Year 5 Newsletter
Friday 4th March 2016
Welcome to the Year 5 newsletter!
Dear Parents,
Hello from Year 5! Since the last edition of the newsletter we have completed our rescheduled Sports Day which was a huge success. The effort, support and competition was second to none!
The house group organisation generated a real sense of community amongst the coloured fractions and this was typified by the buzz generated in the stands for the sprint and relay races at the finale. Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to help record scores and encourage the children!
This week in Year 5 we were lucky enough to welcome Diana David (mother of Emily Wu in 5D) as a guest speaker to support our learning. Diana heads up the Advertising & Marketing departments at the Financial Times in Hong Kong. She gave the children a valuable insight into the advertising world and got them to consider how messages can be manipulated to suit different audiences. The Year 5 children thoroughly enjoyed her presentation. Thank you so much Diana!
The three way conferences are coming up soon. Please kindly refer to the latest information in this weeks school newsletter regarding appointment sign up.
Read on to discover what else we have been up to and, as ever, thank you for your continued support.
The Year 5 team
5S on the Media Tour
Guest speaker from the FT
5A working with Year 1 buddies
Unit of inquiry
'How we Express Ourselves’'
Central Idea: People can create or manipulate messages to target specific audiences.
Lines of Inquiry: An inquiry into…
Function: How are images, text and music used to influence the behaviour of the target audience? (Media)
Perspective: How do we critically evaluate messages presented in the media? (Opinion)
Reflection: How do people respond to messages? (Interpretation)
This week the children in 5S & 5K went on an exciting Media Tour of Central to support their Inquiry. They used Ipads to collect examples of advertising and media messages which they will be reflecting on back in class.
A big thank you to all the parent volunteers who supported the groups to make the trip a success.
A reminder that next week the following classes will take their Media Tour:
7th March - 5D, 5A
9th March - 5B
Time : 9 am -12.30 pm
5B recording a video ad
5K on the Media Tour
5D recording a video ad
Maths
We have begun our new units in Mathematics on Fractions, Decimals, Percentage & Ratio and Space. The I can statements are:
Understand the relationship and convert between common fractions and decimal fractions
Simplify fractions to the lowest common denominator
Model, read, write and compare improper fractions and mixed numbers
Model, read, write and compare percentages understanding them as the number of parts in every 100
Model and solve simple problems involving ratio and proportion
- Model and solve simple problems involving fractions
A reminder that children can support their learning in the classroom by completing the Mathletics activities online. Well done to all the children who have already collected awards for their participation so far!
Games UPDATE
The fourth games rotation will begin this coming Tuesday, 8th March.
The activities are as follows:
DRAGONS - Rugby
LIONS - Hockey
PHOENIX - Athletics
UNICORNS - Netball
***Important***
Children playing rugby are strongly recommended to wear a pre-moulded mouth guard to every session. Children playing hockey must wear a pre-moulded mouth guard, long socks and shin pads to every session. All available from the PTA!
Important Dates:
7th March 5D, 5A Media Tour Central
9th March 5B Media Tour Central
17th March 3 Way Conferences, 3.45 p.m. - 6.15 p.m.
18th March 3 Way Conferences, 8.30 a.m. - 3.20 p.m.
- 24th March Term Ends 12 noon
- 14th April 5B Assembly
- 21st April 5S Assembly