Fantastic 4
Term 3 Week 8
Year 4 Newsletter
Welcome to Week 8 of Term 3!
Literacy: Our Year 4 students have been exploring the wonderful world of poetry through a range of engaging picture books. We have read Outside In to learn about personification, Listen to discover onomatopoeia, My Amazing Alphabet to investigate alliteration, and Owl Moon, where students explored imagery and how descriptive language helps readers create vivid mental pictures using their senses.
Students have also been developing their understanding of these poetic devices through our Poetry CAT (Common Assessment Task), where they demonstrated their ability to analyse poetry and identify the techniques poets use.
We are now reading and analysing The Little Wave by Pip Harry, our free verse novel. This week, we will finish exploring the text while continuing to develop our reading comprehension through discussion, questioning and written responses. Students will also examine how the author carefully uses word choice, structure and poetic language to communicate emotions, ideas and experiences.
As we move towards the end of our poetry unit, students will put everything they have learnt throughout the term into practice. They will plan, draft and edit their own original free verse poem, incorporating the poetic devices they have explored, including personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration and imagery. We are looking forward to seeing students draw on their learning and creativity to create their own unique pieces of poetry.
Phonics:
| Week | Morphology Focus | Example Words | |
| Week 1 | Latin Morphology – TRACT | attract, subtract, tractor | |
| Weeks 2–3 | Latin Morphology – FORM | transform, uniform, formation | |
| Weeks 4–5 | Greek Morphology – Numbers | bicycle, triangle, pentagon | |
| Weeks 6–7 | Latin Morphology – STRUE/STRUCT | construct, instruct, structure | |
| Weeks 8–10 | Latin Morphology – Numbers | ||
Maths: |
Weeks |
Mathematics Topic | |
| Weeks 1–2 | Multiplication and Division | ||
| Week 3 | Angles | ||
| Weeks 4–6 | Fractions | ||
| Week 7 | Location | ||
| Weeks 8–9 | Decimals | ||
| Week 10 | Consolidation and Revision |
Inquiry:
This term in Inquiry, our Year 4 students will be exploring the topic of Community. Through this unit, students will investigate what makes a community, the different groups and organisations that support our local area, and the important roles people play in helping communities thrive. They will also examine how people work together to meet the needs of community members and contribute to creating safe, inclusive and connected places. Throughout the term, students will develop their inquiry skills by asking questions, researching information, analysing different perspectives and sharing their findings. By the end of the unit, students will have a deeper understanding of their place within the community and the ways they can make a positive contribution as active and responsible citizens.
Extra Announcements:
- Please send any photos from home to your child's classroom teacher
- Homework due every Friday
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