Welcome back to Term 4! Here we are almost at the end of Grade 5.  It’s hard to believe just how far the students have come this year.  We have no doubt this term will prepare them for their final year of Primary School. This term will no doubt be another busy one with STEAM projects, Student Leadership nominations, Grandparents Day, Book Fair, Christmas Carols - just to name a few.  As well as, of course, the amazing classroom learning we’ll be doing.

Buddies

In ‘Buddies’ this term, we will continue to build our students' leadership skills by having them plan and deliver a lesson to their Buddy class.  This will provide them with the wonderful opportunity to work as a team, research engaging tasks and develop confidence to present in front of the class.

Student Leadership

This term the Grade 5 students will be reflecting on the current student leadership model and deciding the structure they wish this to take during 2027.  They will also be involved in nominating themselves for the various leadership teams. For those interested in being a school captain they will have the opportunity to give a speech to their peers about why they would be a wonderful student leader for our school. This process provides our students with Student Voice and Agency in how the Student Leadership is conducted during their Grade 6 year.   

Integrated Studies

This term our Integrated unit ‘FEAST’ will be focused on investigating what goes into producing and preparing food and all the things we can do to avoid food waste. Students will investigate why food waste is an issue in Australia and other parts of the world by exploring: what food waste is, different ways to cook using food that would otherwise be wasted, how to prepare and select ingredients from different food groups, ways to design and create recipes to educate others about making positive food choices and preventing food waste. Students will have opportunities to participate in practical cooking sessions, learning about hygiene, safety and following procedural texts. Our unit will culminate in students contributing to and producing a school recipe book.

Additionally, the students will be involved in the STEAM (Science - Technology - Engineering - Art - Maths) Project. This will involve them designing and building a prototype to help our planet and our overproduction of waste. It is always a huge highlight of the student’s year as they stretch their creative muscles to create innovative and engaging designs. We can’t wait for you all to see the results at our STEAM presentation day later in the term.

Writing
This term, Grade 5 students will continue developing their skills through our Writers’ Workshop routines while exploring a range of writing styles. We will begin with informative writing, researching and creating a biography, before moving into procedural writing as students develop their own recipe. Students will also use scientific and descriptive writing to support their STEAM design and presentation. We will finish the year creatively with poetry, exploring language, imagery and different poetic forms.

Reading

This term in Reading and Viewing, our Grade 5 students will be exploring a wider variety of text types including news articles, documentaries and information texts. They will learn to further examine the way an author presents information in order to persuade the viewer. This includes both sound and visual elements. Additionally, we will introduce our “Book Club” sessions to further develop our students' comprehension skills. Through these small group discussions, students will conduct deeper connections regarding meaning, questioning, inferring messages, summarising and making connections with a shared text. 

Mathematics

In Maths this term students will explore the various concepts related to Fractions, Decimals and Percentages. This will include the connection these have to money and financial literacy.  We will also be learning about 2D nets for 3D shapes as well as Mass and Capacity. Our STEAM projects will provide students with the opportunity to utilise their Maths skills in a real world scenario.  This will include creating scaled blueprint drawings. Throughout our Maths lessons we will be continuing to utilise our open-ended, problem solving approach.

Homework 

Homework will be students working on their Leadership application speeches for those students who wish to apply for a School Captain position for 2027. We will then continue using the same structure as we have in the previous three 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 a task from the Maths grid. 

We encourage families to create a Study planner for when homework tasks will be completed.  This will be invaluable as they move onto secondary school in a little over 12 months time.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact your child’s teacher. 

We look forward to another great term! 

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