Year 4R OLC

Welcome to week 10 This week we are working on our final narrative 'Where is the teacher?'.  We will be using what we have learned in Sensational Story Starters, Effective Endings, Character development, Abandoned Places and about plot to make these as engaging as possible.   We will also be finishing 'Birrung'.   In Maths we will be beginning out unit on Chance. Homework:   Homework this week is the same as last week.  I have assigned tasks in mathletics in place of the times table sheet.  The tasks will reinforce concepts that we are studying in maths lessons.  I have also assigned a book in reading eggs for the students to read.    I am hopefully enjoying myself but I hope that everyone has a very restful holiday.  See you in term 4!

Welcome to week 9 as we race towards the end of term. Last week we spent some time working through what we have been ;learning about narratives, showing this in the awesome stories we have written about brussel sprouts !  I can see that may people share my sentiment of these packed vegetables! This week we will begin out stories  that will make into books. Today we read two chapters of 'Birrung', exploring the way that convicts were treated on the boats sailing to Australia and the lack of respect they showed towards the Aboriginal people.  In Maths we will continue to develop our division skills.   Homework:   Homework this week is the same as last week.  I have assigned tasks in mathletics in place of the times table sheet.  The tasks will reinforce concepts that we are studying in maths lessons.  I have also assigned a book in reading eggs for the students to read.    Shoebox: Thank you to all the people that have brought in their Shoebox donations, it is such

Welcome to week 8. Today we were lucky enough to watch the dress rehearsal of the School Production, 'The Little Mermaid'.  What an awesome spectacle it was, so if you do not have tickets yet, please grab some from the shows Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights this week. This week we will continue reading 'Birrung' and exploring the language used to help us as we move towards writing our narratives.  In Maths we are going back to multiplication as we explore and develop our division skills.  In Science we are exploring catapults and the forces used in these. Homework this week is the same as last week.  I have assigned tasks in mathletics in place of the times table sheet.  The tasks will reinforce concepts that we are studying in maths lessons.  I have also assigned a book in reading eggs for the students to read.   Finally, today I awarded the prizes for our photography competition that was judged by four independent judges.  Congratulations to Finn who was a

Good afternoon Please see attached a note regarding the upcoming shoebox appeal.  We will be combining with the year 5 and 6 classes to prepare shoeboxes for the annual appeal. Thanks for your support Sean McSevich Shoebox appeal letter