Back Row:- Heidi Damgaard, Hilary Kristal (ESL), Catherine Whiter (ESL), Susan Badawi Front Row:- Ron Whaling, Bruce Sutherland (Grade 4 Coordinator), Peter Lundin

Welcome to Grade Four at SSIS. This year we have five classes supported by homeroom teachers and two ESL teachers. Our experienced team comes from Canada, Denmark, United States and New Zealand.   We are lucky to have a very experienced team of teachers with a variety of different specializations.

	Grade 4 students investigate around the school		Learning is more fun with friends!

Our Units of Inquiry are designed to enhance students' curiosity about the world and create lifelong learners.  Grade 4 camp allows our students to become more independent. At the end of our Persuasion Unit, the students gain confidence presenting advertising campaigns for a drink to parents and the school community.  Our students are inquirers in the Positive Change Unit when they research about a group or person who has improved our world.

	Cooperating		Students after a day of soccer fun		Grade 4 students being creative

In Grade 4, our goal is to create internationally-minded students.  The students partake in learning engagements that improve their research skills and become more independent learners.  They inquire, share and experiment.  They start asking more complex questions about the world around them. They begin to communicate more formally.  They take important steps to becoming lifelong learners.