will be from individual spelling words drawn from student writing, we will also include words related to our History focus.
Reading and comprehension activities will focus on important celebrations such as Australia Day, Sorry Day, Remembrance Day and other International Days.
Our spelling words this term will be to learn 10 new words each week, 5 drawn from curriculum topics and 5 from their own writing lists.
We recently had fun with Symmetry in Mathematics. Activities concluded with an online program with students experimenting, creating and then printing their favourite creation.
Focus areas this term will be:
- Counting on and backwards from any starting number in 2's, 5's, 10's, 20, 50 and 100.
- Rainbow facts.
- Represent multiplication and division in a variety of ways (arrays, tallies, repeated addition).
- Number splitting with multiplication.
- Explain the ways numbers grow or shrink when using multiplication for division by 10.
- Learn and revise the 5 and 3 times tables.
Our studies in Health include: What is stamina? Understanding rights and responsibilities, Trust and Networks and Personal Networks. Growth and Development topics will cover How to Stay Healthy, Body Parts and Personal Hygiene. Physical Education continues to be with Mr. Halliday. Thanks to Lester's organisation, our class is involved in learning how to play squash over the next 5 weeks. The kids certainly enjoyed their first lesson in week 3 and have a greater appreciation for the skills involved.
Technologies involve Design and Technology and Digital Technologies. Students will plan steps to produce a solution and learn to manage their time, identify and learn how to follow safety rules when working online and create a range of digital solutions, such as coding simple interactive games. We're also looking forward to observing the 3D printer in action!
Digital technologies will be an important area of discussion during our work in HASS, especially comparisons during our work on the Hawker Vans.
Looking forward to a great term!
Regards,
Maggie Holloway
