YEAR 5

FROM THE CLASSROOM

Year 5 has been busy again this week. Students have been working hard and aspiring to do their best in all areas of learning. We were also very lucky to welcome Anna Cripsey from the Victorian Institute of Sport to teach our students about the life of an athlete and about wind foiling!

In Inquiry, students continued researching inspiring Australians. They have been doing lots of research and are actively creating fact files on three notable Australians that they admire.

In Maths, students have been practising how to select an appropriate unit of measurement, estimating and measuring accurately. 

In Reading, we progressed further into our class novel 'Once', exploring new vocabulary, identifying main ideas and analysing the characters we’ve come to know.

Respect has been a major focus across our learning communities this week. Students continue to find moments where their peers demonstrate the Ramlegh Park value of respect. Each day, they have been giving tokens to classmates who have shown this value in the classroom and in the yard, which is helping to build a culture where positive behaviour is noticed and celebrated.

Aavya 5E – “I enjoyed learning about Anna Cripsey and what wind foiling is. I’ve also enjoyed measuring things in different units.”

Ishaani 5E – “We got to welcome a new student to 5E.”

Daneet 5E – “I enjoyed learning a new tool for writing a recount.”

LEARNING INTENTIONS FOR NEXT WEEK

MATHS

• We are learning to use efficient strategies to calculate the perimeter of regular and irregular shapes.
• We are learning to use efficient strategies to calculate the area of regular and irregular shapes.
• We are learning to use efficient strategies to calculate the area and perimeter of shapes with missing values.

WRITING

• We are learning to understand and recall our new Talk4Write text.
• We are learning to use new vocabulary from our Talk4Write text. 
• We are learning to add authenticity by including direct or reported speech.

READING

• We are learning to explain the meaning of new words from 'Once' and use them in sentences.
• We are learning to build background knowledge to help us understand the next chapter of 'Once'.
• We are learning to summarise the key events from chapters twelve and thirteen of 'Once'.

INQUIRY

• We are learning how to use reliable sources on the internet to effectively search for information.
• We are learning to find key information about notable Australians.
• We are learning to identify and describe a notable Australian’s lasting impact.

WELLBEING

• We are learning to describe the difference between productive and unproductive coping strategies.
• We are learning to identify productive coping strategies we can use in our everyday life.

YEAR 5 SPECIALIST TIMETABLE