Connect: Year 5

Reminders:

• Please send your child's library satchel with them to school on Thursdays so they can borrow books to take home. 
• Term 1 is extremely hot with high UV rays so we require all students to bring hats and drink bottles. 

Upcoming events:

Camp: This year our camp will be taking place from the 2nd of June till the 4th of June we are lucky enough to be going to a new camp location this year we will be visiting Forest Edge Camp. Please keep eye out on central for more information in the coming weeks.

Future Learning: 

Reading: Our class novel is Runt; we will be studying this text for term one. students will opportunities to improve their comprehension and expand their vocab, each student has a copy of this novel which is kept at school. 

Writing: In the coming weeks we will be looking at features of Persuasive texts and exploring persuasive devices, text structure and expanding on arguments. They will be exploring for against arguments for specific topics, analysing what makes a good persuasive text.

Maths: We are learning to use the associative and distributive properties to solve multiplication problems. Students will also be exploring shape and perimeter.  

Wellbeing: We will focus on establishing consistent and predictable routines including morning circle, ready to learn scale, school and class expectations.

Inquiry: Our inquiry unit is 'Think Global, Act Local' they will learn about the natural world and how we are changing it and how we can be more sustainable. 

Krystal And Jenny