13.2.20

Whats been happening in Year 3 over the last 3 weeks: -

3rd March 2020 - What have we been learning…...

For the last 3 Weeks we have been preparing for our Celebration of Learning and Assembly. We inquired into ‘People have varying access to water’ and how water is part of our everyday lives. We shared this knowledge with our peers and parents during the Assembly.

In maths we have been learning all about money and are able to add, subtract and give change from different amounts of money.

In Language we are focusing on writing a Non- Chronological reports, we have identified the structural and language features, researched and invented reports of our own on a range of topics.

In UOI:

Central Idea – People have varying access to water

Lines of Inquiry -

- How water is a part of our everyday lives (connection)

- Our responsibility when using water (responsibility).

- Where water comes from (function).

- Features of a river

We have focused on our central idea, studying the water cycle, features of and river and how people use the water available to them. It has been a lot of fun investigating the properties of water and discovering what a valuable resource it is. It has also been frightening to inquiry and imagine where our water may once have been. Did a dinosaur really drink this glass of water?

We have also been sharing in our Graditude journals, thinking how we can get smarter and showing our coding skills in ICT.

English -

We have been focusing on Wishing Tales, we looked at what happens to the character in the story, we sequenced the story together and then we used our story writing tool kits to break the story into parts and then we have invented our own story using the story writing toolkit to improve our writing.

I can group similar information together

I can include details to add an element of humour, surprise or suspense

I can use paragraphing in narratives

I can use fronted adverbials

I can use powerful verbs

I can use possessive apostrophes

Maths -

In the past 3 weeks we have been learning to:

• Add and subtract numbers mentally
• Add and Subtract, crossing the tens boundary with and without exchanging, using formal column written methods.

Language -

In the past 3 weeks we have been:

• Inventing a Warning Tale story of our own focussing on setting description
• Inquiring into types of advertising
• Exploring different Persuasive writing techniques.

UOI -

In the past 3 weeks we have been:

• completing our own investigations of solids, liquids and Gases using Fair Test methods.
• writing our final summative assessment
• Tuning In to our new Unit of Inquiry - Entrepreneurs

21.11.19

Enterpreneurs -

Buying and Selling!

This week we have been tuning into our our new unit of inquiry. This began with an immersion into the retail world of Circle K. The children had the opportunity to visit one of the local stores thanks to parents from the school. The children looked where Circle K fits into the retail market as a C-store or convenience store and all of the facilities it can provide to the customer. We then explored the different jobs with in the store and how products are categorised, displayed and sold. The children then got an opportunity to shop for their own party, and scan their purchases to find the total costs. The whole learning experience was very valuable, the children showed themselves to be curious, principled and respectful young people.

Year 3 Gets Physical!

International Geography Week Round Up

10.10.19

For International Week students have been inquiring into the physical and human geographical features of the world, first we developed map reading skills with Mr Marshall, helping us to understand the keys on a map, how the world's 3D model can be displayed as a 2D model and the different sections of the world. Using atlases we worked to together to identify geographical features of Russia and create our own map. We further developed our understanding of human geographical features by focusing on different settlements around the world and creating collages with Ms Purdy. Next we explored India, with Mr Jones, looking at the physical geographical features of India, including how people live in the Indian Himalayas, the River Ganges and the Thar Desert. We used our creativity to create collages, maps and models to show our learning. The centre piece for each class has been to make a 3D model of each of these physical features of India. Please come see our display outside the library.