28 Sep 2018

Year 5 Update Week 6


Monday 1st October – Public Holiday….no school

Tuesday 9th October – 3-Way Conferences 3pm-7pm….please sign up via The Gateway (all children need to attend)

Thursday 11th October –  3-Way Conferences 3pm-7pm….please sign up via The Gateway (all children need to attend)

Friday 12th October – Dress Casual Day for community chest….please bring in a donation

Friday 12th October – last day before October half-term break

Monday 22nd October – back to school after October half-term break

Wednesday 24th October – PTA AGM

Friday 26th October – Year 5 Trip to Crossroads….you will need to please grant permission via The Gateway soon

Tuesday 30th October – Year 6 Bake Sale….please bring in some coins to buy some treats to support our PTA

Friday 2nd November – 5C Class Assembly…..9am start in the hall, all 5C parents welcome

Monday 5th November – school photos

Tuesday 6th November – school photos

Friday 9th November – sibling photos

Monday 12th November – Mandarin Parent/Teacher Consultations….please sign up via The Gateway soon

Wednesday 14th November – Mandarin Parent/Teacher Consultations….please sign up via The Gateway soon

Tuesday 20th-23rd November – Year 5 Camp Week

Wednesday 21st November – Mandarin Parent/Teacher Consultations….please sign up via The Gateway soon

Friday 23rd November – Mandarin Parent/Teacher Consultations….please sign up via The Gateway soon

Tuesday 27th November – Mandarin Parent/Teacher Consultations….please sign up via The Gateway soon

Friday 7th December – PTA Christmas Disco Year 4-6

Wednesday 12th December – Christmas Concert 7pm

Friday 14th December – last day before Christmas break….12pm finish

We hope you all had a lovely holiday on Tuesday with your friends and family.

 

Thank you to everyone who attended the camp meeting on Wednesday evening. We 

hope you have found it useful and informative. It won’t be long before it is upon us.  A reminder that the completed forms and cheques should be sent into school before Friday, 12th October.

 

In Year 5 we have been spending some time getting to know our new Y1 buddies. Students enjoyed playing games and reading together. It provided responsibility for the older children, whilst supporting the younger students.

 

 

Central Idea – Artists can use a process to express messages and ideas.

An inquiry into…
  • the tools and techniques artists use (form)
  • how messages are interpreted and conveyed (perspective)
  • how can I improve my work (responsibility)
Concepts : form, perspective, responsibility
Related Concepts : style, influence, expression, choice (techniques)
Learner Profile : reflective, communicator
Attitudes : appreciation, creativity

UOI

This week in UOI the students have been working on their final art pieces for unit one. This has given children the opportunity to use techniques they have learned throughout the unit to create their own unique piece. Often they used styles from their favourite artists. The students were able to express a message through their art, use some of the seven elements of art and, in many cases, express their own identity through this.

  

  
Number Maths – Place Value
Central Idea –
An inquiry into…
  • patterns and relationships of tenths and hundredths
  • the patterns of 6+ digit numbers and how they are represented

Number Maths

In number maths this week we have been continuing to develop our understanding of decimal fractions. We have discussed strategies for mentally adding decimals, comparing and ordering decimal fractions and placing decimals on a number line.

Strand Maths – Shape and Space
Central Idea –
An inquiry into…
  • creating, describing and visualising 2D and 3D shapes
  • transforming shapes
  • locating points on a grid

In strand maths we have been using the 8 compass points to describe directions. We have been learning about coordinates, considering their practical use, whilst having opportunities to apply our learning.

 

Writing Focus

In writing we have been building on our narrative pieces, focusing on the construction of effective and engaging sentences. Students have spent time crafting their sentences using a variety of sentence structures. They have considered how to use a ‘show’ rather than ‘tell’ approach to help build good imagery for the reader.

Reading Focus – Self-Monitoring and Visualising

In reading this week we have been identifying the key parts of texts which help us visualise what we have read. We have shared our individual interpretations and enjoyed identifying the similarities and difference between them.
Due to the CPD day there was no golden book this week.

homelearning

  • Read the Weekly Update

  • Mathletics – continue with the set tasks
  • Spelling –  The children are sent home their 10 personal words that they need to learn for the week. The will happen on a Monday for 5F, Wednesday for 5D and Friday for 5C. Please, can a parent (or responsible adult) support the children by...testing them (written or oral), getting them to put their words into interesting sentences (written or oral), discussing the meanings of the words, thinking about synonyms and antonyms of that word, discussing words with a similar meaning etc. 
  • Reading – levelled home readers will be starting to come home soon.  The children will be choosing levelled readers based on their own ability and are expected to read each night for at least 20mins at home with a parent.  The children need to record their reading in their Reading Journals and parents can you please sign your child’s journal each night.  Journals need to be returned to school each morning to be checked and will come home each evening (except Friday).  Children may use Big Universe twice a week (only) as their choice of home reading.
  • Mandarin Home Learning – All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.

WELLNESS THOUGHT OF THE WEEK…