Grade 5 & 6                       

Term 2

Term 2

Welcome back to Term 2! The Grade 5/6 team hope you had a wonderful time with your families during the term break. We look forward to a busy but exciting term with various activities planned to enhance our students' learning.

The Grade 5/6 cohort would highly value your assistance in preparing for the upcoming colder season, during which coughs and sniffles tend to emerge. If you haven't already, kindly send a box of tissues, hand soap, and paper towels with your child.

Mathematics

Number: Throughout Term 2, students will work on multiplication and division. In this topic, students will learn and build upon efficient strategies to solve multiplication and division problems and apply this learning to real-life scenarios.

Measurement & Geometry: This term, students will learn about measurement, including length, perimeter, area, volume, capacity, and mass. They will also make connections between units and apply this knowledge to real-life situations.

Reading

Students will continue to learn about language features, different viewpoints, the strategies authors use to influence the reader, analysing images and vocabulary, and interpreting media and digital texts. They will use these strategies to gain a deep understanding of various texts.

Reading different types of persuasive pieces will also be an important element throughout the term, providing the students with background information to assist them in their writing.

Writing

This term, students will continue to develop their skills in the 6+1 Traits of Writing. The writing focus will be persuasive texts, including discussions and the ability to present both sides of an argument. Students will be challenged to use various persuasive techniques (e.g., rhetorical questions, emotive words, alliteration, repetition, and statistics) to enhance their arguments and produce an influential piece of writing.

Integrated Studies

This term in Integrated Studies, we will learn about Health and Safety. Students will plan and practise strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing. They will investigate the role of preventive health in promoting and maintaining health, safety and wellbeing for individuals and their communities.

Other information

  • Please remind your children always to bring brain food (fruit or vegetables) to eat. Brain food helps our students to stay focused and engaged during their learning. Staying hydrated is also important for learning, so please ensure a bottle of water is brought to school daily.

  • Home reading will continue this term. Students are expected to read four to five nights a week (for 30 minutes) and include a short, written reflection for four to five nights. In addition, they will be given Mathletics tasks to complete.

    Teachers will hand out homework on Wednesday, which is expected to be handed in the following Monday. All students should be able to complete their homework independently, with work completed to a high standard.

  • Interschool sports for the 5/6 students will continue during Term 2. Students play games on Friday mornings between 9:15 to 11:00am. 

    The sports and coaches for the respective games in Season 1 are:

    Football – Ms Rogers

    Soccer – Mr Leonard

    Tee Ball – Mr Cavallaro

    Netball – Mrs Bawden

    Hot Shots Tennis – Mrs Pepper

    Season 2 of Interschool Sports will commence later this term. At the culmination of Season 1, new teams for the following sports will be selected-Basketball, Kanga Cricket, European Handball, Volleyball and Softball.

  • The application process for secondary school selection is now underway for our Grade 6 students. All relevant documents will be sent home in Week 1. It may be a good idea to attend some secondary school tours, particularly if you have not yet decided where you would like your child to go. All applications must be returned to our school, with three preferences included, no later than Friday, May 9th.

Important Dates

Essendon Keilor College

Thursday, 01 May

Grade 6-7 Transitions Form Due

Friday, 09 May

Rosehill Secondary School Excursion

Tuesday, 29 April

Anglesea Discovery Camp

Monday, 19 - Wednesday 21 May