WHO WE ARE

Students will explore how body systems work and support each other to keep us healthy. They will discover the role of each system and learn how to take responsibility for their well-being. Students will build research and self-management skills as they ask questions, gather information, and make healthy choices. They will connect their learning to real life and reflect on how to care for their bodies. This unit encourages balance, responsibility, and an understanding of health as a lifelong journey.

BEING A RESEARCHER

Students will explore body systems through their Unit of Inquiry. They will research using books, websites, and visuals to gather key facts. They will take notes, ask questions, and organize information with headings, diagrams, and clear paragraphs. Students will write a feature article about a body system, using facts, definitions, and examples. They will develop skills in paraphrasing, using technical vocabulary, structuring paragraphs, and citing sources.

MEASUREMENT

Students will learn to measure length, mass, capacity, time, and temperature using standard units. They will estimate and record measurements (to nearest 1/2 cm), understand relationships between units, and convert between them. Students will calculate perimeter and area, using square units for area. They will also read time to the minute on digital and analogue clocks and solve real-life problems involving measurement. This unit helps students build confidence in using measurement tools and understanding the connections between units.

FRACTIONS

Students will explore fractions and decimals as ways of representing whole-part relationships. They will learn the language of fractions, including numerator and denominator, and understand the equivalence between fractions and decimals, such as 1/2 = 0.5 = 5/10. Students will compare and order fractions with the same denominator, recognize mixed numbers, and use equivalence to solve problems. They will also apply fractions to division and find fractions of shapes, numbers, and sets. This unit strengthens their understanding of fractions and decimals.

UNDERSTANDING OUR BODY

Students will strengthen their Portuguese literacy skills through connections with the Year 4 Who We Are Unit of Inquiry. Using body systems, health, interdependence, and well-being as meaningful contexts, students will read, discuss, and create informational texts, identifying main ideas, supporting details, and relationships between information. They will use diagrams, labels, headings, and other visual features to support understanding and communicate their learning clearly. As part of their stand-alone Portuguese learning, students will develop reading fluency and comprehension, organise informational writing into paragraphs, use linking words and appropriate vocabulary, strengthen their understanding of verbs and punctuation, and revise their writing for clarity, accuracy, and organisation.

HEALTHY BODIES IN ACTION

Students will develop their skills through Fitness and Aquatics, with a focus on strength, endurance, balance, flexibility, body awareness, breathing, technique, and body control. Integrated with the Year 4 Who We Are Unit of Inquiry, students will explore how the muscular, skeletal, respiratory, and circulatory systems work together during physical activity and observe how exercise affects breathing, heart rate, strength, and endurance. They will make connections between physical activity and the importance of caring for their bodies. As part of their stand-alone PE learning, students will develop fitness and swimming skills, make increasingly independent choices about hydration, nutrition, rest, and exercise, and reflect on how their daily routines and choices can support their physical and mental well-being.