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’ morning, 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 Integrated Studies 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 handwriting and receiving their pen licence. We encourage all our students to focus on their letter shape, size and formation as they move towards joined handwriting. 

In Spelling we will continue to look more deeply at words, building our phonological, visual and morphemic knowledge. Students will explore various grapheme-phoneme correspondences, prefixes and suffixes, morphology,
compound words and homophones.

Mathematics
In Mathematics this term we will have a big 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 money, 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.

Integrated Studies
In Integrated Studies this term, our unit ‘Eco Explorers’ will focus on the major geographical divisions of the world. Students will investigate hemispheres, the tropics, and the equator, while also learning to name and locate the continents and major oceans. We will explore Australian ecosystems and compare them to similar environments around the globe, highlighting the importance of environments to both people and animals.

Camp
We are all looking forward to our Grade 3 Camp from 16th – 18th 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 detail. 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 with your child’s teacher via Compass or Class Dojo.

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