Grade 5 News

Learning in Action

Literacy

The Grade 5 students are well underway with their Passion Projects writing about a chosen Leader in their topic area. The writing process consists of planning, drafting, editing, and publishing, in which the students are currently in the middle of this process. Students have the opportunity to showcase their writing skills in different ways and what they have learnt in Grade 5 this year.

Below are some of the Leaders students have chosen and why:

Nathan M 5B - Topic: Soccer

Leader: Neymar da Silva Santos Junior - for demonstrating great sportsmanship in soccer

Evie M 5B - Topic: Football

Leader: Neal Daniher - his story is interesting and inspiring to tell and Patrick Dangerfield for his leadership skills with his team

Bella G 5M - Topic: Fashion

Leader: Betsey Johnson - I love her bold designs. She started creating in an age of time when others wore a lot of black and her bright colours in her designs were different

James W 5M - Topic: Collingwood FC

Leader: Craig McRae - I’ve never seen a better coach and he thrives on all the players and makes them never give up. He challenges them in a fun way and makes the game fun

Kaylee K 5T - Topic: Netball

Leader: Liz Ellis - Because she inspires me to follow my passions and I am passionate about netball. She never gives up and keeps trying

Grace W 5T - Topic: Ballet

Leader: Margot Fonteyn - She is a prima ballerina and had the most roles in professional ballet. She is the only one who has had roles especially written for her

The students are really enjoying demonstrating their creative side in their passion projects and we can’t wait to see more of their work over the coming weeks.

Maths

Grade 5 students have been exploring tessellations this past fortnight. Students needed to create their own shape and then create a tessellation using this shape, here are some examples below:

Students are beginning a new Maths Project, called LPS Renovators! Students are given the opportunity to collaborate with their peers to redesign and renovate a home. Students are each given roles of either interior designers or landscapers. Within their role, they will need to plan, research, and budget to renovate their house. We can’t wait to share their renovations with you in the coming weeks!

Inquiry

We are moving full steam ahead for Inquiry, with Market Day just around the corner. Students in Grades 5 and 6 have been choosing their Market Day groups, using their entrepreneurial spirit to create a business plan and applying their understanding of Financial Maths to create a budget.

Market Day will be a day of fun, games, and delicious food. The students have worked hard to understand human rights and the needs of people around the globe, and have chosen to donate all earnings to The Leukaemia Foundation.

Sports Update - Boys Netball

What an amazing day we had at the inaugural Boys Netball Showcase. Schools from across the Eastern Region of Melbourne joined us at Knox Regional Netball Complex for a fun and competitive day of netball. Led by Mr. Thomas, Lysterfield was really proud to be the leader of this initiative, showcasing a terrific sport that can be enjoyed by everyone. Through eight different competitions and 580 boys, the day could not have been any more perfect and the students from Lysterfield were right at the forefront of sportsmanship, integrity, and quality improvement.

Here are some reflections from some of our boys about the day:

When we got to the courts we had to wait an hour for our first game so we decided to watch other teams. We then went to our court a little bit confused about netball but we still tried our hardest and smashed them 9 to nothing. It was super fun. We spent our whole lives saying netballs for girls and then we played and realised it was half decent. We went to our next games knowing we could win and we won and kept on winning. At the end of the day, we went 7 wins 0 losses and won the flag in b grade. - Noah L 5B

Boys netball was a very fun and exciting day for all three Lysterfield teams, a new thing for most. We played 7 games and all three of the teams were very successful and showed great teamwork on the day. We were in the A Team and we came 2nd overall for the day. We were very honored to participate in the first Boys Regional Netball Day with many more to come. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped on the day. - Sam & Flynn 6E

A MASSIVE THANK YOU to Mr Mac and Mr Thomas for the organisation of the day. It was a great success and we can’t wait to see the competition take off and continue into the future.