Year Four News

Welcome back to our Year Four families, I extend a warm welcome to new students and their families who are joining our Saltwater Community. We look forward to a year of exciting learning in 2022!

I had the pleasure of being at the gate on Tuesday morning and it was wonderful to see so many smiling faces, students eager to begin the school year and to see their friends after the long break.

Year Four Team  

I would like to take the opportunity to welcome some new faces to the Year Four Teaching Team -Elycia Ang (4B) and Paul Bliss (4C). 

They are joined by Deana Kotevski (4A), Christina Assaf (4D) and Eliverta Qazezfi (4E).

Our Year Four classes are in our double storey portables at the back of the school grounds.

The teachers are proud of the way the students have settled back into the routines of school 

seamlessly and are enjoying getting to know their classmates.

First 20 Days

To establish classroom routines and positive relationships between teachers and students, the Year Four classes have been working through our start up program ‘The First 20 Days’ 

In Reading, students have worked together to organise their classroom libraries by exploring and sorting books into categories.  They have also begun their class novels and explored what independent reading looks likes in their classrooms.

In Writing students have planted seed in their Writer’s Notebooks, sharing about their favourite things and what is important to them, this is a great way for teachers and students to get to know each other, and will provide ideas for future writing pieces throughout the year

In Mathematics, students have refreshed their knowledge of the Launch, Explore, Engage model, by solving open ended problems. Students have also enjoyed learning to play some of their teachers’ favourite maths games.

Students have begun to explore and unpack the attributes of the Learner Profile such as caring, principled, inquirer, thinker, communicator by reading a range of picture story books and participating in class discussions.

Communication

You can expect fortnightly newsletters to keep you up to date as to what is happening here at

Saltwater P-9 College and in the classrooms. A good way of staying up to date on school

information is to visit our website at https://saltwatercollege.vic.edu.au, add us on Facebook at Saltwater P-9 College, follow us on Instagram at saltwaterp9college and finally connect toSchoolbox using your parent login details.

If you have any questions or concerns throughout the year, your first point of call is your child’s classroom teacher, if needed the classroom teacher can then reach out to a member of the leadership team who will get in touch with you.

I look forward to working closely with the students in Year Four and getting to know the families.

Reminders

• In Term One, it is required that all students wear their hats during recess and lunch. We kindly remind students to remember wear their hats.
• Please ensure MacBooks are sent to school fully charged.
• All students are reminded to wear masks where possible while in class and families are encouraged to participate in the RAT testing scheme to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at school. During the day students will be reminded to wash or sanitise hands regularly and to follow covid safe protocols.
• Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th February - Meet and Greet Interviews

Kind regards,

Denae Vines

Year Four and Five Leading Teacher