Year 4 Update

4A-Mr Turvey 4B-Ms Worrell 4C-Ms Floyd 4D-Ms Haworth 4E-Ms Dunstan

Upcoming Learning:

During the next fortnight, students will be undertaking learning in the following areas:

Subject	Learning Focus
Reading	To understand the features of a narrative text.
Writing	To understand the features of a narrative text.
Maths	To understand mass and capacity.
Inquiry (Government)	To develop knowledge of Australia's neighbouring countries.
Social & Emotional Learning	To identify our whole selves. To identify the importance of connection to country.
Spelling	To understand how to identify syllables in a word. To be able to identify the most common sound in English 'schwa'.

News and Reminders:

Welcome to Tabitha Carter who will be covering 4A's class for Term 3!
Technology - A reminder that all students are strongly encouraged to bring their own device from home each day to school. We expect the devices to be charged at home as we cannot do this at school. We will be continuing to provide learning activities accessible online for them to access during the day. We have a limited supply of school devices available so cannot guarantee the use of these during all learning tasks.
Premiers Reading Challenge has started, students can log their books at home with the login details provided. If you have any trouble accessing the website, please contact your child's classroom teacher. They can log the books they are reading each night in both their diaries and the Premiers Reading Challenge website.
Reminder about reading, this is an expectation for all students. We have seen a decline in home reading being logged in diaries and we want to encourage students to keep up these routines at home. Reading is an important way of developing language skills, enhancing creativity and exposing students to new words and ways to use language. Please remind your child/children to write down the book they are reading in their diaries.
Spelling - We encourage you to work with your child to read and spell the list being sent home and to discuss the spelling rule with your child.
Timetables- We are also encouraging students to practice their timetables at home. We will be sending home timetable worksheets and encouraging them to complete one column a day.
Mushroom Growing Project- We are also completing a mushroom growing project aimed at building inquiry and teamwork skills this term! The students are excited to watch these mushrooms grow!
Camp- Camp medical forms are now overdue. Please make sure these are being returned this week.
Jackets- Reminder to please put your child's name on their jackets. This avoids jackets going missing.

Celebration of Learning:

Our Grade 4 students have been enjoying a range of hands-on challenges with their learning. Pictured below are some of our Grade 4's engaging in the mushroom growing inquiry project, gardening trees last Friday for National Plant a Tree Day and exploring capacity and volume with rice, water and playdough!