Connect: Year 4

Important Dates - Year 4

Skye PS, Athletics Day - Friday 21st August
Book Week Parade - Thursday 27th August
Father's Day Stall - Wednesday 2nd September
Father's Day Afternoon - Thursday 3rd September

What's happening in our classroom?

Literacy

In Literacy, Year 4 students have been enjoying our class novel Uncle Xbox, discussing key themes, characters and ideas from the text. Students have been developing their writing by expanding sentences to make them more descriptive, using interesting verbs and adverbs to add detail and interest.

In our writing unit, students are learning how to write a factual recount about the colonisation of Australia and its impact on First Nations Australians, using factual information and appropriate language to communicate their ideas clearly.

Numeracy

Over the coming weeks students will be learning about Fractions. This will involve identifying equivalent fractions for halves, quarters and eighths. Students will show equivalent fractions using number lines, a bar model and shapes. They will practice locating fractions on a number line and any equivalent fractions.

As part of our maths learning students will be exploring the topic of location. This will involve students learning about the features of a map such as a legend, scale and orientation (North, South, East and West). Students will have the chance to create their own island map, locate specifics on the map using a grid reference system and include features such as a legend, scale and title.

Inquiry

As part of our Inquiry learning students will exploring a new unit titled 'Motion'.

In this unit, students will explore how forces affect the motion of objects, including how speed and direction can change. They will investigate the positive and negative effects of friction and gravity in everyday situations and explore how force arrows can show the direction and strength of a force. Students will also investigate how different surfaces affect motion and examined shoe-sole designs to identify patterns that help increase or decrease friction for different purposes.

Well-being

This term students will be working on the following topics in our Wellbeing learning: