YEAR 4

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School provides a range of holistic learning experiences to enable students to:

• Participate in the life and mission of the school.
• Deepen their knowledge and engagement with the Catholic faith and tradition.
• Build capacity to continuously reason, reflectively, logically and critically.
• Embrace interdependence of human existence as global citizens, who are responsible to and for themselves and others.
• Engage in learning in a multitude of ways, through personalised and self-paced learning.

Religious Education

Our first unit explores ‘Mary, Mother of God’, the students explore ways Mary listened and responded to God throughout her life. It highlights the importance of listening to and trusting in God. They will explore Marian prayers and feast days as ways in which the Church honours Mary, the Mother of God. The unit highlights St Mary of the  Cross MacKillop as a role model who listened and trusted God. 

In our second unit the ‘Law of Love’, students recall the purpose of rules in groups and communities. They will examine the Ten  Commandments, focusing on their purpose and principles for living in a relationship with God and each other. 

English

The Literature unit this term will be integrated with our History unit.  Students will explore the following texts ‘The Little Wooden Horse’ by  Mark Wilson, ‘Meet Captain Cook’ by Rae Murdie and the novel ‘The Goat Who Sailed the World’ by Jackie French. These texts will provide students with the opportunity to share prior knowledge respond and think critically about the theme of exploration. 

The students will develop their skills in persuasive writing through a  Stage 2 public speaking competition. They will be taught explicit skills in relation to grammar, punctuation, vocabulary and specific concepts about print.

Students will continue practising their reading strategies in Reading groups. They will also engage in the ‘Soundwaves’ spelling program, which is encouraged to be used at home. The students will be assessed on their words at the end of each Term. 

Mathematics

Flexible learning groups will continue this term for Mathematics.  Each lesson in Mathematics will involve problem solving skills and the students will have opportunities to explore LAUNCH Tasks, routine problems and consolidation of concepts. The activities are  differentiated in order to cater to the students’ needs and abilities.  This term we will focus on the topics of Multiplication and Division,  Mass, Chance, Position, Patterns and Algebra. The students are  encouraged to continue to revise their times tables up to 10 at  home. 

Science and Technology

This term the students will be participating in a range of STEM  activities to develop their knowledge of Forces and Motion. They will  design and make a variety of products that use the force of gravity,  air resistance, friction, magnetism, thrust and tension.

This term the students will be studying ‘First Contacts'. This History unit gives  students an insight into what it was like to explore the seas in the  early modern period. They will identify how the major discoveries  changed the world and the positive and negative effects of world  exploration. The students will examine the impact the arrival of  Captain Cook had on the Indigenous Australians. 

Mandarin

This term students in Kindergarten to Year 6 will continue to participate in the Chinese language program called the Meg Language Program. The Meg Curriculum is written by the co-author of the Australian Curriculum. All students and teachers will participate in the digital learning platform via Zoom weekly sessions.

Creative Arts

Students will be creating artworks based on the shortlisted Book  Week Texts and Aboriginal storytelling. The creative arts unit will further explore artworks created in the early years of Australian colonisation. 

Students will also be participating in Drama activities that will focus on growth mindset. The topic of resilience will be explored through character development and improvisation. 

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

In Term 3 students will learn and develop skills in relation to team sports including Basketball, Netball, Soccer and Oztag. Students will have the opportunity to work within a team environment by encouraging and positively supporting each other throughout the skill development and game sequences and movements. Rules and scoring systems will be respected and strengthen sportsmanship among each individual student and their team.

Homework 

Students in Year 4 are expected to complete 40 minutes of homework nightly. Twenty minutes is expected to be dedicated to reading. The homework grid will be shared through Google classes. 

We look forward to continuing to work with you and your child this term. If you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher via a note or by appointment through the office. 

Mr Michael Faber (4Blue)

Mrs Lisa Mann and Mrs Drazena Prsa (4Gold)

Mrs Alison Bofinger (4White)

Important Dates for Year 4

Sport Day

4 Blue -   Wednesday and Friday

4  Gold -  Monday and Friday

4 White - Thursday and Friday

 Library 

4 Blue -    Friday

4 Gold -    Friday 

4 White -  Friday

School Term - Monday, 18 July  2022 - Friday, 23 September 2022

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