Year Four Team News

Hello Year Four families,

Junior School Council (JSC)

Firstly, we would like to congratulate all our wonderful students that volunteered to be JSC representatives. Each of the candidates presented well thought out and considerate speeches. Concluding the speeches, a vote in each grade took place and we are pleased to announce the following students have been elected as the Year 4 JSC representatives for 2023.

4G - Olivia A.

4E - Hunter C.

4S - Ava F.

Fortnightly Curriculum Focus

Literacy: In Reading, Year 4 students are building on their comprehension strategies through the novel Fearless Frederic by Felice Arena. Students have also continued to work on their personal reading goals. 

In Writing, we have been exploring procedural texts and we have begun working through the Writing Process to create published pieces of work. Each week students have also been given time for independent writing and a “Quick Write”.

Numeracy:  In Numeracy, Year 4 students have focused on Addition and Subtraction. During this time students have participated in online programs such as Essential Assessment, reinforcing skills whilst targeting a specific individual goal. Students are also participating in differentiated tasks, hands on games and worded problems. 

Inquiry: In week 3, students participated in an incursion from Mab About Science. In this incursion students learned about the different states of matter being Solid, Liquid and Gas. Students explored the different types of matter through experiments, applying heat, different types of liquids and working with dry ice.

Beach Program 2024

4E and 4G have been lucky enough to participate in our cold water swimming program in week 3. Please enjoy the pictures below.

In week 5 Grade 4S will be taking part in our cold water swimming program, at Williamstown Beach Surf Lifesaving Club. The program aims to enhance students' understanding of different open water environments. The course covers:

• Personal Safety and Environmental Awareness
• Survival Skills
• Rescue Skills/ Emergency Response
• Open water swimming skills.

The program will run from 10:00am - 2:30pm. Students are to arrive at school at normal time and will walk to the Life Saving Club with their teacher. 

Bike Education

4G have had the exciting privilege to take part in Bike Ed week 4 of this term. 4E and 4S will be participating in Bike Ed, therefore we ask that students bring their own bikes to school on the days that their class has Bike Ed. The program will be run on the following dates:

4E - 26th and 28th of February

4S - 4th and 6th of March

If you have any questions about Bike Education, please contact your child's teacher.

We look forward to another great fortnight with our super Grade Four cohort and meeting with you all next week at Meet the Teacher evening.

Warm regards,

The Grade Four Team - Matt Eason-Jones (4E), Rebecca Givogue & Toni Lind (4G), Brittlee Salvo (4S)