Term 1 Week 1

Parent Information – Term 1 Year 5, 2015

Welcome to Year 5. The three year 5 classes for 2015 are:

5M - Mrs Felicity Pryer                           fpryer@bne.catholic.edu.au

5G - Mr Bill Galea                                  wgalea@bne.catholic.edu

5N – Mrs Ellena Di Raimondo                            ediraimondo@bne.catholic.edu.au

5N – Mrs Jessica Wetkin                       jdoherty@bne.catholic.edu.au

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any concerns or questions. To make an appointment, please contact us via email or through the school office. Alternatively, feel free to send a note with your child. We will get back to you with a suitable time for us to meet.

VISION STATEMENT

Our current unit of work is creating our Vision Statement. In this unit we look at rules and expectations at school, classroom rituals and routines and appropriate behaviour choices and consequences. The unit culminates in the children writing a Class Vision Statement together. At the end of the unit the children will be given their own copy of the vision statement and asked to go through it with you at home.

YEAR FOCUS FOR THE VISION STATEMENT

This year the focus is Ancient Words.

TERM UNIT WORK FOCUS

Religion – We start the term with creating the vision statement for our class which will give a reference point for our class to work towards for the year. After this, the children will look at look at Mary and prayers relating to Mary.

History  – The Australian Colonies. The children will look at the reasons for the establishment of British colonies and what caused the expansion of colonies throughout Australia (eg The discovery of gold). They will also explore the types of people who made up these colonies.

Science – Changing States: The children will learn about the different states of matter and how one substance can change from one state to another (e.g. water can change from ice to water to steam.)

Maths - We will be following the Australian National Curriculum in Maths. Mrs Susan Gambley has written a whole school curriculum in line with the National Curriculum and she has broken this down into year levels. There is a strong emphasis on drill and basics.

Literacy – Our Literacy will be in line with the National Curriculum as well. Punctuation and sentence structure feature very strongly in our work.

The children will also receive a magazine called Blast Off. This magazine is a valuable resource for the children to use both at home and school.

We can not stress enough the importance of your child reading for at least 15 minutes every day.

HOMEWORK

Homework will be relatively the same between the 3 classes.  In year, 5 we have weekly homework. This homework should take between 15 – 20 minutes each day to complete, including the writing out of their spelling words. Spelling will be done daily in class followed by various activities and there will be a weekly test on Friday. We understand that sometimes homework can not be completed and simply ask for a note or signature to indicate that you are aware your child has not completed set tasks for the week.

The weekly homework will on the class website along with any class information.  Please refer to the homework or parent information section. Please check this website regularly.

Mrs Pryer’s website is http://mrspryerclass.blogspot.com/

Mrs Di Riamondo and Mrs Wetkin’s website is http://5navy.blogspot.com.au/

Mr Galea’s website is www.mrgaleasclass.blogspot.com

BIRTHDAYSBirthdays are a special thing for children and we are happy to celebrate them at school. If you would like to bring something for the children to share please bring individual patty cakes or other things that are easy to hand out.

SPECIALIST TIMETABLE

Below is the specialist timetable for the year. You may like to put this in a place that can be easily seen at home.

SPECIALIST TIMETABLE FOR 5M CLASS

Specialist Lesson	Day	Time
Library and Library Borrowing	Tuesday	2.00 - 2.55
Music and PE	Tuesday	9.40 – 10.40
Cultural Literacy	Thursday	12.10 – 12.50

**Sports uniform days for all Year 5 classes = Tuesday and Friday.

INTERSCHOOL SPORT: This year the Year Fives and Sixes will be competing in interschool sport. Preference notes for the sport chosen have been sent home. Please get these back as soon as possible so teams can be worked out.

Year 5 teaching team,

Felicity Pryer, Bill Galea, Ellena Di Riamondo and Jess Wetkin.