Welcome To Term 4 2026!

Key Dates

Term 4 Overview

What's Happening In The Classroom

Literacy

In reading and writing, we place a strong focus on explicit, systematic instruction in core literacy skills. These include word-level reading, word-level spelling, oral reading fluency, handwriting and syntax. Using the latest research on evidence-based techniques, we will utilise a range of texts to model text comprehension and explicitly teach content vocabulary while building on students' subject/content knowledge. 

This term, Students will learn about persuasive and narrative writing. They will look at how stories/arguments are written, including their structure and language features.

Sounds Write

Our daily Sounds-Write phonics program will help enhance students' reading and spelling abilities. As students advance through the year levels, they will apply, develop, and refine these essential skills in increasingly sophisticated ways. Through our Sounds Write Program, all students develop the following conceptual knowledge:

• Letters are symbols (spellings) that represent sounds.

• A sound may be spelled by 1,2,3 or 4 letters.

• The same sound can be spelled in more than one way (one sound- different spellings).

• Many spellings can represent more than one sound (one spelling - different sounds).

Students also build on the following skills:

• Blending- the ability to push sounds together to build words.

• Segmenting- the ability to pull apart the individual sounds in words.

• Phoneme Manipulation- the ability to insert sounds into and delete sounds out of words.

Syntax Project

Syntax will be explicitly and systematically taught within the context of writing, with a focus on how grammatical functions operate in both oral and written language. Students will learn how sentence structure, word order, and punctuation contribute to meaning and clarity in communication. Through modelled, guided, and independent writing tasks, they will apply their understanding of syntax to enhance sentence fluency, cohesion, and overall writing quality. 

Mathematics

In Mathematics, students engage in explicit teaching sessions alongside differentiated and open-ended learning activities designed to cater to a range of abilities. During Term 4, the focus areas include Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Money, 2D and 3D shapes, Direction, Data Collection and Graphing.

Integrated Studies

Traditions, Celebrations & Achievements

Students identify how people are connected to different places. Explore personal cultural traditions, celebrations and achievements, and compare the festivals and traditions celebrated in different countries.

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