Year 5/6 News
Learning Centre Four
The past couple of weeks have felt very short with the Melbourne Cup long weekend. Despite the shorter week, our students still enjoyed a wonderful range of activities and celebrations.
Multicultural Day
Last Thursday, we celebrated our cultures with a fun and vibrant Multicultural Day. Students embraced the opportunity to learn about what makes us the same and what makes us different, recognising and celebrating the amazing diversity within our community. As class groups, we explored the cultures of Australia, Africa and Italy, taking part in engaging and hands-on activities.
Today we celebrated Feast Day with a beautiful Procession of Mary around the school, followed by a special Mass. The celebrations continued with an epic session of Kaboom Kids, where students took part in a variety of energetic sporting activities. There was plenty of dancing, singing, cheering and an abundance of team spirit!
Year 5
Literacy: During Literacy, we have continued to read “Dirrarn” and follow the story of Mia through her journey into high school. Students have been exploring the language and sentence structure of the text.
Maths: Math groups have been focusing on fractions, decimals and percentages. We have been using place value to break up decimal numbers into their standard and non-standard forms.
Inquiry: We are deep into our research about an animal. Students have investigated their animal's scientific name, the country/region their animal is from, habitat, prey and predators and adaptations they have made. Research will finish this week and they will begin their poster presentations.
Religion: We are entering the time of Advent. During this time, students learnt about the Advent wreath, and then we will be exploring the Jesse Tree and all the elements.
Buddies: This week with our prep buddies we painted our hands and made handprints to compare to how much each student has grown this year. Then we coloured a Remembrance Day butterfly.
Jordan’s class also had the exciting opportunity to visit The Huddle at North Melbourne Football Club, where they enjoyed a day full of STEM activities. It was an engaging and memorable experience for everyone involved.
Year 6
Literacy: Over the past 3 weeks our year six students have been learning about Poland in writing. We have been looking at Poland’s Culture, Geography, Nature and Connections to Australia. We have also began creating information reports, which include unique titles People and Culture. Meanwhile reading a class novel called “ Once” by Morris Gleitzman.
Maths: Over the past two weeks, children in Our Lady of the Southern Cross Primary School have conducted Essential Assessments in aspects that link to literacy and numeracy. These assessments gave the teachers a snapshot of each student's achievement in a given area and their learning needs! Much of our time has been devoted to undertaking these tests over the last two weeks, but we also had time for a Mathematics lesson, with a focus on halving.
Religion: These few weeks we have been focusing on Mary in the 4 Gospels. We looked at how Mary was there for Jesus during important events in his life. Mary shows us what it means to have faith and trust in God, and we have been inspired by her courage and kindness and how she is the model of faith, and how her example helps us in our lives today.
Inquiry: Over the past few weeks of this term students have been looking at the topics ecosystems and habitats. For example, a couple of the ecosystems they’ve looked at are grasslands, marine/freshwater, savannah and desert ecosystems .We have also been learning about adaptations. Adaptations is the process an organism goes through in order to adapt or change based on their environment.
Special Events This Week
Our Year 6 students attended their first transition day at MacKillop College, taking an important step towards their secondary school journey.
Sun Smart
It's that time of year again when all students must wear a hat when outside. It is strongly suggested that the hat be a bucket style as this gives the best protection. School hats are available from the uniform shop. Please make sure your child's hat has their name on it. Students who do not have a hat will be asked to stay in the shade as we do have...
NO HAT, NO PLAY
Upcoming Dates
- 16th November - Community Mass at OLSC Hall from 10am
- 17th- 18th November- Year 5 Student Speeches
- 24th-26th November Monday to Wednesday is 5/6 Camp
- 27th November- Camp Rest Day- students stay home
- 28th November- 5/6 Specialist Day
- Zooper Dooper Fridays 50c
- Monday is Subway Day
- Friday is Baker's Son Day
Lost Property
We have a HUGE container of lost property in LC4. If your child is missing a jumper or jacket PLEASE come into LC4 and search through the tub. Any unclaimed items will be donated to the second hand uniform shop.
Reminders
- Students bring their laptops and headphones to school each day. Please make sure these are fully charged.
Please make sure that ALL your children's belongings (clothes, lunch boxes, drink bottles, stationery, etc.) are clearly labelled with your child's name. Labelled property can be easily returned to its owner.
*Child safety is at the core of our mission in educating your child/ren and we kindly ask that any photos you see on the Newsletter or Class Dojo are not uploaded to your personal social media. Thank you for your understanding and support.
Blessings from the Year 5/6 Team: Ann, Ben, Beth, Cheryl, Danielle, Elizabeth, Janeen, Jordan, Krystin, Milla, Rita, Scott and Tian.