Boondall State School Year 3 at a Glance 2018
Semester One / Semester Two
Term One / Term Two / Term Three / Term Four
English
7 hrs/wk / Unit 1:
Analysing and creating persuasive texts
Unit 2:
Investigating characters in a novel / Unit 3:
Exploring character and setting in texts / Unit 4:
Examining stories from different perspectives
Unit 5:
Examining imaginative texts / Unit 6:
Reading, writing and performing poetry
Maths
5hrs/wk / Unit 1:
  • Representing, adding and subtracting numbers
  • Conducting a simple chance experiment
  • Investigating and measuring length
/ Unit 2:
  • Adding, subtracting and partitioning numbers
  • Investigating positions on maps
/ Unit 3:
  • represent money values in various ways and correctly count change
  • Measuring length, mass and capacity using metric units
  • Patterning and connecting addition and subtraction
  • Investigating the relationship between units of time
  • Representing multiplication
  • Telling time to the nearest minute
/ Unit 4:
  • Using unit fractions and multiplication
  • Interpreting grid maps, and identifying symmetry, three-dimensional objects and angles
  • Investigating change

Science
1¾ hr/wk / Unit 1: Is it Living?
Students learn about grouping living things based on observable features and that living things can be distinguished from non-living things / Unit 2: Spinning Earth
Students use their understanding of the movement of Earth to suggest explanations for everyday observations such as day and night, sunrise and sunset and shadows. / Unit 3: Hot Stuff
Students investigate how heat energy is produced and the behaviour of heat when it transfers from one object or area to another. / Unit 4: What’s the Matter?
Students understand how a change of state between solid and liquid can be caused by adding or removing heat.
HASS
1 ½ hr/wk / Unit 1: Our unique communities
To investigate the significance of Anzac Day commemorations for different groups, how and why people participate and contribute to the community and aspects that have changed and remained the same over time. / Unit 2: Exploring places near and far
To identify, describe and interpret data about Australian places and explain the importance of making decisions democratically, the role of rules in the community and action in response to an issue
The Arts
2 terms only 1 hr/wk / Visual Art - Unit 3: Patterns in the playground
collaborate to plan and make artworks that are inspired by artworks they experience / Media - Unit 2: Poetry in motion
students create a character animation to deliver an audio recording of a short, humorous poem.
Music
½ hr/wk
Dance/Drama
1 hr/wk / 2 terms only
PE
½ hr/wk
Health
1 hr/wk / Unit 1: Good friends
Students investigate how emotional responses vary and understand how being a good friend helps them to interact positively with others in a variety of situations. / Unit 2: Feeling Safe
Students explore risk taking behaviours, their rights and responsibilities and decision making strategies. / Unit 3: Healthy futures
Students explore the concept of sustainable practice and the ways that they can contribute to the sustainability of the environment in their home, classroom and school. / Unit 4: I am healthy and active
Students investigate the concepts of physical activity and sedentary behaviours.
Technologies
2 terms only 1 hr/wk
LOTE
½ hr/wk