Connect: Year 4

 The past 2 weeks have been a very exciting time in the 4A and 4B classrooms. 

Students are continuing to settle in nicely, new friendships are forming and we are getting more comfortable with our new learning space. 

We are very excited for the upcoming Meet the Teacher, Scrapbooking and Twilight Sports evening. This event will be held on Tuesday the 11th of February, from 2:30pm-4:30pm. 

In preparation for this, please begin to save stickers, photos, cut-outs from magazines, newspapers etc. that are special to your child and that can be used to decorate their Notebooks. Covers will be laminated, please no puffy/raised stickers.

Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions. 

Important Dates - Year 4

• Tuesday 11th of February, Meet the Teacher/ Scrap-booking/ Twilight Sports Night.

• Friday 14th of February, Whole School Curriculum Day

• Monday 10th of March, Labour Day Public Holiday

• Wednesday 19th of March, School Photos 

What's happening in our classroom?

Literacy

Over the next two weeks students will be working on the following:

• building background knowledge for future reading
• building vocabulary knowledge
• exploring run on sentences and expanding our sentences using noun phrases
• writing descriptive paragraphs

Numeracy

Moving forward in our mathematics learning students will be focusing on addition and subtraction. Students will be learning efficient mental and written strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems. Included in this topic is a strong focus on the importance of estimating and rounding when solving equations.

Inquiry 

This term in Inquiry students will be exploring the unit titled 'The Game of Life'. This unit will cover ethics, customs, hobbies, sports and people who are important in their lives. They will learn about which health messages in the media are safe to trust and how to make positive choices. Students will understand how their identity is unique and is formed by many things including their family and their culture. 

Students have had fun exploring the history of their name using this website.

https://www.behindthename.com/

Well-being 

Over the next two weeks we will be working on: 

• establishing our consistent and predictable routines
• understanding our Skye PS expected behaviours
• getting to know our classmates and share important things that make us who we are

Semester 1 Specialist Timetable

4A

4B

Celebration of Learning

4A and 4B 2025! 

Kitchen Garden is back for 2025! 

Students had a terrific time last week during Kitchen Garden. The wonderful program has returned for 2025 and our students will have the opportunity to cook and learn new recipes with Mrs Furlong.