Connect: Year 5

Welcome to Term Four, Week Four

Dates to Remember

30th October - Grandparents Day

Week of 27th October - Book Fair

14th November SRC Free Dress day.

21st November - Curriculum Day

17th December - Final Assembly

In the coming weeks we will  begin the process for Student Leadership applications for 2026. Stay tuned for more information.

Literacy 

During Literacy lesson the students with explore how Australia was settled by the British. They will summarise and compare and contrast how the colonies of New South Wales, Tasmania and Western Australia were settled. Tom Appleby by Jackie French is our class novel and this also explores the life of a convict sentenced to deportation to Botany Bay for stealing. Students will develop their writing skills by writing a series of diary entries from the perspective of a convict. 

Maths

In the coming weeks our focus will be rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 000 and 100,000. Students will determine the effects  rounding up or down will have on addition subtraction and division problems.  

Wellbeing 

During our Wellbeing lessons students will explore positive and negative use of power in relationships, what it means to be a bystander and help seeking. Traditional gender roles will be explored prompting discussions around how these have changed and the impact they have.  They will develop strategies to succeed when learning is challenging and how to overcome speed humps. 

Inquiry

Students will explore solids, liquids and gasses. They will appreciate the way that scientists and engineers have used their understanding of chemistry to develop solutions to solve problems.