Year 4
Welcome to 2025! We hope it will be a fantastic year of new discoveries, curiosity, friendship and memory-making. We encourage Year 4 students to be lifelong learners using the Learning Assets of Researching, Communicating, Collaborating, Self-Managing and of course Thinking. We will especially encourage students to take "safe risks" with their learning - after all, mistakes are a chance to learn! There are some special Term 1 treats like Swimming lessons in PE to relieve the summer heat and the students’ first Japanese Language classes. These will be great opportunities for students to step outside their comfort zones.
We hope you will join us in Week 3 for an informal "snag and chinwag" (sausage sizzle and chat) to get to know us and learn about the year ahead. We warmly invite you to contact us with any questions or feedback as we begin this new learning partnership between home and school.
Classroom Teachers
4K - Miss Beth Krause (she/her) - bckra0@eq.edu.au
4R - Ms Amber Ryan (she/her) - axrya6@eq.edu.au
4C - Mrs Regan Cunningham (she/her) - rcunn44@eq.edu.au
Important Dates
Week 1 – Monday 27/01/25 Public Holiday; Tuesday 28/01/25 First Day of Term 1;
Friday 31/01 Senior Swimming Carnival
Week 3 – Tuesday 11/02/25 Parent Information Session;
Wednesday 12/02/25 District Swimming Carnival (select students only)
Week 8 – Three-Way Reporting; Friday 21/03/25 Harmony Day
Week 9 – Monday 24/03/25 Cross Country
Week 10 – Friday 04/04/25 Last Day of Term 1
Specialists Lessons
Monday - Japanese with Nagashima Sensei; Religious Instruction 2pm; Parade 2.30pm
Tuesday - Japanese with Nagashima Sensei; Music with Mrs Murray
Wednesday - Library Borrowing (4C, 4K)
Thursday - Physical Education (Swimming) with Mr Brady
Friday - Health with Mrs Stirling; Library Borrowing (4R)
Curriculum Focus
Please click here for a very handy overview of what Year 4 students typically learn to understand and do by the end of this year, according to the Australian Curriculum which guides all our learning.
English
How do texts teach us?
Students will be assessed on their reading comprehension of an information text; and their use of ideas, linking devices and language features when creating their own multimodal informative text.
Mathematics
How does mathematics help us make sense of our world?
Students will be assessed on a range of mathematical achievement standards, namely:
-Using mathematical modelling to solve financial problems; choosing rounding and estimation strategies; and using the properties of odd and even numbers
-Identifying line and rotational symmetry in plane shapes; and creating symmetrical patterns
-Creating and interpreting grid references
-Conducting a statistical investigation to collect data; creating a many-to-one data display; and interpretating and communicating findings.
Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) with Miss Krause
How are people and the environment interconnected?
Students will be assessed on their ability to research how places across the world have diverse characteristics, and to use questioning and investigation skills to respond to a sustainability issue.
Science with Ms Ryan
Do humans help or harm other living things?
Students will be assessed on their ability to research the life cycles and needs of living things in a certain ecosystem, and to explain the effects of human actions on these species’ lives.
The Arts (Visual Arts) with Mrs Cunningham
What makes a visual artwork unique?
Students will create artworks and be assessed on their ability to compare and discuss the elements and processes in their own visual artworks in comparison to the artworks of others.
Music with Mrs Murray amurr51@eq.edu.au
Students develop skills in reading notation, recorder/ukulele technique and ensemble playing.
Students will sing, read and play a variety of repertoire in different forms.
Students will be assessed on their ability to play a 4-note melody piece on recorder.
Health with Mrs Stirling sstir16@eq.edu.au
Students will explore and apply protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies in various online and offline situations; investigate actions that promote health, safety, relationships, and wellbeing; and examine how success, challenges, and setbacks build resilience and identity. They will also analyse how stereotypes influence choices and actions.
Student assessment will focus on their ability to demonstrate protective behaviours; apply help-seeking strategies; assess actions that promote health and wellbeing; reflect on how resilience and identity are shaped by challenges; and critically analyse the impact of stereotypes on choices and actions.
Physical Education with Mr Brady: lbrad101@eq.edu.au
Students will explore and practice protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies for online and offline situations. They will also analyse how behaviours affect health, safety, relationships, and community wellbeing, and investigate resources to manage changes and transitions.
Students will be assessed on their ability to explore, practice, and apply protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies in various situations, analyse the impact of behaviours on health, safety, relationships, and community wellbeing, and demonstrate understanding of resources to manage changes and transitions.