A big welcome back all of our Year 3 families, especially the Vogler family who are back with us after having a term away. It has been a busy start to the term with the students showing off their artist abilities across a variety of activities last week.

In our writing lessons we have been learning about what a persuasive text is and how to write sizzling starts. We are aiming to engage the reader with the first paragraph, ensuring that it is convincing, it has 3 or 4 sentences and starts of with a ‘bang’ or an action.

During maths we finished off our money studies for a while and have moved onto time. The students are getting good at learning to tell the time to quarter past, quarter to and to the nearest 5 minutes. The have been participating in activities where they are timing themselves doing things in 1 minute. It has been exciting to see their enthusiasm while counting and keeping track of timers.

We are learning about the sacraments in Religion this term and are starting off with the Sacraments of Initiation. Baptism has been the first sacrament to investigate with the students asking many questions. Please talk to them about what you know to help link those connections with school and home.

Our History has started off with looking at what we know about ANZAC Day and why we commemorate, not celebrate this day. We will continue this unit of study throughout the term with the students in the end giving a detailed explanation of why we should commemorate ANZAC Day.

With a staggered start to the term due to Public Holidays our attendance hasn’t been as high as it has in the past, but I’m sure with coming weeks our percentage will increase.