Year 4 Update

4A-Mr Turvey 4B-Ms Worrell 4C-Ms Floyd 4D-Ms Haworth 4E-Ms Dunstan

Upcoming Learning:

During the next fortnight, students will be undertaking learning in the following areas:

Subject	Learning Focus
Reading	To understand the structures of different styles of poetry.
Writing	To understand the structures of different styles of poetry.
Maths	To understand and answer number sentences.
Inquiry (Government)	To develop knowledge of Indigenous culture in Australia.
Social & Emotional Learning	To identify personal strengths.
Spelling	To be able to recognise base words and suffixes.

News and Reminders:

Technology - A reminder that all students are strongly encouraged to bring their own device from home each day to school. We expect the devices to be charged at home as we cannot do this at school. We will be continuing to provide learning activities accessible online for them to access during the day. We have a limited supply of school devices available so cannot guarantee the use of these during all learning tasks.
Premiers Reading Challenge has started, students can log their books at home with the login details provided. If you have any trouble accessing the website, please contact your child's classroom teacher. They can log the books they are reading each night in both their diaries and the Premiers Reading Challenge website.
Reminder about reading, this is an expectation for all students. We have seen a decline in home reading being logged in diaries and we want to encourage students to keep up these routines at home. Reading is an important way of developing language skills, enhancing creativity and exposing students to new words and ways to use language. Please remind your child/children to write down the book they are reading in their diaries.
Spelling - We encourage you to work with your child to read and spell the list being sent home and to discuss the spelling rule with your child.
Timetables- We are also encouraging students to practice their timetables at home. We will be sending home timetable worksheets and encouraging them to complete one column a day.
Mushroom Growing Project- We are also completing a mushroom growing project aimed at building inquiry and teamwork skills this term! The students are excited to watch these mushrooms grow and bring them home.
Camp- The grade fours had an incredible time on camp. They participated in activities like the flying fox, aero ball, team challenges, and archery! The teachers also enjoyed the wonderful time outside the classroom!
Mitch Tambo Incursion- We had Mitch Tambo who is an Aboriginal Indigenous singer and performer attend our school for an incursion with our 3's and 4's. He performed awesome songs, asked lots of questions and used the didgeridoo to make animal noises. What a great morning!
Footy day/MAD day- We also had a great day celebrating footy day and MAD day. The grade 4's loved dressing up in their teams and buying delicious treats from the grade 6 stalls.

Celebration of Learning:

Our Grade 4 students have been enjoying a range of hands-on challenges with their learning. We have grade 4 students participating in the Mitch Tambo incursion, year 4 camp and completing hands on learning in maths.