Welcome
Welcome Back!
Hello Everyone,
We can't believe we are already in
Term 4!
Term 3 was fun filled, including our excursion to the Melbourne Museum and IMAX, the Green Hats Maths Workshop, Bike Ed, PJ Day and many more activities!
We have an action-packed term ahead
of us with a number of extra-curricular
events for our Year Five Students.
These include:
-The Black Rock P.S. Fete
-Footsteps Dance Lessons
-The Year 5/6 Social
-The Swimming Program
Warm regards,
Year Five Teachers
Chris Badman
Rowan Doyle
Jacqui Hutchinson
Marie Nicoll
Swimming Program
Our intensive “Swim and Survive”
program will commence this year on
Monday 19th November. This year the
children will participate in nine lessons
over nine days. The Swimming Program
is an important part of the Health and
Physical Education Curriculum.
Permission forms will be sent out on
Compass shortly.
English
Speaking and Listening
Students will complete activities that require listening to discussions, contributing their own ideas and responding to others. They will present their own information to peers through individual and group presentations and
performances.
Reading and Viewing
Literacy circles will continue through Term Four along with our CAFE Reading Program. They will focus on improving their comprehension,
accuracy, fluency and vocabulary, while
analysing both fiction and factual texts
in depth. Through literacy circles students will continue to explore their understanding of the language and features of different texts, develop comprehension skills and analyse and make judgments using evidence from what they read.
Writing
During Writing this term, we will be
looking at book reports and speech
writing, with an emphasis on the proofreading
and editing stage of the writing
process to improve the standard of
published work.
Mathematics
This term, students will continue to extend their knowledge of number through developing their understanding of patterns and algebra. They will further advance their understanding location and transformations. Students will also explore measurement concepts mass, time and temperature.
Unit of Inquiry
This term we will be exploring the unit "Earth's Place in Space" as our Science Unit of Inquiry. This unit provides opportunities for students to explore how the patterns in the sky relate to days, months and years. They will build on their understanding of how observation and models can be used to shape ideas and understandings is developed through hands-on activities and student-planned investigations.
Students will also investigate the elements of our Solar System and Earth’s position within it.
Dates for the Diary
Please refer to the Compass Calendar for all important dates.
Footsteps: Session 1
Friday 12th October
Footsteps: Session 2
Friday 19th October
Footsteps: Session 3
Friday 26th October
Footsteps: Session 4
Friday 2nd November
Curriculum Day
Monday 5th November
Melbourne Cup
Tuesday 6th November
Footsteps Session 5
Friday 9th November
Year 5/6 Social
TBA
Swimming Program
Nov 19th - 29th
Wellbeing Day
Friday 7th December
End of Year Excursion
Wed 19th December
Last Day of Term 4
1:30pm Dismissal
Fri 21st December
Homework
In Term Four, students will undertake a Community Project. It is expected that students will be completing this throughout the term. Students will also be assigned other weekly tasks including spelling and Mathletics.
