Year 3
Overview
The Year 3 learning program begins with a one-week Launch Pad Orientation Module. This module introduces students to learning with VSV.
Following Launch Pad, students begin a sequential series of modules in all areas of the curriculum.
English, Health and PE, Humanities and Arts and Science/Design/Technology are all delivered fully online. Mathematics is currently available in hardcopy and can also be accessed online.
All students enrolled in Year 3 require reliable internet to access their subjects and a laptop computer to participate effectively during online classes.
The Year 3 learning program is based on the Department of Education F-10 Victorian Curriculum. It is flexible and can be adapted to individual needs.
As your child’s supervisor, you are responsible for guiding and supporting your child’s learning through VSV Online.
English
The English learning program focuses on developing literacy, language and thinking skills.
Learning activities include constructing and deconstructing different text types. Throughout the four-week modules, increasingly complex punctuation and sentence structures are developed.
Students utilise prior knowledge to practise and extend what they have learnt to consolidate both ‘learning to read and write’ and ‘reading and writing to learn’.
Mathematics
The Year 3 Mathematics learning program emphasises the purpose of mathematics and how it is relevant to daily life.
Students undertake activities to construct and develop key understandings in number, algebra, measurement, geometry, statistics and probability. The activities enable students to engage with their learning through questioning, investigating, reasoning and problem-solving.
Each two-week module contains related explanations, learning tasks, assessments and reflections.
As part of VSV enrolment, all students have free access to Mathletics to supplement the Year 3 Mathematics program.
Humanities and Arts
Humanities and Arts uses an integrated curriculum inquiry-based approach to learning. Humanities includes Civics and Citizenship, History and Geography. Arts includes Visual Arts, Media Arts, Dance, Drama and Music. The Humanities and Arts modules support students to investigate, extend, create, perform and demonstrate the outcomes for these subjects.
Science, Design and Technologies
The Science, Design and Technology program focuses on developing scientific language, concepts and processes. This includes practices used to develop scientific knowledge, the contribution of science to society and its applications in our daily lives. The course aims to build scientific skills to investigate, design, experiment, record and communicate solutions and understandings in visual and digital formats.
Health and Physical Education
The Health and Physical Education modules are designed to guide and develop healthy lifestyle choices. Different approaches are used to create awareness of, and engagement in, making positive lifestyle choices.
Requirements
To enrol in the Year 3 course, you need:
- regular and reliable internet access
- a computer or laptop (tablets and iPads are not recommended due to limited functionality)
- a printer
- a scanner or scanner app
- to have regular communication with your child’s teacher
- to supervise and support your child’s learning.