Year 3/4

Welcome back to school for Term 2! We hope all families enjoyed a restful break and that our students are feeling excited and ready for a new term of learning ahead.

We will continue to have high expectations and work hard towards making strong progress in all curriculum areas and individual student goals.

This term we will be covering the following subject areas:

Literacy

This term students will study a variety of high quality mentor texts that will:

• build background knowledge about the historical and cultural context of Australia

• develop comprehension skills by identifying key events, character relationships and perspectives, using both literal and inferred • meaning to deepen understanding

• analyse character experiences and choices, considering how they reflect key messages

• write about events in a text and their connection to key messages

• explain how illustrations show the problem, action and solution in the text

• understand the impact of pollution on marine life

• map cause-and-effect relationships

• write an exposition as a response to the text

Numeracy

This term, students will focus on the following topics:

• fractions

• length and area

• data representation

• shape

• addition and subtraction

Students will continue to build strong number understanding and problem-solving skills.

Core Knowledge

This term we are looking into Healthy Habitats and Vikings, which will be incredibly exciting!

Wellbeing

Our Respectful Relationships and Happy Houses program will assist students with identifying themselves as a learner, exploring emotions, participating in challenging games and scenarios, and recognising what is required to have a value become a virtue. Students will cover topics surrounding positive coping, problem solving, stress management and help seeking.

Specialists

Students will also be participating in weekly Art, Physical Education, S.T.E.M. and Auslan (LOTE) lessons, as well as these being integrated into regular classroom activities. Be on the lookout for weekly MVP awards posted on Seesaw! Digital Technologies will see students being safe and responsible online, working collaboratively, utilising resources and developing their technological skills.

Students will not receive weekly Homework but will be expected to read for 60 minutes a week, having written this in their diary, signed by a parent and brought in by Friday. We strongly encourage all students to keep their diary in their bag and brought to school every day.

Please refer to the school newsletter for any school news and key dates.

As always if you have any further questions, please feel free to contact your classroom teacher.

Thank you, Mr Mason, Mrs Purdon, Mr Loomes & Mrs Hughes.