Year 5/6

Year 5/6 Cluster News

HOME INQUIRY: 

Inquiry: Please have conversations with your child about the different events/milestones that they have experienced in their lives eg. Losing their first tooth, moving house etc.

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

Mathematics: We will continue to work on and revise general multiplication skills with the goal for automaticity of the facts up to x10. 

Camp: Camp will be held on Monday 30th March - Wednesday 1st  April (Week 10) at Woodhouse Adventure Park. If you are a parent who would like to volunteer, please let us know via email ASAP.

Please use the following link to register your child for camp. This will include medical and dietary requirements. 

https://book.venue.life/woodhouse/register/24455-gglps56

Toddle: If you do not have access to Toddle, please contact the front office. 

iPads: Please ensure your child has working headphones and a keyboard. The iPad keyboard will be important in the development of keyboard typing skills which will be part of their class learning. The headphones will be regularly used in class for a variety of purposes. Please ensure that your child has the apps required. These were sent home in the PIN information. Please contact us if you are unsure of what apps are needed.

Specialist Lessons

Tuesday: PE

Wednesday: Art and Japanese

Thursday: Music and (even weeks) STEM

Friday: Choir (optional)

Uniform: 

Monday and Wednesday: Formal

Tuesday and Thursday: PE

Friday: PE or formal (student choice)

Current and Upcoming Learning  

Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop: In these beginning weeks, we will be launching our literacy workshops and introducing routines and expectations. Students can begin their Premier’s Reading Challenge. We believe that regular reading is the greatest way to improve as a reader. 

Mathematics: The students will continue to spend time exploring place value and number, with a focus on number facts and the four operations. This week we have worked on subtraction with trading. We will now move into multiplication and division.

Inquiry: We have begin our Unit of Inquiry: Who We Are, moving into a deeper exploration of who we are as individuals and the changes we experience. This learning connects beautifully with our preparation for Camp in Week 10. 

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