Grade 5/6

READING 

We have some beautiful independent reading happening in our learning spaces. We had a

 wonderful donation from Mr. Cliff who has purchased soccer superstar books for our spaces. These books have caused some of our “non loving readers” to begin to independently read without prompting, and therefore enjoying and looking forward to our reading tasks. We will be on the look out for more!

NUMERACY 

This week we have started our multiplication group work. We have been working hard, to identify the concepts of multiplication via worded problems, games and pictures. It would be great to see and hear some home discussions around multiplication facts as it is a skill we all need to have!

WRITING

Our students have been exploring the topic ‘From Seed to Tree’. They will be writing a text to explain the life cycle of a tree and what happens at each stage in its life. Some amazing facts have been discovered and students have been thinking about how they will sequence them. Next week we will begin to write our texts. 

Congratulations Grade 5s, this year all students performed well and 88% of students were identified as achieving a ‘strong’ result.

SPELLING 

We wanted to congratulate our students, especially our grade 5’s for their wonderful results in NAPLAN spelling. They work hard every day on their spelling rules!

INQUIRY 

We have been learning about Australia as a democracy and the levels of government. We are currently identifying the levels of government and what their roles and responsibilities are within the local government, our state and 

 territory and federal governments. Some great group work has been done, with students displaying their knowledge with posters