What’s Happening in Grade 3 in Term 3, 2026
In Literacy, students will be:
- developing their understanding of key spelling patterns and rules, including suffix changes (Silent Final E + suffix), vowel and consonant patterns (o = u like in love), and spelling choices such as ie vs ei to support accurate decoding and spelling.
- learning to recognise and use homophones across a range of word sets, building knowledge of word meanings and spelling differences to improve reading fluency, spelling accuracy, and vocabulary understanding.
- engaging in daily fluency reading to improve their expression, rate, accuracy and comprehension of texts.
- identify and use mental verbs (e.g. think, feel, believe) in sentences.
- expand sentences using adverbs of manner (how), place (where), and time (when).
- use -ing sentence starters to add detail and variety (e.g. Sighing, the boy walked away).
- extend simple sentences by answering who, what, when, where, why, and how.
- learn the difference between fiction and nonfiction texts.
- exploring features of information texts, including structure and purpose.
- developing note-taking skills by using note-taking symbols and abbreviations.
- writing an information text about Ancient Rome.
- learning how to plan and write introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions for information text writing.
- using coordinating conjunctions (and, but, so, or) to form compound sentences.
In Reading and Inquiry, students will be:
- listening and discussing non-fiction texts to build understanding through shared reading experiences.
- building their historical knowledge about Ancient Rome and the Vikings.
- answering literal, inferential, and evaluative questions to demonstrate their comprehension of texts.
- learning and using explicit, content-specific vocabulary related to the units studied.
- explore daily life in Ancient Rome and understand how Roman society was structured, including the roles of leaders, families, and citizens.
- investigating major Roman achievements in engineering, law, architecture, and government.
- understanding key historical figures and explain how and why the Roman Empire rose and eventually fell, including its lasting influence today.
- exploring Viking origins, daily life, beliefs, and social structure in their homelands.
- investigating how Vikings travelled, explored, traded, and settled across Europe using advanced seafaring skills.
- understanding the impact of Viking raids and settlements on other societies and how Viking culture continues to influence historical understanding today.
In Inquiry students will be:
In Inquiry this term, students will engage in lessons about cyber safety and cyberbullying. They will learn about how to stay safe online and how to recognise unsafe behaviours on online platforms. They will also investigate a geography unit ‘World Rivers’ where students will describe the natural characteristics of rivers and explain how they vary from their source to their mouth. They will investigate how rivers shape places and influence where people live and the activities they undertake. Students compare rivers in Australia and other parts of the world to identify similarities and differences in environmental and human characteristics of places.
In Mathematics, students will be::
learning to use multiplication and division symbols and understand what they mean.
building confidence with multiplication and division facts for numbers like 3, 4, 5 and 10.
exploring number patterns by following and creating simple step-by-step rules (algorithms).
learning to recognise and work with multiples of different numbers.
collecting and organise data, including creating surveys and using tables and graphs to show results.
using digital tools (like spreadsheets) to sort information and perform simple calculations.
learning about fractions, including halves, thirds, quarters, fifths and tenths, using shapes and groups.
practising combining fractions and understanding how parts make a whole.
developing strategies for adding and subtracting larger numbers, including checking answers using inverse operations.
exploring basic geometry concepts, such as recognising angles and identifying right angles
In Wellbeing, students will be:
Students will continue to engage in the Respectful Relationships program with a focus on SWPBS behaviour expectations, emotional literacy, and engagement norms. They will develop positive coping strategies, including recognising emotions, managing anger, practising friendship skills, and using mindfulness activities. Students will also build problem-solving skills by learning how to resolve conflicts, use the “wheel of choice,” and respond appropriately to real-life scenarios. In addition, they will explore stress management and help-seeking strategies to support wellbeing and knowing when and how to ask for help. This learning will be supported by a continued focus on our SWPBS expectations as outlined in the whole school matrix.