Stage 3| Term 3|Curriculum Overview | 2017 | Teachers: Mrs. Louise O’Brien-Pounde, Mrs. Kate Roberts and Mr Michael Ford

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Dominican Unit: VERITAS

The emphasis in these modules is to give students opportunities to explore and develop an appreciation for St Dominic. These modules will begin to build a sense of spiritual connectedness that builds a living relationship with St Dominic and his Charisms.

Land, People and Spirit:
Deepening Connections
This explores Aboriginal spirituality and its connections with Catholic spirituality. In an Aboriginal way of being, everything is connected - land, people and spirit. Aboriginal people ‘learn to be’ largely within their relationship with the land through which they express themselves physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually.
Catholic spirituality also sees land and people as being sacred and as revelations of God in the world. There is therefore a beautiful connection between Aboriginal and Catholic spirituality’s, which may only be made with the intention of offering respect to Aboriginal beliefs and cultures / ENGLISH
Reading & Viewing
  • Reciprocal, modelled, shared and independent reading and comprehension.
Writing & Representing
  • Guided, modelled, shared, free and independent writing.
  • Spelling- theme words, core words, personal words and spelling rules
  • Grammar and Punctuation
  • Text types: Imaginative and Informative texts.
Speaking & Listening
  • Students will be given opportunities to participate in class discussions and oral presentations and will develop the skills of an effective listener.
/ MATHEMATICS

Number and Algebra
  • Multiplication & Division
  • Patterns & Algebra
Measurement and Geometry
  • Angles
  • Chance
  • Time
Problem Solving in all Units / GEOGRAPHY

Factors that Shape Places
Students investigate how people change the natural environment in Australia and other places around the world. They also explore how the environment influences the human characteristics of places. Students examine ways people influence the characteristics of places, including the management of spaces. Students explore the impact bushfires have on Australian people, places and environments and propose ways people can reduce the impact of bushfires in the future
CREATIVE AND PRACTICAL ARTS

Dance
Through sequenced bush dance activities students increase their understanding and accomplishment in dance andlearn to appreciate the meaning and values dance offers personally, culturally and as a form of communication. / WEEKLY
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
Scope it-Coding
All Stage 3- Monday
Library
with Mrs Neilson / Class Sport
(Sports Uniform)
All Stage 3- Wednesday
Music
with Mr Meagher / PE
with Mr De Villiers
(Sports Uniform)
All Stage 3-Friday
/ PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH

Keeping Safe Around Drugs
Students examine key factors that contribute to a balanced lifestyle and keeping safe and healthy. They examine the effects of drugs on the body and they identify behaviours that impact on wellbeing. Students assess the safety of situations in home, school environments and identify appropriate responses. They describe and practise a range of personal safety strategies that could be used in threatening or abusive situations. They take responsibility for personal decisions, recognising the effects that decisions have on self and others