Term 4 Overview

Welcome back to Term 4! It is so hard to believe that we have just started our last term of Year 3. I hope you all had a wonderful, relaxing holiday. This term, there is going to be a big focus on consolidating previous learning to ensure that relevant concepts are understood and mastered. We have a very busy term ahead of us with weekly dance lessons and swimming lessons too. This term we are also going to focus on Computer Skills, in particular, typing and publishing our work.

Below, I have broken down the key concepts that we will be focusing on this term for each Learning Area, to give you an understanding of what we will be doing throughout this term. As you can see, we are going to be very busy this term! 

Maths:
- Four operations: Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
- Long division
- Money
- Time
- Mental Maths Strategies
- Mass
- Perpendicular and Parallel Lines
- Learning our 6, 7, 8, 9 times tables with related division facts

Literacy:
- Review yearly content
- Using higher level punctuation, sentence structure and vocabulary
- Figurative language
- Persuasive and Narrative Writing
- Reading Comprehension

Science:
We are going to focus on Biological Science and the classification of animals.

HASS:
Our focus this term is on History. We will be studying our local community and how it has changed and/or stayed the same over time.

Health:
For the whole term we will be focusing on protective behaviors. More information about this will be provided to parents later in the term.

If you have any queries please feel free to come and see me. I am looking forward to another fantastic term together!

Thank you for your ongoing support,
Mrs Caris Szczepanik