Year 5 Newsletter
Friday 26th May 2017
Welcome to the Year 5 newsletter!
Dear Parents,
We hope you are well!
Firstly, a BIG thank you to everyone who came to support the Year 5 Market Day on Monday. I'm sure you will agree that the children did a fabulous job and, judging by the reaction from the rest of the school, there were many satisfied customers who left with lots of unique, hand crafted items.
Once they had tidied up their stalls, the children spent time calculating profits and reflecting on the whole 6 week inquiry. The total profit raised of $19,800 will be donated between our 4 house charities. A great example of Year 5 taking action - well done everybody!
We'd also like to thank you all for your support with the purchasing of resources, production process, rehearsing lines for the business presentations, researching market places and general motivation in helping the children to celebrate all different experiences of success throughout this unit.
For the remainder of the week we have begun our final unit of inquiry of the year (details below) with some provocations and tuning in activities.
Have a great weekend,
The Year 5 Team
Please note: as there are so many great photos from the enterprise unit we couldn't fit them all in the newsletter. However please click here to view more!
Unit of Inquiry
Our final UOI for the year is:
Sharing the Planet
Central Idea: Reaching a resolution during periods of conflict is influenced by the actions and reactions of all involved.
Lines of Inquiry:
● Causes of conflict (personal, local and global)
● Strategies used to resolve conflict
● Consequences of resolutions
5K - Business panel presentations
5A - Business panel presentations
5K - Business panel presentations
5S - Business panel presentation
5D - Business panel presentation
5S - Business panel presentation
Maths
We have been continuing our work through the Pattern and Function unit. The 'I Can' statements for the children are:
· Investigate and represent patterns using words, symbols, numbers, tables and graphs.
· Identify rules for patterns to predict future terms.
· Identify and describe factors and multiples of whole numbers.
· Solve equivalent number sentences involving multiplication and division to find unknown quantities.
The children have also continued their learning on space by looking at rotation, reflection, translation and tessellation of objects and shapes.
A reminder that children can support their understanding in the classroom by completing the Mathletics activities online. Well done to those who have already collected awards for their participation so far!
5D - Profit Calculation
5K - Profit Calculation
5K - Profit Calculation
Swimming
A reminder that SWIMMING lessons are in progress. Please could you continue to support your child in ensuring that they have the correct equipment on their swimming day.
Kit list:
swimsuit
rash top if needed
goggles
flip flops/Crocs
towel
bath robe/big t-shirt for walking across the road
change of underwear
Swimming days:
5A, 5D and 5K - Tuesday
5S and 5J - Friday
5J - Year 1 buddies
5A - BUSINESS PANEL PRESENTATION
5J - Year 1 buddies
Important Dates:
- 29th May - CPD Day (school closed to children)
- 30th May - Public Holiday
- 8th June - 5K Class assembly
- 21st June - Trip to the Crossroads Foundation
- 30th June - End of term. School finishes at 12:00 P.M.