Year 5/6

Year 5/6 Cluster News

Welcome to Term 3!

We pray that you had a restful and enjoyable break and were able to spend some quality time together.

Term 3 is always a busy and exciting time in Year 5/6, with many learning opportunities, activities and special events ahead. We look forward to another positive term of learning and growth with our students.

SACSA events:

We have begun training for SACSA Netball, which will be held in Week 4 this term.

After that we will begin training for SACSA Football, followed by SACSA Basketball in Term 4. If your child is interested in trying out for SACSA Football or Basketball, please encourage them to practise their fitness, ball skills and teamwork skills at home.

Church Café:

Although we love the church café, we would appreciate if parents don’t buy drinks from the café just before the beginning of the school day. Milkshakes and hot chocolates are not allowed to be brought into classrooms, as it creates a hurdle for the start of the day.

Current and Upcoming Learning 

HOME INQUIRY: 

Reading: Aim for 20 minutes minimum reading per night. We encourage students to read aloud, either to themselves or a parent.  

Mathematics: Continuing to develop their recall of multiplication facts, with the goal of building automatic recall of multiplication facts up to 10 × 10.

At home, encourage your child to read the time at different points throughout the day. The more opportunities they have to practise this skill in real-life situations, the more confidently and independently they will be able to apply their learning.

Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop:

We are continuing our novel study of Hatchet, which connects closely with our Unit of Inquiry, Sharing the Planet. In Writer’s Workshop, students are continuing the report-writing unit they began last term, further developing their understanding of the structure, features and language used to create effective factual reports. These areas of learning will support students as they investigate the features of different environments and biomes, and explore how living things adapt to survive in these conditions.

Mathematics:

Over the past week, students have focused on developing their understanding of time. They have practised reading analogue clocks and reading and converting between 12- and 24-hour time. Next, students will move on to interpreting timetables and itineraries, and solving problems involving elapsed time and the duration of events and journeys.

Inquiry:

We have begun our ‘Sharing the Planet’ unit of inquiry, where we explore the features of environments connected to biomes and how living things adapt to surviving in these conditions. Students will explore the interconnetedness of ecosystems within biomes and how resources are used within these.

Dates of upcoming events

Exhibition Launch for Y6 students – Week 3
Parent Exhibition Information Session – Week 4 - Wednesday 12 August. There are 2 sessions available to parents to attend. A separate communication for this event will be sent to the Year 6 parents.
Year 5/6 Action Excursion – Week 5 - Tuesday 18 August
Book Week Parade and Community Breakfast – Week 6 - 25 August
Student Free Day – Week 7 – 4 September
Year 5 Celebration of Learning – Week 9 - Thursday 17 September – 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Year 6 Exhibition Evening – Week 10 - Tuesday 22 September – 6:00 – 7:30pm

More information about these dates and events will be shared in the weeks prior.

School Calendar:   

https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/  

Blessings for the week ahead,

The 5/6 Team

Luke Napier    napier.luke@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Jade Fielke

fielke.jade@goldengrove.sa.edu.au

Rachel Saunders saunders.rachel@goldengrove.sa.edu.au