Year 4 Update – Wk 34
Wednesday 20th, 27th June – Year 4 Swimming (see below for more information) … Fingers crossed!
Monday 25th June – End of year reports available (via Gateway)
Friday 29th June – Term 3 ends at 12pm
Wednesday 15th August – First day back
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.
Swimming
We all hope swimming will go ahead next Wednesday and the week after. Here are the times:
| Class | Depart BHS | Return BHS |
| 4L | 8:40 | 10:45 |
| 4F | 9:30 | 11:45 |
| 4W | 10:30 | 12:45 |
- 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
U.O.I.
The children are continuing with their bag making and some have almost finished. They are excited to be sharing them with the Year 3s in the last week of term. Mrs Blair has been dropping in to offer valuable advice and support. The children really welcome the benefit of her expertise.
Maths
This week the children have been reviewing their learning in Maths over the year by completing some end of year assessments.
English
The children have been finishing up their letters to their heroes and have moved on to explore emails.
They will be emailing a Year 3 student to invite them to the Year 4 Bag of the Future fashion show.
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 continue to work with Mr Lowe on their micro:bit technology. They will be testing their bags to check that the code they have created for the micro:bits runs smoothly.
Students will also continue to learn about ways to use technology responsibly through their Digital Passport accounts.
After our end of year assessments, we have found that many of the children are still very unsure of how to tackle division and multiplication problems. This is particularly true when they are presented with a word problem or have to work with remainders. We will therefore spend next week reviewing this with them.
- 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!
Spelling
- 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。
