Dear Grade 3/4 Students and Families,

Welcome back to another exciting school year. I hope you and your family had a wonderful

holiday and are looking forward to the school year. This year we have 24 students in the

class: 14 Grade 4’s and 10 Grade 3’s. A special welcome to Morgan (Grade 3) and Nikolas

(Grade 4) and I hope you have a happy year in our class.

This year as there is a grade 2/3 and 3/4, I will be working closely with Mrs Bowen. We

have developed our term planner which covers all areas of the curriculum along

with our assessment timeline and all our extra-curricular activities. We will be planning

together on a weekly basis.

We have timetabled one session per week where all the Grade 3 children will work

together with either Mrs Bowen or I, and the Grade 2 and 4 children will join together. The

Grade 3 children will also have one Sport session per week and will join the 3/4and 5/6

children for this. The Grade 3 children will also be joining together with the Grade 4’s for

our weekly Religious Education session.

This term, our Integrated Unit is called ‘Learning to Learn,’ where we will look at goals for

our learning, the ways we learn best and how we can maximise our learning across all

curriculum areas. We will continue to develop our knowledge of Tribes, De Bono’s Six

Thinking Hats and Habits of Mind.

The Literacy Block will include Reading, Writing and Speaking and Listening. This block is of

2 hours and is made up of 1 hour of Reader’s Workshop and1 hour of Writer’s Workshop. We

have also allocated a Spelling and Grammar session each week. Differentiated learning

occurs throughout the Literacy block as children are working on various tasks at their own

level.

The children will require a Writer’s Notebook (an A4 Visual Diary) this year. Grade 4’s

received one in their book box but the Grade 3’s did not. Could all Grade 3 children please

purchase one (around $3.50 from a Newsagent, Big W or Office suppliers) and bring it to

school as soon as possible. Many thanks for this.

The children will have Music with Mrs Kitching on Wednesday. On Thursday the children

will have Library with Mrs Kitching and P.E with Mr Gower. Could children please wear

appropriate footwear and clothes for P.E. The Religious Education session is on Friday.

The education of your child is a joint commitment between teachers and parents. If you

have any questions or concerns about your child please come and see me. I am

usually available before or after school or ring and make an appointment to see me. Our

‘Meet the Teacher’ interviews will be on the 21^st and 22^rd February. Forms regarding this will

be sent home soon.

Kind regards,

Helen Burgess.

 

 

Up and Coming Events

Feb 16^th – Swimming Sports

Feb 21^st & 22^nd – Meet the Teacher Interviews

Feb 24^th – Welcome Back BBQ

March 9^th – Curriculum Day – Pupil Free Day

May 15^th – 17^th - NAPLAN for Grade 3 students