Year 5 Term 4 Overview 2022

Term overview

Welcome to Term 4, 2022!!

We are almost there! With only 8 weeks to go until the end of the year, all the year 5 teachers would like to show how proud they are of all the year 5 students this year. The year 5 cohort has worked hard and persisted in their pursuit to become leaders of TBSS for 2023. We hope that all students continue in their efforts and we look forward to finishing off 2022, proud of our accomplishments.

Leadership

This term the year 5’s embark on their journey to become the leaders of TBSS in 2023. Many of the students have already shown interest in applying for the leadership roles offered for next year. If your child is interested in applying but has not yet received a leadership form, please speak to your classroom teacher. We wish all those applying the best of luck in their applications.If you are unsure about the timetable of events for the leadership applications, please see the forms handed out to the students who applied. Otherwise please see you classroom teacher.

Attendance

How to report an absence: 

• Email attendance@trinitybeachss.eq.edu.au or
• Call the school's absence line on 4057 1444, then press #1 and don't forget to leave a reason why your child/children are away, or
• Send a note to the classroom teacher on their return

Our schools attendance target is 95% 

Reading / Spelling

Our school is implementing a systematic synthetic phonics approach that has a teaching sequence for reading and spelling which goes across the entire school. Promoting Literacy Development or PLD for short, provides teachers with an innovative, evidence-based approach to literacy and advocates that children’s literacy and learning outcomes are maximized when the areas of literacy, oral language and movement & motor skills are simultaneously targeted.  With this change, we will be working with decodable texts instead of predictable texts in the teaching of reading.

Due to this change, home reading will look different as well. Students may come home with games with high frequency words or sounds instead of home readers. This is reading practice. Please be assured that students will be getting a much higher level of reading mileage at school every day.

English

This term students are looking at the book and movie, ‘The Lorax’. Students will be tasked with responding to comparative questions on a discussion board. Students will learn how to interpret the different versions of the text and form opinions based on evidence from their understanding. They will also learn how to respond to other students point of views.

Maths

During the term students will investigate and develop skills in a range of different areas including: multiplication and division, addition and subtraction, ordering fractions, adding and subtracting fractions, and organizing fractions. Students will also be looking at simple financial budgets to align with their HASS unit as well.

Science

Matter matters – Students are looking into states of matter for this terms science unit. They will be planning, conducting and evaluating an investigation into a variable that affects evaporation. Students will also be describing the physical properties of solids, liquids and gases.

HASS

In this unit, students will plan, draft and present a proposal for a food stall, run at the school fete. Students will determine the type of product that they will sell based on our communities needs and wants. Income, budget and expenditures will also be considered in this unit.

HPE

Students in year five will focus on applying strategies for working cooperatively and apply rules fairly during cricket-based activities and games. They will learn how to bat, field and bowl a ball.

Music

During this Term, students will extend their knowledge about major and minor modes, pentatonic scale, rhythmic elements and woodwind instruments. They will learn a large number of songs and games, listen to them then analysed a range of musical pieces.

Technology

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program is a fun, hands-on learning program delivering pleasurable food education. With strong curriculum integration and a focus on student wellbeing, collaboration and leadership, students learn to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh, seasonal, delicious food – forming positive food habits for life.
All classes this term will take part in the creation of the garden and basic cooking/food production. The students will learn skills involved with garden and kitchen tools, kitchen and garden safety and hygiene practices. Each year level will also complete an assessment based in design and technologies curriculum as outlined in their assessment schedule.

Drama

Students will work in small groups to create, present and respond to a Fractured Fairy Tale. They will investigate what elements make up a Fractured Fairy tale and then present a targeted script to junior school students changing their voice and body.

Lote

They will share information about family and discuss about the family activities they have been participating in. They will learn to express their opinions and feelings about the family activities they engage in. They will also explore the Chinese family traditions, and to compare the similarities and differences of family culture between Australia and China. 

Assessment schedule

Contact information

Contact your childs teacher via email: 

5A - Rob Shinn rshin22@eq.edu.au                             

5B – Sonya Ezzy (sgezz0@eq.edu.au)                       

5C - Greg Curran (gbcur0@eq.edu.au)                       

5D - Michale McClafferty (mjmcc6@eq.edu.au)   

5E - Emma Morris (emorr68@eq.edu.au)                 

5F – Anna Vintila (akvin0@eq.edu.au)