Year 5/6
Year 5/6 Cluster News
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: Have a conversation with your child about migration and how it has impacted your family history and why?
Classroom requirements: Please ensure your child has working headphones and a keyboard. The iPad keyboard will be important in the development of keyboard skills which will be part of their class learning. The headphones will be regularly used in class for a variety of purposes. Again, thank you for helping with this.
Both items are a requirement for Year 5s to complete NAPLAN.
Naplan 2025 - Our Year 5 students will continue their Naplan tomorrow and Monday of next week.
The dates are as follows –
Naplan Conventions of Language (spelling and grammar/punctuation) – Friday 14th March at 9:15am
Naplan Numeracy – Monday 17th March at 9:15am
Please ensure keyboards and headphones work and are fully charged each day.
Current and Upcoming Learning
Reader’s Workshop: Students continue to build their reading stamina and participating in reading conferences with the intention to create goals for their reading. They continue to look at a variety of texts to further develop their comprehension of the information they are reading.
Writer’s Workshop: Students will be looking at the specifics of narrative writing, leading into a historical narrative, which connects to our unit of inquiry. We will be focusing on sentence structure and punctuation.
Mathematics: Students have been working heavily with number this term. Over the next few weeks, we will begin to explore measurement, which includes length, perimeter and area.
Inquiry: The Central Idea for our new unit of inquiry is, ‘The identity of society is shaped by history’. The lines of inquiry are:
Significant events in history
- Impact of change
- Australian exploration
We will be exploring how the colonies in Australia developed. It would be wonderful to continue discussions with your child about these events and their lasting impact. Did any of these events have an influence on your family history?
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