6th October 2015
Dear Parents
Welcome back to another
exciting term at St Bernardine’s! We
trust that you have had an enjoyable holiday and are now back into the school
routine. We are writing to inform you
about this term’s units. Our email
addresses are:
5M - Mr Bill Galea wgalea@bne.catholic.edu.au
The
main focus for Year 5 this term is the Saint Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal.
Our Religion unit is Christian Beliefs and Teachings and in this unit, we look
at the lives of some early Religious leaders eg Mary McKillop, Caroline Chisolm
and Frederic Ozanam who founded The St Vincent de Paul Society. In this unit we
learn that as Christians we believe that we should follow in Jesus’s footsteps
and do what we can to help others. A practical way of doing this is by running
and promoting the Christmas appeal. You will hear more on this appeal later on
in the term.
The
children will be learning, in History, about the expansion and growth of Australia
due to the discovery of gold. They will learn about significant early
goldfields and the Eureka Stockade. Students will create, in small groups, a
board game about the facts on the Eureka Stockade.
In
Geography, we will be looking at fire safety, the devastation of house and bush
fires and what precautions we can take against house and bush fire.
We
will be focussing on the unit Earth’s Place in Space in Science. We will be
looking at our solar system and the names of the planets and their positions
relative to the sun. We will also look at how the Sun and Earth work together
to create day and night.
In
English, we will be looking at a number of different writing genres linked to
different subject areas.
It
has been a great year so far and we look forward to your continuing support
throughout this term. If you have any questions about any of the units please
don’t hesitate to contact us.
Felicity Pryer.
