Year 3: lessons open to try
The first lesson of each learning area is open to try, in full, with no account. Sit beside your learner for one and see how ParkSyde teaches: a worked example first, then practice with help, a quick check, and their own task to finish.
English · about 45 minutes
How Good Conversations Work
From the unit Book Talk: Taking Turns and Sharing Favourites
We are learning to take turns in a conversation, and to notice how the way we take turns changes between a relaxed family chat and a more formal group discussion.
Start this lesson →Mathematics · about 55 minutes
Building Big Numbers
From the unit Place Value Powers: Numbers to 10,000 and Beyond
We are learning to read, say and build four-digit numbers, and to read and write numbers beyond 10,000, using place value.
Start this lesson →Science · about 55 minutes
Is It Alive? Sorting the Backyard
From the unit Alive, Once Alive or Never Alive
We are learning to sort things into living, once living and never living, using the characteristics that living things share.
Start this lesson →Humanities and Social Sciences · about 55 minutes
What Was Your Street Before It Was Your Street?
From the unit My Community, Our Stories
We are learning to ask history questions and read sources like old photos to discover how our community has changed over time.
Start this lesson →Health and Physical Education · about 50 minutes
The Champion's Secret: Practice Loops
From the unit Backyard Champions: Practise, Play Fair, Feel Great
We are learning to improve the overarm throw, catching and striking using practice loops with self-checking cues.
Start this lesson →The Arts · about 55 minutes
Your Place, On Paper
From the unit My Place, Five Ways
We are learning to plan and create an artwork of a place we love, using composition — deciding what goes in front, in the middle and behind.
Start this lesson →Technologies · about 60 minutes
Food or Fibre?
From the unit From Paddock to Pantry: How Food and Fibre Are Produced
We are learning to name the plant or animal that food and fibre started as, and to tell food from fibre.
Start this lesson →Languages · about 60 minutes
Five Sounds and a Konnichiwa
From the unit Konnichiwa! First Steps in Japanese
We are learning to say Japanese greetings accurately by mastering the five Japanese vowel sounds and Japanese's even, equal-beat rhythm.
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When you want the rest of Year 3
Every other lesson in Year 3, and the learning record for your registration, come with a plan. A family's first plan starts with a week to try it, and nothing is charged until day 8.