Year 3-6 Sector

Year 4 News

Reading

In grade 4 reading we have been learning about critiquing and we were being movie critics. We are now learning to put an answer into a sentence and putting some of the question in it so we know what we are answering without looking at the question. There are 4 types of questions called Right There, Think and Search, On My Own and Author and Me. It isn’t too difficult, we understand what to do.

Writing

In writing, we have been learning about Information Reports on countries in Africa and South America, before we chose a country we learnt about 4 different ones and choose which one we are interested in the most.

Then we made better subheadings and put them in a book and put sticky notes in the book answering the questions.

Maths

In maths, we have been learning to take away using the algorithm and now we get questions and have to figure out if we use + or – because it doesn’t tell us. We are having lots of fun doing this.

PBL

In PBL we have been learning how to make some things in Minecraft to help us understand how to make a liveable island. We have also been learning what climate means, such as tropical, arid and continental.

By Daria and Holly 4C

Year 4 Team

Year 5 News

The Year 5’s have settled well into Term 4, our ‘Sun Smart’ hat term. As part of our new PBL unit on ‘Data and Decision Making’, students went for a walking excursion to Caroline Springs Town Centre to have a look at the different businesses.

During this unit, students will be engaged in economics and business as they work in groups to develop a business plan that they will present to the Melton City Council.

During Week 2, the Caroline Springs Police visited our school to talk to the students about Cyber Safety followed by an evening information session for parents conducted by the Police.

This term, we will continue with the sports program for the Grade 5 students. We have introduced some new sports such as Lacrosse, Speedball (Football), Ultimate Frisbee, Softball, Hockey and Boot Camp. These sports will be organised and facilitated by the classroom teachers and will continue throughout the term on a rotational basis.

In Reading, students are learning to analyse and synthesise a text. In Writing, we have commenced with ‘Information texts’. Students are writing information reports using the features of non-fiction texts. In Geometry, the focus is on Angles, Shape and Transformation.

We look forward to sharing more information with you in our upcoming newsletters.

Year 5 Team