Year 5

Term 3 Reflection

Term 3 was a busy and rewarding term for our Year 5 students! Throughout the term, students demonstrated fantastic growth across all learning areas. In Mathematics, we explored measurement, statistics and division, while in Literacy, students continued to develop their reading comprehension and writing skills through a range of engaging activities.

A special highlight of Term 3 was our Year 6 Leadership Speeches in Week 10. We were incredibly proud of all students who put themselves forward and demonstrated such courage, confidence and enthusiasm when speaking in front of their peers. The quality of the speeches was outstanding and reflected the maturity and leadership potential within our Year 5 cohort. Congratulations to everyone who participated! We look forward to continuing the leadership selection process throughout Term 4.

Looking ahead to Term 4!

Welcome back to Term 4! We hope all our Year 5 students and families enjoyed a relaxing and refreshing break and are ready for an exciting and action-packed final term of the year. Term 4 is shaping up to be a busy and memorable one, with plenty of exciting learning opportunities and events ahead. Students will be involved in the Year 6 Leadership selection process as they prepare to become the senior leaders of our school in 2027. We look forward to finishing the year on a positive note and making the most of our final term together!

Mathematics

This term in Mathematics, Year 5 students will continue to strengthen their understanding of multiplication and division, exploring factors, multiples, divisibility rules and efficient strategies for solving problems involving remainders. Students will also investigate number patterns, identify relationships and develop rules to describe and predict patterns. In Measurement, students will explore mass and capacity, selecting appropriate units, converting between measurements and solving real-world problems. In Space, students will use grid coordinates to describe locations and movement, as well as investigate transformations, including reflection, rotation and translation. Throughout the term, students will continue to develop their mathematical reasoning, problem-solving skills and ability to explain their thinking.

Reading

This term in Reading students will be continuing to develop their reading fluency and comprehension skills. Students will be reading the Louis Sachar text, Holes and analysing the characters and themes within the book. Whilst reading the text, students will identify textual aspects that represent details about historical, cultural and social contexts. They will describe how Louis Sachar conveys feelings, mood, actions and ideas to build literal and inferred meanings. Students will continue to develop their morphemic knowledge through regular spelling lessons and use their spelling skills to define new vocabulary and provide context and comprehension to the text they are reading.

Writing

This term in Writing, Year 5 students will continue to strengthen their writing skills through narrative writing, focusing on creating engaging stories using the writer’s process of planning, drafting, revising, editing and publishing. Students will also explore newspaper article writing, learning to create engaging headlines, identify key facts, structure information logically and use formal, objective language to inform their readers.

Through our Writing Matrix, students will have opportunities to explore a variety of text types, including poetry, biographies, persuasive writing and creative stories. These activities will encourage students to refine their writing techniques, experiment with different styles and develop their creativity, independence and confidence as writers.

STEAM

Our STEAM Unit this term will involve Economics and Business and Design Technologies. Students will explore and classify economic resources and describe how resource scarcity impacts our decisions and the economy. We will classify different needs and wants, and how consumers have access to products and services. Students will learn about entrepreneurship and the importance of work to individuals and the community. We will then use these skills and knowledge for our 2026 Market Day.

Students will work collaboratively in a group to select and explain design ideas that can address their chosen need and audience, and communicate these design ideas using technical terms and graphical representations. Students will learn about the design cycle (investigate, plan, create, evaluate, improve, share) and then produce a sustainable product that they will share and sell at the 2026 Market Day.

Important Dates: 

Disco: Thursday 15th October

Market Manoeuvrers Incursion: Thursday 22nd October

Melbourne Cup Public Holiday: Tuesday 3rd November 

Years 3-6 House Swimming: Friday 6th November

Life Saving Excursion: Monday 23rd November

2026 Market Day: Friday 11th December

Last day Term 4: Friday 18th December 

Kind Regards,

Year 5 Team

Mr Groves, Mr Littlechild and Mrs Van Zyl.