Year 5/6

Year 5/6 Cluster News

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. Please include a baby photo and first day of school photo. These photos can be emailed to Jade Fielke (fielke.jade@goldengrove.sa.edu.au) by the end of Term 3. This will allow us to get them into a variety of formats to celebrate our wonderful Year 6s. Graduation Dinner is at Dimples, Tea Tree Gully Golf Course on Wednesday, November 25th. This is a wonderful night to honour and share with our Year 6 families! More information will be available early next term.

HOME INQUIRY: 

Reading: Aim for 20 minutes minimum reading per night. We encourage students to read aloud, either to themselves or a parent.  

Mathematics: Continuing to develop their recall of multiplication facts, with the goal of building automatic recall of multiplication facts up to 10 × 10.

Inquiry: Students are working on their Celebration of Learning and Exhibition presentations. Please work with your child on this at home.

Reader’s Workshop:

We are coming to a close of our Hatchet novel study with only three chapters to go. Students have enjoyed this novel and it would be worth engaging with them about what they thought of the book.

Mathematics:

Students have been researching into different statistics associated with their chosen inquiry topic. They have learned how to create a digital representation of the data through infographics and graphs. Next week, students will begin probability.

Inquiry:

As students continue to deepen their understanding of their chosen area of interest, they will begin to take action through a wide range of mediums.

Please support your child in their chosen action which ranges from writing songs, creating games, doing beach cleanups, choreographing dances, building websites and games, through to writing to members of parliament.

It is really exciting to see what the students are doing but they need your support. This may involve purchasing materials, creating and making.

We will dedicate time at school however we have explained to the students that they also need to spend time at home.

Please reach out to your child’s class teacher if you have questions regarding this.

Dates of upcoming events

Student Free Day – Week 7 – 4 September
Year 5 Celebration of Learning – Week 9 - Thursday 17 September – 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Year 6 Exhibition Evening – Week 10 - Tuesday 22 September – 6:00 – 7:30pm

More information about these dates and events will be shared in the weeks prior.

School Calendar:   

https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/  

Blessings for the week ahead,

The 5/6 Team

Luke Napier    napier.luke@goldengrove.sa.edu.au 

Jade Fielke

 fielke.jade@goldengrove.sa.edu.au

Rachel Saunders saunders.rachel@goldengrove.sa.edu.au