2015-2016 Y3 Unit 1 Wwa Curriculum Overview

AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Leading to a Bright Future
Year 3 Curriculum Overview

Unit of Inquiry 1
WHO WE ARE: An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual
health; human relationships including families, friends, communities and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means
to be human
Central Idea
Relationships are enhanced by learning about other peoples perspectives and understanding our own.
Concepts
Form, Perspective, Reflection
Related concepts
Communication, Open Mindedness, Empathy
Lines of Inquiry
Social interactions (form)
Understanding your own perspective (perspective)
Acknowledging other perspectives (perspective)
Managing and resolving conflict (reflection)
Language
Phonics, Spelling and Vocabulary
Use effective strategies to tackle blending unfamiliar words to read, including sounding out, separating into
syllables, using analogy, identifying known suffixes and prefixes, using context.
Grammar and Punctuation
Collect examples of nouns, verbs and adjectives, and use the terms appropriately.
Maintain accurate use of capital letters and full stops in showing sentences.
Continue to improve consistency in the use of tenses.
Ensure grammatical agreement of pronouns and verbs in using standard English.
Reading
Read aloud with expression to engage the listener.

Understand and use the terms fact, fiction and non-fiction.
Answer questions with some reference to single points in a text.
Locate books by classification.
Writing
Write first-person accounts and descriptions based on observation.

Ensure consistency in the size and proportion of letters and the spacing of words.
Speaking and Listening
Listen and respond appropriately to others views and opinions.

Develop sensitivity to ways that others express meaning in their talk and non-verbal communication
Maths
Number
Numbers & The Number System

Recite numbers 100 to 200 and beyond
Read and write numbers to at least 1000
Count on and back in ones, tens and hundreds from two- and three-digit numbers
Count on and back in steps of 2, 3, 4 and 5 to at least 50
Calculation
Know addition and subtraction facts for all numbers to 20
Know the following addition and subtraction facts:
- multiples of 100 with a total of 1000
- multiples of 5 with a total of 100
Add several small numbers
Handling data
Organising, categorising and representing data

Answer a real-life question by collecting, organising and interpreting data, e.g. investigating the population of
mini-beasts in different environments
Use tally charts, frequency tables, pictograms (symbol representing one or two units) and bar charts (intervals
labelled in ones or twos)
Use Venn or Carroll diagrams to sort data and objects using two criteria
Using understanding and strategies in solving problems

Use ordered lists and tables to help to solve problems systematically
Describe and continue patterns which count on or back in steps of 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, or 100
Identify simple relationships between numbers, e.g. each number is three more than the number before it
Vietnamese National Curriculum (VNC)

Topic: Students, Friends and School
In unit 1, year 3 VNC will be focused on the 3 topics:
Em l hc sinh- I am a student/ Bn b-friends/
Trng hc- school . Through these, students will
have chances to learn new vocabulary, new
grammatical points, how to write a paragraph, as well
as, review their phonics.
Vietnamese Language and Culture (VLC)

*Language forcus: SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
(Collaborate)
Year 3 VLC will collaborate with home room classes to
inquire into the central idea for this term. During VLC
lessons, the students will focus on two lines of inquiry
Social interaction and Acknowledging other perspective.
They will learn how to greet people probably according to
their age and gender ( anh,ch ,em, c, ch, ng, b, ba,
m).
Physical Education
During the first unit of inquiry, students in Physical
Education will be involved in Adventure Based
Learning with a focus on the learner profile and
leadership. Students will be actively engaged in a
range of activities that will encourage them to get to
know each other, develop confidence and their ability
to work together, as well as improve gross motor skills
associated with a range of games.
Year 3 will also explore the cultural differences between

Vietnamese and Western in term of greeting and learn a
Vietnamese children song called Li cho bui sng
*Culture forcus: MOON FESTIVAL
-Moon Festival focus on common activities and lantern
decoration.
Music
Chinese (Mandarin)
School uniform
-Daily school wearing and colours.

-Describe what one wears
-Talk about ones likes/dislikes about colour and
clothes
-Read and write key words and sentences in
characters radicals
Tracey Smith
Deputy Principal Primary
Year 3 students will be introduced to tuned percussion

instruments (glockenspiels and xylophones) focusing on the
musical elements of pitch (high and low) and duration (long
and short). Students will also prepare songs and dances to
perform at the Moon Festival on 25 September.
Ben Mansell
Year 3 TD Campus
Kellie Packer
Year 3 TT Campus
Alex Andrews
Year 3 TD Campus
Naomi Stewart
Year 3 TT Campus

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AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Leading to a Bright Future

Year 3 Curriculum Overview

Social interactions (form)

Understanding your own perspective (perspective)

Acknowledging other perspectives (perspective)

Managing and resolving conflict (reflection)

Phonics, Spelling and Vocabulary

Grammar and Punctuation

Read aloud with expression to engage the listener.

Write first-person accounts and descriptions based on observation.

Speaking and Listening

Listen and respond appropriately to others views and opinions.

Numbers & The Number System

Organising, categorising and representing data

Using understanding and strategies in solving problems

Vietnamese National Curriculum (VNC)

Vietnamese Language and Culture (VLC)

Year 3 will also explore the cultural differences between

-Daily school wearing and colours.

Year 3 students will be introduced to tuned percussion

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