YEAR 3 NEWSLETTER – TERM 1, WEEK 10B
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all the Year 3 girls and their families a safe and happy Easter.
Thank you for all your assistance and support this Term and we are looking forward to seeing everyone after
the break!
Cross Country
The Cross Country will be held next Wednesday beginning at approximately 9am. The girls will be required
to come to School in their full dress uniform and they will then change into their PE uniform, before going to
Owen Park. The Cross Country will finish around 11.30am. The girls will then need to change back into the
School uniform for the Easter Service, which will be held in the MPC at 1.30pm. Parents are warmly invited
to attend both the Cross Country and the Easter Service.
Drama
The girls have been researching South East Asian animals and then acting out interviews by playing the roles
of the animal and the interviewer. The girls have been thoroughly enjoying these lessons.
Year 3 PE Week 10
Congratulations to all girls on a fantastic effort in swimming. They have all worked really hard and learnt so
much. We have now finished swimming so the girls will no longer be required to bring their swimming gear.
Next week the girls will be required to bring their PE sports uniform. This includes: PE shirt and PE shorts,
hat, sunscreen, runners and a filled water bottle. All these items need to be clearly named. Miss Thomas
Telephone (+61 7) 5532 4922 Facsimile (+61 7) 5591 5352 Email [email protected]
52 High Street, Southport. Correspondence to: PO Box 290 Southport 4215 Queensland Australia
ABN 244 590 308 32 St Hilda’s School Registered CRICOS Provider No. 00510M
www.sthildas.qld.edu.au
Anglican Church of Australia
Naplan
A fortnight ago, a Parent Information Session was held to help parents understand NAPLAN more clearly.
This year the girls in Years 3 and 5 will sit these tests on 12–14 May. NAPLAN is a skills-based assessment
and as such, it is not a test for which the students can revise. The results will be available to the school and
parents sometime during Term 3 and will provide an indication of where your daughter is placed
academically compared with other Year 3 students within the School, the State and across the country.
We prepare the girls for these tests through our broad, balanced and rich curriculum experiences that we
provide throughout the Junior School. NAPLAN gives a snapshot in time of your daughter’s progress and
the data adds to the information which the classroom teacher uses to ensure that her classroom experiences
are matched to her ability with appropriate levels of support and enrichment.
In the next few weeks we will also be familiarising the students with the format of the tests, the protocols
which have to be observed and the different ways in which the questions can be answered.
There are many resources available on the Internet and also in bookshops, but we do not recommend that
students work through these booklets, as this can increase anxiety levels, which in turn affects the child’s
ability to perform as they would normally do. We do, however, recommend that you display a positive
attitude to the tests, maintain regular routines in the lead up to and during the weeks of assessments and that
your daughter has a nutritious breakfast each morning.
To assist you in supporting your daughter generally with Literacy and Numeracy and more specifically with
NAPLAN, an iTunes U course has been developed with many resources which you may find useful. This
course can be accessed on an iPad or iPhone using the following QR codes to download the app and then the
course:
App:
iTunes U course:
Homework
Homework has finished for the Term. Why not spend some time with your daughter doing practical tasks
during your holiday together? Some examples that could assist your daughter in Maths lessons are as simple
as:Time
Telling the time, reading calendars, reading bus/train/plane schedules (especially 24 hour time for
extension!) Ask the girls to show you Stop the Clock app on your iPads!
Money
Adding up notes and coins, working out change from notes after purchasing items, planning holidays
together online and adding up the cost of the journey, even doing the online shopping together and
estimating how much you many have spent!
Measurement
Measuring rooms of the house (length and width), cooking and weighing items on scales in the kitchen (g
and kg) and even sewing. (cutting and measuring ribbon or material in m and cm). Measuring the capacity
of items found at home using litres and millilitres. Ask the girls to jump onto this Padlet and add their
answers from their investigations around the house. http://padlet.com/kfitzgerald9/Litre
Times tables
Practicing their 2’s (doubles), 3’s, 5’s and 10’s. There is an icon for times tables on the Mathletics
homescreen. http://www.mathletics.com.au/
Reading
Read together, read alone, read different genres over the holidays! Visit the library together! Our local
Council Libraries are amazing! https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/library/default.html
Take photos of yourself reading over the holidays and share them.
Writing
Write poems, stories, letters to friends and family. Make sure you start with a sizzling start and include lots
of details to tighten tension. Remember to use paragraphs and punctuation!
Computer Skills
Practice online touch typing! Can you type without looking at the keys? http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr
Humanities
We are going to be looking closely at South East Asian countries next Term. Over the holidays you could
research some countries and put the information on the following Padlet to share with all the other girls.
You might like to find out the capital city of a South East Asian country or the currency they use, their
population or anything that you find interesting.
http://padlet.com/nlee2/southeastasia
Awards
3F
3F
3F
3F
3L
3L
3L
3L
3L
3L
3L
3R
3R
3R
3R
3R
3R
3R
Nicola
Sage
Eliza
Choley
Lily
Jade
Li-A
Mia
Ruby
Portia
Alize
Lucy
Aine
Chryssa
Amelie
Mary
Asharna
Se Eun
DeFazio
Gallagher
Goldschmied
Sun
Cathcart
Lambert
Peng
Perkins
Pullich
Whittingham
Yarwood
Choi
Corser
Dakin
Gault
Nash
Smith
Yang
AC
TR
GR
AC
TR
TR
GR
AC
AC
TR
TR
TR
GR
AC
AC
TR
AC
AC
Endeavour Award
Spirit Award
Spirit Award & Endeavour Award
Endeavour Award
Endeavour Award
Spirit Award
Endeavour Award
Endeavour Award
Endeavour Award
Spirit Award
Spirit Award
Endeavour Award
Spirit Award
Endeavour Award
Spirit Award
Spirit Award & Endeavour Award
Endeavour Award
Endeavour Award
Kindness Card Recipients
3F – Georgette Malandris
3R – Tahlia Stride
3L – Lily Cathcart
Thought for the week
“Use what talents you possess:
the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there,
except those that sang best.”
Henry Van Dyke