The following is a summary of Specialist times per class :

4H - Mr Halford

Tuesday 9-30 to 11-00 am Music & Chinese

Wednesday 11-30 to 12-15pm Library

Thursday 11-30 to 1-00 pm Art & PE

4L - Mr Littlehales

Tuesday 9-30 to 11-00 am Art & PE

Wednesday 10-15 to 11-00 am Library

Thursday 11-30 to 1-00 pm Music & Chinese

4R - Miss Rowell

Tuesday 9-30 to 11-00 am Chinese & Music Tuesday 11-30 to 12-15pm Library

Thursday 11-30 to 1-00 pm PE & Art

4T - Miss Treu

Tuesday 9-30 to 11-00 am PE & Art

Friday 2-00 to 2-45pm Library

Thursday 11-30 to 1-00 pm Chinese & Music

Please note there will be timetable changes that take place throughout the year due to school events such as camps, excursions & swimming programs. Students will be encouraged to record such changes in their diaries.

Specialist Class outlines:

MUSIC

The Performing Arts gives students a chance to display their flair for performance in solo, group or class settings. Taught in line with the Victorian Curriculum, it is a place for singing, dancing, acting, performing, playing and exploring the possibilities of the Performance Arts!

This year includes a focus on dance which will be done through the BRPS concert, including lessons and classes with professional dance instructors in preparation for the school concert.

In music, there is a focus on gradually building up melodic and rhythmic knowledge through singing, playing and reading music. All of the skills are acquired through the use of a wide range of folk songs that focus on rhythmic, melodic or other musical elements in a fun environment. This leads to a long term goal of increasingly complex compositions and musical creations by students. The musical elements explored throughout school include tempo, dynamics, texture, tone colour, duration and structure. Students are exposed to a variety of music from modern era to music that dates 500 years or older.

The Performing Arts program is conducted on a weekly basis. Performing Arts lessons are 45 minutes.

In Year 4, students are introduced to Boomwhackers, a tuned percussion instrument. These are used to support the use of reading and performing music on the stave. Students have the opportunity to join the senior choir, a place for lots of fun singing with like minded students and a terrific opportunity to delve into music that is not explored in classes. The expectations of music compositions increases to those with more than one part.

CHINESE

Modern Standard Chinese - Mandarin (Putonghua or Hanyu) is the standard form of the Chinese language being taught in line with the Victorian Curriculum at Black Rock Primary School. The content structure of the Languages (formerly called LOTE) is organised through two interrelated strands:. Communicating. Understanding

Course Content :

The Chinese program consists of a variety of topics which, where possible, will be integrated with the Black Rock Primary School Units of Inquiry. Students learn Chinese characters and Pinyin Romanisation. The Pinyin is the spelling system to use, to represent the pronunciation of characters. The Pinyin system also assists students when creating texts in characters using digital media. Revision of greetings, self- introduction, numbers, days and dates will occur in all lessons throughout the year. Other previously learnt phrases, e.g. like/dislike, colours, adjectives will be used as they are required. Chinese cultural events will be dealt with as they occur throughout the year. Students are encouraged to use Chinese as much as possible for classroom routines, social interactions, structured learning tasks, and language experimentation and practice. Students will be also facilitated via digital technologies.

The Chinese program is conducted on a weekly basis. Chinese lessons are 45 minutes.

Level 3 and Level 4 Topics :

Greetings

Self introduction - name, age and grade

Numbers

Colours and family members

Vegetables

Seasons

My house

Stationery

Christmas

Calligraphy practice

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH

Health and Physical Education focuses on students enhancing their own and others’ health, safety, wellbeing and physical activity participation in varied and changing contexts. Health and Physical Education offers students an experiential curriculum that is contemporary, relevant, challenging, enjoyable and physically active.

Upper Years (Years 3-6):

Physical Education classes are focussed around students refining and expanding their range of skills, performing them with increasing precision, accuracy and control in more complex movements, sequences and games. Students begin to observe, and give constructive feedback on the skill performance of their peers. Students are required to achieve all these objectives in a range of different environments (indoor, Outdoor and Aquatic). Some of the sports taught throughout the year to improve student performance include Soccer, Australian Rules Football, Athletics, Gymnastics, Dance, Basketball, Netball, Volleyball, Rugby, Baseball, Softball, Lacrosse, Hockey, Cricket, Badminton and Tennis.

Students begin to complete in more advanced competitions and events. These competitions and events include House and District Swimming, House and District Cross Country, House and District Athletics and Interschool Sports. As part of the Interschool sport program the students have the chance to compete in the sports of AFL Football, Rugby 7’s, Lacrosse, Cricket, Softball, T-Ball, Netball, Volleyball, Hockey, Basketball and Lawn Bowls. In the instance of a team being successful at District sports, they have the ability of the competition going through to State level via the SSV program.

Parental Requirements

· In the case of injury or illness, students are required to come to school with a hand written note from their parents to excuse them from any Physical Education classes.

· Students need to be prepared for all weather conditions in their Physical Education classes. I.e. Hat, sunscreen, jumpers

· Classroom behaviour expectations are no different to the classroom.

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Year 4 Parent Information 2020

Issue 1 · 21 Feb 2019

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