Year 4 Program

Semester 1

English

Students read more critically to extend their understanding of different texts and their meanings. including, the author's purpose. They produce a variety of written texts including narratives, information reports and persuasive texts. They use vocabulary that is specific and sentences that are well structured and grammatically correct. Students continue to develop their vocabulary through a range of activities and use dictionaries and thesauruses to enhance their written pieces. They plan and revise their writing and publish their work. Students develop their speaking and listening and are provided with opportunities to present to an audience. They participate in discussions and learn to express their opinions and listen to others. 

Mathematics

Students investigate number concepts that include place value to tens of thousands, number patterns and counting. They consolidate their understanding of how to solve calculations involving the four operations using mental and written strategies. They use digital technologies, such as a calculator, to check the accuracy of mental and written estimations and solutions to simple number sentences and equations. Students investigate constructing figures by combining and splitting common two dimensional shapes, constructing tessellating patterns and naming angles. They work on aspects of volume, capacity and temperature using these in open ended tasks and problem solving activities. Students conduct surveys, representing and interpreting the data in various formats.

Inquiry 

During the ‘Investigating Materials’ unit, students develop an understanding of the types of materials used in modern society. They learn that natural and processed materials have a range of physical properties and these properties influence how they are used. They investigate how, and why, certain materials are used for particular purposes. As part of their tasks, the students complete a range of hands-on experiments/investigations and evaluate their findings. The students investigate, design and create their own lunchbox by applying their scientific knowledge.

Auslan

Students develop their foundational conversation skills, using simple greetings, signing their emotions, as well as fingerspelling skills. They are introduced to the Auslan signs for 2D shapes and 3D objects. Students ask and answer questions in Auslan using 5Ws: who, what, when, where, why, how as well as follow directions given by signing.

Health and Physical Education

Students practise and refine fundamental skills through participating in a range of sports. They focus on working cooperatively and following rules fairly. Students apply basic rules and scoring systems and discuss being a fair participant. They focus on transferring understanding from previous movement experiences to new concepts and challenges. Students explore the benefits of being fit and physically active and connections they have to their community to improve health and wellbeing.

 Performing Arts

Students build on drama practices by studying performance styles from different cultures and times. They continue to develop the fundamental techniques used to create engaging drama pieces for both improvised and rehearsed pieces. Students look at the message presented in dance and drama, and apply this to their own group pieces. They practice and refine performance pieces in preparation for public performances within the school community.

Visual Arts 

Students focus on developing various techniques through the Visual Arts elements of line, colour, shape, texture, value and space. They observe techniques used by artists from a range of social and historical contexts and plan and create their own visual art works. Students participate in the areas of drawing, collage, painting, textiles and construction. They use ideas and concepts taken from themes and visual stimuli from a range of cultures and social contexts to explore, create and express their ideas. 

Media Arts 

Students focus on developing various techniques through the Media Arts elements of representation, languages, technologies, institutions and audiences. They observe techniques and ideas of media artists from a range of historical and social contexts. Students will plan and create their own media artworks using story principles. They create such media artworks as photo stories, still photographs and animations