Year 3/4 Term 4 Overview

Year 3/4  - Term 4 Overview 2026     

Welcome to Term 4!

 We hope all families had a restful break and managed to enjoy the spring air.

It was wonderful to come back to school and listen to the children reconnect and share their school holiday events. We are looking forward to a busy and enjoyable term of learning to finish off our time together!

Important dates to remember:

OCTOBER

Monday 12th Crazy Chemicals STEM Incursion

Monday 19th  3/4 SWIMMING PROGRAM BEGINS

Tuesday 20th 3/4 SWIMMING

Wednesday 21st Yr 4 Whitefriars Experience Day (NO SWIMMING)

Thursday 22nd 3/4 SWIMMING

Art Show 4-7pm

Friday 23rd 3/4 SWIMMING

Monday 26th NO SWIMMING

Tuesday 27th 3/4 SWIMMING

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION 6pm

Wednesday 28th 3/4 SWIMMING

Thursday 29th 3/4 SWIMMING

Friday 30th 3/4 SWIMMING

NOVEMBER

Monday 2nd SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY (TIL)

Tuesday 3rd MELBOURNE CUP DAY!

Monday 9th 3/4B’s Assembly

Tuesday 10th  3/4B Mass at 10am

Friday 20th SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY (Staff Professional Learning)

Saturday 21st St John’s Fete

Monday 23rd 3/4A’s Assembly

Friday 27th Yr 4 Marcellin Taster Day

DECEMBER

Tuesday 8th  Mini Missions 2-3pm

Thursday 10th St John's Christmas Carols Concert 6pm

Monday 14th Whole School Picnic at Halliday Park 11am

                           Whole School Thanksgiving Mass - 6pm

Tuesday 15th  Last day of Term 4 - 1pm finish

Religious Education 

This term in Religious Education, students will explore their Faith Formation with God. This will start with a large focus on the Sacrament of Reconciliation, where many of our Year 3’s will be completing this sacrament in the coming weeks. Students will explore the Bible and understand the different types of writing within this Holy Book. Students will explore what Revelation is and understand the ways that God is made known to people. Students will explore knowing God through the world around us and through people in the Bible and in their own lives. 

Design and Technologies

This term in Design Technology, students will be exploring the purpose of ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ and identify how they contribute to promote a positive environment. Students will be learning about different types of waste with a specific focus on fabric waste. Students will explore different mediums and building styles to make a variety of products. This subject will lead up to the Christmas Market we host at the end of term, where students will be creating and selling products made from upcycled materials.

Mathematics 

This term in Mathematics, we will continue to use evidence-based, knowledge-rich and sequenced lessons. Daily reviews and spaced practice will continue to be incorporated in our Maths lessons in order to reinforce learning and ensure retention. We will use concrete materials to assist with building understanding and incorporate mental maths experiences to develop fluency of number facts. This term our topics include:

Statistics

• Data Investigation 
  • conducting statistical investigations, collecting data through survey responses and other methods
  • recording and displaying data using digital tools
  • interpreting the data and communicating the results 

Space

• Location
  • Interpreting and creating two-dimensional representations of familiar environments, locating key landmarks and objects relative to each other
  • Creating and interpreting grid references and using directions to locate and describe positions and pathways

Space

• 3D objects
• making, comparing and classifying objects using key features

Probability

• conducting repeated chance experiments
  • identifying and describing possible outcomes
  • recording the results
  • recognising and discussing the variation
• describing possible everyday events and the possible outcomes of chance experiments and ordering outcomes or events based on their likelihood of occurring

Number

• Multiplication & Division
  • multiplying and dividing one- and two-digit numbers by representing problems using number sentences, diagrams and arrays, and using a variety of calculation strategies
  • recalling and demonstrating proficiency with multiplication facts for 3, 4, 5 and 10 and applying facts to develop the related division facts (year 3)
  • recalling and demonstrating proficiency with multiplication facts up to 10 × 10 and related division facts (year 4)
  • developing efficient mental and written strategies for solving problems involving addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division where there is no remainder
  • solving problems involving multiplying or dividing natural numbers by multiples and powers of 10 without a calculator 

Literacy

In Term 4 we will complete reading our class novel Wild Robot and the persuasive writing focused on the use of robots in our lives. We will then introduce Literature Circles where the students will read, discuss, explore and respond to a fiction novel within a small ‘book club’ group. In Literature Circles, students are assigned specific roles within the reading group in order to explore and respond to the novel and over the course of the term will complete tasks aligned to the key comprehension skills of comprehension monitoring, visualising, question generating and answering and summarizing. 

We will strengthen our narrative writing skills when the students revisit narrative writing. Over the course of the term we will explicitly teach and the students will independently write a narrative with characters, setting, action, problem, resolution and conclusion. 

Social & Emotional Learning

This term's Resilience Project lessons will focus on Empathy and Emotional Literacy. These lessons will specifically identify the importance of belonging to a community group and our roles and responsibilities for others in that community.  

They will explore the importance of believing in and belonging to ourselves so that we can build connections and feel a sense of belonging with others. We will also learn about noticing and managing feelings of envy and jealousy in friendships and  how to practise empathy through small gestures of kindness towards others. 

STEM 

Early in Term 4 the students will engage with Supreme Incursions for a 'Crazy Chemicals' incursion. Students will dive into the chemical properties of matter and materials as they investigate observable properties and everyday uses of different materials through a variety of activities that promote critical thinking and scientific inquiry. 

The Term 4 STEM unit will focus on Chemical Sciences and will provide the students with hands-on opportunities to:

• Observe and describe the properties of solids, liquids and gases 
• Add and remove heat energy to create a change of state 
• Record observations using templates and tables

Specialists

Please see the timetable below for specialist lessons. All Year 3/4 students will be required to wear their sport uniform, white socks and runners on Friday. Students will also need to bring in their library bag and books on their designated library days.

Home Learning 

Please ensure that students are recording their reading in their diaries every night. Homework will recommence in Week 2. 

The connections between home and school are very important. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. We can be reached via email or leave a message at the office and we will endeavour to respond in a timely manner, between 8am and 5pm on weekdays. 

3/4A - Sebastian Vandenberg svandenberg@sjmitcham.catholic.edu.au

3/4B - Nicole Webb nwebb@sjmitcham.catholic.edu.au (Monday-Wednesday)

3/4B - Anna Hendy ahendy@sjmitcham.catholic.edu.au (Thursday & Friday)