year 3/4 - mount waverley north primary school · 2018-10-11 · 15th nov: media studies workshop...
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Important Dates
17th Oct: School Performance
Three Billy Goats Gruff &
The Wizard of Oz
18th Oct: School Performance
Eddie The Penguin &
The Wizard of Oz
29th - 31st Oct: Dental Van
1st Nov: Inquiry Incursion
5th Nov: Curriculum Day
6th Nov: Melbourne Cup Day
15th Nov: Media Studies Workshop
7th Dec: Colour Run
13th Dec: Carols Evening
21st Dec: Last day Term 4
Year 3/4 Welcome Back!
Term 4 is here and we‘re back in the thick of it. With our production fast approaching,
students have been practising tirelessly. We had an amazing time at Camp Jungai
including some memorable activities such as possum pull, ropes courses, canoeing,
rafting and decorating and throwing boomerangs. This term we are investigating food
and fibre production from farm to plate in Design Technology. In Digital Technology
students will explore different digital systems and devices to transmit data to provide a
digital solution. They will also build an understanding of Australian Government in
decision making processes, roles and responsibilities in Civics and Citizenship. We look
forward to a jam packed unit of inquiry to finish off the 2018 year.
Camp Jungai
Activities
READING: Term 4 sees students building on their understanding of phonics and
building their vocabulary through a love of reading. They will incorporate
a use of word processing to edit and publish print, visual and audio
elements.
WRITING: To begin the term students will be writing transactional texts including
letters; both formal and informal, text messages, emails, tables and
invitations. In persuasive writing we will be using persuasive devices such
as emotive language through advertising and debating. Students will write
narrative pieces looking closely at the structure and language features to
write interesting stories.
SPELLING, GRAMMAR & PUNCTUATION: This term we will be developing an understanding
of letter-sound relationships, blending and segmenting words using long
vowel sounds. Students will increase their vocabulary through a use of
apostrophes, contractions, verb/adverb agreements and clauses.
They will edit for meaning by adding, deleting and moving words.
Literacy
Curriculum
NUMBER & ALGEBRA: Students will investigate equivalent number sentences using
addition and subtraction as inverse operations. They will look at
multiplication and division facts to 10 x 10.
MEASUREMENT & GEOMETRY: Students will identify and describe transformations as
flips/reflections , slides/translations , and turns/rotations. They will
use BOLTS to identify features on a map and give directions.
STATISTICS & PROBABILITY: They will select and trial different methods to collect data
using survey questions and recording sheets. From this data
they will evaluate the effectiveness of their data.
Numeracy
PHYSICAL EDUCATION – Todd Klein
In Physical Education and Health in term 4, the students will be
focussing on Fitness testing, Tennis, Lacrosse, lifelong sports &
working on understanding the effects of physical activity on the body.
They will be learning these skills through a variety of sports based games,
structured practice, & team activities.
MEDIA – Vicki Nicolos
In Term 4 the Middle students will be learning about Media. They will explore
taking a series of photographs for their animation that show themselves and
their friends as comic superheroes and villains, through setting, costume and
body language. The students will plan and script a radio advertisement for a
school event representing the public image the school seeks to promote
and organise a talk back radio show. They will also film a short TV show by
selecting camera angles, lighting and costume to convey meaning with
dialogue. They will practise recording sound on a variety of devices to
explore volume, layering and the use of voice to create a
sense of place. On Thursday the 15th of November the
Middle students will participate in a Media Studies
workshop revolving around Animation, Radio and Television.
GERMAN – Madeleine Sim This term in German, the students in Year 3/4 will continue learning about
animals. This term, they will not only be looking at sea creatures, but also at
animals that live on the land in a variety of habitats and ecosystems. They
will continue using simple sentence structures and
adjectives to talk about these animals and habitats in
both written and spoken German. Students will engage
with German through a variety of written and spoken
activities and games.
Specialists
Naomi Mathews: [email protected]
Tara King: [email protected]
Ellie Campbell: [email protected]
THINGS TO REMEMBER School starts at 8:50, by 9:00 we are into our lesson. If a student is late,
please sign in at the office, students must be signed in by their parent.
Please email, Flexibuzz, phone or write a note to your teacher or the
school when your child is absent.
To stop the spread of illness in our level, please keep your child at
home when they are unwell. Home is a much better place for them to
recover and minimises the risk of further illness spreading.
To help with sniffles, we would love boxes of tissues to be shared in our
learning spaces.
Students eat ’Brain Food’ throughout the day to help them focus.
Brain food
consists of fresh fruit and vegetables.
If your child walks to and from school without an adult can you please
let the classroom teacher know.