Connect: Year 5

Dear Families,

Welcome back to Term 4, we hope you all had a restful holiday, and we are thrilled to be jumping into Term 4 of Grade Five.

Key Dates

Every Friday is Nude Food Friday's 

October 26th to October 30th: Lamont School Book Fair 

October 30th Grandparents morning 

November 3rd Cup Day 

November 27th Jump Rope Day 

Literacy

This term we are delving into the Novel Wonder, students have been exploring the text from August's perspective and discussing the challenges August faces in everyday life as he navigates social situations, friendships and family. In writing we are exploring the structure, themes and genres of Narrative writing. We will be exploring the idea of how authors 'show don't tell' the reader and we are beginning to look at the structure of writing a narrative text. 

Numeracy

In the next two weeks we will be exploring the operations in context of rounding and estimation to the powers of 10. Students will also explore location on Cartesian planes. 

Science

Student will learn about the human body. They will explore organs and how they function and what the body needs to survive. 

Wellbeing 

Over this term we will be exploring Topic 8: Positive gender relations 

Activity 1: What is violence? What is gender-based violence? 

Activity 2: Understanding positive and negative uses of power in relationships

Activity 3: Active respect in peer relationships 

Activity 4: What is consent? Is this consenting? 

Activity 5: Upstanders – providing peer supporting response to gender-based violence Activity 6: Help-seeking in response to gender-based violence

Please see the attached document if you would like to read and understand what we will be discussing throughout this unit.