Writing/Spelling 

Students have started to learn about information reports. They have considered the purpose and structure of information reports and the language features. During the rest of the term students will consider how detail and images enhance an information report and how to write a well structured report. Students will be able to apply this learning in geography, where they will research and write an information report for their final assessment piece on a chosen country from Africa and South America.

Reading

Students are focussing on the ‘determining importance’ reading strategy in reader’s workshop. They are differentiating between the important and the interesting information to help them find the main idea of texts they read. This strategy could assist students in their information report research. 

Students are also practising their fluency, reading aloud with a fluency partner. 

All year 4 classes have also enjoyed visiting the library again to borrow books.

Number 

Students are learning about multiplication and division facts up to 10 X 10. They are using a range of mental and written strategies, such as repeated addition and subtraction, arrays and sorting of equal groups to recognise the relationship between multiplication and division. We are using whole-class warm up activities to enable discussions about how to find answers in a range of ways, such as using mental strategies such as double-double when attempting to solve the 4-times tables.

Strand

Students are learning about angles in strand. We are focussing on acute, right, obtuse and also investigating straight, reflex and revolution. Students have been finding angles in the world around them including the classroom and outside environment.

Excursion

In Term 2, Week 9 Year 4 went on an excursion to The National Museum. This helped us deepen our understanding of Indigenous perspectives and culture including tools, weapons and instruments. We have been learning about early settlers from the perspective of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.