Who can invent? This term we will be focusing on inventions.

T h i s t e r m S t a g e 2 students will explore the world of inventions. Students will discover some famous Australian inventions while also looking at inventions that have helped to make our lives easier. D u r i n g t h e t e r m students will also look at technology and how it has expanded at an e x p l o s i v e p a c e . Children will consider the types of problems they might face in their lifetime and how they might solve them.  

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3/4JB Class Newsletter Term 3 2019

29 JULY 2019

WHEN CAN YOU SEE MR BELL? Tuesdays 3.15 - 4

Thursday 3.15 - 4

Late in term 3 students will spend

the night in our library.

OBSTACOOL!!Week 9

Can’t wait!! Hope to see you there.

Maths tips - At a glance • Talk positively about maths so your child

also values it. • Play games with your child, which involve

adding dice or numbers, to show them that maths matters.

• Ask your child how they work out maths problems; it helps build their knowledge and boosts their confidence.

• Point out maths in everyday life with your child whenever you can.

Talk with your child about maths in your everyday life. We go about our everyday lives totally unaware of the maths we're using for so many tasks. Talking to children about how maths is important in their everyday life makes it relevant and real. Some ideas are:

• cooking in the kitchen (measurement) • operating a microwave oven (numbers and

counting backwards) Ask your child to tell you the number of dots on a die each time they throw one during a board game. Eventually they will be able to do this without having to count them. These kinds of activities form the basis of working out number problems in their head.

An example of one of our texts this term and related questions…

WHAT IS AN INVENTION? CAN YOU NAME ONE OF THE INVENTIONS YOU SAW AND EXPLAIN ITS USE? WHY DO PEOPLE INVENT THINGS? WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION FROM THOSE YOU SAW?

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WE CAN DO IT This term we will have an opportunity to explore how our bodies can move with gymnastics. We will problem solve with STEM and robotics. Pottery and recorder will enable us to get creative!

In robotics we get to explore the world of technology using the Dash and Dot robots. From coding to design thinking, we will answer real world problems and discover how technology can be used in a wide range of innovative ways.