Connect: Year 4

Important Dates - Year 4

• PTF Music Bingo (parents only) - Friday 31st July

• Prep 100 Days - Thursday 6th August 

• PTF Pizza Day - Tuesday 18th August

• Book Week Parade - Thursday 27th August

What's happening in our classroom?

Literacy

Over the next two weeks we will continue exploring the unit titled

 'First Nations Australia- Living on Country'. 

This unit will cover the following key understandings: 

• Students will explore the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander societies before 1788.
• They will investigate how First Nations Peoples lived, cared for Country/Place, and passed on knowledge.
• Students will examine sources such as oral histories, artefacts, maps, and rock art to learn about the past.
• They will use historical and geographical language to share their learning.

Numeracy

Over the next two weeks students will be exploring multiplication and division as part of our maths learning. This will include a focus on partitioning two-digit numbers into tens and ones and how to use an area model or vertical algorithm to solve multiplication problems.  

 We will also be spending time exploring angles as part of our maths learning. This will involve students learning how to name angles and classify them as acute, obtuse, right, straight and reflex. 

Inquiry 

As part of our Inquiry learning students will exploring a unit titled 'Climate and Weather'. 

This unit will cover the following key understandings: 

• Students will learn the difference between weather (short-term conditions) and climate (long-term patterns).
• They will use climate graphs to interpret temperature and rainfall data.
• Students will investigate how human activities, including deforestation, agriculture, urbanisation and pollution, can affect weather and climate.
• Students will examine how people have adapted and responded to changing climates throughout history.
• They will propose practical ways to reduce human impacts on the environment and promote a more sustainable future.

Well-being 

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

• Positive Coping Strategies

• Problem Solving

• Personal & Cultural Strengths 

Dojo Awards

Congratulations to the following students for receiving their 'Silver' certificate for reaching 150 Dojo points! 

4A: Eady Barker, Eris White-Basten, Gemma Clarke, Mason Whitty, Hailey Potter, Hudson Kolasa-Dyer, Logan Jennings, Marley Payne, Milly Peebles, Ollie Jaeggi & Sam Roth 

 

4B: Bailey Bodriagin, Joshua Hollis, Lillian Ashurst, Lily Stewart & Misty Burns

     4C: Eva Vella, Tyler D'Silva Fink, Ebony Fernando, Kaleb Lamont, Narah Luscombe & Reid Patton

Semester Two Specialist Program

4A

4B

4C

Celebration of Learning

Kitchen Garden

Our Year 4 students were very excited for their first Kitchen Garden session with Mrs Furlong last week. Students completed jobs in the garden and made some delicous food to share together! 

               Maths Learning

Below is some photos of our Year 4 students using MS number kits to model addition and multiplication problems. As part of this activity students were learning about the commutative property of numbers, that changing the order of the numbers in addition and multiplication will not alter the total or sum. 

Stomp! 

In preparation for our concert later this term, students have started weekly dance practice  to learn their song and dance moves. Year 4 classes will be paired up with a Year 3 buddy class to learn their moves and perform together. 

Can you Help with Kitchen Garden?

Please refer to Kitchen Garden section of the newsletter if you or someone you know can help with Kitchen Garden this term.