Over the past two weeks, students have participated in a range of amazing activities. The year 3 girls were lucky enough to be able to meet and participate in a skills session with players from the Ashy Redbacks. The girls all had fun and built their confidence. In assembly, Jirra and Zara made a speech sharing language and facts about the month of March. In the same assembly, our year 3 Junior School Council reps, Freya D and Jaksh V (3A) and Josh S and Chloe B (3B) all received their badges from Mr Hone.
In reading, students continued building their reading comprehension by focusing on predictions and questioning. They practised asking literal, inferential and beginning evaluative questions to deepen their understanding of texts. Students also explored how authors vary sentence structure and paragraphing to improve fluency and engagement when reading.
In writing, students continued developing their narrative pieces, learning how to build tension, improve sentence fluency and organise paragraphs for clarity and flow. They also began exploring procedural writing, focusing on identifying the purpose, audience and structure of procedures. Students applied this learning by beginning to draft instructions for their “Our Emotions” board game activity.
In spelling and word work, students have been practising graphemes, suffixes and plural forms, while also reviewing irregular past tense verbs and alphabetical order.
In mathematics, our focus has been on place value and large numbers, including representing and ordering numbers beyond 10,000. Students have also been learning to read and record time to the minute on analogue and digital clocks, and exploring space and location by describing landmarks and creating simple models of familiar environments.
Students also completed their first week of NAPLAN assessments. We are incredibly proud of the way they approached the assessments with focus, resilience and a positive attitude. They have worked hard and should feel proud of their efforts.