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!
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