Year 4R OLC

Good evening all, I hope you all had a wonderful break chasing the sun and appreciating the beautiful place in which we live! I still can't believe how amazing this area is, we turned into tourists over the holidays and loved finding new little treasures!   CLASSROOM WELCOME BACK to Lachlan Hayhow, we are very excited to have you join us this term! This week we are straight into it, all programs are a go! Here is an outline of the concepts we will be covering this term: Religion  - Coming to Your Table (Eucharist) & The Spirit Strengthens (Confirmation) Literacy - Writing: Narratives, Diary Entries and Poetry               - Reading : Reading Comprehension (focusing on a strategy each fortnight), Grammar/Word                  Study               - Spelling: Lists created for individual groups (Based on Words Their Way and THRASS) Maths - Division, Chance and Probability, Fractions & Problem Solving, Length Geography - Colonisation &Sustain

Good afternoon parents, So here we are at the last week of Term 1 already. Whilst it has flown by, I know we have worked incredibly hard, as both myself and the children are in desperate need of a sleep-in and a chilled out PJ's day! CLASSROOM So this week we will be summing up the units and pieces of work that we have been working on this Term, by completing assessments, spelling reviews, incomplete artwork, setting descriptions, story maps (Dreamtime) and the class novel. We will also continue to work on retell and comprehension through the use of 'The Twits' and a video on ANZAC Day in our Guided Reading groups. A very busy start to the week, with some down time towards the end. Thank goodness!! HOMEWORK Spelling - NO LSCWC or activities -This week is review week, where we will be reviewing the rules we have learnt this term. Activities will be completed in class to test the students retention of the spelling rules, with the final assessment Thursday. Mental

Good afternoon parents, I hope you all had a well-earned Easter break. I think it came at a perfect time, for us all to rest, recoup and re-energize for the remainder of the term. CLASSROOM Thank you for your assistance with the costumes for the Holy Week presentation, the students looked great and did a wonderful job of portraying the Resurrection of Jesus. It was great to see so many of you there to support the children. ENGLISH We have begun our study of narratives; in particular, identifying the structure, purpose and language features found within them. This week and into next week, we are going to apply this knowledge of different language types to write creative and detailed descriptions of settings and characters (preparing to write the orientation of a narrative). A series of new words lists will be displayed around the class to encourage the children to extend their vocabulary when writing. The children are also going to be challenged to find new exciting WOW words at