Welcome to term 3
Dear parents, Welcome to Term 3 ! This term we have a number of exciting events including… • School photos – Week 2 • Book Week Fancy Dress – Week 5 • Faction Sports Carnival – Week 7 • Spring Flower Pot Competition – Week 8 • Interschool Sports Carnival – Week 9 • Science and Maths Day – Week 9 More information regarding these events will be provided closer to their respective dates. In the classroom this term, we will be focussing on… Note: Hyperlinks lead to definitions and/or examples on reputable external websites. • Fluency and c omprehension in Reading , particularly students’ abilities to find and locate answers to literal questions and formulate answers to inferential questions. • Digraphs and blends in Spelling , as well as the ‘ Bossy E ’ (silent E) spelling rule. • Persuasive texts in Writing , as well as compound sentences , conjunctions , verb tenses and prepositions . • Addition and subtraction within 40, including simple w