Level 5 & 6
Week 7
Welcome to another exciting week in 5/6. Please find our curriculum updates, Term 1 dates and reminders below.
IPad Check-in!
We have noticed lots of iPads coming to school without school required apps, necessary storage and inappropriate screensavers/backgrounds. Please take the time this week to complete a brief iPad check in. Every iPad coming to WPPS should...
- have your child's face set as their screensaver
- be protected with a passcode
- have spare storage for work at school
- come to school fully charged every day
- have the apps Pages, Keynote, Numbers, iMovie, Garage-Band and Showbie
- have games stored in a seperate folder
Grade 5 NAPLAN Note
NAPLAN begins this week for our Grade 5 students and will slightly adjust their normal classroom schedule over the next two weeks. Students will complete one NAPLAN assessment each day until all of the assessments have been finished. Our focus remains on ensuring students feel calm, prepared and confident throughout the process.
NAPLAN Timetable(Schedule to be inserted)
Literacy
Reading
Our reading focus is shifting toward the world of advertising. Students will explore a wide range of advertisements and examine the persuasive techniques used to capture attention and influence an audience. They will analyse how images, slogans, repetition, emotive language and carefully chosen words work together to promote products or ideas. Through discussion and comparison, students will continue strengthening their ability to recognise persuasive strategies and understand how advertisers shape messages to appeal to specific audiences.
What you can do at home:
When watching television, browsing online or looking through catalogues, talk with your child about the advertisements they see. Ask questions such as, “What is this trying to make you do?” or “What persuasive techniques can you notice?”
Writing
In Writing, students will begin a creative advertising challenge where they will rebrand everyday items and attempt to market them in new and imaginative ways. This task encourages students to apply persuasive techniques while thinking carefully about audience, language and presentation. Students will present their advertisements in a variety of formats including print, audio and short video recordings. This process will strengthen their ability to communicate ideas clearly while experimenting with different forms of media.
What you can do at home:
Encourage your child to think creatively about everyday objects around the house. Ask them how they might advertise something ordinary, such as a pencil or a water bottle, and what persuasive language or techniques they could use to make it appealing.
Numeracy
Level 5
Students will continue working through NAPLAN-style questions to build familiarity with question formats and practise structuring clear, logical responses. Alongside this, they will revisit factors and multiples, strengthening number fluency and confidence when working with larger values. This preparation will support students ahead of the Mathematics NAPLAN assessment next week.
Level 6
Our Level 6 learners will continue their unit on the order of operations. Students are learning how to correctly evaluate expressions involving multiplication, division, addition and subtraction, including problems that contain brackets. They will apply their understanding through increasingly complex calculations and a rich problem-solving task titled “The Secret Recipe,” where careful reasoning and accurate calculation are essential.
What you can do at home:
Encourage your child to explain their thinking when solving maths problems. Asking questions such as, “What step do you solve first?” or “Why does that operation come before the others?” can help strengthen their understanding.
CBL
Big Idea: Community
As we approach the Colour Run, students will continue refining their ideas for how they can positively contribute to the event as school leaders. The focus remains on strengthening connection, inclusion and school spirit. Through discussion and collaboration, students are exploring practical ways leadership can help build a strong and supportive community culture within our school.
Wellbeing
Respectful Relationships
Students will begin Topic 2: Personal and Cultural Strengths. This week’s lesson focuses on recognising and respecting people’s rights, cultures and heritage. Through discussion and activities, students will explore how valuing diversity helps build understanding, empathy and a respectful community.
Term One Dates
March
10th – Inter-school Sport Gala Day 2
11th–23rd – NAPLAN Window (Grade 5 students)
18th – Grade 6: Dream and Lead Conference Excursion (city)
26th – Colour Run
30th – Easter Raffle
31st – School Photos
April
2nd – Curriculum Day
Reminders
- Please assist your child in recording their 20 minutes of reading (x4), Mathletics tasks (x2) and Nessy tasks (x2) in their calendar app on their iPad.
- Please ensure iPads are coming to school fully charged.