Specialist Subjects

DigiTech - Cameron Taylor  

Students will develop their digital literacy skills through learning more about common digital tools, including PowerPoint and Canva. They will work learn about digital collaboration and using agreed protocols.

Art - Carmel Fitzgerald

During Term Four, the students will discuss how artists express ideas and use materials, techniques and visual conventions in artworks from a range of cultures.  They will evaluate the art making processes, through the materials and techniques they use to express their ideas.  They will explore the process of changing the shade of secondary colours. 

Music – Stacie Mason

This term, students will be focussing on using our bodies as instruments. Through learning songs such as Green Sally and Head and Shoulders Baby, as well as an introduction to Stepping, we will discover and practice keeping a rhythm with partners as well as in an ensemble. We will revisit tempo and dynamics and the students will get to improvise and perform their own body percussion routines.   

Science – Lisa Ryan

Students will explore different materials and their properties. They will investigate how materials such as metal, plastic, glass, wood and fabric differ in strength, flexibility, rigidity and absorbency. They will learn why certain materials are chosen for specific purposes and how their properties make them suitable for everyday use. 

Indonesian – Bu Jacqui 

The Grade Four students will be participating in a unit about Keluarga- Family. They will learn to identify and describe members of their own family as well as complete comprehension tasks to learn about families in Indonesia.

PE - Danielle Coates & Class Teachers

Our focus will be on striking and fielding games, with students having the opportunity to engage in rounders, softball, tee ball and cricket. They will be encouraged to continue developing skills such as resilience, persistence, leadership, inclusive practices, communication and problem-solving. 

We will conclude the year by revisiting fundamental movement skills and applying them in a range of sporting contexts.