Grade 5 Community News
Dear Grade 5 families,
Welcome back to school for term 3. It is hard to believe that we are at the end of week 2 already. We have had a successful start to the term and are looking forward to working hard in the coming weeks. Thank you parents for making the time to attend our Parent Teacher Interviews. It was great to connect with you and share your child’s learning journey.
Upcoming events:
- 8 August - Free Dress Day, Graduation Fundraiser
- 13 August - Spectacular Rehearsal 8-4pm
- 15 August - Bastille Day Celebrations
- 16-23 August - Book Week
- 26 August - Stem Night
Knowledge Building
The novel that we will be focusing on this term is titled: Tom Appleby Convict Boy by Jackie French.
Tom Appleby, Convict Boy is a compelling historical fiction novel set in 18th-century England and Australia. The story follows the life of young Tom Appleby, a poor and orphaned boy living in London during the time when children faced dire circumstances. When Tom steals some money and a handkerchief, he is caught and sentenced to transportation, along with other convicts, to the distant shores of Australia.
Mathematics
For our first unit this term, our focus is on fractions. Students will consolidate and build on previous learning about mixed numerals and improper fractions, comparing and ordering fractions with related denominators on parallel number lines, and finding equivalent fractions with related denominators by doubling and halving. A focus of this unit is performing addition and subtraction calculations involving fractions with the same and related denominators. This leads into more complex strategies relating to equivalent fractions and performing calculations in Year 6 units.
Vocabulary
Over the past two weeks the students have been learning 5 new words each week from the novel and fluency reading passages. Students look at the meaning of the words, synonyms and antonyms for the words, and how to use the words in sentences. They then use these words in their writing and reading.
Reminders
- Student journals will not be being sent home this year. Students will write their reading in the journals when they arrive at school each day.
PLC 5