{"id":21604,"date":"2026-08-05T13:20:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=21604"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:05:49","slug":"year-4-24","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/year-4-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Mathematics this week, students have been exploring the CUBES strategy. This problem-solving strategy helps students approach worded problems in a structured and confident way. We have been focusing on circling key numbers, underlining the question, boxing important mathematical terms, eliminating unnecessary information, and then solving and checking our answers. By breaking problems into manageable steps, students learn to identify the most important information and determine which mathematical operations are needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CUBES strategy supports reading comprehension, critical thinking, and accuracy when solving mathematical problems, helping students build confidence and become more independent problem-solvers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ms Kate Bakhos, Ms Natalie Bejar, Ms Merissa Perivolarellis and Mr Edward Wang <\/strong><br>Year 4 Teachers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/08\/image0-27.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21815\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/08\/image0-27-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/08\/image0-27-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/08\/image0-27-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/08\/image0-27-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/08\/image0-27-112x150.jpeg 112w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/08\/image0-27.jpeg 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Mathematics this week, students have been exploring the CUBES strategy. This problem-solving strategy helps students approach worded problems in a structured and confident way. We have been focusing on circling key numbers, underlining the question, boxing important mathematical terms, eliminating unnecessary information, and then solving and checking our answers. By breaking problems into manageable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[6],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-21604","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-primary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/21604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=21604"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=21604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}