Parent
Information – Term 1 Year 5, 2016
Welcome
to Year 5. The three year 5 classes for 2016 are:
Please
do not hesitate to contact us if you have any concerns or questions. To make an
appointment, please contact us through the school office or 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
This
year the focus is Compassion.
TERM
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.
BIRTHDAYS
Birthdays
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
|
8.40 – 9.40
|
Music
|
Wednesday
|
10.10 – 10.40
|
HPE
|
Wednesday
|
11.30-12.00
|
Cultural Literacy
|
Thursday
|
10.00
|
**Sports
uniform days for all Year 5 classes = Wednesday 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 teachers,
Felicity
Pryer, Ellena Di Riamondo, Jess Wetkin, Bill
Galea.
