Year 5 at a glance

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

In the first semester, Year 5 students dove into the fascinating world of circuits. They began by exploring the different components that make up a circuit, gaining a solid understanding of the basics. Once they mastered the theoretical aspects, the real fun began: students got hands-on experience by building their own circuits. Our young engineers were hard at work, applying their new knowledge to create functional circuits. To push their learning even further, they took on an exciting design and build challenge. In this task, they planned, designed, constructed, and tested their own houses and circuits. Check out the wonderful photos of our dedicated students in action!

"We started off by learning the basics of circuits like learning about the motor, switch, batteries, light bulbs and so many more parts to a working circuit. Learning about electrical circuits was really fun but it was even more fun when we added in making the circuit. We learnt so much during this experience and I had a really good time. When we had made sure that we were safe using the circuit we got a chance to build a house to put our circuits we had two weeks to complete building our houses and made sure they stayed up we had to think like an engineer meaning that we had think about what materials were strong enough to hold and stay up while we placed in the circuits in. We all got a booklet where we had to fill out five different stages such as research, plan, imagine, design, and build. Everyone in the class had a good time with science and technology this term"

-Written by Charlotte I (Year 5)

GEOGRAPHY INDEPENDENT STUDY

Our Year 5 students embarked on an in-depth exploration of bushfires, land zoning, council regulations, and First Nations land usage. As part of their independent study, they worked on applying their knowledge to real-world scenarios. To make meaningful connections between their learning and practical applications, students used a zoning map to identify potential areas for development or improvement within the Randwick community. Through this project, they honed essential skills such as reading and interpreting maps, making community-impact decisions, and planning and implementing changes to support the local economy. Our students showcased their creativity and critical thinking by focusing on various aspects of community development. Some aimed to enhance transportation systems, others prioritised healthcare improvements, and many considered recreational changes to support growing and developing families.

We are incredibly proud of their hard work and dedication. 

"This term we used Minecraft. We had the opportunity to build a place in within Randwick by using cardboard, lego or doing it in Minecraft. It was part of our project called, Randwick analysis. We could only start building when we had finished our slides and then go on to the building part. I built mine in Minecraft (and so did most of the class). You could only build on an empty space of land somewhere in Randwick council. In my building I built a massive hotel, a carpark, a playground, a fishing spot, a boating dock, a farm, a viewing spot and a restaurant. That is alot for a build if you were wondering. Anyway it was really fun building the Randwick analysis builds."

-Written by Isaac K (Year 5)

STEM BUILD

"We started off by picking a famous bridge my group and I chose to build the Golden Gate bridge. We were told to build the bridge with only marshmallows and skewers which would be hard to keep stable, and it was. The hardest part was that we had to make it secure enough to hold our teacher's phone! How were we going to make it stand let alone lay a phone on it? My group tried and tried putting more marshmallows and more skewers. We were running out of supplies mainly because some people were being a bit naughty and picking the marshmallows from the bowl. Anyway, we kept testing and the bridge kept falling over, but finally with our teamwork skills our bridge managed to withstand the phone. After all, the only things we needed was patience and teamwork."

- Written by Luke O (Year 5)

MATHS ESCAPE ROOM

Our students recently participated in an exciting Math escape room activity designed to enhance their problem-solving skills. These interactive challenges required them to solve a variety of math puzzles hidden around the room. By cracking these puzzles, they discovered the code needed to unlock the door. It was a fantastic way to make learning math both engaging and fun!

"This term the years fives and sixes experienced a “ Maths Escape Room" with Fun With Maths. We had to try and save the dinosaurs from their extinction with a volcano. To get started we got to split into groups and all got a role. Each box we did we would have to change over the roles. The boxes each had a different challenge inside. Once we had cracked all the codes we would find a little dinosaur and we would put it next into the paddock where they were in safe hands. The trick to all the boxes were that we had to answer a question with numbers, that answer would be the code to undo the lock once we have finished all the codes we were able to rescue the dinosaur." 

-Written by Freya B (Year 5) 

"This term, Year 5 did a math escape room that was fun, fascinating and exciting, this helped us with solving our maths problems in a quick easy way. Even though we were doing math the day felt like it went so quick and was so much fun. We would get into groups and we would get some jobs that would help us open the chest, and in each chest there was a toy dinosaur and we would need to take it back to its box with its family and we would have to try to get all the dinosaurs in the box before the end of the timer. To open the chest they’re were math problems; in this we would learn how to quickly solve math problems and accurately to get all the dinosaurs by the end of the timer. Although we were doing math it was so fun working in groups,solving problems, learning new ways to solve math problems and learning more math. In this day we all had so much fun and are so excited for them to come back and to do it all again."

-Written by Lila B (Year 5)

WHERE IN THE WORLD

"In term 1, all the students from years two to six had the opportunity to do a project called ‘Where in the World’. Where we were able to choose a country or a city and do a research task about that place. We enjoyed all aspects of this project, researching, creating and presenting to our class and parents. As students, we all learned facts about new countries whilst listening to our classmates present their hard work. We were able to present our information in any format which made this task even more enjoyable as we were able to enjoy what we were doing as well as learning new information about a country or city."

-Written by Bianca B (Year 5)

FUR, FEATHERS, SKIN, HAIR OR SCALES?

"To get started, my class had to choose an animal that they found interest. In my project I thought outside of the box and wanted to present information about us, humans. My interest was to learn all different kinds of facts. The ideal thought process for me was choosing an animal that I knew about instead of selecting an engaging animal with which I can learn different facts. Humans was certainly challenging and came with some difficulties, my favourite element of writing about Humans was the fun facts I learnt on the way. I know we are all humans though I can guarantee that you don’t know everything about humans and the things we can do. To conclude, even though there was a lot to learn, do and present; I had a blast making this project the best I can."

-Written by Samuel T (Year 5)

POLICE VISIT

"This semester, Year 5 were lucky enough to receive a visit from the police. They taught Year 5 what was bad and good online behaviour is. We learnt that cyberbullying is not okay weather it's done on a call or a text message. The policeman spoke about how we can stay safe, how cyberbullying can affect us in the classroom. Year 5 had a great  time learning about cyberbullying , how it affects our mind and how its okay to tell a adult about if you worries online." 

-Written by Elsa C (Year 5)

RANGER JAMIE INCURSION

"In term one, we had a Ranger Jamie incursion and it was amazing! The two rangers, Jamie and Harper, explained to us about the science of the states of matter, heat and solar.  We got to see liquid nitrogen vapour stream out of the vacuum flask, see how dry ice could explode a balloon by putting the dry ice into a water bottle with the balloon over it, and got to touch dry ice. After that fun experience, Ranger Jamie told us to form a team of four and attempt to create the best solar oven, it took lots of teamwork and perseverance. With Ranger Harper, we got to make windmills with electric circuits, it was frustrating at first due to the fact that Harper didn’t inform us how to make one."

-Written by Leila F (Year 5)

Year 5 Fun Maths Day

Check out all the fun we had with our 'Fun Maths Day'. Year 5 worked collaboratively to solve a variety of mathematical games. It has been a great experience for students to utilise a variety of skills to problem solve.