Curriculum Outline Term 3

Grade 5 

5A: Donina Tutagalevao            5B: Sonya Webb

5C: Callum Swanston                 5D: Yui Chen

Weekly schedule:

PE and HEALTH: 5A/5D- Tuesday, 5B/5C- Thursday

ART: 5A/5B Tuesday, 5C/5D- Thursday

PERFORMING ARTS: 5B/5C- Tuesday, 5A/5D- Thursday

STEM: 5C/D Tuesday, 5A/5B- Thursday

Year 5 cohort sport: Friday 

Important Dates

• 29/8 - Young leaders
• 5/9 - Fathers day stall
• 5/9 - District athletics
• 19/9 - Last day of term

Learning

In term 3, the grade 5 students are focusing on the following:

• English- In English we will be working on information text reading and writing. Students will learn to navigate information texts for their own research and create their own texts on a chosen animal, focussing on adaptations connecting to inquiry. 
• Numeracy – Grade 5 will be starting the term with  estimating/rounding and moving into multiplication and division as well as fractions. Students will learn about data and statistics and create data displays. In addition, students will learn about measurement specifically length, mass and capacity and how this relates to the real world. 
• Inquiry – Our inquiry topic this term is Biological Sciences. Students will learn about animal adaptions, habitats and how humans have impacted the world around us. 

Home Learning

Homework may consist of:

• borrowing of books from the Library on a weekly basis (must have Library bag) 
• daily reading to, with, or by parents/carer or older siblings
• researching topics associated with set class work 
• practising reading fluency
• completing consolidation exercises for mathematics 
• practising sports skills
• practising and playing musical instruments 
• research project and extension activities
• Literacy/Numeracy online applications to support learning (ie. ebooks, audio books, Khan Academy)

Students are generally not expected to complete more than 30 - 45 minutes of homework per day.