Level 5
Heathmont East Primary School
Literacy
Over the past few weeks, Level 5 students have been practising their reading comprehension skills and narrative writing in order to prepare for the NAPLAN in March. We have been focusing on strengthening our writing skills specifically through idea generation, author's voice, vivid vocabulary, and clear organisation of content. When reading, students have been encouraged to use self-monitoring strategies, answering questions carefully by looking for evidence in the text, and making connections to the text.
Numeracy
In Maths, students have been revising place value, representation of numbers, decimals, properties of numbers, factors and multiples, and representing their knowledge and thinking in a variety of ways. To show their understanding, students have been drawing simple diagrams/charts, creating factor trees, and investigating how numbers can be factors, multiples, odd/even, triangular, square, prime, and composite. Students have also learnt about divisibility rules using the following table:
Inquiry
During Inquiry lessons, Level 5 students have begun to think about Australia's history, and looked at some key events from the 1900s until now. In the next few weeks, students will be learning about the Federation of Australia and the impact on Australian citizens.
Specialists Timetable
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/6 Sport | Music - 5KL | PE - ALL 5s | Art - 5JM & 5BG | Art - 5KL |
| Sustainability - 5JM | Music - 5JM & 5BG | Japanese (odd weeks) - 5KL | STEAM - 5BG & 5KL | |
| Japanese (odd weeks) - 5JM & 5BG | STEAM - 5KL & 5JM | Sustainability - 5BG |
Important Dates
Week 6
Monday 2nd March
- Division Swimming
Tuesday 3rd
- Interschool Sport - Gala Day 1
Wednesday 4th
- School Photos
Week 7
Monday 9th March
- Labour Day - Pupil Free
Tuesday 10th
- Interschool Sports - Gala Day 2
Wednesday 11th
- NAPLAN Writing
Thursday 12th
- NAPLAN Reading
Friday 13th
- NAPLAN Conventions of Language
Week 8
Monday 16th
- NAPLAN Numeracy
Tuesday 17th
- Life Education
Wednesday 18th
- Life Education
Thursday 19th
- Life Education
Friday 20th
- National Ride 2 School Day
- VHAP Masterclass Ringwood (selected students)
Week 9
Monday 23rd March
- Three Way Learning Conferences
Tuesday 24th
- Life Education
Wednesday 25th
- Life Education
Thursday 26th
- Life Education
- Three Way Learning Conferences
Week 10
Sovereign Hill Camp payment due 1st April
Thursday 2nd April
- MAD Easter Parade
- 2.30pm End of Term Dismissal