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.
Hats: Please remember that hats are a requirement for Term 4. Please ensure you child has a hat so that they are being sun safe and can play out in the sun.
Year 5 Celebration of Learning: Tuesday, 29th October @ 6:30pm. Please refer to the message that went out last week via email and Toddle.
Year 6 Exhibition: Exhibition Night will be on Tuesday, November 5th at 6.30pm. Students will also present to the school on Wednesday, November 6th.
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) ASAP. Please include a baby photo and first day of school photo. Please note the Important dates:
Exhibition Presentation Night at 6:30pm – 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 have begun their unit on, ‘Christians have a responsibility in and for the world’. This unit is about how we have the responsibility to be stewards (caretakers) of the world that God has created. Students have been inquiring into which groups in our world are caretakers of their issue and what they do. From next week, we will be using the form of the arts to create stop motion videos to represent and retell bible stories that connect with their issues.
Unit Of Inquiry: Students are in their, ‘How we Express Ourselves’ unit. Year 5s have chosen an issue in the world and are researching about it with a focus on the concepts of Form, Function, Perspective and Responsibility. It will be great to see them researching the different perspectives people have about the issue and the responsibility they and others have to improve it. This week they will start collating their information in a mind mapping app called Popplet. Next week they will create a piece of art that expresses their issue.
Exhibition: The Year 6s have been extremely busy this week. This week, students have been exploring the perspectives of different people in the media with their issue. This was posted mid this week. From here, students have been investigating the cause and effects of their issue, going deeper into their understanding. From this they are exploring the connections with different issues, organisations taking responsibility and how things can change. This will lead into making some decisions about how to creatively present their information.
Literacy: At the start of next term, Year 5 students will start to write application letters for positions of leadership and responsibility for 2025. Year 6 students are using Readers’ and Writers’ workshop as a time to read and write about their exhibition issue.
Mathematics: We have started our unit on angles. We have reviewed the names of different angles and their characteristics and are moving into predicting and measuring angles with a protractor. We are also connecting with digital media and will begin to look at using different tools to create paths with angles.
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