Year Five News 

Dear Year Five Families,

We've made it to the ending of Term One! The Year Five teachers would like to begin with congratulating all Year Five students on a fantastic start to 2022. Students have shown resilience and have been risk takers this term, practicing for NAPLAN and juggling all different extracurricular/extension classes throughout the term, as well as settling in to their new classrooms. The year five teachers couldn't be more proud.

Reading

Students begin the final two weeks of term one learning about Narratives. Students are unpacking the features and structures of narratives and will be looking at figurative language to enhance their knowledge when reading a variety of fictional texts. Students have been identifying the various sections of a text whether it be the conflict, resolution, main characters, setting, or overall structure. Students are using the Story Mountain template as shown below to plan their work and show their understanding when reading fictional texts.

Writing

Now that the focus has been moved to Narratives, students will be exploring the structure and vocabulary that narratives produce. Students are beginning narratives by following a seven step structure. Students this week have focused on the first three - this ensures that all aspects of a narrative can be covered in students writing. The seven steps include:

1. Plan for Success
2. Sizzling Starts
3. Tightening Tensions
4. Dynamic Dialogue
5. Show Don't Tell
6. Ban the Boring
7. Exciting Ending

Mathematics

During Mathematics, students learnt about the different properties 2D Shapes and 3D Objects hold. Students explored the vertices, edges and faces identifying the 2D shapes that make up 3D objects. Students have also explored a variety of ways to represent data collected as a whole and individually. Students were given a subject and asked to form a question to ask their peers to which they could collect data from. Students represented their data in a variety of ways as shown below. Students were asked to reflect on their learning.

Unit of Inquiry

Through the Transdisciplinary Theme, ‘Who We are’ and central idea, ‘Characteristics of a leader determine their legacy,’ students have begun to investigate a leader of their choice or former Prime Minister of Australia. They are using the key concepts of responsibility, causation and perspective. Some questions that they are inquiring into are what the different responsibilities their leader has, why did the person become a leader and whether or not they believe their leader was effective. 

NAPLAN

NAPLAN prep is continuing with students displaying commitment and resilience to ensure they are doing their best. Although NAPLAN dates are not yet final, it will likely be held in May, around the second or third week of Term Two.

Homework

Homework is an expectation for the Year Five cohort and can be accessed via Schoolbox as well as glued in student homework books. It is a way for students to reinforce learning from school and facilitate mastery in specific areas. The homework cycle allows students two weeks to complete the set tasks and we encourage families to have discussions and ask questions of their children. By showing an interest in the activities, the children appreciate that what they are doing is of importance. This cycle of homework is due on April 26th, first day of Term 2. Students will have the School Holidays to continue learning from their given homework. If you have any questions regarding the homework tasks, please do not hesitate to contact your classroom teacher.

Important Dates:

Athletics Carnival - Wednesday, April 6th

Last Day of Term 1 - Friday, April 8th

Student Quotes:

To finish off the term, students were asked what their most memorable moment of Term One was. Here are there responses:

~ "The first day in the classroom because we got to meet our teacher and establish a routine." – Jisha 5B

~ "Learning something new everyday" – Eric 5B

~ "Making Miss Rizzo laugh at my jokes" - Lincoln 5B

"I have learned a line graph and a histogram. I also did my own graph and it was about 'What is your favourite pet?" - Xyaen 5C

~ "It was fun reading Little People, Big Dreams and learning of other people's accomplishments. I especially liked the David Attenborough book." - Baonam 5C

~ "I thought I was going to hate this year because I was split from my friends, turns out I have the most amazing teacher and I'm on the same timetable as them!" - Mila 5D

"The beach program was most memorable. We got to play games and practice body boarding." - Roxana 5D

~ "Making friends, getting to know my classmates more and meeting my teacher" - Michaela 5E

~ "I have enjoyed researching different leaders in Inquiry." - Kazumi 5E

~ "Becoming Junior School Council Representative for my class." - Aarush 5F

~ "I never felt bored. Each day is memorable because of Miss Edie." - Wijdan 5F

Kind Regards,

The Year Five Team