Year 5 Update Wk 2
Tuesday 30th August start 6:30pm – Meet the teacher evening
Friday 9th September – PTA Bowling
Thursday 15th September – Mid-Autumn Festival Market at school…please bring a small amount of money to spend at our market
Friday 16th September – Mid-Autumn Festival holiday…school closed
Wednesday 21st September – International Day of Peace
Tuesday 27th September – Parent Consultations 3-Way Conference…book via The Gateway soon
Thursday 29th September – Parent Consultations 3-Way Conference...book via The Gateway soon
Wednesday 5th October – Camp Information Evening 7pm…in the hall
Thursday 6th October – BHS staff training, school closed
Friday 7th October – BHS staff training, school closed
Saturday 8th October to Sunday 16th October – half-term holiday
Monday 17th October – ESF staff training, school closed
Is it really only the second week of the school year? There seems to be so much going on. Each of the Year 5 classes have settled into the class routine and the students have worked with dedication and consistency in the first few weeks. This week the children should have brought home their reading journals and begun the home reading program.
In assembly this week Mrs McLaughlin shared the ‘Zones of Regulation’ with the school. The Zones of Regulation are tools to help students stay focused in class and regulate their emotions in times of anger, stress and sadness. Congratulations to Hannah and Willson of 5M who helped perform in the assembly.
Transdisciplinary Theme: Who We Are
Central Idea
We can understand and develop our emotional well being to lead a balanced life.
Lines of Inquiry
- Managing and understanding our emotional wellbeing (form, function)
- Developing and maintaining positive relationships (connection)
- Ways to apply mindful behaviours (connection)
To begin our UOI we watched the movie “Inside Out’. Is was very interesting to see how sadness is a natural feeling and that it is a perfectly normal part of life that can be helpful to maintain a well balanced life. Building on from the themes of the movie we completed the pre-assessment that asked us to identify different emotions and how to live a balanced life.
In the coming week we will begin journalling emotions that we have throughout the unit and use this to see how we regulate our emotions to enjoy positive relationships with others. The Zones of regulation have been introduced and we will link and identify different emotions and actions that relate to each of the zones. All the while we will be broadening our emotional vocabulary that will reflect in our narrative writing as well.
Year 5 are continuing to explore the patterns found within the base ten system, in both whole number and decimals.
Skills include – partitioning numbers into their place value
– Renaming numbers as hundreds, thousands, tenths and hundredths
– Rounding numbers
– Expanding numbers in expanded notation
– Reading, writing, ordering and comparing numbers
So far the classes have been working with large numbers. Inquiries have begun into the decimal system where the students will continue to develop their understanding of part numbers in the form of decimals. The students will be working with both tenths and hundredths.
Vocabulary continues to be a great challenge in the maths class. Below are some words which will be a great benefit for the students to understand:
decimal, tenths, hundredth, whole number, part-whole, rename, round
In Mrs McKinnon’s maths class the children were given this question to develop their understanding of rounding. See how you go. Below are some pictures of the results from the class.
A number has been rounded off to 1200. What might the number be?
Modern Narrative
Narratives are written to entertain, create, stimulate emotions, motivate, guide and teach. We are linking narrative writing with our UOI to use themes of relationships and personal wellbeing.
This coming week we will continue to deconstruct narratives and focus on the areas listed below:
Identify the high and lows of the plot, characters, time, place, build up, simple problem, resolutions.
Inquire into the variety and type of opening statements.
Language feature focus for the coming week
The use of direct speech
Vocabulary development to assist in the development of ideas.
Using adjectives to express ideas more clearly.
Congratulations to our 3 Golden Book Winners this week.
5P – Nysha Jain: For her mature, focused and hard working start to the year.
5M – Poppy Wong: For her quiet, responsible and positive attitude to her work.
5Y – Armaan Balani: For being a very positive member of our class during the first week back.
Home spelling lists will be sent home in the coming week.
Maths teachers will set a maths task weekly.
Home reading has begun.
We look forward to seeing you all at the parent information evening on Tuesday. We will start in the hall then move off to individual classrooms.
Children need to be bringing their own hats to school each day. They are not permitted to play in uncovered areas at break times if they do not wear a hat. Please make sure they are clearly named.
A reminder that no nuts are allowed for snacks, and that whenever possible snacks are healthy and nutritious.
