Year 5/6
Year 5/6 Cluster News
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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 Readers’ Workshop book. We encourage students to read aloud, either to themselves or a parent.
Sports Day: As you would be aware, sports day is a great day for students and parents, but it only comes together with support from parents. We only have 20 minutes at each station for 26 students to do their event. If you are able to hand out stickers, rake sand or use a tape measure, we would love your help. So far we only have the following helpers:
Event
| 9:30am- 9:50am | 9:50am- 10:10am | 10:10am- 10:30am | 10:30am- 10:50m | 10:50am- 11:10am | 11:10am- 11:30am | 11:30am- 11:50am |
Long Jump A
| 5/6N Hope/Michael Smith | ||||||
| Long Jump B | 5/6NZ
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| Hurdles (middle oval) | Year 5/6 Dylan Jones | ||||||
Marathon/middle distance run (MVSC) | Year 5/6 Dylan Jones | ||||||
Shot Put A (GGLPS OVAL)
| 5/6NZ | 5/6N Hope/Michael Smith
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Shot Put B GGLPS Oval
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Sprints (MIDDLE OVAL)
| Year 5-6 Hope/Michael Smith | ||||||
Discus GGLPS Oval
| 5/6N Dylan Jones | 5/6NZ |
*Please note that we need at least 2 parent helpers per event listed above for the event to run smoothly.
Teacher/Parent Interviews: We are looking forward to meeting with the parents of our students in Week 10, the week after Easter. Bookings can be made for Tuesday or Wednesday after school through TASS - click on the following link:
To make the booking, log into the Parent Portal, click on Parent Teacher Interviews and then press ‘book’. If these times are not convenient for you or your family, please make contact to arrange an alternative time. Teacher/parent interviews are an integral part of our reporting to parents and allow parents the opportunity to understand their child’s learning,ask questions that may concern them and set goals for the coming term.
Year 6 Jumpers: To ensure the longevity of the jumpers, it has been advised by the manufacturer that the jumpers are washed and dried inside out. We don’t recommend wearing them inside out though.
Unit Of Inquiry: Students have begun their new, ‘Sharing the Planet’ unit with the central idea, ‘External forces influence life.’ This unit is about different biomes, their features, resources and how they are impacted by change.
Literacy: Students are looking at effective note taking while reading non-fiction texts and applying their knowledge to form well-structured paragraphs.
Mathematics: Students who were at school have done a self-reflection on how well they have understood the maths topics we have introduced them to over the past 7 weeks. Please check Toddle and have conversations with your child about their strengths and where they feel they could improve.
Touch Typing: As we have started touch typing, it has become evident that a number of students don’t have a working keyboard. The iPad keyboard will be important in the development of keyboard skills which will be part of their class learning. Headphones will also be regularly used in class for a variety of purposes. Both items will be necessary for Year 5s to complete NAPLAN. Again, thank you for helping with this.
iPads: iPad agreements were sent home last week. Can you please ensure you have gone through the agreement with your child. We have had cluster discussions about expectations around iPad usage and we appreciate this being reinforced at home. These were due back two weeks ago.
Yours sincerely,
Lauren Neumann neumann.lauren@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Luke Napier napier.luke@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Jayne Zadow zadow.jayne@goldengrove.sa.edu.au