Welcome to Term 3! 

What’s happening this term? 

Our students will verbally retell a familiar personal experience with their classmates.

Term 3 math, we build our understanding of shapes and measurement with comparing the length of different objects, comparing how much different containers can hold, and comparing how long different tasks take (such as building towers of different heights). 

We are also looking at practical situations involving counting, equal sharing, adding to and taking away from collections to 20.  We continue to develop our understanding of number by counting beyond 30 and back from 20.

 In Term 3 HASS, we explore the characteristics of places and maps. We learn why places are special to people for various reasons, terms to describe directions and locations, ways to care for places, and the consequences of neglecting them. 

In Term 3 Science, we describe observable properties of materials that make up everyday objects.

 This term students will have new heart words to practise.

What are heart words?

Heart words are high-frequency words that young learners need to memorize because they contain irregular spellings or sounds that are difficult to decode using basic phonics rules.

* The "heart" part of the word highlights the specific sound-spelling patterns that need to be learned by heart. 

Staffing

We would like to inform you that our PE teacher, Mr. Ryan Chisholm, is currently on sick leave and taking time with his family to focus on rest and recovery.

In the interim, we are actively sourcing a replacement teacher to ensure continuity of the PE program.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding during this time.

Yours in education, 

Ashleigh Woods

Deputy Principal