Dear Parents and Carers, 

Thank you for an incredible start to Year 4! How is it half way through the term already! We have worked hard to settle into routines and expectations.  

In Reading, this term we are learning how to comprehend texts and monitor our understanding by using our prior knowledge, vocabulary, self-questioning, and visualising. In Guided Reading, we are learning how to ask and answer questions related to what we read.   

 In Writing, we are writing imaginative, narrative poems. We are learning how to use figurative language such as similes, metaphors, personification and hyperboles. We are going to make them as entertaining as we can and put on a Comedy Show for the Year 2.  

In Science, we are currently  

On Tuesday last week we celebrated Shove Tuesday (Pancake Day) and Ash Wednesday. Students loved eating the pancakes together as a class. On Wednesday we received the ashes on our forehead in the sign of the cross.   

Some gentle reminders: 

-Please connect to SeeSaw if you haven’t already and turn notifications on so you don’t miss any messages 

-Library Day – Monday 

-Homework Day – Monday to Monday  

-P.E. / Swimming Day – Thursdays 

-Week 9 Wednesday 20th March – Parent / Teacher Interviews 

Any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me via SeeSaw or email at rbell5@cns.catholic.edu.au.  

Kind Regards, 

Miss Bell  

We began the term in P.E. with fundamental movement skills and teamwork games. Students loved playing paper, scissors, rock using hoops. We also began swimming lessons on Tuesdays where we learnt some safety skills and practised our strokes, floating and streamlines.