Grade 5/6 News

Wow, what an end to Term 4 we have had in Grade 5/6! The last few weeks have been action-packed as we finished off all of our learning units and celebrated the year that was. 

In Literature, students studied 'Treasure Island' by Robert Louis Stevenson. Students used character maps to analyse the characters motivations and actions whilst learning about the history of piracy in the 18th century. 

In English, students have been learning the structure of an Information Report whilst reading 'The Ice Forest'. Students have learnt the following tools to use in their writing to write their own information reports on a setting of their choice:

1. Formal and precise; formal and friendly
2. Use comparisons to make information real for the reader
3. Using hyphenated compound adjective to make nouns sound special
4. Suggestion of warning/danger about the setting to highlight a cause and effect

Below is an example of Gursimrat Sandhu's text entitled 'The Haunted Island'.

In Maths, Grade 5's have been learning about units of measurement including 3D shapes, volume and capacity. Grade 6's have been revising topics that they have covered throughout the year, including algebra. 

Grade 6 Celebrations:

On Thursday the 4th of December, the Grade 6 students and their teachers went to Funfields Themepark to celebrate the end of their primary schooling. A fun day was had by all!

On Monday the 8th of December, we held our Grade 6 graduation ceremony. During the ceremony we celebrated all of our amazing graduates, as well as some individual academic & achievement awards. The award recipients for 2025 were:

Community Award: Hassan Khan 5/6C

Happiness Award: Anayah Khan 5/6B

Excellence Award: Avikaar Avikaar 5/6A

Integrity Award: Yaswanth Maddhi 5/6C

Excellence in P.E. Award: Hemish Patel 5/6A

Excellence in STEM Award: Joseph Laoye 5/6B

Excellence in Art Award: Ugadev Ramesh 5/6A

Excellence in Music Award: Aanya Parusomula 5/6A

Excellence in Mathematics: Guransh Singh 5/6C

Excellence in English: Liza Ahmed 5/6C

Dylan Wight Award: Cooper Newell 5/6B

Julia Gillard Award: Maanika Kaur 5/6C

We are extremely proud of all of the Grade 5/6 students this year. It has been a pleasure working with them and we wish them all the best in the next stages of their schooling!

Sincerely, 

Miss Gould, Mr. Phan, Mr. Turner & Miss B