TERM 4 2024
Term 4 is full of lots of exciting events and will be a very fun and busy time at school as we head towards the end of the year. These events will include Grandparents’ Day, an end of year Fun Day, and of course our big highlight, Grade 3 Camp at Phillip Island. Please find below our outline for English, Mathematics and Challenge Based Learning for Term 4.
ENGLISH
This term we will continue to focus on developing our comprehension skills by learning to use a range of strategies. We will also build our fluency skills with students developing their ability to read aloud, while adding expression and adjusting their reading rate to add interest for their audience.
Students will continue to build their writing capacity through our Writer’s Workshop. Students will be exposed to a range of text types while continuing to expand their ideas in their writing. Our focus each week will see us make links between our reading and writing, where we can learn from examples in our reading and then practise these skills in our writing. This term is also exciting for our Grade 3 students as they work towards joining their writing and receiving their pen licence. We encourage all our students to focus on their letter shape, size and formation as they move towards joined writing.
In Spelling we will continue to look more deeply at words, building our morphemic knowledge while exploring individually focused words as part of our Independent Spelling Routine.
MATHEMATICS
In Mathematics this term we will begin with a focus on fractions. Students will engage in a wide range of open-ended activities as they build their understanding of fractions as part of a whole, and part of a collection. We will also look at probability, shape and angles throughout the term. In connection with our camp to Phillip Island students will learn more about mapping, creating their own maps and thinking about direction and scale.
We continue to encourage students to practise the recall of their times tables with a particular focus on their 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 times tables.
CHALLENGE BASED LEARNING
In Term 4 our CBL Big Idea is ‘Survival’. Our Grade 3s will have a specific focus on geography, ecosystems, and Victoria’s Protected Places. Engaging in learning activities connected with Parks Victoria, students will investigate the changing environment and causes and effects of erosion. Students will be challenged to learn about and promote one of the many varied ecosystems that make up Victoria’s Protected Places.
CAMP
We are all looking forward to our Grade 3 Camp from 18th – 20th November at CYC ‘The Island’. The camp is full of fun activities, along with a visit to the Penguin Parade. There will be plenty of excitement around, along with a few nerves heading into our first camp. Please make sure you have completed permission and payment via Compass, along with the Student Information Form (link emailed 18th September).
Early in Term 4 we will meet again with the students to go through all the important camp information in more details. If you have any questions about camp, please contact your child’s teacher.
We are looking forward to a great term to finish off the year. At any stage should you have any questions or information that will help us support your child please always make contact your child’s teacher via Compass or Class Dojo.
Caitlin Eagleton, Liana Ellis, Camille Hobbs, Nicki Stephens & Andrew Weekes
