YEAR FIVE
Grade Bulletin - Term Three, 2023
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School provides a range of holistic learning experiences to enable students to:
- Participate in the life and mission of the school.
- Deepen their knowledge and engagement with the Catholic faith and tradition.
- Build the capacity to continuously reason, reflectively, logically and critically.
- Embrace interdependence of human existence as global citizens, who are responsible to and for themselves and others.
- Engage in learning in a multitude of ways, through personalised and self-paced learning.
“Ideas are like small plants sprouting in the compost of experience; it takes time and patience to find out if they turn into trees’. Shaun Tan
Religious Education
Prayer, Liturgy and Sacraments: The Sacraments in the Service of Communion
In this unit, students will deepen their understanding of sacramentality and the seven sacraments of the Church. They will examine the Church as a sacrament and study various vocations as a response to our baptismal call. Students will explore the Sacraments of Holy Orders and Matrimony.
Church and Community: The Story of the Catholic Church in Australia
Year 5 will explore the story of the Catholic Church in Australia. They focus on the challenges faced by Catholics in their early years in Australia. Students will investigate key events and people that have shaped the identity and growth of the Catholic Church in Australia. Students will explore the school history and charism that shaped the identity of their school.
English
This term, students will engage in Speaking and Listening activities as they plan, rehearse and present a formal speech as part of our Whole School Public Speaking Competition. The students will compose a variety of texts, with a particular focus on persuasive texts and relevant language features so that they can effectively convey the message of their argument.
The students will continue to appreciate the engaging, deep themes as they explore the texts ‘Two Wolves’ & ‘Detention’ by Tristan Bancks. These texts present perspectives and points of view relating to the themes of relationships, authority, power, human rights and freedom. Students will read and respond to the literature, learning to think critically about texts.
Mathematics
Flexible learning groups will take place five days a week. The activities are differentiated and the children are grouped in order to cater to their needs and ability. A 'Daily Review' takes place in each maths lesson for fifteen minutes and provides an opportunity for students to revise previously taught concepts in order to build fluency and automaticity of mathematical skills. During the remainder of the mathematics lesson, the students are explicitly taught concepts from the NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus. The topics taught in Term Three are: addition and subtraction, data, volume and capacity, time, angles and 2D shapes.
Science and Technology
This Semester, the Year 5 students will be studying the Material World strand, which focuses on how the properties of a range of materials and the way in which they are combined, determine their use and inform design solutions. Students investigate the different properties of solids, liquids and gases, and consider combining and separating mixtures. Stage 3 of this strand introduces students to fundamental concepts of chemistry and is an introduction to materials technologies.
Mandarin
This term students in Kindergarten to Year 6 will continue to participate in the Chinese language program called the Meg Language Program. The Meg Curriculum is written by the co-author of the Australian Curriculum. All students and teachers will participate in the digital learning platform via Zoom weekly sessions with educators in China.
History
This Semester, the Year 5 students will be engaging in the History program ‘Australian Colonies and Policies’, which provides a study of colonial Australia in the 1800s. Students look at the founding of British colonies and the development of a colony. They learn about what life was like for different groups in the colonial period. They examine significant events and people, political and economic developments, social structures and settlement patterns.
Excursion
This term we have our History Excursion on Wednesday, 16th of August at The Rocks, Sydney CBD. All details will be shared via Compass.
Visual Arts
Our Visual Arts program for Term 3 will focus on ‘Surrealism’. Students will develop an appreciation of surrealist artworks and create their own artworks using a variety of techniques. Lessons will be taught by the Year 5 classroom teachers.
Creative Arts
In Creative Arts for this term, students will participate in 5 weeks of Music and 5 weeks of Drama. During Music lessons, students will be learning the ukulele as well as focusing on music from countries around the world including Greece and India. Students will be learning about notation, composition and some of the elements of music including pitch, dynamics and structure.
During Drama lessons, students will learn to perform a play. Students will use the elements of drama including vocal expression and projection, character creation and costumes to create and perform engaging characters.
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
The Stage 3 PDHPE Program is aimed at providing opportunities for students to develop their skills and build confidence in Athletics activities using Fundamental Movement Skills. In Stage 3, students should be consolidating and/or proficient in specific athletics Fundamental Movement Skills. Students will practice and apply these skills through athletics activities and traditional Indigenous games.
Open Parachute will continue to be implemented in Term 3. Open Parachute aims to provide practical support on mental health to students. The program aims to reduce stigma and generate authentic dialogue in classrooms about the real issues students face. The psychological skills-building exercises aim to increase empathy, self-compassion, self-awareness, mental health literacy, and self-efficacy in students.
K-6 students are also participating in Jump Rope for Heart this term, which will focus on skipping for children with sick hearts. If you wish to register use this link to raise funds use this link jumprope.org.au/parents .
Interschool Sport:
This term, Year 5 will be involved in the Interschool sports program. This program is a SCS initiative whereby students play against other Sydney Catholic Schools in the area. Year 5 will be playing Oztag.
Homework
In Year 5, students are expected to complete 40 minutes of homework each night. It is expected that your child reads for 20 minutes nightly as part of their 40 minutes of homework and record their reading in their diaries.
Homework will be sent home in Week 2. It will be due fortnightly on a Thursday (even weeks- Wk 2, 4, 6, 8 & 10). Please sign and check your child's homework and make sure it has been completed to the best of their ability and presented neatly.
A homework grid will be sent home in their homework book clearly outlining the tasks. Each fortnight there will be spelling, reading, religion/wellbeing and maths tasks to complete.
As a part of maths homework, a Maths Plus Mentals and Homework book will be provided to all students. A weekly task will be set and we ask that this be returned Thursday fortnightly (even weeks). Maths Plus follows a graded and spiralling approach, allowing for the revision of concepts throughout the year. It will provide students with opportunities to sequentially develop, practise and master their skills and knowledge.
We look forward to continuing to work with you and your child this year. If you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher via a note or by appointment made via the office.
Miss Marnie Cleary (Mon-Thurs), Mrs Desiree Djundja (Fri) & Miss Sophie Heighes (Student teacher) (5Blue)
Miss Chloe Tozer (5Gold)
Miss Chonteau Poot & Miss Tayla Hill (Student teacher) (5White)
Important Dates for Year 5
Sport Days:
5B: Mondays and Fridays
5G: Mondays and Fridays
5W: Mondays and Wednesdays
Library Days:
5B: Monday
5G: Monday
5W: Monday
28th July - Grandparents Day Mass @ 9:15 am
1st August- Interschool Sport (session 2)
15th August- Interschool Sport (session 3)
16th August - Yr 5 History Excursion to the Rocks, Sydney CBD
25th August - Book Week Parade
1st September - Father's Day Liturgy
School Term - 17 July - 22 September 2023
Refer to the School Calendar for Staff Development Days