Year Five

Term One

Inquiry

Term 1 Inquiry was packed with fun from start to finish for the year fives! From experiments to a interesting trivia. The term 1 commenced with the interesting topic: space. The year fives did projects such as the orbit of the planets. The topic also lead to physical experiments and watching facinating articles. Overall the year 5 students had a perfect time with this supreme and unique topic.

By Isum M 5C

AVAILLL Program

In term 1, the year 5 students did a Read-Watch-Write program called AVAILLL. We had to watch a movie with subtitles and do activities such as 48 Hour Film Festival, Match the Meaning, Synonym Search, Word Hunt, Mystery Word and The Last Word where we had to write the last word we saw on the subtitle. The movies we watched were Meet the Robinsons, Horton hears a Who and Earth The Power of the Planet. AVAILLL was really educational and fun program!

Sithuli M 5B

Term Two

Science Fair

This term in Year 5 we have had a Science Fair. Our topics were about Earth Space Science and Light Science. We worked on developing Lower, Middle and Higher Order questions and creative presentations across 3 days a week for a whole term. In the process, we had to get into our groups and do some research on our topic and had to do 3 low order questions, 3 middle order question and 3 high order. During all the research we had an Inquiry booklet that we had to fill in. Then we made our little stall. Some people made some experiments. We then got assessed on the night. Everyone did well and answered the questions very clearly.

By Leisha and Caitlin

Athletics Carnival

This term the whole school participated in the annual Athletics Carnival, to receive house points for their house colours (Beachley, Rafter, Evans & Jackson) and to attempt to win the trophy. However for this year, as we are in year five, we had the opportunity to compete in numerous events and were granted with ribbons for our achievements. There were a variety of competitions that students were able to participate in such as Long Jump, Shot put and several running races. At the end of the day, Beachley were awarded the trophy for the completion of the challenge and for showing the School Values. However all the of the other house colours were satisfied with what they had achieved throughout the course of the day.

By Somere G and Isum M

5/6 Sport

Netball

At The Lakes P-9 School we had a chance to go into a Netball team. We had some games at our school and some at other schools. It was a fun journey and we all had fun playing netball. We learnt how to pass really well and NOT to step with the ball, and we also learnt how to shoot. We had great time.

Football

This term the 5/6 football team had training on Thursdays and they learnt how to handball, kick and defend. They had a fun time playing football as they won 3 times and are very proud of. They enjoyed learnt new skills and really have progressed over time.

Volleyball

This term, the Year 5's were involved in a one off Volleyball Tournament along with the Year 6's at Marymede. On the day, The Lakes won 3 games and sadly lost one. We had a ball learning new skills and hitting it over the net. We enjoyed participating and playing in this tournament because we love Volleyball. We were so grateful we had this amazing opportunity to represent our school.

By Jessica C and Angelina P

Scienceworks Excursion

This term the Year 5’s went to Scienceworks. Everyone had lots of fun. We saw a whole load of different things and experiments etc. The tilt show was amazing, it was interesting and exciting, it was fun to learn about stars and constellations and what constellations to look for and where, I don't know how many people went home and looked for those constellations but I sure did. We learnt a lot of scientific concepts which were really helpful for our Inquiry Science Fair Project.

By Heather R

Woorabinda Camp

At the start of Term 2, 40 lucky students from Year 4 and Year 5 were selected to go on a trip to Camp Woorabinda. When the 4s and 5s arrived we all got invited to get started. There where so many fun activities such as High ropes course, zip lining Bush walk, canoeing and much much More. It was really exciting and it was a great chance to learn more about the great outdoors, our environment and each other.

By Jack W and Angelique N

Scienceworks Excursion

By Heather R

Term Three

Book Week

Book week was on Friday the 26th of August. In year 5, we all dressed up as characters from famous books such as, Mad Hatter, people in onesies and many more. This was a very fun event that everyone enjoyed it and we all had so much fun. We read a load of books during the week. Some of our favourite books were, Madagascar, Jungle book and Spiderman. We realized that lots of the books are made into movies now which we thought was very interesting.

By Jessica C and Angelique N

The Vietnam Veterans Day

On 18/8/16 Carla Z got the opportunity to participate in the Vietnam Veterans march. She was delighted and was exceedingly excited. In addition, students who participated in the march received a colourful scarf and also received a badge. Carla said "I will always keep these souvenirs to remember the fantastic time I had on the day." The students held huge flags and followed a soldier. There was a vast quantity of spectators. They marched all the way to the memorial hall simultaneously being trailed by the choir and the band. Soon enough they had their final moments in the parade. Overall all the students had a great time, from receiving free food to marching in a momentous parade.

By Isum M 5C

Year 5 Science Week

This Term the Year 5's got the chance to conduct an experiment alongside the year 6's. The year 5's constructed a robotic hand consumed of string and straws. They really enjoyed the experiment and would love to do it again.

On the Thursday of Science week, a selection of Year 5 students (Part of SANE) conducted a variety of basic experiments which were displayed to 3-6 year olds. The Year 5 SANE students had a great time. A select few Year 5's also came to several science activities held simultaneously during lunch time. The year 5's explored interesting experiments in science which was fun and amusing but they also learnt a a lot as well.

By Isum M and Logan G

Asia Pacific Unit

In Year 5 this term we have been learning about special countries in the Asia Pacific Region. With starting our new unit we have been having fun while learning by creating our own maps of the region, making suitcases, passports to sign when we finished exploring a country and much more fun learning. The whole Year 5 cohort have been looking at four different countries of the Asia Pacific Region thus far; 1. Australia, 2. Papua New Guinea, 3. Easter Island and 4. India. We have been investigating their individual cultures and comparing their similarities and differences to each other and Australia.

By Angelina D and Leisha

Athletics District

On the 26th of August 2016 some of the year fives and sixes competed at the Athletics District Carnival. The events were 1500m, 800m, 200m, 100m races. Nearly all of the competitors participated in the races therefore by the end all of them were very exhausted. The other events were high jump, long jump, triple jump, shot put and discus. One of the boys who competed in the shot put event got 10 meters long.

When the grade five and sixes entered the stadium they felt very scared and nervous but luckily they were having positive thoughts. The Lakes didn’t came first [we came 6th] but they came top 10. But at least they competed for the school and had a pretty great time when they came back!!!

By Harris M & Reech D

Year 5/6 Craft

Term Four

MAD Visits Mill Park Lakes Pre School

On November 15th the MAD (Music and Dance) Academy went to the Mill Park Lakes Pre School and performed 5 songs including; Let it go, Fight song, Count us in (Let it play), Break free and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. We had so much fun! Lots of us saw our old teachers and we were so excited that they remembered us. The little kids knew some of our songs and sang along. Everyone had a great time and we made a lot of memories that day.

By Jessica C & Caitlin G

Literacy

During the course of Term 4, the year 5's have been taught how to write Information Reports. Students were originally taught the structure and the content of the writing piece. From then we were given the freedom of choosing our own topic. After a few practice pieces, the 5's completed an assessment, which they were training for. Overall, the Year 5's were elated to have the opportunity to 'sharpen' their skills in this writing style.

In addition to the Information Report project, Elise's Literacy group (5B) were lucky enough to present an Information Report to the Year 2's in groups. The students were required to use sutible language which could be understood by the Year 2's. They also had to construct a PowerPoint which would boost the value of their presentation overall.

By Isum M & Zak N

Science Fair

On 23rd of November, students showcased their work to the community at the after school Science Fair. Students explained their projects to other students and parents during the night. Year 5 SANE (Science And Nothing Else) presented their Science Busking (quick) experiments to the community. Some of the experiments included Skewer through a Balloon, Human Origami and many more. The students also got the opportunity to view other experiments as well. Overall, the night was a great success, with many people learning a lot.

By Isum M, Logan G & Jonno D

ITS (International Transportation System) World Congress

In Term 4, SANE (Science And Nothing Else) went to the ITS World Congress in the city. At the ITS World Congress, world international leaders of transportation met together to discuss ideas. SANE presented their project (a robot city) to inspire people. The robot city consisted of lego robots which drove around the city, (constructed by the students) safely and efficiently. In addition, Lego Drones were used to add value to our project. The students also got to roam around the exhibition and explore what other schools and companies had achieved. They even received many souvenirs! At the end of the day, SANE students had gained a vast quantity of knowledge and had also enjoyed the once in a lifetime experience.

By Isum M, Logan G & Jonno D

MAD Matilda Excursion

This term the Grade 5 MAD Academy students went to see Matilda the musical.

It was a great experience! We caught a train to the busy Melbourne city. When we arrived at federation square, to eat our snack we got attacked by seagulls. We then moved to the State Library front yard to eat our lunch. After we finished eating, we went for a nice long tiring walk around the city until we got to the majesty's theatre. When we walked into the lobby area we were able to buy merchandise. After a long thirty minute wait we were able to show the man our tickets and walk inside. The show went for a long 2 hours and 13 minutes including intermission. Matilda the musical was a great performance and we had the best time!

By Heather, Adrian & Angelina

Inquiry + Asia Pacific Unit

In Year 5 this Term we have been learning about the countries in the Asia Pacific and have previously started a project on a country of our choice. In our project we have had to include different resources to help answer our key question surrounding our individual Asia Pacific country. We have also had to create a poster or visual presentation using ICT to demonstrate our learning of the cultures of the Asia Pacific Region and how they connect us here in Australia.

By Somere G

5/6 Cricket

On the 28th of October the Grade 5 and 6 Cricket teams went to Marymede to compete in a Cricket Tournament with six other schools. Andy coached the Year 6’s and Josh coached the Year 5’s. The year fives played four games one against Hazel Glen, one against Morang South and two different Marymede teams. The Lakes won against Hazel Glen and Morang South and lost to two Marymede teams finishing 3rd. Even though we didn’t win, the teams had a lot of fun.

By Reech D