Connect: Year 4

Important Dates - Year 4

PTF Pizza Day - Monday 17th August
'Do it for Dolly' Day - Thursday 20th August
Skye PS, Athletics Day - Friday 21st August
Book Week Parade - Thursday 27th August

What's happening in our classroom?

Literacy

This term, our Year 4 students have enthusiastically begun our new novel study, Uncle Xbox by Jared Thomas. The story follows a young boy who visits his Aboriginal family in the country and discovers the importance of culture, family, connection to Country and community through the guidance of his Uncle Xbox.

Students are already excited to begin reading the novel together, and we look forward to exploring its characters, themes and rich cultural perspectives throughout the term.

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 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' and 'Gold' certificate for reaching 150 and 250 Dojo points!

4A:

4B: Charlotte James (Gold), Archie Deboer, Asher O'Driscoll, Gessie Raffaut, Isobel Filliponi, Ivy Houston, Joshua Hollis, Madison Bridges, Oscar Tobias, Piper Mills, Sophie Temby, Tia Mrazek, Xavier Delbroco & Tyson Paynting

4C: Easton Houldcroft

Celebration of Learning

Maths Minds Competition

A huge congratulations to the representatives of our Skye PS 'Maths Minds Competition' who competed against 12 other schools in a variety of problem solving maths challenges. Our team consisting of; Charlotte James, Ava Richardson, Madeline Green and Hazel Mathur were the competition winners, taking home the gold medal! We are so proud of your acheivement and the excellent teamwork you displayed to achieve this success.

Stomp!

Our year 4 students are continuing to participate in weekly practice for our upcoming school concert later this term. We are getting more and more confident with our dance moves and learning the positions we will use when performing on stage.

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.