Healthy Habits
Throughout the year the children in Year Three have learnt about the importance of keeping healthy. During Term1 the 'Healthy Harold' van visited our school and the children learnt about the importance of healthy eating habits as well as the role medicines play in our lives. They also were kept active by participating in weekly gymnastic lessons, where they learnt how to complete somersaults and use the mini trampoline.  During term 3, 'Sports In Schools' came to our school and the children were involved in weekly skills development lessons. It is a fun way to high the importance of keeping active.
This term the children will participate in swimming lessons during week 6/7. 
At the moment the children have been developing their ball skills by participating in class activities based on the popular playground game of "Handball".

Lewis: We enjoy playing handball.
April: Mrs Tannous taught us the proper way to play handball.
Zac: Year Three have enjoyed playing handball since Kindy. Now we know how to play fairly.
Tahli: We have taken some pictures of handball. 

Handball is getting harder now we all know how to play.

It is an enjoyable way to add some exercise to our day.

Creativity continues!
Every Friday we are lucky enough to participate in art. This week we continued our simple machine drawings by using soft pastels to add colour to our pencil drawings.
Mrs Standring gave us a short input session on how to look for shadows and light as we colour our art work. 
Ebony, Emily and Madison

We have included some of our art work below.
 

Mrs Standring explaining how to add tone.

Adding tone to a slide.

A screw is a simple machine.

The water looks amazing. Great shading.

Another example of amazing shading using soft pastels.

We Love Reading!
In Year Three we love to read and also understand the value of reading. Every day the children experience reading in many different ways from shared reading, independent reading, readers' Theatre, Read-a-louds and guided reading.Isabella worte the following blog about reading:
On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday we do silent reading after lunch. It is a great way to read by yourself and we get to choose a book from home or from our class library. On Wednesday afternoons the teacher does a 'Read-a-loud'. This is where the teacher reads to us and shares the different strategies she uses to help her read. We love Wednesdays. Isabella.

Independent Reading is an important part of our day.

While we read we try to make different connections with the text, 

as this helps us understand what we read.

Simple Machine Art
On Friday we did art on simple machines. We were given  half of a picture and we had to draw the other side. We used lead pencil for this art activity. Next week we are going to use oil pastel to colour them. Eliza.

Term 4 Religion
 This term we are going to learn about God's creation. On Monday, 14th October we were given a task to try and find things that God created. Some of the things we found were plants, flowers and insects. Can you find any more in our photos?
Daniel and Jessie.

Place Value
On Friday 11 October Year Three were learning about place value. We have been learning about ascending and descending order, using three, four and five digit numbers. We developed our understanding by participating in 'Round the Garden' and the 'Target game' as our warm up.
Alyssa, Ryan and Jacob.

This is a great activity to play at home. Make your own 'Round the Garden' and 'Target Game' sheet at home. (Use the picture above as a guide.) Then drop five counters on the target. (If you do not have counters use small pebbles from your garden). Use pop sticks to make the number. Write your number using numerals. This is the number you can start on.
Then roll the dice. Start anywhere on the board and move forward the amount on the dice. Do what the square tells you. The idea is to use mental strategies to work the answer out. 
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ART IN YEAR THREE
NICK: We have been learning to make amazing art with little bits of paper.

Austin:  We have made some of the best pieces of art including the watercycle art and Echidna art.

Holly: We have also been drawing and painting pictures of different places and their reflections.