From the Year 5 Classroom

Dates for your calendar: 

Week 10: 

Wednesday 2nd April...’Pupil Free Day.’ 

Friday 4th April... Purple Day & Gold Coin Donation and Holy Week Liturgy 11:40am 

Term 2: 

Wednesday 25th - Friday 27th June … Year 5 Camp to Ballarat 

Learning Conversations - Thank you 

Thank you to all the parents and/or guardians who came last week for our ‘Learning Conversations’ and to find out some more about your child and how we can assist and support going into Term 2. If you missed out on the opportunity to catch up, please email and we can arrange a time to meet. 

Parish Mass 

Last Friday, the Year 5s attended the local parish mass with our Year 2s, Father Jun Jun and local parishioners. 

First Aid for Kids 

Last week, we were grateful to have St John’s come and teach our students about First Aid and DRSABC and participate in some practical life saving techniques.  

Mira and her 1000-piece puzzle 

Congratulations Mira!! Mira has been working hard on her jigsaw puzzle since the beginning of the year and finally, last week, put in the last piece in place. Awesome work Mira .. it looks amazing!! 

Remote Control Car Club (Recess/Lunch) 

We have a small group of Yr 5 boys planning and designing a ‘remote control track’ for them to use their remote-control cars during the breaks. They will begin constructing the track at the beginning of Term 2. They will use recycled items like rocks, bricks, planks, dirt, etc for jumps, mounds, barriers, loops.  

If you are able to offer any ideas or assistance in some way, get in touch with Dean via email dcarroll@shyarrawonga.catholic.edu.au  

Literacy 

We are currently focusing on an expository/informational text called, ‘How was that Built? By Roma Agrawal. The students have been looking at some ‘note taking’, sentence structures and the ‘structure of an explanation text’. Our Yr 5s will, over the final week and a half, also focus on a research topic of their choosing and how or why things work e.g. How do video game consoles work? Why do we get hiccups? How do dolphins communicate? 

Maths 

Our Year 5s, have started focusing on ‘Division’ including division with arrays, division with and without remainders, 2-, 3- & 4-digit division, divisional facts, etc. 

Student of the Week Winners 

Congratulations to our Student of the Week Award winners over the past two weeks. 

Issy, Lynne, Danni & Dean