22 Jun 2018

Year 4 Update – Wk 35

Monday 25th June – End of year reports available (via Gateway) and return portfolios

Wednesday 27th June – Year 4 Swimming (see below for more information) … Fingers crossed!

Friday 29th June – Term 3 ends at 12pm

Wednesday 15th August – First day back

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Early Leave

Kindly notify your child’s class teacher if they will not be attending school until the last day of term.This is to make sure your child is able to bring all their work and belongings home on their last day. Please send your child to school with a reusable shopping bag (no paper bags) so they have means of bringing all their folders and exercise books home.

Portfolios

Students are reminded to return portfolios by Monday 25th June. They will be organised and delivered to their new Year 5 teachers and be used during ‘getting-to-know-you’ activities at the beginning of the new term.

Home Reading and Library Borrowing

Borrowing of home reading books has ended for the year. This is to allow the EAs to sort the books into colour bands, pack them up if needed and for Mrs Lowe to do a stock take. If you find any lost books at home, please return them as soon as possible. Instead of taking home a book to read, please encourage your child to read from their comprehension age level on Big Universe.

Also, a reminder that this is the last week for library borrowing for everyone and all books need to be returned next week. As Mrs Lowe will be stock taking home readers next week, please can we ask that the children make an extra special effort during Learning Centre times to check that all the books they return are done so properly.

Swimming

We all hope swimming will go ahead next Wednesday. Here are the times:

Class	Depart BHS	Return BHS
4L	8:40	10:45
4F	9:30	11:45
4W	10:30	12:45

Please note that 4L will be leaving at 8:30a.m. As such, 4L children MUST wear a swimsuit under their PE kit (no bikinis for girls, please). 4L children must remember to bring their underwear.

ALL Year 4 Children Must Bring

swimming cap (a requirement of the pool)
goggles
towel
flip flops or croc-style shoes to wear in the swimming pool area
$5 coin for the locker

Here are some highlights from our week!

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How We Express Ourselves

Central Idea

Technology Changes and Challenges the way we Express Ourselves

Lines of Inquiry

An inquiry into…

Creativity through technology (function)
The growth of technology and its impacts (change)
Using technology responsibly (responsibility)

Next week, students will present their microbit creations with a Year 3 class in a fashion show! They will also complete activities through their Digital Passport accounts.

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To wind down the last week of term, students will be consolidating their understanding of various math concepts with math games.

We will be writing a letter to our new Y5 teachers introducing ourselves. We will also try to send off our letters written to our chosen famous person!

There were no Golden Book winners this week due to the Dragon Boat festival.

homelearning

OPTIONAL Year 4 Home Learning – 14th June 2018

YEAR 4’s GOT TALENT!

Now that we’ve taught you all for almost a whole year, we feel as though we know you pretty well. but do we…?
Do you have an amazing talent that you could share with us?
It could be anything (that is appropriate for Year 4 students, of course!)… swimming, painting, yoga, spelling, singing, playing a musical instrument, gymnastics, soccer, meditation, dancing, telling joke, sketching, making movies, calligraphy, coding, writing, cricket, ice-skating, acting… the list goes on and on.
Decide how you will share your talent… video, photos, live performance, poster, presentation, artwork, etc.

We can’t wait for you to reveal your talent!

Due date: Now until 28th June

Spelling

The children have a list of words they need to learn. They should practise these at home in preparation for “buddy spelling tests” (the children testing each other) in class next week.

Reading

Please continue reading at home by reading at the appropriate comprehension level on Big Universe.

Home reading should be fun not a chore.
Keep the timing short, find a comfy, quiet space and have a chat about what your child is reading. This really helps to develop their comprehension skills.
There is information about comprehension at the beginning of the journal, which you can use to help guide your discussion with your child. Please also refer to information your class teacher has sent out to you about how to help your child at home.

Mathematics
All children should aim to spend 30 minutes per week completing their assigned Mathletics tasks and/or practising their times tables.

Mandarin (All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.)

Ms Lynn (Home learning) – Please check your google classroom for details.

Ms Xu – 记得借书读书，写读书报告，完成课堂未完成的功课。完成google classroom 未完成的功课。