Thursday 23rd April 2015 Year 4 Celebration of Learning Assembly Friday May 22nd 9:00 - 10:00 Camp 27th Monday April to Wednesday 29th April Curriculum Day 15th May Focus on Writing Term 2: Unit of Inquiry Australian History Migration Three Way Conferences Tuesday 23rd June Thursday 25th 2016 Prep Information Night 7:00pm Confidence Central Idea: Migration is influenced by political, social, and economical circumstances and can shape our personal and national history and identity and also have an enormous impact on the Australian Community. Students have brainstormed what they understand about early Australian History and what they believe led people to Australia and to discover new places. They have come up with many interesting questions that they would like to explore as part of our unit of inquiry. Some of these include: Who were the explorers that discovered Australia and why did they come? Why did the Europeans settle in Australia? Why do people migrate? What effects does migration have on people and places? What was life in Australia like before the arrival of the white people? In this unit, students investigate stories of migration and the impact of migrants on Australian society over time, especially the arrival of the Aborigines and the First Fleet. Getting Along Learning and Growing Together Persistence Year 4 Measurement and Geometry: •Using simple scales, legends and directions to interpret information contained in basic maps. • Comparing objects using familiar metric units of area and volume Statistics and Probability: • Describing possible everyday events and order their chances of occurring. • Identifying everyday events where one cannot happen if the other happens. • Identifying events where the chance of one will not be affected by the occurrence of the other. Literacy: The following is an outline of what we will be focusing on during the term. In reading we are continuing to practise skills through guided reading groups and whole class lessons to improve our ability in:Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text Our writing focus is on descriptions. Their purpose is:To describe the characteristics of people, places and things Structure: Introduction:Informs the reader about the subject being described Characteristics:Describes details about the subject Evaluation:Provides a personal comment about the subject. Speaking and Listening, Spelling and Handwriting is also taught in our Literacy sessions. ICT:- Each class attends the computer lab for an hour session each week where they will using the computers for a variety of set tasks. Students will be researching some of their ‘I wonder why’ questions from their inquiry unit. These have included delving further into an area of life in Australia before the arrival of the First Fleet. We have also been practising our times tables through quizzes and games on the computers. Student comments, questions and reflection… A cross country reflection… ‘When I got back to the school grounds I started running faster. I didn’t want to look slow in front of the crowd, especially Mr Davey. I think I did a pretty good job. I went back to the hill with my ribbon. I was exhausted.’ Acceptance - Respect - Life-long Learning Integrity Numeracy: The following is an outline of what we will be focusing on during the term. Number Facts: students are expected to have automaticity of all the times tables and number facts to at least 20. This term we have a particular focus on the Times Tables especially 4x, 5x, 6x and 7x. Organisation