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  

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 so that students can begin to think about the areas they would like to inquire into more deeply. 

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: Year 5 students have worked on adding fractions while the Year 6 students have been multiplying decimal numbers. Next week, they will be moving onto volume & capacity. 

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