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Well, Term 4 is well under way and what a busy and exciting time it has been!

In Literacy, we have been refining our reading comprehension skills, inferring meaning from a range of written and visual texts. The strategy we have been working on is scanning. When scanning we read quickly through a text, searching for key details and information. The kids have been doing a great job of this and were excited to showcase their skills to some visitors from a public school in Bunbury.

We have also been learning to read some more challenging phonics sounds and have been learning about the meaning that prefixes and suffixes hold in words. We have been revising the spelling of learnt digraphs and trigraphs and application of spelling rules. In grammar, we have been deconstructing sentences, breaking them into their various parts of speech. In writing, we have revised recounts, persuasive texts and narratives, with a focus on ‘Sizzling Starts.’ We have also been attempting to use descriptive language and punctuation to create emotion.  

In Mathematics we have been working on our measurement skills. We have had an opportunity to apply some of our mental maths and number skills to convert units of measurement. I have also taught the students to play the game Numero. This is a great game for students to apply their number skills and they are now getting very clever and strategic when playing in pairs.

In Science, we have been working on our investigating skills. The students are also busily thinking of a topic for their Super Scientist report, which they will need to prepare for the class challenge in Week 5. Please check your child’s homework folder for more information. The students will need to have decided on their topic by the end of Week 4, there will be a sheet going up on the classroom door for them to record this.

In HASS, we have started our unit on Civics & Citizenship. We have been looking at how democratic decisions are made at a local, state and federal level and how these bring about change in our community.

As well as revising important key learning concepts, the students have been developing and exercising the entrepreneurial skills, promoting and designing their stall for the student fete. They have also been participating enthusiastically in ballroom dancing lessons and learning a hip-hop routine to showcase later in the year. Stay tuned. Room 14 will also be attending swimming lessons in Weeks 7 & 8 and forms will be distributed in the near future. A big congratulations to Josh, Liam and Griffin who received awards for being in the Top 5 Most Improved category for the Year 3 Principal’s Challenge. Terry was in also acknowledged for being in the Top 5, with an amazing score of 69/70. We are very proud of you boys!

Katie and Makaylah talking through their best Numero moves

Congratulations to Terry, Liam, Josh and Griffin

Student Fete- "Come one, Come all, to Room 14's Biscuit Stall!"