Year 3 Parent Information Night

2019Mrs Eugenia Sassos, Mrs Shannan Fox

and Ms Kamila Krauze

Students are at the centre of all learning and decisions

EXERTS FROM MISSION STATEMENTS

CREATED BY THE VOICES AND IDEAS OF OUR YEAR 3 STUDENTS

"We will always listen to our teachers and our classmates, respecting one another’s ideas and differences".

“We will WORK hard, play and LEARN together”.

“We will be kind and help others when they need it”.

"We will do all of these things because we are a team and we are grateful for the friends that we have and our wonderful school."

Speaking, Listening & ReadingSpeaking and Listening: ▶ Speaking and Listening: Many opportunities for Speaking

and Listening are provided in year 3 including:

▶ The Resilience Project

▶ Class Discussions

▶ Class Presentations

▶ Reading:▶ Independent Reading Strategies, Reading Groups, Mentor Texts▶ How can I support this at home?▶ 20 minutes of reading each night. Ask your child to read

‘out loud’ to you each night. Identify unknown vocabulary together and discuss the text.

Writing

▶ Narrative and Persuasive writing genres will be examined by using the highly effective Seven Steps to Writing Success program and the use of our Writer’s Notebook.

What are the Seven Steps?

1. Plan for Success 2. Sizzling Starts 3. Tightening Tensions

4. Dynamic Dialogue 5. Show Don’t Tell 6. Ban the Boring

7. Exciting Endings

▶ How can I support this at home?▶ Identify colourful vocabulary through reading together. Focus on Sentence Starters

and encourage children to write their ideas and thoughts

▶ Persuasive pieces (newspaper articles are great to read for persuasive purposes).

Mathematics▶ A differentiated and individualised Mathematics curriculum or in point

of need groups.

▶ Discussion and reflection is an integral part of this approach to learning

▶ Tuning-In games to define number patterns and repeating rules as well as working on automatic recall (mental computation) skills.

▶ How can I support this at home? Revision of concepts – Excel NAPLAN books can help students revise concepts covered at school. Revision of Time Table concepts to support automatic recall is necessary.

▶ Working on their set Mathletics tasks

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● Gratitude● Empathy● Mindfulness● Student workbook and student

activities

Digital Learning

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NAPLAN ONLINEWhat is NAPLAN?

• NAPLAN is the acronym for National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy.• These are National tests administered to every student in Years 3, 5, 7, 9• Some of the main benefits of students taking part in NAPLAN Online include: • Better assessment/ more precise • Faster turnaround of results

Which tests do students participate in?

▶ Reading – comprehension and use of text types ▶ Writing – using the features of language and literacy to construct a text ▶ Language Conventions – use of spelling, grammar and punctuation ▶ Numeracy – knowledge and use of concepts in number, patterns and algebra,

measurement, space, chance and data questions requiring more thought processing

Year 3 Expectations

▶ Homework - to be returned every Monday for correction. Students need to be responsible for completing and returning their homework themselves

▶ Home Readers - students need to change their home readers each day and fill in their reading logs

▶ Punctuality - arriving at school on time. If a student is late then parents are required to bring their child into the office to sign them in and collect a late pass

▶ Uniform - correct school uniform including a hat during Term 1 and 4 should be worn at all times

▶ Notices - to be returned to your class teacher with all money sealed and labelled in a envelop or snap lock bag

Special Events – Term 1

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● House Swimming Feb. 14 ● 3-6 Information Evening ● Walkathon - Feb. 22● 3-Way discussion - Feb. 26● Family Fun Night - Mar. 15● Harmony Day - Mar. 27● 5/6 Camp

Special Celebrations▶ Birthdays - If students bring in cakes/treats for classmates they

must be individually portioned – e.g. cupcakes/cookies

▶ Classroom parties – we cannot cater for parties

▶ Food intolerances - parents can choose to provide a packet of treats for their child when other students bring in birthday goods

▶ Educate your child in what they can/cannot eat

Attendance▶ There are NO safe number of days to be absent from school

▶ Parents are required to ensure their child attends school and to provide an explanation for their child's absence from school

▶ It is HIGHLY recommended that you book your family holidays during school holidays NOT during Term time

▶ If you are planning an extended holiday during the year, please ensure you let your child’s teacher and the staff in the office know well in advance. A written and signed note is required to officially explain your child’s absence from school and needs to be approved by Libby Alessi our Principal

▶ Please ensure that your child is arriving to school BEFORE 9am

▶ A student who is half an hour late each day misses the equivalent of 16.6 days of learning each year

Japanese and Music• The Japanese program will be structured around the two strands of Communicating and Understanding• Within these two strands students will socialise and interact to exchange opinions, ideas and express

themselves• Students will translate moving between languages to recognise different interpretations and explain them• Students will understand that language is a system with particular conventions and and reflect on

language’s role in shaping communication and its role in cultural identity

• In music students are offered opportunities to explore ways of manipulating the elements of music and develop ideas using a range of instruments

• Students will develop practices that build knowledge, techniques and understanding to listen to, compose and perform music from a variety of different cultures

• When presenting and performing students will plan and practice to refine their performances working in ensemble and solo contexts

• Students will be asked to respond reflect, analyse, interpret and evaluate as listeners, composers and performers. Discriminating, identifying and describing the qualities of sound and features of music

Art Our Art program is about the exploration of the children’s creativity in a respectful and safe environment. We will investigate a variety of art mediums, artists and styles. We are learning to develop our growth mindset, through understanding that the creative process is not just about building our artistic skills, but our problem solving skills and resilience for positive mental health.

Term 1

Fitness Testing (2-4) Woolworths Cricket Blast program (5-10)

Term 2

Invasion Games (1-4) Athletics Training (5-11)

Term 3

Athletics Training (1-5) SEPEP TOURNAMENT (6-10)

Term 4

Tennis (1-6) Fitness Re-testing (7-8) Whole class games/swimming program (9-11)

3/4 Physical Education Curriculum Program

Glen Huntly’s Physical Education philosophy is to create an inclusive curriculum that students look forward to participating in every week, develop and master all of the Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS). Most importantly, to optimise self-efficacy (self-belief in our competence or chances of successfully accomplishing a task and producing a favourable outcome) in all our students in the hope that Physical Education will positively influence students to engage in life-long physical activity and a healthy, well-balanced lifestyle. Glen Huntly’s Physical Education philosophy is embedded with an understanding that Physical Education is NOT a competitive environment.

G.H.P.S. Physical Education and Sport Curriculum is taught with the understanding that ACTIVE participation in P.E will assist with the following:

1. Develop confident FMS skills (for example: kick a soccer ball, hit a ball with a tennis racquet and throw a netball) which allows them to participate in a range of sports efficiently.

2. Encouragement and motivation to ensure positive habits are embedded early in student’s life rather than attempting to change negative habits throughout adulthood.

3. Physical Education classes creates an exciting environment in which students learn how to socialise with each other; how to communicate in a rational and fair manner, how to succeed as a ‘team’ rather than the effort and input of one individual, negotiate and resolve conflict, how not only to win humbly but to lose graciously.

Camp 2019▶ Term 4 - Wednesday 20th - Friday 22nd November 2019▶ Camp Rumbug located in the hills of South Gippsland, two

hours from Melbourne’s CBD and set in 200 acres of glorious temperate rainforest overlooking Wilsons Promontory National Park

▶ Students sleep in purpose-built cabins with en suites▶ The camp offers many activities that include a giant swing,

flying fox, aeroball and a low ropes course

Learners today, Leading tomorrow

Quotes from Year 3 students applying for Junior School Council Representative positions.

“I will be respectful to everyone”“If you need help, just come to me”“My first chance to be a leader”“I’ll listen to all of your ideas, and I have lots of friends”“I am creative and honest”“I am confident to talk with Mrs Alessi and share information”

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