Year 5 Weekly Update
Friday 10th October 2014
Week 8
Golden book for Year 5
Jessica Zhou 5A
For her conscientious and positive attitude towards her learning. Excellent efforts Jessica!
Samantha Sadie 5D
Justin Chan 5B
Camp Information Evenings
Tuesday 14th October - 6pm Year 4, 7pm Year 6
Wednesday 15th October - 6pm Year 3, 7pm Year 5
Please note that these information meetings are for parents and carers only, not children. All meetings will take place in the hall.
We strongly encourage you to attend these meetings, especially if your child is new to Beacon Hill and has not been on a camp before.
School Photographs
PE days
5B - Thursday and Friday
5D - Wednesday and Thursday
5A - and Thursday
Maths
Number groups
As of next week, the children will be working in their new number groups looking at a range of strategies to solve problems involving the four operations.
Strand - Angles
By the end of this unit children should be able to:
- Classify acute, obtuse, right and straight angles.
- Estimate the size of an angle.
- Use a protractor to measure angles.
- Use a protractor to construct angles.
Unit of Inquiry - Where we are in Place and Time
Our central idea for this unit is:
Migration can impact on people and society
Discussion points to have with your child this week:
- Why do people migrate?
- What is a refugee?
- Tell me three things you remember from each guest speaker.
Homework this week
This week's homework:
1) On an A4 piece of paper, design a front cover for the camp booklet. It should be hand drawn/written and include the following information:
- Year 5 camp 2014
- Lei Yue Mun
- 11th November - 14th November 2014
- Please include your name on the back
2) In preparation for your ICT lesson next week, please follow Ms Wu's instructions on uploading photos and videos from our unit so far into your 'wevideo' account. The instructions can be found by clicking here.
Remember to hand homework in by Wednesday.
Dates for your diary
Other important dates:
Wednesday 15th October - Camp Information Evening 7:00pm
Monday 20th to Friday 24th October - Half Term Holidays NO SCHOOL
Tuesday 28th and Thursday 30th October - Parent Teacher conferences
Tuesday 11th to Friday 14th November - Year 5 camp