UPDATE! 3TH Chapel
3TH is excited to be presenting chapel during Week 6 on Friday 24th of May at 8.40am in the RGC. We cannot wait to share this special moment with our parents and special friends.

UPDATE! Premier's Reading Competition

This year the Learning Centre is promoting the Premier’s Reading Challenge with the Year 4 – 6 students in their library classes. The challenge runs from May 13 to September 7.

Students in Prep to Year 3 who wish to participate are welcome to enter and they will need to have their parents register them individually through the website.

Here is the link: Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Please see Mrs Sharp in the Learning Centre if you require further information.

We're Famous!
Check out this newspaper article in the Noosa News about our excursion to Peregian Beach Park.
http://www.noosanews.com.au/news/kid-power-aims-to-save-the-dunes/1817493/

UPDATE! Dates to Remember

10 May Mother's Day Chapel

22 May U8's Day Celebrations

25 May SAAC School Fair

10 June Queen's Birthday Public Holiday

14 June Nambour Show Day Holiday

19 June P-3 Athletics Carnival

21 June Foundation Day, Diamond Dash and last day of Term 2

Parent Helpers
Parent helpers are always welcome in 3TH. The following times are when we have Literacy Groups or simply come in and help out any time during the day because the students love having parents in the classroom helping.

Monday: 8.40am onwards
Tuesday: 8.40am onwards
Wednesday: 8.40am onwards
Thursday: 9.20am onwards
Friday: 9.20am onwards

UPDATE! Year Three Curriculum Overview
For the Year Three, 2013 Curriculum Parent Guide, please click here. For St Andrew's Primary School curriculum, teaching and learning questions, please contact Sue Bambling at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

SOSE: Coastal Living
Living on the Sunshine Coast presents opportunities for an ideal lifestyle. As an essential part to this lifestyle we are responsible for conserving the coast’s natural beauty. This unit will compare the relationship people on the Sunshine Coast have with their local natural environment to others. Each student will investigate thoroughly how the coast has changed over time and what different levels of government are doing to ensure that it can be enjoyed for future generations. The role surf lifesavers and lifeguards play in keeping our coast safe will also be examined by each student.

Science: Feather, Fur or Leaves?
What is that? Is it alive? Is it similar to other things I know? Humans have always sought to make sense of the world around them by grouping things they see, for example as edible, threatening or useful. Scientists develop classification systems to try to understand the diversity of life and how species are related throughout history. As more and more species disappear from the face of the Earth, we are caught up in a race to discover what we never knew we had. The Feathers, fur or leaves? unit provides opportunities for students to explore features of living things, and ways they can be grouped together. Through hands-on activities, students explore how living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things. They use this knowledge to investigate the animal groups in the leaf litter of their own school grounds.

Student Homework Diaries
Could I please encourage all parents to check and sign their child's diary on a regular basis. This diary is a means of communication between home and school. The students also update their diary quite regularly and checking these entries will keep you updated on important dates and information. Thank you for your assistance with this matter.

I think this photo of Jack sums up what camp was like...FUN!
We arrived at the APEX Mudjimba camp and checked out the top-notch facilities, then, we were taken to our activities. Team building games, a very muddy obstacle course, sand castle competition, beach awareness and body boarding were to follow.
It’s fair to say we were on the go the whole time.
At night, after our tasty dinner, we settled down to watch a movie before bedtime. We woke to the sounds of kookaburras in the morning, after most campers had a good night’s sleep. More activities were in store for us on Friday, then it was back on the bus to see lots of anxious parents waiting patiently.

Patience, courage, team work were all characteristics students displayed during camp. Well done 3TH.

Monday- Day Uniform

Assembly at 11.05pm (parents welcome)

Religious Education

Music
Chess

Wednesday - Red Sports Uniform

P – 3 Afternoon Sport
Library (remember to bring in your borrowed books)

Thursday - Day Uniform

Chinese
Art (even weeks only)
Super Important... Homework due!

Friday- House Uniform

Chapel

PE
New Homework handed out (for the following week)