Hello Parents and Carers of Year 5,

What a busy and wonderful start to the year we have had. The students and I have been really getting into “The Way of Dog” by Zana Frallion. We have been whisked away with Scruffity and Manpup as they adventure into the big wide world. In Math we have been exploring multiplication and division strategies to support us in working out one and two digit multiplication problems. In Science we have been exploring matter and how it can change into different forms. The students really enjoyed getting their hands dirty and experiencing Oobleck and making Jelly. As we dive deeper into History we are beginning to see the hardships of the early settlers and First Nations of Australia and how the states and territories of Australia developed. In Technology we are looking at food and fibre production in Australia. We are beginning to think about how we can grow our own garden in a sustainable way. We really enjoyed meeting our buddies in week 3. We will continue to help the Preps learn the way of our school every second week.

I am very proud of the Year 5’s effort on Assembly Prayer in week 4. We all voted on if we should have a song or not and if we would sing or do the actions. We ended up going with the song and actions. The students all came together to work out moves and then practised to learn them. After this we also wrote some prayers about our values, the students worked really hard on putting it all together. Well done Year 5!

Looking ahead, we have NAPLAN coming up and have begun practising in class. The students have been getting used to using the system and the test settings. Please if you have not yet, send in some headphones as we will need them for NAPLAN in weeks 7 and 8. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about NAPLAN.

Thank you all for the warm welcome to Weipa. I am really enjoying my time here and with Year 5.

Sincerly,

Lyndsey Fielding