Year 5

Grade 5 

5A: Sonya Webb           5B: Lucy Scanlon and Kelly Cox     5C: Tracey Sullivan       

5D: Christina Likos and Amy Weninger                                5E: Yu Chen

Weekly schedule:

Important Dates – Grade 5

• Tuesday 6 – Tuesday 13 October – Somers Camp (participating students)
• Wednesday 14 October – Regional Athletics (participating students)
• Wednesday 21 October – Stand Tall Grade 5
• Wednesday 28 October – Stand Tall Grade 5
• Monday 2 November – Curriculum Day (NO SCHOOL)
• Tuesday 3 November – Melbourne Cup Public Holiday
• Wednesday 4 November – Stand Tall Grade 5
• Wednesday 11 November – Stand Tall Grade 5 / Remembrance Day Service
• Wednesday 2 December – Grade 5 Mad About Science Incursion (TBC)
• Friday 4 December – Grade 5 Mad About Science Incursion (TBC)
• Tuesday 8 December – Step Up Day (Transition)
• Friday 11 December – Curriculum Day (NO SCHOOL)
• Monday 14 December – Reports available to families
• Thursday 17 December – Last Day of Classes

Learning

In Term 4, the Grade 5 students will be focusing on the following areas:

• English – Students will complete a narrative study based on the novel The Grandest Bookshop in the World. They will explore the features and structure of narrative texts and use these skills to plan, draft and publish their own fictional narrative, with a touch of magic.

• Numeracy – Students will begin the term by investigating chance and probability before progressing to 3D objects and nets. They will continue to develop their problem-solving skills involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Students will also investigate concepts relating to time, angles and transformations, including reflections and rotations. The term will conclude with a revision and consolidation of multiplication and division strategies.

• Inquiry – Our Inquiry topic this term is Chemical Sciences. Students will investigate the observable properties of matter, including solids, liquids and gases. They will explore how materials can be described and classified according to their properties and how materials can change when heated, cooled or combined.

Home Learning

Homework may include a variety of activities designed to support and extend classroom learning. These may consist of:

• Borrowing books from the library on a weekly basis (students must bring a library bag)
• Daily reading to, with, or independently for parents/carers or older siblings
• Researching topics related to class learning
• Practising reading fluency
• Completing mathematics consolidation tasks
• Practising sports skills
• Practising and playing musical instruments
• Research projects or extension activities
• Using Literacy and Numeracy online applications to support learning (e.g. ebooks, audiobooks, Khan Academy)
• Finishing any incomplete classwork sent home