Years 3/4 team updates

Learning Area

Big ideas and Inquiry Questions

Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards

Science

Physical Sciences

What is a force?

How are forces evident in the world around us?

What is a contact force?

What is a non-contact force?

How can forces be used?

Year 3

• Identifies   sources of heat energy and examples of heat transfer and explains changes in   the temperature of objects
• Identifies   solutions that use scientific explanations
• Uses   familiar classroom instruments to make measurements

Year 4

• Identifies   forces acting on objects and describes their effect
• Identifies   solutions based on scientific explanations and describes the needs these meet
• Uses   simple procedures to make accurate formal measurements

English

Reading and Writing

Speaking, Listening and Viewing

Spelling and Word Consciousness

What is an informativetext?

What structures and language features are found in informativetexts?

Year 3

• Interacts   with others, and listens to and creates spoken and multimodal texts
• Groups,   logically sequences and links ideas
• Identifies   literal meaning and explains inferred meaning
• Creates   written texts to inform, narrate, explain or argue for audiences, relating   ideas including relevant details from learnt topics, topics of interest or   texts
• Spells   multisyllabic words using phonic and morphemic knowledge

Year 4

• Interacts   with others, and listens to and creates spoken and multimodal texts
• Uses   text structures to organise and link ideas
• Describes the   characteristic features of different text structures
• Creates texts for   purposes and audiences, where they develop ideas using details from learnt   topics, topics of interest or texts
• Spells words including   multisyllabic and multimorphemic words with irregular spelling patterns,   using phonic, morphemic and grammatical knowledge

Maths

What does it mean to be numerate?

How can I explain processes and thinking when I am solving problems?

Where do mathematical concepts apply in the real world?

What are the four operations and what strategies can I use to understand them?

Year 3

• Finds   unknown values in number sentences involving addition and subtraction
• Solves   practical problems involving single-digit multiplication and division,   recalling multiplication facts for twos, threes, fours, fives and tens
• Identifies   angles as measures of turn and compares them to right angles
• Uses   familiar metric units when estimating, comparing and measuring the attributes   of objects and events

Year 4

• Finds   unknown values in equations involving addition and subtraction
• Creates   algorithms that generate sets of numbers and identifies patterns
• Compares   angles relative to a right-angle using angle names
• Uses   scaled instruments and appropriate units to measure length, mass, capacity   and temperature

Technology

Years 3 and 4

• Selects   design ideas against design criteria
• Securely   accesses and uses digital systems and their peripherals for a range of   purposes, including transmitting data
• Communicates   ideas using models and drawings including annotations and symbols
• Plans   and sequences steps and uses technologies and techniques to safely produce   designed solutions

Health

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Physical Education

How can I move and look after my body?

How can I manage my emotions in a healthy way?

How can I participate fairly in games?

Years 3 and 4

• Applies   fundamental movement skills and demonstrates movement concepts across a range   of situations
• Describes   the influences that inclusion and stereotypes have on choices and actions
• Describes   and applies protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies to keep   themselves and others safe online and offline
• Interprets   health information to apply strategies to enhance their own and others’   health, safety, relationships and wellbeing

The Arts

Inquiring into the ways Art is created across culture, time and place.

How can I experiment with a range of visual arts conventions, processes and materials?

Years 3 and 4

• Uses   arts knowledge and skills to create arts works in a range of forms that   communicate ideas, perspectives and meaning
• Presents   and performs their work in informal settings

Indonesian

Language and Culture

How can I use Indonesian to share information related to my classroom and personal world?

Years 3 and 4

• Locate   and respond to key items of information in texts using strategies to help   interpret and convey meaning in familiar contexts.
• Identify   patterns and make comparisons between Indonesian and English.
• Recognise   that some terms have cultural meanings.