Year 5
Hello families and friends of Year 5,
How good was our camp! The students were fantastic on camp, they got in and gave everything a go and it was great to see everyone getting along outside of the school environment. We have gotten straight into our learning this term, and the expectations begin to rise as we get closer to Year 6.
Thank you to those who were able to attend our School Dance last week. It was fantastic to see the students dance with independence and personality. Big thank you to Mrs Turner for teaching dance to the Year 5’s last term!
In English the students have been exploring persuasive texts and the different ways to engage our readers. We have explored the language features such as rhetorical questions, modal verbs, hyperboles and connectives.
Across Maths the students are working on multiplying and dividing numbers. We have been completing some tricky short division questions and rounding the answers out to decimals. We will start our new topic on gird coordinates, maps and symmetry.
Students have been busy in our other learning areas too. In Religion, the students are using the Bible to identify different symbols and actions that relate to the Holy Spirit, for example a dove sending a message or oil healing sick people. Across science we have been gathering information about light energy and how light moves and travels through different objects. The Gold Rush is the topic of conversation in History, and we have been learning all about the rare, important and precious substance Gold is.
Some gentle reminders as we head into the last half of term 3:
- Book Parade 23rd August
- Father’s Day event 29th August
- Parent Interviews Week 9
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind Regards,
Emily
