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.

Year 5 Leadership positions: 

School Captain speeches and voting will occur tomorrow afternoon. Sports Captain speeches will take place on Monday afternoon.  All other positions of responsibility with then be allocated to students.  

Year 5 shirts and jumpers for 2025: 

The Year 6 t-shirt for 2025 has been finalised and it is time to start ordering. We have sample t-shirt and jumper sizing in the Year 5/6 breakout space for parents to come and choose with their child.  Please fill out the order form slip with the size/s you would like and how many you would like to order. The cost of the t-shirt is $55 and the cost of the jumper is $68. This will be added to your Term 1 fees. Please note that the jumper is optional.  

Christmas Carols:

Please remember our Christmas Carols tomorrow evening. We look forward to this community coming together around a play and some carols.  

Celebration Day:

This coming Thursday, students will be heading to Salisbury Aquatic Centre for a Celebration Day. Please ensure you have read the note that came home and fill out the permission form. If you are able to help on the day, please let us know as we need volunteers to fulfil our ratios.  

Year 6 transition seminar:

This free seminar is run by Life Matters, who operate through Schools Ministry Group (SMG), and will be held on Monday morning of Week 9 (December 9) as part of the move up morning, running for 90 minutes. The three major themes covered in this session are: Change, Challenge, and Choice. Please refer to the letter from Joel Schiller regarding this session.  

Year 6 Graduation Service is on Wednesday, December 11th and we look forward to celebrating with the Year 6s and their families.  

Current and Upcoming Learning  

Christian Studies: Students have started their stop motion videos to represent and retell Bible stories that connect with their issues. Students have been asked to bring in props to begin the filming process. They should be finished this by Wednesday next week.  

Mathematics: The students have been looking at algebraic thinking and how patterns can be written as number sentences. Next week, we will be looking at applying our knowledge to problem solving tasks.  

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