Grade 5

Welcome to Term 3! We hope all families enjoyed a lovely break over the holidays. This term is sure to be a busy one with Book Week, Summer Sports Round Robin, Swimming and Wakakirri - just to name a few things. These events support the brilliant learning that takes place in our classrooms. 

Swimming

Our 5 day intensive swimming program begins the first week of term (Monday 13^th of July - Friday 17th of July).  This is a fantastic opportunity for students to hone those important swimming and water safety skills - in a country surrounded by water and with so many creeks, lakes and rivers this is always an important event in our calendar. This forms part of our Phys. Ed program. Please remember to provide consent and payment on Compass. We are also looking for parent helpers, so if you have a current WWCC and are available, we’d love to have you along. 

Events

This term is jam-packed with various different events. Please ensure that you keep the list on the right side of this page on the fridge to help you keep track.  Also please check Compass regularly regarding these.  Many of these events will need permission and payment to be paid on Compass.

Integrated Studies

Throughout our Geography unit, students will investigate urbanisation—how cities like Melbourne have developed and changed over time—and examine the sustainable management of environments. They will also explore the diversity of places across the world, analysing the economic, demographic, and social differences between countries, as well as the impacts of interconnection between Australia and other nations. In addition, students will learn about climate hazards such as bushfires and consider ways to reduce their impact. To support this rich learning, we will be visiting the Melbourne Museum and the Old Melbourne Gaol, where students will engage with Melbourne’s historical and urban development and gain insight into how people and events have shaped the city we know today. The date for this excursion is yet to be confirmed.

Writing
This term, our Grade 5 students are continuing to develop important writing skills by beginning to explore historical narratives, using their knowledge of historical events, settings and characters to create imaginative stories set in the past. They will learn how authors bring history to life through vivid descriptions, dialogue and carefully researched details. Throughout all of this, they will continue to focus on planning, drafting, revising and publishing narratives that entertain readers all while accurately reflecting historical contexts. Students will also apply their descriptive writing skills to showcase the suburbs they have designed and created in our Integrated Unit. Through detailed written descriptions, students will communicate the unique features of their suburb, including its landmarks, community spaces, environment and infrastructure. 

Reading

This term in Reading and Viewing, our Grade 5 students will be refining their skills by exploring a variety of text types including picture story books and novels as well as visual images and short animated films. They will be expanding their Reading skills through our whole class text; “Once”. We will also continue with our group and individual conferencing which will lead into the introduction of our “Book Club” groups. These programs provide our students with opportunities to develop deeper comprehension skills through detailed discussion of a shared text with a small group. Our students will use these varieties of texts to discuss meaning, question, infer messages, summarise and make connections. We will also be further examining grammar and parts of speech and the effects these have on the reader.

Mathematics

The Grade 5 will be focusing on Subtraction, Multiplication & Division, Area & Perimeter and Chance. As part of our Chance unit, students will be involved in a Chance experiment, ‘Who’s Got the Chocolates?’ - always a favourite with the students (and teachers). Throughout our Maths lessons we will be continuing to utilise our open-ended, problem solving approach. 

Homework

Homework will continue this term and we will be using the same structure as we have in the previous two terms.  Students will be expected to complete 60 minutes of reading over the week, which will be recorded in a Reading Log - they can choose to spread this out over several days - as well as an activity from our Term 3 Homework Rubric that will allow them to revise various concepts. 

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