WHERE WE ARE IN PLACE & TIME

Students will explore how artifacts give us clues about people, places, and events from the past. They will investigate different ways history is recorded and understand why preserving artifacts matters. Through guided inquiry, students will strengthen their research skills and build connections between the past and present. They will think critically about information and its sources, developing a deeper sense of responsibility as they uncover the stories behind historical objects.

HOT OF THE PRESS

Students will become reporters by reading, researching, and writing various reports, including articles and news stories. They will learn to gather facts from reliable sources and organize information clearly. Students will use text features like headlines and captions to make their reports easier to understand. They will practice writing with purpose, editing for accuracy, and using correct spelling and grammar. Through their research, they will develop skills in note-taking, paraphrasing, and referencing sources.

PATTERN & FUNCTION

Students will explore patterns in numbers and understand how they help solve problems. They will describe, extend, and create number patterns using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Students will learn the rules behind these patterns and use them to complete number sentences. They will discover how operations are connected, using inverse relationships and properties like commutativity and associativity. By recognizing and applying these patterns, students will build strong reasoning skills and confidence with numbers.

NUMBER OPERATIONS

In this unit, students will build fluency with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They will explore how operations connect and can be shown in different ways. Students will use mental strategies to solve problems when working with facts to 20, use a range of strategies to add and subtract bigger numbers, and conceptually explore multiplication and division. They will double, halve and skip count to solve problems and model equations. Through word problems and hands-on practice, students will develop confidence and flexibility with number operations.

FRACTIONS

Students will explore fractions as parts of a whole. They will use fraction names and symbols to describe and compare parts like halves, quarters, and thirds. Students will recognise simple mixed fractions and place them on a number line. They will see how some fractions are equal and learn to use diagrams to show this. Through hands-on activities, students will connect fractions to division and build a clear understanding of how parts and wholes work together.

Multimodal Texts

In this unit, students will continue to develop their literacy and communication skills through exploring multimodal texts. They will investigate how dialogue, sequencing, written language and visual elements work together to construct meaning and guide the reader’s understanding. Through reading, interpretation, drama, planning and text creation, students will use visual and textual cues to make inferences, interpret relationships between characters and events, and communicate ideas expressively. They will develop increasing confidence and independence in combining words and images to share stories, ideas, actions and perspectives.

MOVEMENT THROUGH TIME AND CULTURE

Students will explore Traditional Games and Traditional Dance, developing movement skills while discovering how games and dances have been passed down through generations and across cultures. Integrated with the Year 3 Where We Are in Place and Time Unit of Inquiry, students will investigate how traditional games and dances can provide clues about people’s lives, cultures, traditions, and communities in the past. They will compare traditional and modern games, explore dances from different cultures, and consider how movement, games, and dance can preserve traditions and communicate stories, beliefs, and cultural heritage. As part of their stand-alone PE learning, students will create and perform short movement sequences, use movement to communicate emotions and retell simple stories, share dance ideas collaboratively, and develop curiosity and respect as they recognise cultural similarities, differences, and diverse identities.

POTTERY (PART 1)

In this Unit of Inquiry, students will study forms of pottery as they tie in historical and cultural connections to this art form. They will have the opportunity to create their own jewelry as well as coil pots using several different options for functional and successful designs. Student will learn about the firing and glazing process as they finish their artwork for display in a gallery. 

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify the stages of their own and others’ creative processes

• Investigate the purposes of artwork from different times, places, and a range of cultures, including their own 

• Demonstrate control of tools, materials, and processes 

• Sharpen their powers of observation 

SILENT SCENES (PART 1)

In the Year 3 mime unit, students explore dramatic movement, gesture, and facial expression to communicate stories, characters, and emotions without spoken words. Following the design cycle for the first time in Performing Arts class, they use storyboards to plan a solo narrative with a beginning, middle, and end, refining their performance through peer feedback before presenting to an audience of their peers.

Learning Outcomes:

• Express their unique values, beliefs, and/or interests through a dramatic form

• Reflect on achievements and challenges and how they can incorporate these influences in future work

• Make artistic choices about role, situation, and context

• Find appropriate ways to communicate specific meaning using dramatic action