Year 4R OLC

Good afternoon parents, In our Art sessions we have been looking at artist Andy Warhol and his history. We have been learning about ‘pop art’ and the way it was used to make art more accessible to everyday people. For our session next week, I am asking that students come with a picture. It can be saved to their cameral roll or emailed to me directly and I will print it if needed.  It needs to be an Australian themed image. We will then use this to create our own art work. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. Many thanks, Caitlin Delane

This week we will have started practicing our comprehensions skills reading Information Reports and will begin writing these later this week.  We are finishing off examining the properties of odd and even numbers in Maths and in Science we will be setting up an experiment to examine the conditions required for plant growth.  We all have  mathletics and reading eggspress access now and we are beginning to access these in class. Homework this week includes; Reading log Mental Maths Unit 5 and  Spelling Look, Cover, Say Write Check. We will mark day one of our mental maths tomorrow and I have put a video on Edmodo to help if you become stuck using our new strategy for the week. Mrs Delane has also set Art homework which is attached as a blog post.

Welcome to week 4. This week we have started to use our iPads, logging into our online classroom (edmodo) and accessing our words for our pretest and word work.  In maths we are exploring the properties of odd and even numbers and we used showme on our iPad to practice and check our metal maths addition strategy.  I have put a video onto edmodo to help review the addition strategy to assist with our homework tonight. Homework for this week is the reading log, spelling Look Cover Say Write Check and metal maths unit 4.   Day 1 of Mental Maths Unit 4 is due tomorrow so we can discuss and check understanding of the strategy. Tomorrow is the swimming trials to prepare for our Carnival Thursday.  If you have not returned the permission slip for trials and the carnival, please do so ASAP so we can all join in trials tomorrow.

Dear Year 4 Parents, Please click here to view the Parent Evening information booklet.

Here is a video that may help remind you of the mental addition strategy we are using. http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=8Wm9LKS

Welcome to week three. This week we will finish our second week of swimming lessons, focus on writing our procedures, finishing place value and exploring the properties of odd and even numbers.  In science we will be checking on our seeds to see what stage of germination they are up to and beginning our next experiment investigating the plant lifecycle.  In religion we are learning about lent as we move through this important time of year. Homework this week will include; Spelling Look, Cover, Say, Write and Check (due Friday) Reading log (due Friday) Mental Maths Unit 3. (We will mark Day 1 on Tuesday, Day 2 and 3 on Thursday and Day 4 on Friday). Monday night is our parent information and welcome night, so please join me if you are able.  Thanks for your support Sean McSevich

Dear Year 4 Parents, Please return the following information to school as soon as possible. ·          Completed iPad Setup Checklist/Information sheet – even if you are providing the iPad for your child ·          Completed ICT and iPad User Agreements Also please ·          book a time to collect the iPad or setup an existing iPad by entering your name in the booking sheet by clicking on this link http://bit.ly/1SZuX4w ·          Pay for your iPad at the front office (for those parents who indicated they were paying for the iPad as a one off payment) If you need assistance with the Apple ID setup then please make an appointment to do this next Monday 15 th February. (You will not be able to setup an Apple ID during the collection sessions). You will not be able to take the iPad home next Thursday unless the above steps have been completed. Text message for Year 4 parents. Yr4 Parents please check email regarding iPad setup and payment. Thanks

Hi Year 4's. Watch the following video, so that when you come to school tomorrow, you have already heard my trick for reading and writing large numbers.Click on this link  http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=aOiIqrg  which will take you to the videos. Good luck Mr McSevich