From the Year 5 Classroom

School Photos 

School photos this Thursday. Students are to be in full school uniform. They can bring runners and/or sports gear in their bag and change afterwards. 

Divisional Swimmers 

Good luck to our Divisional swimmers who are swimming in Wangaratta. The girls, Billie A, Indi, Olivia D, Annabelle, Matilda C and the boys, Maddox, Charlie, Billy M-M, Tex and Rory will all being giving it their best. 

Learning Conversations 

Learning conversations take place in a couple of weeks. We look forward to catching up to begin the year. Book online via the P.A.M platform. Mr. Carroll (5C) will be having his learning conversations on Monday 16th & Tues 17th. Contact the office if you have any issues booking an appointment time.

Reading Diaries 

The Year 5 students are encouraged to read at home for a minimum of 80 minutes per week. This is to be recorded in their school diary. Diaries will continue to be checked by class teachers each Friday. 

Religion  

Prayer Space- Mrs Lawless has put together a beautiful prayer space for our classes. The prayer area highlights our Mercy Values, our House teams, Rosemary Cullen and our Year 5 2026 prayer.

In Religion, ‘How can Lent transform our lives?’ The students have been learning about Lent and Project Compassion plus weekly scripture readings in their Religion lessons the past two weeks.  

Literacy 

Our class novel, War Horse by Michael Morpurgo, is nearing its conclusion! 

Maths 

The students have been revising and reinforcing addition and subtraction strategies. They will follow up with some multiplication & division in the next few weeks.  

Inquiry 

‘Healthy Living’ has been the focus of our Inquiry unit in the coming weeks including being safe online and use of passwords! 

Student of the Week 

Congratulations to our recent Student of the Week award winners. 

Some dates for your calendar 

Thursday 5th March ... School Photo Day 

Week 8 ... Learning Conversations ... Lynne & Kirby ...Tues 17th & Wed 18th...Dean ... Mon 16th /Tues 17th  

Monday 1st - Wednesday 3rd June … Year 5 Camp to Ballarat 

Kind regards 

Lynne, Kirby, Katrina and Dean