A Glimpse of Year Three

Year Three have made a tremendous start to Term 3.  We would like to share a snapshot of what we have been up to.

During Literacy, students been busy reading and unpacking poetry from famous Australian poets, C.J Dennis and Banjo Patterson. Our Daily Reviews have focused on handwriting and how to correctly join letters together as well as spelling words using the ‘ought’ and ‘ai’ spelling rules. 

In Math this term, students have solved three- and four-digit addition and subtraction problems. We have also used partitioning and a number line to demonstrate the jump strategy for mentally solving addition problems. In our Daily Reviews we have looked at place value, rounding numbers to the nearest ten, hundred and thousand, plotting fractions on a number line and identified different angles, just to name a few things. 

During History, Year 3 have started exploring how communities have changed over time for our Storyline Unit. We introduced this unit by looking back at the history of the corner shop and how it has changed from 1850 to today. Students were amazed by how time consuming a visit to the corner shop was, as items were not prepackaged and needed to be measured, weighed and wrapped before leaving the shop. 

We also went back in time to the 1950s and learnt about how challenging it was to run a household. There were no washing machines, televisions, dish washers and the fridge was a block of ice in a cupboard. Students were also amazed by the fact there weren’t any snacks in the pantry and dinner consisted of foods like tripe. 

In Art, Year 3 used oil pastel with a focus on lines to create an echidna. Students used pencil to outline a rough shape of their echidna then worked from the background to the foreground to add layers to their artwork to give it a more textured appearance. They then used edicol dye to create the background, which highlighted their fantastic artwork. 

During our Sport session last week, students participated in a Netball Coaching Session with Kate Blackmore. Students learnt about the various positions and where they were on the court. The students did so well with learning their positions, they then went into games.  Students are to be commended for their high level of engagement and enthusiasm when participating in the session. We were very impressed by the positive interactions between students displaying a great sense of fair play.