Year 5 News

From Tessa Patrao, Year 5D teacher

Express yourself.

Congratulations to the RISE award winners from the Week 3 Assembly, well done on our school values and being role models in your classes. A reminder that school leader applications have been handed out and need to be returned by November 6th (Fete Friday). Copies of the applications can be found on seesaw.  

Reading 

This week in reading we have been practising our fluency when reading out loud. We looked at the way books indicate the expression and tone you should read each sentence and passage by using italics, word size and punctuation. We had fun with practsing our fluency and expression by performing jokes for our class. 

Writing 

This week in writing we have been breaking down the book Magic Beach by Alison Lester so we could write our own versions about our own special places. We have been using rhyme, figurative and descriptive language to create a vivid image for our readers that helps take them to our special places. 

Maths 

This week in maths we finished our unit on Fractions, Decimals and Percentages with some problem solving tasks and percentage worded problems. We learnt how to convert between fractions, decimals and percentages and how to calculate percentage discounts. Congratulations to all students who participated in the Australian Maths Competition you all put your all into it and should be so proud of the results. Special congratulations to; Elliot H, Sonny B, Chloe C, Ewan L, Henry S, Philips X, Bruno N, and Ted B who all received a Distinction.