Year 5

Kate Yates (Team Leader), Sally Dyett, Kerryn McConachy, Damon Webb, Chris Bird
Gemma Billingham, Rachael Fletcher and Georgia Murphy

Welcome to the Year 5 newsletter page!

The Year 5 students have settled well into their new routines and being a part of the Senior School cohort. We have had a busy first few weeks, culminating today in their involvement in the Aspire Higher program. The students participated in lots of fun team-work activities whilst learning how to be effective leaders. A key message from our awesome presenters, Gil and Jamie, was that "Real leadership is about making the choice to BE KIND, BE HELPFUL and SET A GOOD EXAMPLE". Here are some photos from today's sessions:

Learning about leadership from Gil and Jamie

Foot tap game with our BFFT (best friend for today)

Weeks 2-3 Learning

Literacy: Introduction to Literature Circle roles

Writing: Introduction to the 6+1 writing traits

We had some wonderful descriptive writing paragraphs written that included 'Excellent Word Choice' and conversations between characters that developed our 'Voice' as an author.

Maths: (1) Developing strategies for addition and subtraction

(2) Selecting the appropriate unit of measure and methods of calculating area and perimeter. We practised this by getting outside and measuring the perimeter of different spaces around the school and using these measurements to determine the area.

Measuring the perimeter of the netball courts

Science: Introduction to space - categorising the planets in our Solar System.

Inquiry: Completing our unit on Leadership - 'Be the Change'. As of next week, we will be starting our Geography Unit - 'Where in the World?'

Well done to all the Year 5s who competed at this week's Swimming Trials. Some will now be moving on to complete in the District Swimming Carnival on Wednesday 19th February.

Homework

All students should have brought home a copy of their homework requirements for this fortnight. Please check in with your child to ensure they (a) understand the tasks and (b) have allocated appropriate time to complete their homework. This homework is due on FRIDAY 21st FEBRUARY. It includes 120 minutes of reading (this includes 20 minutes of reading aloud to practise pronunciation, fluency and expression), recorded in their diaries and signed by parents, Mathletics (4 tasks), and the preparation and practise of a Speaking & Listening task.

Upcoming events

Buddies - Year 5s will be having their first buddy session with the Year 1s in Week 4.
House Athletics - Wednesday 5th March. Payments and permissions are now available to complete on Compass.
NAPLAN - beginning in Week 7. If you have any queries about the NAPLAN process, please don't hesitate to contact your child's teacher. We will be completing a practise writing assessment in week 4. Specific dates will be listed in the next edition of the newsletter.

Enjoy your weekend!