Dear Parents and Caregivers, 

I would like to welcome all Year 3 families back to school for Term 4 at St Joseph’s. I hope you all enjoyed the extra time with your child during the holidays. 

General Information: 

• Miss Newell will teach AUSLAN on Mondays 

Health and Physical Education on Thursdays. 

• Sports uniforms are required to be worn on Thursdays. 
• Library Day Thursdays. 

Religion: The Good News  

Students will learn about Jesus the Messiah and the Good News that he brought to the world. They will locate and use information about the cultural contexts in which the Gospels were written and about the authors Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. 

English

Literacy Groups will continue this term with all students working according to their own individual reading ability. For Writing this term, students will engage in composing procedural recounts. They will be focusing on scientific procedures as it relates to the “Heating Up” Science unit.  

Mathematics 

Throughout this term, the students will be involved in mathematical activities across all strands. The following outlines the content that will be covered in Term 4. Week 1 Time, Week 2 Angles, Week 3 Shape, Week 4 Patterns, Week 5 Interpreting Data, Week 6- 7 Multiplication strategies, Week 8 Revision.  

Geography- Places Are Similar and Different 

Students investigate the settlement patterns and demographic characteristics of places and the lives of the people who live there. They will also research the different climates of places and use this information to predict what it would be like to live in a place with a different climate. 

Digital Technologies: Secret Messages and Codes 

Throughout this unit students will learn about Cryptography and the art of creating codes to represent data in a different ways. They will be introduced to encoding and decoding using secret messages, Braille, Morse Code, QR codes. 

Science- Heating Up 

Students will learn the different ways in which heat can be created and transferred through a variety of learning activities. Heating up provides students with hands-on opportunities to identify different heat sources, explore how heat moves from one object to another and inquire about ways heat is produced.  

Homework 

Homework will be distributed on Mondays and should be completed and returned to school on Friday. 

-Reading: Students to complete 20-25 minutes of reading per night and complete the reading log. 

-Homework grid- Students are to complete two activities from the grid from a range of key learning areas. 

I look forward to another great term together. If you have any concerns please do not hesitate to contact me via email  (mgear@cns.catholic.edu.au) or the school office.  

Kindest regards, 

Mrs Michelle Gear