The Golden Vine

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 will be receiving their inquiry assessment task tomorrow. Please sit with your child and have a conversation about what their choices they will need to make so they can begin. 

 

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 planning their historical narrative on Monday. This links with our unit of inquiry about migration and the reasons people came to Australia.  

 

Mathematics: Students will continue to explore measurement and will be starting to look at working out the area of quadrilaterals using a formula.  

 

Inquiry: The Central Idea for our unit of inquiry is,  

‘The identity of society is shaped by history’.  The lines of inquiry are: 

  1. Significant events in history 

  2. Impact of change 
  3. Australian exploration  

Students will begin writing historical narratives, with a focus on incorporating key features such as setting, perspective, and historical accuracy. Building on this, students will then research an individual or group of their own choosing and write about them, demonstrating their understanding of the time period, the impact of migration, and the challenges they faced.  

 

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