Year 5/6

Year 5/6 Cluster News

HOME INQUIRY:  

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

Mathematics: Students are to continue to work on number facts (times tables). You may like to create flash cards or use an app to help with this. 

Inquiry: Students are working on their inquiry assessment task. Please sit with your child and go through the checklist to ensure they have researched in depth.  

Classroom requirements:  There are still a number of students without a keyboard. The iPad keyboard will be important in the development of keyboard skills which will be part of their class learning. 

Current and Upcoming Learning  

Reader’s Workshop: Students have been looking at the features of historical narratives. They will be implementing this in their own writing during their inquiry summative.  

Writer’s Workshop: Students will begin writing their historical narrative on Monday. This links with our unit of inquiry about migration and the reasons people came to Australia.  

Mathematics: Students have been working on the Perimeter and Area of regular and irregular shapes. They will continue this next week.  

Inquiry: Students will begin writing historical narratives, with a focus on incorporating key features such as setting, perspective, and historical accuracy. Using their research, students will write about the impact of migration and the challenges people faced. This assessment task is due at the end of next week. 

Please see toddle for the assessment task and research checklist to support your child at home. 

School Calendar:     

https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/   

May God bless your week

 Yours sincerely,  

Luke Napier    napier.luke@goldengrove.sa.edu.au  

Jade Fielke

fielke.jade@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Jayne Zadow    zadow.jayne@goldengrove.sa.edu.au