Term 2 Overview - Rosary Primary School

Rosary Primary School Term Overview
Term:2
Grade Level: 4
Teachers: Jodie Dawson,
Sandy Vincent and Beth
Clarke
School Focus: Believe Explore Strive Triumph (BEST)
Explore
Through inquiry based learning we acquire the skills to become critical thinkers who are flexible, creative lifelong
learners.
Religious Education
Integrated with Creative Arts and English
Enduring Understanding:
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The life and actions of the Church are modelled on
the life and actions of Jesus.
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Jesus gave an example of leadership as service to
God’s mission in the Church.
Students will know:
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The key actions of the Church community which
ensure the mission and ministry of Jesus is lived out.
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The organisational structure of the Catholic Church
and roles and responsibilities.
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Pope Francis is an exemplar role model of servant
leadership.
Students will be able to:
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Identify and locate some Church communities
belonging to the Catholic Church in Australia.
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Define the meaning of ‘Catholic’ and ‘Church’.
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Make connections between the practices of Church
communities and examples of Jesus’ actions.
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Identify characteristics and give examples of
servant leadership.
English
Integrated with Science, History, Religion and PD
READING:
This term we are looking at the author Colin Thiele. The
students will be looking at the stories ‘Storm Boy’ and ‘Pannikin
and Pinta’. Week One of this term will focus on the ANZAC
Centenary.
Modelled and Shared: Simpson and His Donkey, My Grandpa
Marches on ANZAC Day, Storm Boy, Pannikin and Pinta.
Guided: Small groups targeting specific reading strategies
including a predicting, visualising, inferring, fluency and
comprehension skills.
Independent reading of an individual novel.
SPELLING:
Students will learn a variety of spelling rules and strategies
including Look Say Cover Visualise Write Check (LSCVWC),
syllables, memory, mnemonics, base words, segmenting words,
word shapes, word sorts, small words inside spelling words and
activity sheets. Students will also have personal and topic words.
TALKING AND LISTENING
Students will write a short speech on Rostrum topics. We will
teach speech writing techniques and tips for presenting
speeches. Students will research information on Colin Thiele and
use their knowledge of characters from the class texts to
conduct mock interviews.
GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION
Students will recognise how quotation marks are used in texts
to signal dialogue, titles and quoted (direct) speech. They will
experiment with the use of quotation marks in their own writing.
Review of common nouns, proper nouns and pronouns, as well as
verbs, adverbs, and adjectives.
WRITING
During the term our focus is on writing to entertain. Students
will continue to write in their Writers Journal and have
opportunities to develop their skills in narrative, description and
poetry. They will plan, draft and publish written texts.
Students will continue to develop their cursive writing by using
clearly formed joined letters, and develop increased fluency and
automaticity.
Mathematics
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Investigate number sequences involving multiples of
3,6,7,8, and 9
Recall multiplication facts up to 10x10 and related
division facts
Develop efficient mental and written strategies and
use appropriate digital technologies for
multiplication and for division where there is no
remainder.
Explore and describe number patterns resulting
from performing multiplication.
Convert between units of time.
Use AM and PM notation and solve simple time
problems.
Use scaled instruments to measure and compare
lengths, masses, capacities and temperatures.
Describe possible everyday events and order their
chances of occurring.
Identify everyday events when one cannot happen if
the other happens.
Identify events where the chances of one will not be
affected by the occurrence of the other.
History/Geography
Key Inquiry Questions
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How do environments support the lives of people and
other living things?
How do different views about the environment
influence approaches to sustainability?
How can people use places and environments more
sustainably?
Students will investigate:
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Science and Technology
The importance of environments to animals and people
and different views on how they can be protected.
The location of the major countries of Africa and
South America in relation to Australia and their main
characteristics including the types of natural
vegetation and native animals in at least two countries
from both continents.
PDHPE
Integrated with English
Integrated with Mathematics, English and Creative Arts
Physical Education
Primary Connections – Plants In Action
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Students will understand that living things have life
cycles.
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Students will recognise that environmental factors
can affect lifecycles.
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Students will identify and construct questions,
propose hypotheses and suggest possible outcomes.
Technology
Students will have the opportunity to:
Use the Interactive White Board
Visit the Computer Lab
Use of the computers outside the classrooms
Use of iPads
Athletics / Dance
Dance: Children will participate in ‘Footsteps’ Dance Program.
They will learn a variety of locomotor and non-locomotor
movements.
Athletics Skills: long jump, shot put, sprints, discus, distance
running, starting position and coordination
Kicking Skills: Children will develop their kicking skills.
Children will have opportunities to understand and learn
about:
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fundamental movement skills in different types of
physical activity
Children will have opportunities to learn to:
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practise the application of fundamental movement skills
to create movement sequences in a range of physical
activities(e.g. dance, track and field)
Personal Development/Health
Students have opportunities to understand and learn about:
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Factors that influence their self-esteem
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The characteristics of effective communication (e.g.
active listening) and factors that influence
communication(e.g. feelings, peer pressure)
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How to distinguish between products that support their
health and those that do not.
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Balanced eating habits and a variety of good food
choices.
Students have opportunities to learn to:
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Identify different influences on personal identity (e.g.
media, peers, cultural beliefs, family, school)
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Assess the effects of actions that enhance (e.g. active
listening, showing care) or diminish (e.g. judging people
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negatively, bullying.
Planning a meal based on healthy food choices.
Creative Arts
Homework
Integrated with English, Religion, Science and Geography
Visual Arts and Dance
Students have opportunities to understand and learn
about:
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Visual arts, dance, drama, music and media
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The portrayal of subject matter in life-like and
symbolic ways in the visual arts (e.g. people, other
living things)
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Traditions and techniques associated with different
artistic works in the visual arts (e.g. drawing,
painting,)
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Traditions and techniques associated with different
forms of the performing arts (e.g. mime,
storytelling, improvisation)
Students have opportunities to learn to:
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Explore different materials, techniques and
processes to make 2D and 3D artistic works (e.g.
explore proportion, perspective and composition)
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Use body movements and some elements of dance
(e.g. action, dynamics, time, space, relationships,
structure) to interpret ideas and feelings or create
dance sequences
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Apply some elements of media to communicate a
message to a familiar audience (e.g. poster,
advertisement)
It is suggested that no more than 30 mins be spent on
homework, four times a week. Below is a guide to possible
activities. Parents should certainly exercise their own
judgement regarding homework in relation to other out of
school activities already undertaken by their son/daughter.
Spelling – The students will be given the opportunity to practise
spelling words through the spelling activities grid.
Maths – Mathletics
Reading – Students are expected to read for enjoyment for a
recommended minimum of 15 minutes each day. This term we
would like to encourage children to read a variety of text types.
More information will be included in their Homework Book.
Diaries- Students are expected to record their reading in their
School Diaries and return to school on Friday to be sighted by
the teacher.
Reminders
Sport Days
Library Day
Indonesian
Music
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Dates to Remember
Assembly
Prayer
Celebrations/Masses
Excursions
Allergies
1st May –BEST Assembly (4 London presenting)
15th May- 4 Athens Assembly
3rd July- Performance Assembly
18th June- Year 4 Mass
TBC Letters will be sent out closer to the date.
Nut Free
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