Japanese

Students will learn words for communicating about the weather. This will include asking questions about the weather and making weather forecasts. Japanese grammatical patterns will be used for describing variations in weather, such as “cloudy then rainy”. We will utilise flashcards and slide shows to support our learning. Students will also interact with each other in communication tasks which mimic authentic communication, such as asking about the weather and phrases used to demonstrate active listening. Students will use the hiragana chart to support reading and writing words and sentences related to the weather.

Digital Technologies

Students this term are using LEGO Spike to solve more difficult coding challenges. They will build complex models and use logic—like loops and sensors—to make their robots react to the world around them. Students will focus on testing their ideas, finding errors, and improving their designs to complete specific missions.

Art

Students will engage in Visual Arts by exploring the elements of art which include line, shape, texture, space, colour, colour value (gradient) and form. They will use these to begin exploring portraits, and how we can present portraits in abstract ways. Different skills such as making lines and patterns and continuous line drawings will be used to explore how facial features can be represented. They will be inspired by the work of Frida Kahlo, Matisse and Van Gogh, amongst others.

Physical Education

In P.E. this term, students will engage in advanced Fundamental movement skills with the addition of applying strategic thinking to their PE learning. Students will work through various striking and fielding games such as Rapid fire Cricket, Softball, Kickball and Tee - Ball.

Students have also had the opportunity to sign up and represent Mother Teresa Primary through the “Summer Sport Gala Day” which is a sport carnival involving: Basketball, Cricket, Tee - Ball and Volleyball playing against other schools in an inter-school round robin type format. Consent has been sent home via Compass for those involved.

Term Overview

Year 5 | Term 2 | 2026 · 01 May 2026

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