Year 5 Update

5A-Ms Hughes & Ms Cortina 5B-Ms McKneil 5C-Ms Ewing 5D-Ms Stillitano 5E-Ms Christofis

Upcoming Learning:

During the next fortnight, students will be undertaking learning in the following areas:

Subject	Learning Focus
Reading	To compare and contrast ideas and events in a text.
Writing	To explore features of a narrative including developing our understanding of characterisation and setting.
Maths	To tell the time to the nearest minute, convert between units of time, calculate elapsed time and navigate a timetable.
Civics & Citenship	We are learning to understand who the first Australians were and explore their lifestyle and culture.
Social & Emotional Learning	To identify actions and behaviours that represent respectful relationships.

Grade 5 Heroes:

Congratulations to our Hillsmeade Heroes for this last fortnight:

Brock (5A)

Leo & Rangi (5B)

Furqan and Tiara (5C)

Darius N & Abhi J (5E)

History Box Incursion

On Thursday 10th August, Year 5 students participated in an incursion that further deepened our understanding of the people, places and events that helped shape Australia's past.

Show me the money $$$

Last week, Year 5 classrooms were converted into supermarkets to make learning about Money in Mathematics more authentic. Students had the opportunity to count money, calculate change and apply discounts.

Special Mentions

Well done to those students who registered and participated in the Literacy or Numeracy ICAS competition this week. We wish you luck with your results.

Reminders

Please ensure devices are charged each night, screen time settings are adjusted for the school day and remind family and friends not to contact students directly on their devices during the school day.

Please remind students that they are not to play on the council oval before school. Instead, they are encouraged to play on the synthetic oval where there is teacher supervision.