Year 3 Information Night

Sarah Afiouni (Assistant Principal)

Habiba Durani H22 (Team Leader)

Leah Van Keulen H23

Meggan O’Dea H30

Angela Lu H31

Sarah Borracci H32

Jane Poloni H33

The Grade Three Team

Phases of Learning

KOROROIT

CREEK

PRIMARY

SCHOOL

PATHFINDERS

Kinder &

Year 5/6

EXPLORERS

Year Prep/1

ADVENTURERS

– Year 2, 3 & 4

Dedicated, Professional, Innovative and Cohesive

International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme

Units of Inquiry

Where We Are In Place And Time

Central Idea

Aboriginal people have a significant and enduring culture

Lines of Inquiry

Connection to country and place

The diversity and longevity of Australia’s first peoples

Pre-contact ways of life

How We Express Ourselves Central Idea

Imagination is a powerful tool for extending our ability to think, create and express ourselves

Lines of Inquiry

How we demonstrate and enjoy our imagination

How our imagination helps us to consider other perspectives

How imagination helps us to solve problems

Units of Inquiry

How The World Works

Central Idea

Animals go through and are part of a cycle of life

Lines of Inquiry

Developmental stages of various living things

The roles of living things in a habitat

How environmental factors affect cycles

Sharing The Planet

Central Idea

There are varied approaches to accessing and managing the earth’s resources

Lines of Inquiry

Identifying the earth’s resources and how they are used

How ways of living are adapted to the availability of resources

The ways humans manage and protect resources

Units of Inquiry

Who We Are

Central Idea

Making balanced choices enables us to have a healthy lifestyle

Lines of Inquiry

Strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing

Physical, social and emotional change

Consequences of choices.

How We Organise Ourselves

Central Idea

Technology supports and enriches collaboration and interconnectedness

Lines of Inquiry

The scope and benefits of collaborative learning

Skills and strategies required for collaboration

Participating in a global online environment

What inquiry looks like… Making personal connections to the inquiry Sharing and building on from prior knowledge Researching and developing an understanding of the

inquiry Forming and exploring personal questions regarding the

inquiry Presenting the findings and responding to the new

information (action) Conversing throughout the inquiry to deepen student

understanding and improve thinking (metacognition) Explicit learning of the transdisciplinary skills, PYP

Attitudes, the Learner Profile and the Habits of Mind

Inquiry Overview

Literacy Overview

What reading looks like…

Conferring with the teacher and setting goals

Shared reading, reciprocal reading and independent reading

Developing comprehension skills (predicting, clarifying, retelling, inferring (reading between the lines), questioning, text structure, summarising and responding)

Improving fluency and accuracy

Increasing student ability to stay focused on a text

Expanding vocabulary through the viewing of a range of texts

Experiencing a range of multi-literacies, traditional and multimedia (multimodal texts, video, books, magazines, etc.)

What writing looks like… Exploring a range of text types looking at the structure and features Modeled writing, shared writing and independent writing Preparation for NAPLAN looking at structure of narrative and

persuasive texts Explicit teaching in the various text types which may include

narrative, recount, report, persuasive, procedure and poetry Opportunities to present in a range of modes of communication

(portfolios, wikis, blogs, books, video, podcasts, multimodal texts, etc...)

Teaching students to write to an audience Encourage students to begin writing more complex sentences Use of grammatical features e.g. punctuation, spelling, paragraphs

etc…

Literacy Overview

Term 1 Number and place value, units of measurement (time, calendars, seasons), addition and

subtraction, multiplication and division, and transformations

Term 2 Money and financial mathematics, shape, fractions, chance and data representation and

interpretation, addition with renaming, angles, patterns, time (digital and analogue) Term 3 Number and place value, length and perimeter, subtraction with renaming, location and

transformation, multiplication and area.

Term 4 Division, data representation and interpretation (events and outcomes), fractions

(partitioning area, lengths and collections), units of measurement (volume, mass and capacity) and patterns and algebra (representing and analysing patterns)

Numeracy Overview

What Mathematics looks like…

Mental maths strategies focusing on rapid recall of known number facts

Learning experiences that engage students in working mathematically and problem solving

Working in differentiated groups to target individual student needs and learning styles in focus groups.

Applying mathematic principles to real life situations and observing the natural connections

Preparing students for the numeracy NAPLAN assessment

Numeracy Overview

Homework

Homework will be provided to students each week.

Homework is specifically catered for individual needs.

Uniform

Full school uniform must be worn

Completely black shoes

No jewelry or nail polish

Hats with the school logo and house colours

KCPS Student Portfolios

Content

Purpose

Parent Readily available to allow parents to stay informed about student achievements. Portfolios to be used during 3-way conferences do allow for discussions to take place Allowing parents to reflect on the portfolios during the holidays

Students take ownership of future learning by developing effective reflection practices. Allowing for an avenue to showcase student achievements throughout each semester.

A range of samples of work from all areas of the curriculum through out the year.

Welcome to the 2017 Physical Education Program

The physical education program for 2017 is filled with innovative ways to get students more engaged and

involved in physical activity. To support this, the Victorian Curriculum and the PYP are the framework

for the health and P.E. Curriculum across prep-six. The P.E. Program connects with classroom units across all year levels where applicable. As well as this, our units are designed so that they are appropriate to seasons and upcoming events such as athletics or interschool

sports.

The specialists have a blog which includes: • Photos and videos of each unit to keep you

informed about what your student is learning within the P.E. Program

• Resources to help extend at hope • Incursions

• Competitions (years 3-6)

Every year level is involved in Huff and Puff to develop fitness, improve health and wellbeing and

to promote active living. This year students are completing the following

units:

Prep, One, Two Three, Four Five, Six

Walking School Bus Walking School Bus Human Powered Vehicle RACV EB

Skipping Club Term 3 District Swimming Walking School Bus

Dance Club Term 2 District Athletics Interschool Sports

District Cross Country District Swimming

SSV Sport nominations District Athletics

Swimming Club District Cross Country

SSV Sport nominations

Girls Basketball Tournament

Girls/Boys Soccer Tournament

Girls/Boys Sofcrosse Tournament

Swimming Club

Spike Ball Club (NEW) TERM 2

Bike ED (grade 5)

Extra opportunities out of the classroom

2017 Grade THREE

Music Program

MUSIC UNITS OF INQUIRY

Communication Considering the purpose of music can lead to a more

meaningful performance

Natural / Technical To create and perform music, we must be aware of

conventions and elements

Culture Music can be classified into different genres

Imagination To create musical pieces, people need to be creative and

innovative

SKILLS AND

CONCEPTUAL

UNDERSTANDINGS

Voice

Instrument: Ukulele

Explore and Express Ideas

Musical Practices

Present and Perform

Respond and Interpret

EXTRA CURRICULAR

/ CLUBS

Ukulele Club – Monday lunch

Singing Club – Tuesday lunch

Recorder Ensemble (auditioned group) – Wednesday afterschool

Art Program - developed based on the Victorian Curriculum and PYP Framework

Art Clubs - purpose of the clubs is to give students the opportunity to explore their creativity in a relaxed environment. Some students may choose to use Art Club to finish off work.

Art Show Term 4 – This year we have a whole school Art Show held in term 4. Every student in the school will have a piece of artwork exhibited. More information about the Art Show will be released closer to the date.

Art Journals - Each student has an Art Journal. This needs to be brought to every Art lesson. Students can take their Art Journals home to draw in, practise their skills and finish off work.

Art Blog - http://kororoitcreekart.global2.vic.edu.au/ Student work is featured periodically on the Art Blog. In addition to this the Art Blog features helpful videos and images for students to further their learning. To access the blog visit the Kororoit Creek website/parents/specialists blogs

Art Program - developed based on the Victorian Curriculum and PYP Framework

Art Clubs - purpose of the clubs is to give students the opportunity to explore their creativity in a relaxed environment. Some students may choose to use Art Club to finish off work.

Art Show Term 4 – This year we have a whole school Art Show held in term 4. Every student in the school will have a piece of artwork exhibited. More information about the Art Show will be released closer to the date.

Art Journals - Each student has an Art Journal. This needs to be brought to every Art lesson. Students can take their Art Journals home to draw in, practise their skills and finish off work.

Art Blog - http://kororoitcreekart.global2.vic.edu.au/ Student work is featured periodically on the Art Blog. In addition to this the Art Blog features helpful videos and images for students to further their learning. To access the blog visit the Kororoit Creek website/parents/specialists blogs

Students in all levels will explore a range of mediums throughout the year including;

Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Construction, Collage, Mixed Media and Textiles.

Grade 3 & 4 students will explore ideas and artworks from different cultures and times as inspiration to create visual artworks. They identify and discuss how ideas are expressed in artworks from a range of places and times.

2017 Grade Three French Program French Units of Inquiry

Term One: Term Two: Term Three: Term Four:

Families around the world are similar yet different

Language can be used to achieve a purpose

The performing arts involve different forms of expression

Children around the world have shared and varied experiences

Link with Homeroom POI

Learning French

• Cultural awareness – About France and other cultures in the world

• Vocabulary Development – similarities and differences in the languages

• Conversations with a focus on pronunciation

Thank you!

Question Time