Welcome to the latest edition of the Year 4 Newsletter for Term 1. Please enjoy reading and learning about what the students have been getting up to over the past fortnight. As per previous newsletters, we have found that it is wonderful to provide you with some suggested activities that you and your child can enjoy at home which will […Read more]
As we navigate our way through Term 1, engaging in a mixture of online and face-to-face teaching and learning, the students continue to show their resilience and ability to adapt to change. Whilst it is not what we would choose, it is real-life learning and gives the children a range of skills that perhaps would not be as advanced as […Read more]
We hope you enjoy reading what we have been learning in Year 4. It also has questions and activity suggestions that you can use to prompt your child about their learning. It is packed full of important information about upcoming events. On Campus fun It was so fantastic to see the Year 4 students on campus on Thursday! There was […Read more]
English Christmas is in the air! In line with our writing for different contexts, all Year 4 classes have been doing some sort of written Christmas activity, once again, aware of the audience and the type of writing, vocabulary and sentence structure that would be appropriate. Not to mention having a lot of fun and seasonal festivity along the way! […Read more]
English Our English focus continues to be context in writing. What is appropriate in terms of style for a note to a friend? Or a letter to the Head of School? How formal or informal should the writing be? And how is that achieved? These are only a few of the questions that students are continuing to consider when writing […Read more]
English We have spent time writing lengthier stories than we were able to do while we were teaching online. Students have enjoyed having a stimulus and weaving a story around that which could have a more involved plot, include the elements that make a story exciting to read and possibly includes dialogue. We have also explored elements of informational texts, […Read more]
English Our focus this term in English is ‘Context’. Students will recognise that texts are designed for a particular audience and that the written / oral word might then, based on the audience, be formal or informal. The next step is defining what does or does not constitute formal or informal and this is done by analysing the method of […Read more]
Dates to note for your diary Thursday, 5th December: Swimming Carnival Friday, 6th December: Arcade Games Tuesday, 10th December: Speech Day and Christmas activities Wednesday, 11th December: Final assembly at 11:00, School finishes at 12:00, mufti day English We have been continuing our work with diary and blog writing to add realism and the elements of effective writing that we have studied […Read more]
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