TERM 4 2024
Wow! Who can believe we are about to begin the final Term of 2024. We are so excited to make amazing memories with the Graduating Class of 2024. This term will be very busy with some of our students representing our school in sport, Grandparents Day and of course Graduation in the final week of school. It is such a great Term where we get to remember and celebrate our wonderful students.
Transition Information
Currently the Grade 6 Teachers are completing handover forms for our students. This information is provided to their Secondary School to support transition. Some of the students may have a visit from a member of staff from their school as a way of connecting and having a familiar face on Transition Day. All Government Schools will have their transition day on Tuesday 10th of December. Students will spend the entire day at their school for 2024. Non- Government Schools may have different dates. If this impacts your child, could you please communicate with your child’s teacher information about the date they will be attending.
We will be implementing a transition program at school where students will participate in activities to prepare them for Secondary School. This will include reading a timetable, taking correct items to classes and working with different teachers and students.
Graduation
Information about Graduation was sent home at the end of Term 3. Please keep your eyes out on Compass for costing information in relation to our Ceremony and Excursions in the last week of school. We can’t wait to celebrate our amazing students.
Reading and Viewing
This term students will be making links with Writing and STEAM in Reading and Viewing Sessions through the exploration of memoirs and descriptive texts. We also will be studying point of view and how different authors present ideas in writing. Investigation into persuasive texts will support students as they participate in Debates. Students will continue to use independent material to practice skills during the Reader’s Workshop.
Writing
Students will continue to utilise the Writer's Workshop for the first part of Term 4, focussing on text types of they choosing based upon subjects that they are passionate about. Consolidating their understanding of sentence types will lead into creating personal recounts for the Yearbook and recording their memories over their Primary School journey. Students will use digital technologies to develop editing, proof reading and spelling skills in preparation for future learning.
Mathematics
In Term 4, our students will engage in practical and exciting maths lessons that build key skills for high school and beyond.
Along with adding and subtracting fractions, solving problems with decimals, fractions, and percentages, and tackling real-world financial challenges, they will use formulas to calculate the areas of rectangles and triangles, apply the properties of angles to solve problems, and identify the parallel cross sections of prisms. These topics will be taught in a rich, real-world context to prepare your child for success in school and life.
STEAM
One of the highlights for our Grade 6 students is the STEAM project they will work on for CBL this term. We love seeing the creativity of our students and how much their ideas have developed from when they did it in Grade 5. Parents will be able to view the students work on the afternoon of Thursday 5th of December from 3:30- 4:00pm and Friday 6th of December from 8:30- 9:00pm. Make sure to save the dates in the diary.
Looking forward to a wonderful term. Our doors are always open, and we can be contacted via email or Dojo. We appreciate all the support we get from our families.
Many thanks, Lisa, Nick, Claire and Deb.
