Year 4: lessons open to try
The first lesson of each learning area is open to try, in full, with no account. Sit beside your learner for one and see how ParkSyde teaches: a worked example first, then practice with help, a quick check, and their own task to finish.
English · about 55 minutes
Meeting the Main Character
From the unit Inside a Novel: People, Places and Trouble
We are learning to listen for key points about a main character, and to use the evidence the author gives us to work out what kind of person they are.
Start this lesson →Mathematics · about 50 minutes
What Makes a Number Even?
From the unit Odd, Even and the Missing Number
We are learning to explain what makes a number odd or even, and to tell which a number is from its ones digit.
Start this lesson →Science · about 55 minutes
Where Did It Come From? Natural and Made Materials
From the unit Made for the Job: Natural and Made Materials
We are learning to sort materials into natural and made, and to explain where each one starts out.
Start this lesson →Humanities and Social Sciences · about 50 minutes
Sixty-Five Thousand Years of Home
From the unit Deep Time, First Contacts
We are learning how archaeologists know that First Nations Australians have been connected to this continent for at least 65,000 years, and why 'many Nations, many cultures' is the accurate picture — then and now.
Start this lesson →Health and Physical Education · about 55 minutes
Play Smart: Space, Timing and the Thinking Game
From the unit Game On! Play Smart, Bounce Back, Bring Everyone In
We are learning to use space, timing and quick decisions as strategies in games, and to explain how attack and defence thinking transfers between different sports.
Start this lesson →The Arts · about 60 minutes
What the Frame Includes
From the unit Frame, Sound, Word
We are learning to choose what goes inside the frame — how close, from what angle and what to leave out — and to describe how each choice changes what an audience thinks and feels.
Start this lesson →Technologies · about 55 minutes
Five Food Groups at Our Table
From the unit Fuel for the Day: Choosing and Preparing Healthy Food
We are learning to use the five food groups to look at a whole day of our own meals, and to tell everyday foods from occasional foods.
Start this lesson →Languages · about 70 minutes
Konnichiwa: Saying Hello, Saying Who You Are
From the unit Everyday Japanese: Conversations and Cultural Windows
We are learning to greet someone in Japanese, say who we are, and ask and answer two real questions — how are you, and how old are you — using a written sound map and the question job-word ka.
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When you want the rest of Year 4
Every other lesson in Year 4, and the learning record for your registration, come with a plan. A family's first plan starts with a week to try it, and nothing is charged until day 8.