Term4 Week 1

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

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

5G - Mrs Ellena Di Riamondo          ediraimondo@bne.catholic.edu.au

5G - Mrs Jess Wetkin              jdoherty@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.