Year 5 Term 1 Newsletter
Meet The Teaching Team
5A - Emma Harper (PLC Leader)
5B - Sam Collins
5C - Julian Gordon
Welcome to Term 1
Hi Year 5 Families,
I hope you're all proud of the fantastic start your child has made this year! We’re really enjoying getting to know the students and supporting them in ways that best suit their learning.
Specialist Timetable
Specialist | 5A | 5B | 5C |
Music (Sue Digby) | Tues | Tues | Mon |
Italian (Stella Mondy) | Wed | Wed | Mon |
Art (Suzanne Reid) | Thurs | Thurs | Thurs |
PE (Bec Robinson) | Mon | Wed | Wed |
Science (Nahal Atashkadeh) | Wed | Mon | Wed |
Library | THURSDAY |
Important Dates
17/02: 4-6 House Swimming
18/02: Whole School Photo Day
03/03: District Swimming
06/03: Natural Disasters Incursion
07/03: Beach Swimming Program
07/03: Community Picnic
10/03: Labour Day—Public Holiday
12/03: Divisional Swimming for selected students
12th - 19th March: NAPLAN testing
01/04: House Cross Country
04/04: Last Day of Term 1- 2.30pm finish
Electronic Roles
Our electronic rolls are legal documents therefore we must be accountable for any absences. Please assist with this by informing the school by replying to the text message sent by Sentral in the event of your child being away.
Teaching and Learning
Reading and Viewing
Children will be encouraged to select novels, which are appropriate for their reading level and interest. Each class will be working through comprehension instructional routines. This program explicitly teaches reading skills and strategies that develop and promote active and independent learning. Comprehension is a highly cognitive skill involving multiple interactions between readers and texts. We will be using a range of whole class and small group activities to investigate questioning techniques that are required as a skilled reader.
Writing
The key foci in writing this term will be narrative and persuasive text types. Using quality literature as a model, students will be working and focusing on;
- Texts that contain interesting and engaging introductions.
- Further developing the vocabulary and their ability to choose verbs, adjectives and adverbs more accurately.
- Developing students' ability to create adjectival and adverbial phrases and use them appropriately within their writing.
- Students will write within specific frameworks to ensure that their writing adequately meets its intended purpose.
- Using a range of sentence structures for variety and impact.
English Orthography
Students will be building on the skills they learnt in Year 4. They will investigate different words, whilst also revising the spelling norms and suffixing conventions that apply to words.
Mathematics
In Mathematics we will have a strong focus on problem solving and being able to manipulate and work with numbers. This term we will focus strongly on Number, especially place value, including decimals, and operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). Throughout each unit, students will be encouraged to apply their mathematical skills to investigate different problems. Regular and varied assessment activities will see students have discussions with their teachers about their progress across the unit and support their accountability for demonstrating growth. Students will be encouraged to develop their thinking skills as mathematicians, rather than simply trying to race to an answer.
Humanities
This term our units are Australian Government, Australian Natural Disasters and Design and Technology. In these units, we will be focussing on:
- The 3 different levels of government and what they are responsible for
- The different types of natural disasters that occur in Australia and their effects on our communities
- Government and public responses to past natural disasters
- Building a town that can withstand a natural disaster
Wellbeing
CEPS VALUES
COURTESY RESPECT CO-OPERATION RESPONSIBILITY
This term we will be developing our Emotional Literacy skills. Students will participate in engaging scenario-based activities that help them to develop empathy for others and how to read body language. Students will learn how to understand how kind words and actions can help support each other, and learn how to manage positive social behaviours.
Friday afternoon assembly awards will be given to children who have shown personal growth specific to the school's values. Parents will be informed if their child is receiving an award.
To further support the school values, CEPS follows a SWPBS framework, which we refer to as CEPS Positive Behaviours Support. This framework encourages acknowledging positive behaviours displayed by students within the school.
Your child may receive a CEPS raffle ticket for displaying the expected positive behaviours! Award winners will be drawn and announced during assembly on Friday afternoons.
Supporting Learning from Home
Homework
Homework is important for establishing routines in preparation for secondary school. Students are expected to read daily, record this in their diaries and have a parent sign this off. They should also practise their number fluency (e.g. times tables). In addition, they have a choice of projects they can work on over the month.
Term 1 Additional Information
Headphones
This year your students received a set of earbuds primarily to use during NAPLAN testing. If your child would prefer to bring another set of headphones, please ensure that you label them and that they have a jack. Bluetooth headphones are not suitable our school technology. Any headphones supplied will be kept in a secure place so that your child can access them whenever required. This also ensures that students are not sharing equipment and provides a healthier environment.
NAPLAN
NAPLAN, which stands for The National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy, is a standardised set of tests that are sat by students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9. The results give parents and schools an idea of where each child is at in their development, and help education bodies identify areas of the curriculum that need specific focus.
This year NAPLAN will be held from 12-19 March. More information about the specific testing schedule will be provided soon. Please speak with your teacher if you have any questions.
Communication
If you have any queries along the way, please feel free to contact us via a Class Dojo. If any more urgent concerns arise, please organise a time to meet with your child’s teacher.
We use Sentral to communicate School and Year 5 Information and Class Dojo to celebrate the children’s daily learning.