Grade 3 Newsletter  25/08/14 
Hi everyone,
We all had a great week during Book Week.
Everyone’s costumes were fantastic, thanks
for all your effort. Multi-age day was lots of
fun and it was great to be able to work with
other children from all areas of the school. It
was great to meet our visiting author, Kayleen
West, who brought her puppets along to
entertain the children. She read two of her
stories to the children and these books are
able to be purchased via the order form that
has already been sent home.
IMPORTANT DATES
4th September: Father’s Day Stall
17th,18th & 19th September: Somers Camp
HISTORY UNIT
The history project has been going really well
so far. Everyone is looking forward to
presenting their work in week 9. We will
endeavour to let all our parents know the
dates and times of our presentation as soon
as we know them ourselves.
GRADE 3 CAMP
On camp, students are expected to perform a
number of chores such as making their beds
every morning, tidying up after themselves,
preparing for meals, setting tables, scraping
their plates, stacking the dishwasher, wiping
the tables, showering themselves and
personal hygiene such as brushing their teeth
and doing their hair. In preparation for these
camp chores, where possible, we would like
students to be completing these tasks at
home.
SWIMMING
Swimming was such a great success last
week. It is so beneficial for the children to
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participate in swimming lessons so well done
all the children for giving their best effort and
showing wonderful behaviour. Swimming will
be on again this Tuesday, 26th August and
will continue each Tuesday until the end of
term 3. We will be travelling to Rosebud
Colchester Pool on the school’s mini-bus.
Parents are welcome to attend but will need
to find their own transport. Lessons will go for
half an hour. Please see the times below:
11:30am - Grade 3E
12:00noon – Grade 3F
12:30PM – Grade 3G
Students will need to bring their bathers (or
come to school already wearing their bathers
under their uniform), a towel, appropriate
clothes to wear after swimming and a plastic
bag for wet garments.
RYE PRIMARY RUNNING CLUB:
Rye Primary Running club is on every
Tuesday morning. We meet on the school
oval at 8:30am and run until 8:50am. It’s a
great way to get fit and have fun with your
friends while being in the chance to win some
great prizes. All parents are welcome to join
in on the fun!
RIDE TO SCHOOL:
As most of you know we run a Ride2School
program every Wednesday morning. We
meet on the corner of Turrana Street and
Melbourne Road (opposite Home Hardware)
in Rye. We leave at 8:15am sharp and enjoy
a leisurely ride along the bike track. We
would love to see our Grade 3 students join in
the fun!!
HOMEWORK THIS WEEK:
We would like students to read at least 4
nights this week and practise their spelling
words, as each Monday we will be having our
weekly spelling test. Don’t forget to complete
your times table worksheet as part of
homework.
Thank you. 
Kiah Fry, Sophia Grant & Jo Everitt
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9 TIMES TABLES
Term 3 Week 7: due 1/09/14
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Time taken ___________ Time taken ___________
Word Problem:
1) Miss Parker took 9
drummers, 9 guitar players
and 9 singers to band camp.
How many musicians went
on camp?
2) Morgan bought 9 Lego
figurines to give out as
prizes at his birthday
party. Each figurine cost
$6 each. How much money
did Morgan spend?
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Time taken ___________
Fun Activity: