Year 5 News
Welcome to Term 2!
We hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable break and is feeling ready for the term ahead. This term is packed with many learning opportunities and engaging activities to support students’ progress.
Below you will find:
- An overview of what your child will be learning
- Key dates and events to mark on your calendar
- Information on how to stay connected with your classroom teacher
We’re excited for another meaningful term of growth, learning, and shared achievements in Year 5.
Reading
Students will build their Reading skills by identifying key information in our novel text, Holes by Louis Sachar, and other texts, including exploring how stories and information are shaped by cultural, historical, and social contexts. They will think more deeply about what they read by discussing both the obvious and implied meanings, and how images, sound, and media features help create meaning.
Writing
In Writing, students will create Information Reports and Letters. They will focus on organising ideas clearly, using appropriate structures, and choosing language that suits the purpose and audience. Students will edit and improve their writing, learning how sentence structure and descriptive language can make writing clearer, more engaging, and more effective.
Mathematics
Students will continue to work on their number skills by undertaking subtraction and multiplication of whole numbers, decimals and fractions with regrouping of place value and fractional parts. They will also work with positive and negative numbers, as well as mapping and representing data, from gathered information.
Humanities
Our unit for this term is Geography. Students will learn how places and environments are changed and managed by people. They will identify the major geographical divisions of the world and explain the geographical diversity of places and the impacts of interconnections between Australia and other countries. Students develop questions, and locate, collect and organise information and data, as well as how to represent these in different formats.
Religion
Our strand for this term is Triune God. Students will learn that Catholics recognise Jesus as both human and divine, the Son of God. They will develop an understanding that Jesus, as Messiah, is the fulfilment of the Old Testament promise. They learn that Jesus’ life, death and resurrection reveal God’s love. Students also learn that the Holy Spirit is the love expressed between the Father and the Son.
Science
Students will learn about Earth and Space Sciences by modelling key processes that change the Earth’s surface. They identify natural hazards and propose human actions that can reduce their impacts. Students will make reasonable predictions, plan and conduct scientific investigations, represent findings in different formats to analyse and communicate findings, in order to develop reasonable conclusions.
Capabilities
Throughout the term, students will continue to develop their personal and social skills to support their wellbeing and learning. They will practise managing emotions, coping with challenges, working independently, and seeking help when needed. Students are introduced to critical and creative thinking by exploring context-specific learning strategies and continue to apply general learning strategies related to other curriculum areas.
Reminders
Fruit Break/Water
We have a fruit break everyday, please ensure that your child brings fresh fruit, vegetables and a water bottle to support healthy habits.
Uniforms
Students are required to wear their full winter uniform this term, including black school shoes. On sports days, students may wear the appropriate sports uniform.
Important Notices
Year 5 Camp
Our students’ first camp at St Agatha’s is a very exciting event! The Year 5 camp is from Wednesday 17th to Friday 19th of June at Camp CYC in Phillip Island. The Parent Information evening will be held on Wednesday 29th April at 5:30pm.
Upcoming Events
April
Friday 24th: Whole School ANZAC Day Liturgy @ 2:45 - 3:15pm.
Wednesday 29th: Year 5 Camp Parent Information Session @ 5:30 - 6:30pm.
May
Tuesday 5th: Mother’s Day Stall.
Friday 8th: Mother’s Day Breakfast @ 7:30 - 8:45am.
Friday 15th: Years 1 and 5 Level Mass: 9:30am.
Friday 22nd: Our Lady Help of Christians, Whole School Mass @ 12:30 - 1:30pm.
June
Monday 1st: Pupil Free Day.
Monday 8th: King’s Birthday Public Holiday.
Wednesday 17th - Friday 19th: Year 5 Camp at CYC Phillip Island.
Monday 22nd: Year 5 Student Free Day.
Tuesday 23rd: Parent Teacher Interviews @ 2:00 - 7:30 pm (students finish at 1:00pm).
Friday 26th: Last day of Term 2.
Communication
We value open and clear communication with families to support your child’s learning journey. To stay connected, we encourage you to regularly check your emails, PAM, and SeeSaw for important updates, event details, and messages from teachers.
Please note - SeeSaw is an informal communication platform intended for sharing learning activities and updates from us or the students. For any issues, concerns, or formal communication, please email your teacher or contact the school directly.
5G - Roger Graham
rgraham@stacbourne.catholic.edu.au
5L - Ginelle Lazarus (Mon-Wed) and Andi Kennedy (Thurs-Fri)
glazarus@stacbourne.catholic.edu.au
akennedy@stacbourne.catholic.edu.au
5V - Gillian Vaz
gvaz@stacbourne.catholic.edu.au
We look forward to working with you this term!
The Year 5 Team,
Andi, Ginelle, Roger and Gillian.