Happy Holidays

The students have worked extremely hard this term and should be proud of their achievements. The holidays are a great time to relax and have some fun; however, it is also a great time to practise some of the skills we’ve learnt this term.

Why not try one of these ideas:

·         Read a book

·         Play a board game

·         Learn your times tables

·         Follow a procedure or recipe

·         Research an interesting event or person

·         Keep a holiday diary

Reader's Theatre

Each afternoon, the students have been engaging in reader’s theatre, reading a scripted story repeatedly for fluency and expression. At the end of each day, the students perform their play. Here are some fun photos of our performers in action!

Conratulations

Congratulations to Maddi V, Kumayl and Alistair for winning Merit Awards this term. Room 14 also won the Music Award!

The following Year 3 students have also won Literacy Pro awards recently:

Erin- Blue & Red

Maddi B- Red

The Year 3s gave worked hard to read 1.5 million words so far. Keep up the great work!

Stem Challenge

In Science we have been learning about states of matter and how heating and cooling affects the properties of materials. The children have now been busy working in their teams to design, make and test a lunch box, aiming to keep an ice brick frozen, when heat is applied. We have conducted simple experiments to test the effectiveness of different materials and learnt about the concepts of reflection, conduction and insulation. The students are looking forward to a sunny day to test their lunchboxes and measure their success. This information will then be used to design their own lunch box.

      

                   

               

              

 

 

 

                                   

HASS Update

In History, we have been learning about games and entertainment from the past. After playing a competitive game of Quoits, we learnt to play elastics. This was not only a lot of fun, but it also got our hearts pumping! In the holidays, I have challenged the children to see if they can find a board game to play with their family on the weekend/in the holidays, rather than electronic one.

We also celebrated WA Day. The students researched Esperance- Goldfields region, completed a cloze activity and also wrote poems about WA, which are displayed on our WOW Wall.

Bounce Back Bear

Maths Update

In Maths, we have been learning about measurement. We learnt how to use a ruler to accurately measure various objects and convert units of measurement. We have also been using our grid books to learn about area. We have been using these skills to solve some real life problems.