Sunday 28 May 2017

Term 2 - Week 6

Hi parents,

Welcome to Week 6! I hope you had a fantastic weekend. I can’t believe how quickly this term is flying by. A big congratulations to all the Year 3’s that received the Sacrament of Reconciliation last week and a huge thank you to the prayer buddies for their support.  

QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.” Erma Bombeck.

PARENT ROSTER
The parent roster is up in the classroom.

PLD SPELLING SOUNDS
Below are the sounds each group will be focusing on this week:
2a: ‘O magic E’ – rope
2b: ‘OU’ – found
3a: ‘EA’ – bread
3b: ‘G’ as in ‘J’ – hinge
4a: ‘G’ as in ‘J’ - gentle
4b: ‘OUS’ - joyous
5a: Prefixes ‘IN’ and ‘IM’

LITERACY FOCUS
This week, our reading focus is ‘inferring’. Inferring is when we read between the lines to create a meaning that is not necessarily stated explicitly in the text.
Last week, we began examining the structure of procedures. This week, we will be writing a procedure on receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

NUMERACY FOCUS
This week, we will be learning about ‘angles’.

 HOME LEARNING WEEK 6
The following tasks should be completed each night:

1.    Reading (readers) - 10mins
2.     UNIT 15: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4 of mental maths. (Day 5 will be completed on Friday during class) please note that your child may complete more than 1 day on any night, however, it is necessary that you mark their work with them once completed.
3. Times Tables: (x 8)
4. Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check

The following tasks are only required to be completed once:

1.    Physical activity (includes team or club sport, dancing etc) - 15mins
2.    Teach your parents something you were taught at school.
3.    Friendology 101 – What am I grateful for today?
When a task has been completed, your child is required to tick it off in the diary.



Enjoy the week,

Mr. Jones


Friday 26 May 2017

Design Hub



With NAPLAN and the Sacrament of Reconciliation behind us, Year 3 are now looking for donations to stock our Design Hub. The Design Hub is a place where the students will nurture their curiosity and creativity to solve hands-on problems.

To fill our Design Hub with suitable materials, we require each family to be on the look out for the following or similar items:

·      Cardboard: boxes, sheets, tubes, toilet rolls
·      Paper: construction, wrapping, patterned, tissue, bags, cups, plates, newspaper, magazines, cards, envelopes, cardstock
·      Wood: popsicle sticks, skewers, wood scraps, dowels, toothpicks,  
·      Metals: broken parts of household items, hardware, paper fasteners, pipe cleaners, foil, craft wire
·      Plastic: straws, bowls, lids, containers, stir sticks,
·      Small hard items: rice, beans, pasta, buttons, beads,
·      Small soft items: cotton balls, pom poms
·      Fabric: scraps, socks, felt, ribbon, netting, mesh,
·      Other: craft foam, Styrofoam shapes, stuffing, feathers, elastic bands, clamps, string, wool, rope
·      Adhesive: glue, masking tape, clear tape, electrical tape, duct tape
I will have tubs ready on Monday to separate the different materials. I don’t expect any of you to go and purchase anything as I am hoping we will have many items (which would normally go into our recycling bins) at our disposal.
Thank you and enjoy your weekend!

Mr Jones