Welcome back to Term Two!

We hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing break over the holidays. Last term was a very busy term starting with our fantastic excursion to NGV and Polly Woodside to finish off our First Contacts Unit.

Other highlights included the House Cross-Country, where we had lots of success in our year level in Districts and Regionals, and our geology workshop was a fantastic way to support our Beneath Our Feet Unit.

Term Three has already kicked off with with one of the highlights of the year, camp to Sovereign Hill and Cave Hill Creek. We also have the House Athletics Carnival on the 22nd of August to look forward to this term.

Kind regards,

Adam Littlehales, Sandy Bassoukos, Alannah Rowell & Beth Tyrrell

Maths in Term 3

During this term emphasis will be placed on :

Number: Fractions and Decimals:

Students will investigate equivalent fractions and count by quarters, halves and thirds including mixed numerals. They will represent these on a number line. Students will also make connections between fractions and decimals.

Measurement: Mass, Temperature and Time: Students will read and use scaled measurement instruments to measure mass and temperature. They will convert between units of time and use am and pm notion to solve simple time problems.

Number: Money:

Students will solve problems involving purchases and the calculation of change to the nearest five cents.

Students will also participate in activities aimed to develop their understanding and fluency when working through worded problems.

English in Term 3

Our Term Three Writing sessions will focus on procedural writing which will be linked to our inquiry topic and poetry. Students will look at the structure of these texts.

We will also be having a larger focus on free choice writing

UNIT OF INQUIRY: DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

This term the Year 4 students will be exploring the Design and Technology topic ‘Soaring High. In this topic students will be investigating, generating, producing, evaluating, planning and managing a design brief on kites.

Homework

You will have noticed that we made some changes to our homework routine. Students will continue to monitor their reading using the table provided on their homework sheet, we are asking that parents sign off to acknowledge that reading was completed at home (60 minute from Mon-Fri).

We will also have spelling sent home on a spelling pattern that will be introduced in class on Monday's. There will be planning for two Big Write's during the term and Mathletics tasks will be assigned each week.

News Reports will also continue to be a part of the homework program this term, the topics for the term are 'Classic Novels' and 'Free Choice'.

House Athletics

This term, students will compete in their first house Athletics competition at BRPS on Wednesday 22nd August. The event will take place at Duncan McKinnon Reserve. Students will participate in field events and track events. Students will be practicing prior to the day in preparation for the event.

Students that qualify for the District carnival will compete at the same venue on 11th September.

Important Dates

CAMP: 18-20th July

Pyjama Day: 3rd August

Life Ed Van: Weeks 5 & 6

House Athletics: 22nd August - Duncan McKinnon Reserve

District Athletics: 11th September - Duncan McKinnon Reserve

Last Day of Term 3: Friday 21st September - 2:30 pm Dismissal

Casual Days

Gold Coin Donations

27th July

31st August

Year 4 Newsletter

Issue 1 · 31 Jul 2018

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