Specialist Subjects

Digitech – Cam Taylor 

Students will explore computational thinking and programming skills using Minecraft Education. They will create digital solutions as simple visual programs.

Art – Carmel Fitzgerald 

During Term Four, the students continue to select, explore and experiment with a range of paint mediums, tools and techniques when planning and making artworks.  They will describe how artists, in different times, expressed ideas in their artworks. They will further develop the skill of blending colour to create light and dark shades in landscape images. 

Music – Tania Rusbridge  

After exploring the fundamentals of Silent Film in Term 3, students will continue to use these concepts to finalise their 'Mini Silent Movie' in groups.  This has involved exploring elements of drama and stagecraft, as well as using BandLab for Education where they will continue to compose, arrange and edit a digital musical composition to accompany their act. Students will work towards having their acts ready for a performance late in Term 4. 

Indonesian- Bu Jacqui 

Students will continue to consolidate their understanding of greetings, numbers, colours and basic phrases while exploring our new topic of Indonesian wildlife and habitats. 

Through videos and interactive activities, students will learn about native Indonesian animals, their surrounding habitats and related vocabulary.

Science - Emma Jensen 

Students explore how different materials can be combined to form mixtures and solutions, investigate their properties, and learn how they can be separated for everyday use.

PE - Danielle Coates & Class Teachers 

In Term 4, striking and fielding games will be the focus, with students engaging in activities such as rounders, tee ball, softball and cricket. They will have opportunities to further develop skills in positive participation in groups and teams, encouraging others, negotiating roles and responsibilities, persevering and demonstrating resilience. 

Students will also apply tactics and critical and creative thinking processes during movement challenges. We will conclude the year by refining fundamental movement skills and applying them in a range of sporting contexts.