Year 5 Update Wk 19

Central Idea: Water is essential to life and a limited resource for many people.

Lines of Inquiry:

How water changes

Responsibilities regarding water

Distribution, availability of and access to usable water

Our Key Concepts are:

CHANGE – We will understand that water is part of a continuous cycle and can be influenced by humans.

RESPONSIBILITY – We will understand that humans have a responsibility towards the use and conservation of water.

We will be continuing to form our own questions and use these to guide our inquiry into responsible water usage. We will also be starting to look for links between our own behaviours and the impact they have on the hydrosphere.

Number Groups will be moving onto consolidating and extending efficient methods for calculating answers to division problems.

 

5A: Natalee Evans – for taking responsibility and being supportive of her group when preparing for the class assembly.

5P: Avina Chan – for her mature approach to all her learning and ensuring she always understands what she is doing.

5Y: Tiffany Teh – for making a brilliant start for her chapter for a non fiction book, making use of her knowledge of structure and layout.

Music – Heather Mcomie –  for her conscientious attitude in music lessons

ICT /Media – Sabrina John – for her great effort making the start of an ipad app in Gamesalad. Working independently and concentrating hard.

 

As your children are now in the upper school, they are expected to be completing 30-45 minutes of homework each night. This will be made up of: approx 15-20 minutes reading with an adult, 10-15 spelling work, and their weekly assigned task.

Everyone will soon be taking part in a kindness challenge. To help get ready for this homework this week is to be observant and look for acts of kindness around Hong Kong. Children need to collect evidence or notes about things they have seen or read about.