Connect: Year 4
Important Dates
Tuesday 20th May, District Cross Country
Friday 23rd May, SRC Free Dress day
Tuesday 27th May, Maths Open Afternoon
Friday 6th June, Curriculum Day
What's happening in our classroom?
Literacy
Over the next two weeks students will continue their novel study of Leo and Ralph. We have started the planning stages of our narrative writing unit. Students are using our mentor text as inspiration for writing their own story by creating a main character who has an imaginary friend. The next steps in our writing will be to plan the tension, problem and solution for our characters.
In reading we have been practising our inferring skills by reflecting on different parts of the text to consider character emotions, make predictions and explain choices made by the author. All students have been engaged in the text and are excited to continue to read together and discover what happens next in our story.
Numeracy
Over the next two weeks students will be beginning a unit that focuses on decimals.
As part of this unit we will be exploring:
how to write and represent decimal numbers
placing decimals on a number line
reading and ordering decimals to hundredths
Inquiry
This term students will be starting a new Inquiry unit titled 'Our Island Home'.
This unit will cover many areas including;
Australia's neighbouring countries and what life is like in these places
What it is like to live in different places around the world
How maps and information technology are used to learn about different places
Why heat is important for life on Earth
Climate zones and natural vegetation in different countries
Well-being
This term students will be working on:
Positive coping strategies
Positive coping problem solving
Ongoing revision of our 'Ready to learn' plans and how to use our strategies effectively
3/4 Hoop-time
For those children that are participating in YEAR 3 & 4 Hooptime, unfortunately it has been postponed until Early Term 3.
A new Date will be confirmed at a later time.
If your child can no longer attend you will be refunded.
Magical Maths World!
Dojo Awards
Congratulations to the following students for receiving their 'Bronze' certificate for reaching 75 Dojo points!
4B: Manny Holland, Alina Hemingway, Dougal McGuinness, Harper Thiele, Isaac D'Silva-Fink
4A: Leyton Dowde, Ange Olivo, Luke Parkinson, Xavier Rizk, Imogen Szemes,
Celebration of Learning
Inquiry - Game of Life
Last week students played 'The Game of Life' using their cards created as part of our Inquiry learning. Students had fun sharing about their interests, values and role models.
Mother's Day Craft
Thank you to all the mums, grandmas and special friends who joined us for our Mother's day Craft morning, we had such a great time!
Kitchen Garden
