Dear Parents, We have arrived at the last week of Term 3 and the students are excited for the holiday break. We hope you have enjoyed reading our fortnightly newsletters this term. Please read below for our last newsletter of Term 3. Assembly Congratulations to the merit award recipients for this term. There have been some incredibly hard working students […Read more]
Dear Parents, Welcome to the latest Year 5 Newsletter. Once again we have been very busy with a range of activities taking place over the past fortnight. We hope you enjoy catching up on it all below. Cyber Safety and Safe ICT Use This week, we were very lucky to have Australian Cybersafety specialist, Susan Maclean join us and speak […Read more]
Dear Parents, Welcome to our next edition of the Year 5 Newsletter. Once again, we have had an action packed fortnight with our first typhoon day and some science experiments taking place in class. Mindfulness Year 5 students had their second yoga session of the term on Wednesday. It has been amazing to see how much of a positive impact […Read more]
Welcome Parents to the first edition of the Year 5 Newsletter for Term 3. It has been amazing to see how the students have grown over the holidays and to hear all about the adventures that they embarked on. We have had a busy start to the term and I hope you enjoy reading a little about the past fortnight […Read more]
We would like to thank all of the parents that came in to our classrooms during the Student Led Conference day this past Tuesday. It was wonderful to sit back and watch your children take ownership of their learning and proudly talk about their classroom and shared learning environment. The SMART goals that were negotiated between you and your child […Read more]
English In English, we will begin presenting speeches based on our persuasive writing pieces we have completed in class. These will be prepared both in class and at home as part of the week 7 Homework. You will see your sons and daughter’s presentations on SeeSaw, stay tuned! Year 5 students have been focusing on reading for pleasure, specifically choosing […Read more]
English During the past 2 weeks, the Year 5 students have continued to hone their persuasive writing skills. We have looked at the use of emotive language and how to brainstorm our ideas and select our strongest arguments. Students have been reading each other’s writing and breaking down their own writing using 2 acronyms, WWW (What Went Well) and EBI […Read more]
English This term, in English we are inquiring into persuasive writing. We are learning how to use emotive words to enhance our writing to persuade. We will be reading and analysing our classmates’ persuasive texts and also viewing commercials to see how we can be persuaded through media. Maths We are learning about fractions, patterns and general rules, perimeter of […Read more]
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