Year 4 Update Wk 13
- 1st December – Year 5 Bake Sale
- 1st December – Transdisciplinary Skills workshop for parents.
- 7th December – Yr 4 LEAP
- 11th December – PTA Christmas Disco
- 16th December – PTA Christmas Concert, 7 pm
- 18th December – School Closes at 12 pm for end of Term Break
- 4th January – Term 2 school begins
- ISA data will be released around Early December and they will be uploaded to Gateway. Ms Susan Chung will send a note to parents when they become available.
- LEAP trip letters have been sent home. Please return your letters as soon as possible,
- PE uniform days for each class – Tuesdays and Wednesdays for 4M, Wednesdays and Thursday for 4W and Mondays and Wednesday for 4J.
It is that time of year again….Portfolios! This week we have dedicated some time to reflecting on our learning this term. We have compiled work samples into our portfolios ready to be shared with you in December.
Life on the buses! This week Mr Harrison spoke to the children who catch buses to and from school. Please remind your children to be respectful to all people when catching the bus by using quiet voices, sitting appropriately and listening to all instructions given by bus mums.
This is the last week of our ‘Sharing the Planet’ unit of inquiry. Students inquired into an area of personal choice and recorded their learning in a short presentation. Have a chat with your child to discuss their research, you will be pleasantly surprised by their understanding!
Where We Are In Place and Time
Central Idea: Change in our world can happen through exploration and discovery
Lines of Inquiry
- Explorations and discoveries that have changed our world
- The reasons why people choose to explore and discover
- The effects of exploration and discovery on the recording of time
Concepts: Change, causation and connections
Learner Profile: Courageous
Attitudes: Curiosity and Integrity
In the coming week we will be focusing on what the kids already know about explorations and discoveries.
Addition and Subtraction
Central Idea (Number)- The operations of addition and subtraction are related to each other and used to process information to solve problems
Lines of Inquiry
- Mental and written methods that can be applied for exact and approximate calculations
- How we use addition and subtraction to solve problems
- The different mental strategies used to solve problems
Mental strategies for this unit:
- Jump Strategy
- Split Strategy
- Compensation Strategy
- Doubles and Near Doubles
- Working Backwards
Some websites to use at home
- Subtraction Machine http://goo.gl/RICB4B
- Addition Pyramid http://goo.gl/E4i4LN
Data Handling
Central Idea (Strand)- Different graph forms highlight different aspects of data more efficiently
Lines of Inquiry
How people collect and display data
How data is interpreted
The children will be:
- Collecting, organizing and representing data (including bar and line graphs, 3-ring Venn diagrams and Carroll diagrams) where one object or symbol can represent many data values
- Interpreting data, drawing conclusions using a variety of scales and describing the advantages and disadvantages of data representation forms
- Reading climate graphs of rainfall and temperature.
Narrative
This week we will be completing our first, of two for the year, narrative units. The final assessment will be assessing the children’s ability to use the form of a narrative, planning to develop ideas in the writing and basic grammar conventions.
Our new writing unit will be writing to persuade! Take some time to talk about advertisements and other opinion based media in your environment.
- Music – Mr Gibson
Mr Gibson has shared a link to help the kids practice their ukulele at home. Just remember, recorders sound much worse!!
Ukuleles to be brought to school on the following days; 4M Thursdays, 4W and 4J Fridays
- Children are encouraged to bring in fruit and vegetable sticks on Fridays to support BHS’s Fruit Fridays.
- Remember to give your child a healthy start to the day with breakfast and a nutritious snack to ensure sustained energy levels.
- Please remember to sign your child’s home reading journal so that they are able to borrow a new book. A kind reminder that students are expected to read Reading Eggspress twice a week.
