Transcript Grade 4 Parent Information Night

St Joseph’s Primary School, Mt Isa
2012
Teachers:
Miss Meg Jaeschke
Mrs Jessica Lynch
Religious Education
Each term, students will learn about a different aspect of the Catholic faith.
Term 1: Teachings and Actions of Jesus
Term 2: Sacraments and the Lives of Believers
Term 3: Acting Justly
Term 4: Exploring the Texts
Students will also be involved in:
 Daily Prayer and Christian Meditation
 Beginning of Year and End of Year Mass
 Other special Mass’ and Liturgies throughout the year
 Liturgy on Friday’s Assembly
4J – 24th March
4L – 8th June
Literacy
 Phonics – Based on the THRASS program, teaching children how
to make correct spelling choices
 Spelling program derived from the THRASS chart, Sound Waves,
theme words and Year 4 core words.
 Daily literacy rotations with a focus on demand writing, reading
comprehension, guided reading, grammar and ICT incorporated
activities.
 Throughout the year, students will learn a number of text types
and genres – factual, persuasive, narratives, reports, etc.
Mathematics
 The ‘iMaths’ program will be implemented in conjunction with other
Mathematical resources. Students will gain knowledge of particular topics
and consolidate their knowledge throughout an investigation each term.
 Math lessons include Mental Math/Algorithm practice and interactive
topic focus activities.
 Assessment will be in the form of ‘iMaths Tracker Book’, ‘iMaths
investigations’, weekly Mental Math testing and diagnostic tests.
Number and Algebra: Number concepts, patterns and functions, equivalents and equations.
 Measurement and Geometry: Length, mass, area and volume, time, shape and line, direction and movement.
 Statistics and Probability: Graphing, judgements, data collections and variations.
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SOSE Unit Overviews
Term 1: National and International Celebrations
Term 2: British Colonisation
Term 3: Managing our Resources
Term 4: Trade
Science Unit Overviews
PRIMARY CONNECTIONS
 Term 1: Plants in Action
 Term 2: Material World
 Term 3: Smooth Moves
 Term 4: Beneath our Feet
Other Subjects
Tuesday:
 Music taught by Mrs Freeman
 Physical Education taught by Miss Marshall
 Library borrowing – bring library bags and books
Thursday:
 Cultural Studies taught by Mrs Thinee
Swimming lessons TBA
Health taught by classroom teacher
Technology, ICT and The Arts are integrated in major unit themes
throughout the year.
Homework
 Homework is set from Monday to Thursday.
 Homework includes Math, Literacy, SOSE, Current Affairs, relevant
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assignments and 15 minutes of home reading.
Homework is imperative and helps children revise work and develop skills and
strategies.
A note is required if homework is not done or is incomplete.
Students’ responsibility: to hand in complete homework each Friday.
Teachers responsibility: to mark homework and return it the following Monday.
Occasionally, it is necessary for parents to assist with homework. If this happens,
please initial the page to allow us to see an area that needs extra attention.
If students are having trouble with a question, they are always welcome to bring
their homework to us during the week so we can help them.
Grade 4 Assignments
 Students will complete 1 major SOSE assignment and 1 ‘iMaths’
investigation per term.
 Each assignment will have an assignment requirement sheet and
an assignment criteria sheet. A copy of these will be glued into
homework books for parents to view.
 Some assignments can be worked on during homework
time.
Grade 4 Camp
Location: St Joseph’s Primary School
Dates: Term 4 (TBA)
Students will participate in a games/leadership
activities day and will also spend some time at the
pool. They will have dinner and a sleepover at school.
Watch for more details to follow throughout the year!
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Assessment and Reporting
Term 1 – Parent / Teacher interview (End of Term)
Term 2 – Report Card (End of Term)
Term 3 – Parent/ Teacher interview (Beginning of Term)
Term 4 – Report Card (End of Term)
Behaviour Management
 Each teacher has a slightly different approach to behaviour
management, however, in all cases it is more effective to be
positive.
 Class rules are formulated as a class, to give a sense or ownership.
 Positive behaviour: children receive praise, stickers,
lollies/prizes, pat on the back, free time.
 Whole school behaviour management: Each class has a
red, orange and green behaviour chart which is used as a warning
to children displaying inappropriate behaviour. Each students
starts in the green section, orange section is a warning and the red
section results in a Time Out.
General Information
Tuesday:
Grade 4 Music
Grade 4 P.E
Grade 4 Library Borrowing
Banking
Thursday:
Cultural Studies
Newsletter
Friday:
Assembly
Grade 4 Parent Information
Our doors are always open. If you have questions about
anything, please come and speak with us. If you feel it is a
matter that may take longer than5 minutes, please make an
appointment to ensure that we can gather all of the
relevant information and we can give you our undivided
attention.
Contact Details
Miss Meg Jaeschke (4J)
[email protected]
Mrs Jessica Lynch (4L)
[email protected]
*Please ensure that you fill in your email address on the
sign in sheet so we can keep you up to date with what’s
happening in Grade 4 via our weekly update email.
Thank you!
Thank you for making the time to
attend this evening.
We are both looking forward to a great year in
2012 as we work together with you to enrich your
child’s learning.