YEAR FIVE

,Religious Education

Morality & Justice: Social Justice

Students will explore how social justice calls Christians to respect the dignity of the human person. Students will explore Scripture and Church Tradition to inform our understanding of social justice and the Church’s mission to build a just world. In their exploration, students will study the principles of Catholic Social Teaching and the model of See, Judge, Act, to enable them to review situations of injustice. Students will look at ways the Catholic Church in Australia reaches out to people who struggle to live with injustice.

Prayer, Liturgy and Sacraments - Liturgical Year

The Liturgical Year units enable students to explore the traditions, beliefs, Scripture and events celebrated by the Catholic community throughout the Liturgical Year and especially during the time of Lent to Holy Week, Easter to Pentecost and Advent to Christmas. 

This term Year 5 will explore the units of:

• Lent - Lent is a time of spiritual growth and conversion.
• Holy Week - The Church remembers the rejection, suffering and death of Jesus during Holy Week.

English

This term, students will compose both imaginative and persuasive texts using ‘Seven Steps of Writing’ technique. Students will be taught explicit skills in relation to grammar, punctuation, vocabulary and specific concepts about print.

Students read and view a variety of texts representing First Nations perspectives, culture and identity and understand how they contribute to Australia's national identity. Students make connections between their own experiences and those of real and fictitious characters and events represented in texts. They explore how context shapes the structure of texts as well as the meaning being communicated by the composer. Students also create texts and express different viewpoints through careful attention to language and grammar.

Students will follow the Year 5 Soundwaves spelling program focusing on weekly phonemes and graphemes. 

Mathematics

Mathematics lessons will be taught daily with a consistent structure of Daily Review, Mental Arithmetic, Explicit Teaching, Routine Practice activities with Working Mathematically skills embedded throughout the lesson. The topics taught in Term 1 are: 

Science and Technology

This Semester in Science and Technology, students will be exploring the Living World strand. Students investigate how and why food and fibre are produced in sustainable, managed environments that enable people to grow and be healthy. This strand further develops students’ knowledge and understanding of the environmental and biological sciences. 

Geography

Our Geography Unit of work is ‘Factors that Shape Places’. Students will be encouraged to develop their cultural and geographical skills. They will explore how people change the natural environment in Australia and other places around the world. Students will investigate how the environment influences the human characteristics of places. Students will also learn to process geographical information including representing data in different forms such as graphs, tables and maps.

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

During sport this term, students will participate in a tournament. Students will be placed into teams, with a focus on developing their understanding and use of gameplay strategies across a range of sports. They will work collaboratively to develop and apply tactics, reflect on performance, and take on roles such as coaches, captains, referees, and officials during the class tournament. Each lesson will conclude with a final game showcasing students’ strategies, leadership, and teamwork.

Important sport dates:

Cross Country - 20th March, Friday - Week 8 

Amadeus Music Program

Students will continue with the Amadeus Music Education Program and participate in activities in listening, performing, and organising sound within their regular classroom Music lessons. 

• It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that they:

  • Arrive on time for each lesson

  • Bring their instrument and required accessories to every lesson

  • Bring their Essential Elements* music book

  • Bring a lead pencil and eraser

Creative Arts

In Creative Arts with Mr Parlato, students use Music, Dance, and Drama to explore what it means to live in harmony with others and with nature, with a particular focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.

Homework 

In Year 5, students are expected to complete 40 minutes of homework each night. It is expected that your child reads for 20 minutes nightly as part of their 40 minutes of homework and records their reading in their diaries with parental/guardian signature. Your child will need to bring their diary to school when their homework is due. 

Students will complete their homework on a weekly basis. Homework will begin on Thursday, Week 2. Completed work is due the following Thursday and will be returned to students that day. 

A homework grid will be sent home in their homework book clearly outlining the tasks. Each week there will be spelling, grammar or comprehension, reading, religion and math tasks to complete. There are also some optional tasks for the term.

Students are required to bring a novel to school each day for daily reading. Please make sure it is suited to their reading ability. If you need assistance, please discuss with your child’s classroom teacher and we are more than happy to select an appropriate book.

NAPLAN

NAPLAN will take place in Term 1. More information will be provided at a later date. Year 5 students will complete a Writing, Reading, Spelling, Language Conventions and Numeracy test. Your child will need a working pair of headphones for the assessments.

We look forward to a productive, happy and successful term with you and your children. 

Mr Tom Gair (5Blue)

Mrs Nicole Pyne and Mr CJ Slattery (5Gold)

Miss Mikayla Duffy (5White)

Important Dates for Year 5

Sports Days:

5B: Tuesday & Friday

5G: Tuesday & Friday

5W: Tuesday & Friday

Library Days:

5B: Friday (Even Weeks)

5G: Friday (Even Weeks)

5W: Friday (Even Weeks)

2026 - School Term 1

 Please refer to the Parent Calendar at this link to confirm dates

Dates may have changed after publishing this bulletin.