Term 3 Learning

Welcome to Term 3!
Lots of exciting learning opportunities on offer for this term. 
We are looking forward to participating in the many school events that are also planned.
​Thanks - Tania, Lauren and Shelley

Religious Education Units

Responsibility

Fertile Question-
“Who and what are we responsible for and how can we put our words into action?”

Level Descriptors

Strand: 
-Christian Ethics - Personal / Social 
-God, Religion and Society 
I can explain how in following Jesus, Christians are called to make loving choices that nurture right relationships.
I can identify a variety of aspects of religious beliefs and worldviews that challenge people towards self-understanding and cooperation.
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Catholic Social Teaching

• Stewardship of Creation
  
• Fullness of All
  
• The Common Good
  

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Numeracy Focus

Multiplication and Division:

Level 3 Essential Learnings - I can recall multiplication facts for 0s, 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s and their related division facts.

Level 4 Essential Learnings - I can recall multiplication facts for 4s, 6s, 7s, 8s and 9s and their related division facts.

Measurement project - 
My Space - I can design a space addressing measurement concepts such as  length, area, irregular shapes, right angles, location (giving directions around space) and transformation.

Stretch goal - counting and time

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Integrated Studies

Why did people on the First Fleet make the journey to Australia?

We are leaning about: 

• the story of the First Fleet 
  

We will know we have been successful when:

• we can identify causes and reasons for the journey
  
• recount the life of early Australia for settlers and the Aboriginal people.
  

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Literacy Focus

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DAILY 5 - Read To Self
                Read To Someone
                Word Work
                Work on Writing - Narratives, Persuasives
                Guided Reading

OLSEL - Complex Sentences
               Story Grammar
               Vocabulary Charts 
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Writing
Persuasive Writing
Poetry
Transactional 
(eg - invites and cards)

VCOP - Oral language activities to assist in idea generation and building vocabulary.
- Punctuation focus

SMART Spelling - Continue with homework/spelling program using the SMART spelling. 

Other Learning

Bounce Back

Growth Mindset and Emotions.

Key points from Bounce Back:
- You can be the boss of your own feelings.
- Being the boss of our feelings is not the same as trying not to have any!
-Find a safe way to express your feelings that does not hurt anyone,
- Unhelpful thinking makes you feel worse.



- First Eucharist
- Hooptime
- Grandparents Day
- Footy Colours Day
- Art Show
- Sheepvention

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Celebrating our Learning!

Making paper in Library.

Book Week! Here we have Andy and Jill from the Treehouse Books

Working on our Taekwondo skills!