Grade 5 News
Brought to you by Scarlet (5M) and Ami (5HA)
This week's newsletter is brought to you by Scarlet (5M) and Ami (5HA).
Upcoming Dates – Term 3
🏃♂️ Friday, August 15
District Athletics (selected students)
🏡Tuesday, August 26
Grade 5HA visit to Waterford Valley Retirement Village
🏀 Thursday, August 28
Summer Sports Round Robin – Day 1
⚽ Friday, August 29
Summer Sports Round Robin – Day 2
🎭 Monday, September 1
Production Dress Rehearsal
🎭 Tuesday, September 2 & Wednesday, September 3
School Production
🏕️ Monday, September 8 – Wednesday, September 10
Grade 5 Anglesea Camp
Learning in Action
📖 Literacy
This term, during our Literature unit, we will begin exploring the text Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. We will investigate the Tier 2 vocabulary we encounter, examine the author’s craft, and reflect on and share our opinions and understandings at different stages.
During sentence-level writing, we will be focusing on apostrophes, direct and indirect speech, the conventions of dialogue, summarising, consistent tense, and complex sentences.
For Word Work, we will be decoding and spelling words with the Latin base pel-/pulse-, meaning to drive, push, or force something. After that, we will examine words with the Latin base vide-/vise-, meaning to see.
➗ Maths
We will begin by completing a Fraction unit. We will focus on:
- finding equivalent fractions,
- comparing fractions with related denominators,
- converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions,
- representing fractions on a number line,
- adding and subtracting fractions with related denominators, and
- solving word problems involving fractions.
We will also be completing a Location unit, where students will apply their knowledge of grids, compass points, scale, and directional language to create and read maps.
Students will also complete a Daily Review four times a week to revise concepts we have already covered this year or front-load them for concepts we still need to cover.
🧠 Knowledge-Rich Units
At the beginning of Term 3, we will learn about Australia’s early explorers through the Knowledge Rich unit called Exploring the Continent. Explorers like Blaxland, Lawson, Wentworth, Sturt, Mitchell, Eyre, Burke and Wills will be investigated, and the impact they had on shaping early life in Australia.
Later, we will cover Natural Disasters and Geographical Features and discuss natural disasters that impact Australian human and natural features.
Reminders
Please return camp medical forms at your earliest convenience.
Photos of 5MA and 5HA last term, learning about capacity.
Grade 5 Teachers
Karin Halstead, Peta Alexander, Rachel Manning, Craig McKenzie
Updates from around the school
Green Team News
Under the guidance of Mrs Stokol and Mrs Alexander, the Green Team met for the first time this week, and what a meeting it was! Across Years 3 to 5, we had nearly 50 excited and passionate students eager to do their part for the environment.
Whether it’s helping to keep the school free of rubbish, caring for and developing the gardens, or educating our community about sustainability, there was a real buzz in the air as students shared ideas and signed up for various roles.
A new initiative launched this term is the collection of 10c containers. Thanks to the special lunch day last term, we raised $21, a fantastic start! We’re now working to collect eligible containers daily to reduce landfill waste and turn recyclables into funds that will be reinvested into future Green Team projects.
Participation in the Green Team is inclusive and open to all. It’s not too late for your child to get involved; we’d love to have them on board!
Green Team Newsletter #2
The enthusiastic Green Team members from Years 3 to 6 continue to meet with Mrs Alexander and Mrs Stokol each Wednesday lunchtime. Meetings begin with a check-in on how the yard cleaning roster is going. Students report which areas are the cleanest, which need more attention, and share ideas for improvement.
Sustainability remains a key focus. Whether it’s managing waste, maintaining garden spaces, or spreading awareness, students have shown impressive initiative and creativity.
Our 10c container collection is going strong! We've raised over $30 in just a few weeks. Green Team members manage the collection bin outside the canteen on lunch order days, and also visit classrooms weekly to gather containers from specially labelled tubs. By collecting these items daily, we are preventing waste from going to landfill and turning it into cash to support our environmental efforts.
Be sure to check out the Sustainability Display in the gym over the coming weeks to see what we’ve been up to!
Did you know? You can support the Green Team by nominating Lysterfield Primary School (LPS) as your donation partner through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme.
Download the app or visit:🔗 Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme | Learn How To Donate
It’s planting season, and what’s better than free plants?
Help the Green Team — and Earn Free Plants!
Did you know that the Knox Environment Society (KES) offers free native plants as prizes through their Nature Discovery Passport program?
By playing an interactive game and collecting stamps at local reserves, participants can earn plant prizes, and what better way to use those plants than by donating them to our school for the Green Team to grow and maintain?
Explore one of the many beautiful reserves in Knox on the weekend, learn about your local ecology, collect stamps, and claim your prize. It’s a fun way to get outside, support the environment, and contribute to our school’s sustainability efforts.
And who says the fun is just for the kids? Families are welcome to join in too!
To learn more, visit:
🔗 Nature Discovery Passport – Knox Environment Society
🔗 Knox Environment Society Home Page
Thank you — every little bit helps!
Mrs Stokol and Mrs Alexander