Grade 4  Term 2 Overview

Grade 4 Team

4A: Suzie Rawas     

4B: Wade Dinning & Emily Richards

4C: James Marsay       

4D: Katalin Jaross

4E: Alisa Besim

Weekly Specialist Classes Schedule:

Important Dates:

• April 24 – ANZAC Ceremony

• May 1 - Grade 6 Fundraising 

• May 4 – Campus Assemblies
• May 6 - Athletics Carnival @ Meadowglen
• May 8 – Mother’s Day Stall (Senior Campus)
• May 12 – Chess Program

• May 14 – School Cross Country 

• May 15 - Grade 6 Fundraising 

• May 15 – Chess Program
• May 19 – Chess Program

• May 22 - Grade 6 Fundraising 

• May 22 – Chess Program

• May 25 – Campus Assemblies

• May 27 - June 3 - Reconciliation Week

• May 28 - Professional Practice Day (NO SCHOOL)

• May 29 – District Cross Country
• May 31 (Sunday) – Bunnings BBQ

• June 1 - Young Leaders Program @ Wallan Primary School

• June 2 – Chess Program
• June 3 – Division Cross Country

• June 5  - Grade 6 Fundraising 

• June 8 – Monarch’s Birthday Public Holiday (NO SCHOOL)

• June 12  - Grade 6 Fundraising 

• June 15 – Campus Assemblies
• June 17 – Regional Cross Country

• June 23 - Reports Published

• June 25 - Winter Sports Day

• June 26 – Last Day of Term (Early Finish - 2:30pm)

Learning:

In Term 2,  Year 4 students are focusing on the following:

• English:  During Term 2, Year 4 students will explore and respond to The Arrival, using this wordless text to develop their skills in interpreting images and inferring meaning. Students will analyse visual elements closely and explain their thinking as they build deeper their comprehension skills. They will strengthen their sentence-level writing by expanding ideas, adding detail and responding thoughtfully to images. Using the themes in the text, students will make connections to our History Inquiry Unit, building their understanding of First Nations peoples and the establishment of the British colony in Australia. Later in the term, students will explore a range of non-fiction texts, analysing text features and how they support understating and help communicate information effectively. Students will build on this knowledge by exploring how information texts are organised and their purpose before planning, drafting and publishing their own information pieces. This learning will connect closely to our Geography Inquiry Unit, extending their understanding of place, the world and the environment. 
• Mathematics:  During Term 2, Year 4 students will build their understanding of addition and subtraction by revising mental strategies and developing their use of vertical algorithms to solve problems, including financial problem-solving tasks. Students will then focus on multiplication and division, building automatic recall and fluency with number facts while applying these skills to solve a range of mathematical problems. Throughout the term, students will explore 2D shapes and 3D solids, develop their measurement skills through lengths, perimeter and area, and conduct statistical investigations to collect, represent and interpret data.

Home Learning:

Home learning may include a range of activities designed to support and extend your child’s classroom learning. These may include: 

• Borrowing books from the school library each fortnight (Students will need to bring a library bag)
• Daily reading - independently, to someone or with someone (a parent/carer or sibling)
• Researching topics connected to current class learning
• Practising number fluency to build accuracy, efficiency and automatic recall
• Practising reading fluency to build accuracy, expression and confidence
• Practising sports skills
• Practising and playing a musical instrument
• Using approved Literacy and Numeracy online applications to support learning (eBooks, audiobooks, Khan Academy, Reading Eggs, Mathletics)

Home learning is designed to reinforce skills, build independence and encourage positive study habits.