Year 4 Term 2 2025 Curriculum Overview

Welcome & General Information

English

In this unit, students engage with a variety of poems.  

They listen to, read, view and interpret spoken, written and multimodal poems. 

These poems use language features including varied sentence structures, some unfamiliar vocabulary that may include English words derived from other languages, a significant number of high-frequency words, words that need to be decoded using phonic and morphemic knowledge, a variety of punctuation conventions, and illustrations and diagrams that support and extend the printed text. 

Students will analyse the poems to find the message/purpose behind each of the poems, identify the context and interpret the language features used within the poem.

Maths

Students will:

• use mathematical modelling to solve financial and other practical problems, formulating the problem using number sentences, solving the problem choosing efficient strategies and interpreting results in terms of the situation
• use their proficiency with addition and multiplication facts to add and subtract, multiply and divide numbers efficiently
• choose rounding and estimation strategies to determine whether results of calculations are reasonable
• use the properties of odd and even numbers
• convert between units of time when solving problems involving duration 

Science

In Science, students study Physical Sciences and investigate contact and non-contact forces. This includes a focus on both gravity and friction. For the assessment, students will analyse the forces in a "Minute to win it" style game.

Humanities & Social Sciences (HASS)

In HASS (History and Social Studies), students learn about Rules and Laws, and will consider a law to change. They will need to present arguments that consider all points of view.  They will also explore their identity, who they are as a person and member of society through the creation of an ‘All About Me’ poster.

Health & Physical education (HPE)

In PE, students in year four will continue to practise and refine fundamental movement skills to perform various skipping skills and solve individual skipping challenges. They will also develop their technical understanding of athletic activities. They will learn how to set targets and improve their performance in a range of running, jumping and throwing activities.

Music

During this Term, students will learn the differences between: tied notes and slurs, legato and staccato, strong and weak beats, and simple and compound time. They also will practice writing simple rhythmical patterns and melodies.

Technology

Students follow and describe simple algorithms involving branching and iteration and implement them as visual programs. They securely access and use digital systems and their peripherals for a range of purposes and identify inputs and outputs. Students use the core features of common digital tools to plan, create, locate and share content, and to collaborate, following agreed behaviours. They identify their personal data stored online and recognise the risks.

Visual Arts

This term year 4 students will continue to assemble their peaches. We have been dutifully creating each of the characters from the book ‘James and the Giant Peach’ and will continue with this art project for this term.

Drama

Students will develop a character through individual and group exploration, dramatic improvisation and response. They plan a character backstory and change the way they walk, talk and move. At the end of the term students participate in an improvised interview, in character, in front of their class.

LOTE (Chinese)

A Day in a Chinese school’ – Students will respond to and produce a simple text by selecting learned words and numbers. Students will show understanding that Pinyin provides access to the sounds of spoken Chinese.

Assessment Schedule

Homework

Developed at a point of need for your child and your family, homework may look different in each classroom. Through the welcome letter and “open afternoon”, your child’s teacher should have already discussed this with you. Please contact individual teachers with any further questions.  

Attendance

How to report an absence: 

• Email attendance@trinitybeachss.eq.edu.au or
• Call the school's absence line on 4057 1444, then press #1 and don't forget to leave a reason why your child/children are away, or
• Send a note to the classroom teacher on their return

Our school’s attendance target is 95% 

QParents

QP is an online portal helping the school move toward a cashless and paper friendly school. 

• The QP portal allows Parents and Carers to grant participation consent online for activities such as swimming and excursions which reduces our need to print out paper consent forms
• Also, the QP portal enables Parents and Carers to make payment online for school activities and viewing unpaid invoices payment history.

Thank you to all those parents who have registered for QParents. This means every registered parent now has the opportunity to access to their children’s student records at their fingertips, anytime, anywhere. Haven’t received an invitation from us yet? There’s still time! Please let us know immediately. Or if you are simply looking for further information, videos and FAQs on QParents, visit https://qparents.qld.edu.au

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