Welcome to term 3, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. 

This term in Maths, the 3-6 class are looking at chance, probability and statistics. We will be looking at collecting data, by repeating chance events or observing everyday events; representing data, using different types of graphs; and interpreting data - writing up what the information tells us in sentence form.

Science has seen us looking at the topic of Earth Sciences with us starting off by studying rocks and minerals. We will soon be transitioning onto the water cycle and then looking at processes that change the Earth's surface, with the main focus being on natural disasters. 

In English, we will continue to work on punctuation and grammar. We will also focus on information report writing with the end goal having students write an informative piece on the country of Japan. We will be reading Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes in support of this topic. 

We are also focusing on reading fluency and comprehension with the aid of a new online program called Literacy Pro. This provides students with books aimed at their reading level along with comprehension activities to be completed after the book has been read.

In Health, we are starting the Child Protection Curriculum (CPC). This topic is taught in all schools all over South Australia and teaches students how to stay safe, strategies to help them in uncomfortable/dangerous situations, and how to recognise and report abuse. It is a delicate subject and if there are any concerns or questions about the topic, please do not hesitate to contact me at the school.

In HASS this term, we are looking at Civics and Citizenships. This started off with us looking at the three levels of Australian government and will move onto the differences between rules and laws and look at how laws are made in Australia. We will then focus on democracy and the other different types of government.