Grade 5

Wellbeing/SWBPS

Grade 5's continue to learn about being role model students in preparation for Grade 6. Over the next fortnight, each class will also be completing a cyber safety lesson.

English

Grade 5's have finished their novel study on the text 'Convict Boy.' They will now begin their knowledge rich reading unit: Natural Disasters. This will involve learning about different types of natural disasters and their impacts on people, animals and the environment.

In Writing, students will be completing an assessment, and continuing to master information texts.

At a sentence level, students will be practicing using conjunctive adverbs and semicolons, such as 'however' and 'therefore.'

Mathematics

It has been great to see so many students continuing to level up in our daily number fluency practice!

If you are in search of resources to practice, this link will take you to the M.I.N.D. website 'taped problems.' Simply choose one to play, and students can write down or say the answer before the recording.

https://brianponcy.wixsite.com/mind/taped-problems

Throughout the next fortnight, students will be completing a number of summative assessments, as well as continuing to learn about fractions, decimals and percentages. In particular:

-Calculating percentages.

-Finding the total from a given percentage.

-Applying percentages in different contexts.

Buddy Books

The excitement of buddies for 2026 continues. Over the next few weeks, Grade 5's will plan, draft, revise, edit and publish a book for their buddy to support their transition to school