Grade 3

3A: Jarryd Humphreys                                             3B: Georgia Carroll

3C: Leah Dusenjko                                                  3D: Kerry O’Dwyer/Emily Horton

3E: Jessica Moore

Weekly schedule:

PE - 3A Wednesday, 3B Thursday 3C - Friday 3D - Fridays 3E - Wednesday 

ART –  3A Thursday, 3B Thursday 3C - Thursday 3D 3E - Friday 

MUSIC - 3A Friday, 3B Friday 3C - Thursday 3D 3E - Tuesday

AUSLAN –  3A Friday, 3B Friday 3C - Monday 3D 3E - Wednesday 

Library -  3A Monday, 3B Tuesday 3C - Friday 3D 3E - Friday 

Important Dates

October 5 - First day of term

October 19 - Assembly

October 29 - Gnarly Neighbours Skateboarding and Wellbeing Program

October 30 - World Teacher’s Day

November 2 - Curriculum day

November 3 - Melbourne Cup Day

November 5 - Gnarly Neighbours Skateboarding and Wellbeing Program

November 9 - Assembly

November 11 - Remembrance Day service

November 17 - Scienceworks Excursion

November 30 - Assembly

December 8 - Step up day

December 11 - Curriculum day

December 14 - Reports live

December 17 - Last day of term for students, 3:15 finish

Learning

In Term 4, the Grade 3 students are focusing on the following:

Reading – Students will be exploring persuasive texts, with a focus on animals in circuses. They will develop their understanding of persuasive techniques by identifying and locating different persuasive features. Students will also continue to practise their fluency reading daily, focusing on pace, accuracy, and expression.

Writing – Students will be learning to write persuasive texts about circus animals. They will focus on using correct sentence structure, technical vocabulary, and organising their reasons using evidence found in different texts. They will be creating their own persuasive text around animal cruelty in circuses.

• Numeracy – Students will continue developing their understanding of addition and subtraction, including three-digit numbers and regrouping. They will also focus on concepts such as time, reading clocks, fractions of collections, volume and angles.

Inquiry 

• Our Inquiry Unit this term is Earth and Space Science, with a focus on the Sun, Earth and Moon as well as how day and night happens. Students will explore the planets of our Solar System and use this knowledge when travelling to Scienceworks for our excursion. Students will also take part in a Chemical Sciences unit in which they will participate in different experiments to learn about how different substances and materials interact with each other.

Home Learning

Home Reading – Read everyday for at least 10 min. Books will be changed once a week. Students will be able to take 5 books home of their choice that they will be able to read and enjoy, and once finished, can return at the end of the week.