Year 5 News
Reading
This fortnight in Reading, the Year 5 cohort has been focusing on making connections to texts. Students explored text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections to deepen their understanding of what they read.
They read a range of engaging texts, including stories about immigration, news articles about robot ninjas, and personal reflection pieces, which encouraged them to think about how texts relate to their own experiences, other texts, and the wider world. Students also had opportunities to share their own stories and perspectives, helping to build confidence and connectedness within the cohort.
“We did text-to-text, text-to-self and deep connections” - Moeen 5A
“Connections help you learn more about the book” - Jahnavi 5A
“It is very fun to make text to self connections!” - Ali 5C
“We read “Fire” and made connections to the bush fires in Australia.” - Agam 5C
“I really like doing connections” - Evelyn 5B
“I like making connections” - Avanya 5B
Writing
From draft to published piece, the Year 5 cohort has been busy bringing their narratives to life. This fortnight, students focused on revising and editing their writing by improving their grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure, while also adding descriptive details to strengthen their stories.
They explored how authors refine their work through the editing process before sharing it with an audience. Students then published their final narratives, taking great pride in their effort, creativity, and growth as writers. It has been wonderful to see their confidence develop throughout the writing process.
“A Hook Opener makes your story sound more interesting” - Sofia 5A
“It was fun planning our narratives and having a lot of ideas” - Gursirat 5A
“My narrative is about the king of all kings.” - Ali 5C
“I wrote a narrative about 10 spies protecting Fletcher, the king of England.” - Joseph 5C
“I like using interesting opening sentences” - Evelyn 5B
“ I like that we get to use our imagination” - Berk 5B
Maths
Over the past fortnight, the students have continued their learning about decimals. They have explored rounding decimals and learning a rhyme to help them remember. (Find the place and look next door, 5 or more and raise the score, 4 or less and let it rest). They also have looked at how decimals are used in real life, from temperature to money, tracking time to measurement. The students have analysed decimals, compared them and ordered them to a set criteria.
“It was easy to add decimals. It is like adding whole numbers” - Rafaeel 5A
“To order decimals you have to look at the tenths place first” - Jobe 5A
“I like ordering decimals” - Zack 5B
“You have to look at the tenths and the hundredths to see which number is larger.” - Agam 5C
“ I like Maths” - Kathleen 5B
Inquiry
Over the last fortnight in Inquiry, the students have been working hard to research information for their end of term project. They were organised in groups and needed to work together to collect information, paraphrase, publish and present their work. The students practiced their communication skills, teamwork abilities and public speaking to prepare and share the research project. Well Done Year 5’s.
“For my project, we used Canva to present our information” - Josiah 5A
“We worked hard to find a template for our newspaper article” - Charlotte 5A
“ I have really enjoyed creating our projects” - Gurreet
Social and Emotional Learning
Emotions can sometimes feel like a rollercoaster, and this fortnight the Year 5 cohort explored how to understand and manage the intensity of their emotions. Through Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), students discussed how feelings can change throughout the day and learned strategies to help them respond in positive and respectful ways.
They also focused on the importance of treating everyone with kindness and respect, including classmates, CRTs (Casual Relief Teachers), and other members of the school community. Students reflected on how their words and actions can positively impact others and how showing empathy helps build a safe and supportive environment.
This learning is strongly connected to our school values of kindness, responsibility, and resilience, as students continue to develop the skills needed to manage emotions and build positive relationships.
“We need to show our school values to everyone” - Hope 5A
“We used the rollercoaster to show the good parts of the day and bad parts of the day” - Yousif 5A
“ I like showing our school values” - Madison 5B
AUSLAN
This fortnight in AUSLAN, the Year 5 cohort explored how size can be communicated using hand shapes, finger positions, and facial expressions. Students learned how signs can change depending on the size of an object, for example showing how they would hold and drink from a small cup compared to a large mug.
This hands-on learning experience helped students understand how body language and expression play an important role in communication. It was wonderful to see the Year 5 cohort actively participating and building their confidence as they developed their AUSLAN skills.
“It was fun learning new signs” - Hassen 5A
“I like learning new signs” 5B
NAPLAN
NAPLAN has officially finished! The Year 5 students have shown resilience, perseverance and their ability to work hard during the last two weeks. We would like to congratulate our students on their hard work!
“Maths is one of my favourite subjects” - Lorenzo
Harmony Day
During this fortnight, the school recognised Harmony Day and celebrated the rich diversity within their school community. Students learned about the importance of inclusion, respect, and belonging, and how Australia is made up of people from many different cultures and backgrounds.
Through classroom discussions and activities, they reflected on how showing kindness, responsibility, and resilience helps create a welcoming environment where everyone feels valued. Harmony Day was a wonderful opportunity for the school to celebrate what makes each person unique while recognising the importance of standing together as a community.
“Harmony was good because all the cultures came together and celebrated” - Miles 5A
Open Classrooms
Craigieburn Primary School had an open classroom morning, where families had the opportunity to come in and see all the amazing work the students have been doing over the last term! It was amazing to see all the families that came and celebrated the students' learning.
Cross Country
The Year 5 students took part in cross country where they had to run either 2km or 3km around the school. It was amazing to see all the students getting active!
