Yr3 Curriculum Update – 30/08/19

Working together to achieve success for every child

Welcome to our 1st edition!

In each update, the Year 3 Team will bring you snapshots of what your children in Year Three have been up to every 2 weeks. You will see a variety of learning experiences exemplifying learning which is fun, exciting, challenging, innovative and/or creative…and whatever they are, we know that your child has worked really hard to get there and should you have the chance, you may want to share this newsletter with your child to find out the juicy details and discuss the great learning he/she have been doing!

 

Welcome to Y3!

Here are some selfies of our Y3 classes and teachers! We are having a great time on the 2nd Floor!

Year 3 Classes from:

Top left 3K, 3J

Middle left 3A, 3I

Bottom 3L

 

The Staff working with your children

Here are the teachers who will be working with your students this year!

We are all thrilled to be your child’s class teachers this year and look forward to all the great learning we will be doing!

Transdisciplinary Learning – It’s all connected!

Transdisciplinary theme: 

Who We Are

central idea:

Values and beliefs define individuals and communities

Lines of inquiry:

– Our values and beliefs as individuals and a community. (Form)
– Identifying our values helps us make connections with others (Connection)
 – Understanding and valuing other people’s perspectives helps us to develop empathy (Perspective)

Year 3 students have been inquiring into the unit Who We Are and have inquired into the positive relationships they have with themselves and others in their school community.

To support students with their understanding of the central idea, the children have been inquirers by exploring the definitions of the words values and beliefs. Some students asked experts in the school, others looked in dictionaries and other classes had questions that sparked students thinking and built upon their prior knowledge.

The end of the day for Year 3 has been something many of our students have been looking forward to, as it is an opportunity for students to come together, sit with children from other classes and sing a Year 3 chant! Ask your child at home if they can sing it to you!

 

Literacy

In Literacy, the students have been working in developing their reading and writing stamina and have practised following the writing process of planning their writing, writing a draft, editing and publishing their work.

 

Maths

We introduced maths this year with by asking the question ‘What is maths?’ The students found out that everyone has a math brain and that anyone can do maths! This was introduced through exploring the mathematical mindsets which emphasized the importance of learning from our mistakes, developing and exploring new strategies to problem solve and being creative!

 

P.E.

Year 3 students have been engaged in fun tasks and challenges to help get to know one another in a safe and caring environment. Mr. Riddell and Ms. Hadley shared their own values and how these influence their actions everyday single day. They have been working individually and in small groups to learn what respectful actions look like and why they are important. Through a variety of activities they are learning more about themselves and their own bodies and characters.

 

we need your help

If you have any spare cardboard, cereal boxes or small containers that we can use in our junk modelling area, we would love it if they could be brought to school.

Please note to only bring in items that are clean and stain free, as the children will be using their creativity to make things with these objects.

If you have any spare cardboard, cereal boxes or small containers that we can use in our junk modelling area, we would love it if they could be brought to school.

Please note to only bring in items that are clean and stain free, as the children will be using their creativity to make things with these objects.

 

Reminders

A few key reminders for students and parents:

• Please remind your child to pack his/her hat for school each day, as children who do not bring their hat will not be allowed to take part in snack or lunch play.
• There are extreme peanut allergies in Year 3, so please make sure your child does not bring nuts to school or eat peanut butter or nutella for breakfast before he/she heads to school.
• Please remind your child to pack his/her own cutlery as we do not provide extra sets of cutlery at school.
• Your child this week have home readers to read at home daily for up to 5-10 minutes. Please let your child’s class teacher know if the level is too hard for your child.
• Your child’s weekly timetable have been placed in their school diaries, should you have questions around the days and times they should wear their PE uniform to school.
• School Bag: Please ensure your child has a backpack for school, not a wheelie bag. Bags with wheels are not safe for our stairs and cause trip hazards for others;
• Shoes: Black shoes with school uniform or white shoes with sports uniform. Please do not send your child with shoes that are a bit black and a bit white.
• Jewellery: Many children coming with necklaces, wrist bands and other adornments. The only jewellery permitted is a non wifi watch, and religious adornments that are to be worn inside the uniform.

 

Key dates for the Diary 

Monday 2 September                       ‘You Tell Us’ Meetings – No school

Thursday 5 September                      PTA AGM and Mid Autumn Festival Evening

Thursday 12 September                   CPD – No school

Monday 30 September                     CPD – No school