Year 5/6
Year 5/6 Cluster News
HOME INQUIRY:
Reading: Aim for 20 minutes minimum reading per night. As students complete a book, they are to record the author, title and date of finishing in their Reader’s Workshop book. We encourage students to read aloud, either to themselves or a parent.
Mathematics: Continue working on general multiplication skills and number facts.
Exhibition Parent information: Thank you to the parents who came to the Exhibition parent information sessions. If you missed out on these sessions or would like to recap what you heard, the presentation slides have been uploaded to Toddle.
Year 6 Graduation: We would like to share a photo gallery of the graduating class on graduation night. We need 2 photos of your child to show how they have grown up into the students we know today. These photos can be emailed to Ms. Neumann (neumann.lauren@goldengrove.sa.edu.au). Please include a baby photo and first day of school photo. Please have these in by the end of Term 3. Please note the Important dates:
Exhibition Presentation Night: Tuesday, 5th November
Graduation Dinner: Wednesday 27 November – details will be released soon
Closing Service at 2.00pm - Wednesday 11 December Year 6 Graduation Service at 7.00 pm - Wednesday 11 December
SPA: Just a reminder that SPA (Special Person’s Afternoon) is this Friday (September 20th) with the concert beginning at 1pm. If your child is going home with their special person, they must have their form back to the office. If this form is not sent back, we will not be allowing children to leave early.
Current and Upcoming Learning
Christian Studies: Students will be presenting their research about their chosen book of the bible at the back of the church as a display. They will be looking into what other events were happening in the world at the time the book was written and creating a timeline around this.
Unit Of Inquiry: Students are in their, ‘How we Express Ourselves’ unit. Year 5s will continue looking at creativity and how they can express themselves through different forms of the arts.
Exhibition: Year 6’s are beginning to delve into the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals https://sdgs.un.org/goals. We are looking to understand the goals and the issues that lie within each. Students will be identifying their chosen issue by the end of the term.
Literacy: Year 5 students will be working on creating a story based on the book, ‘Fortunately’ by Remy Charlip.
Year 6 students are looking at reading like researchers and using their inferencing skills to understand the information. We have been doing a lot of work around reflection and how to write these using the PYP language to support our inquiry. As we look at the United Nations and their Sustainable Development Goals, students are asking some great questions! Now to see answers.
Mathematics: We are exploring volume and capacity, looking at units of measurement that are appropriate in different situation. We are continuing our learning on decimals as we apply this real world situations.
Yours sincerely,
Luke Napier napier.luke@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Lauren Neumann neumann.lauren@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Jayne Zadow zadow.jayne@goldengrove.sa.edu.au