Year 3 have hit the ground running this week, trying their best with their learning both in the classroom and outside of the classroom. As a class we have a yearning for learning and are loving every opportunity to dazzle Mrs Durnan and Mrs Zielger. 

In Maths we have been working on reviewing our Year 2 knowledge of place value up to 10,000 as well as addition, subtraction and even some time tables! We are looking forward to extending our knowledge this year and are ready for the challenge.

In English we have already started on our class novel ‘Matilda’ by Roald Dahl. Even though it is a well known story, we are using this as a springboard for our writing by learning more about narrative and grammatical features of texts. This term we are learning how to write a detailed narrative which will be a submission for the Mayor’s Writing Competition. This year’s theme is on ‘Friendship.’ 

In History with Mrs Ziegler we have started to explore the knowledge we already know about the history of Moruya and the South Coast. We are looking at building a timeline of key events of our area from now back through to pre white settlement.  

In Creative Art we have been exploring the use of oil pastels and blending. We are in the process of creating a self portrait. We are using both cool and warm colours to show the contrast between shapes in a way to highlight our favourite colours and represent ourselves. In Drama with Mrs Shannon we are exploring the use of voice and movement to represent emotions. We are all very excited to be able to show our dramatic side each week on the stage!

In Religious Education we have been pausing in our day with Christian meditation. We have been learning how it helps nurture a deeper spiritual connection, helping children feel closer to God and understand His love and guidance. We have also been learning how it also helps with our emotional regulation giving us time to pause, balance and reset. Talking to God in meditation helps us to manage our emotions better, promoting a balanced and healthy emotional state as well.

We have also been learning about the heroes of the Church as part of our unit on ‘Jesus as our Image’. We have learnt about the qualities of Jesus and how we use these to model ourselves and we see role models in our community. We discussed the difference between a physical image of Jesus and that people didn’t take photos that long ago, and what he may have looked like and how we can imagine to be like Jesus as a role model. We have read scriptural passages from Matthew explaining Jesus’ ministry and compared them to people in our Moruya community who also help others. We visited the Church to look at images of Jesus and where we can see and feel his presence and created our own stained glass windows to show where and how we see Jesus around us.

Mrs Carla Durnan
Teacher 3 Blue