Year 3-6 Sector

Year 5 News

Literacy

The Grade Five’s have been busy exploring functional texts and how they vary in purpose. They have been practising their letter writing skills and this week they will be looking at ICT use and how they can use technology to write functional texts such as text messages and emails.

School values

Gratitude

There has been a strong emphasis on ‘Gratitude’ within the grade 5 cohort this term. Combining with our PBL topic, Immigration in Australia, the students have been discussing how grateful they are to be apart of this country. Every morning we say an acknowledgement to country to honour and show our gratitude to the aboriginal community.    

Here are some important messages the students have about gratitude:

‘The year 5’s are grateful to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, the Aboriginals. We are grateful to have such great teachers at the school who have been with us for our whole learning experience. We are also grateful to have amazing families who are always supporting us throughout our lifetime. We are also proud to be one big community at Brookside College.       

Alexis and Mia, 5D

PBL 

The students have been working exceptionally hard this term researching Immigration in Australian. The students have explored the differences between migration, refugees and asylum seekers. They have enjoyed learning about Aboriginal history and discovering the varying reasons people decided to come to Australia. They will be using Minecraft to present their knowledge on Immigration in Australia. 

Reminders:

Please ensure your children are completing their reading and Mathletics homework each week.

As we are moving into winter, please send your kids rugged up to school with the appropriate uniform. For any clothing outside of the uniform policy, please ensure you send a note to their homeroom teacher.

Year 5 Team