1. Karen Revell Tracey Webb Jason Parker Helen Rickard

2. Expectations at Grade 3/4 Listening to each other Hands up Discussion – more is expected We expect that everyone can achieve and mistakes are welcomed Children are encouraged to have a go

3. Personal Organisational Skills Bring their plastic pocket to school each day Homework- Read at home every night Learn their weekly spelling words Finish any incomplete work Dress appropriately on special days, eg PE Look in their diary for dates Organising their own writing implements Presentation of book work

4. Literacy Focus this term is persuasive reading and writing Inquiry is integrated throughout Literacy We cover the following areas- Reading, writing, spelling, speaking and listening Reading- Inferential questioning- here, head, hidden Speaking and Listening- Sharing their ideas about their previous knowledge of a topic

5. Numeracy Contemporary Teaching and Learning of Mathematics (CTLM) has changed the way we teach maths Children are encouraged to share their strategies Children are encouraged to solve problems in different ways Hands on materials are used a lot more at this level We try and relate Maths learning to everyday life Focus this term is addition and time

6. Religion Focus this term- Our Parish, 150 th Celebrations and First Eucharist First Eucharist preparation- Enrolment Saturday 12 th and Sunday 13 th May Eucharist- Saturday 16 th /Sunday 17 th and Saturday 23 rd /Sunday 24 th June Each class participates in daily prayers We also attend masses regularly as a year level and as a whole school on special occasions We relate the Gospel stories to the children’s lives and how they can demonstrate these attributes in their own lives

7. Inquiry Focus this term- Australian History and Our Parish Focussing on the resource My Place -TV series, book and website, which shows the history of Australia in decades from 1788 to 1988 Children will be learning about significant events in Australia’s history Children will participate in local excursions

8. Family Week – 7 th May – 11 th May, Grandparents and Special Friends Day, Mother’s night NAPLAN for Grade 3 – 15 th – 17 th May Life Education Van Term 3 – Ski Trips to Mt Buller Term 4 - Camp What’s Coming Up?

9. Questions