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CURRICULUM OVERVIEW – TERM 2 Year 5
ENGLISH HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES Main Focus: Text focus Speaking and Listening
When reading, students encounter and decode unfamiliar words using phonic, grammatical, semantic and contextual knowledge. With a specific focus on the text ‘Storm Boy’ students will analyse and explain literal and implied information and describe how events, characters and settings in texts are depicted. Each week, students will be supported by Mrs Sillense, through a directed teaching and planning unit that enables them to plan, write and present a short speech on a research topic. They will also participate in speaking tasks related to their reading response activities that is aimed to develop articulation and voice projection when speaking publicly.
Geography Exploring how places are changed and managed by people. Civics and Citizenship Economics and Business
Students will draw on their growing experience of the wider world, using concrete information sources to learn about history, geography, civics and citizenship, and economics and business. Term 3 focusses heavily on the patterns of settlement in Australia and the influence of these settlements on both the environment and the peoples of that time. Students will also investigate significant historical events that resulted in change and led to the development of laws in Australia. Students will continue their learning about democracy and elections. Also connected to their learning of change in Australia and the need for laws, students will learn about the difference between needs and wants, and the importance of making choices and accepting outcomes.
MATHEMATICS SCIENCE
Main Focus: Angles Multiplication Division Fractions
Students will work through a series of skill sets that will enable them to complete investigations connected to the real world. Students will continue to revise multiplication strategies, place value and estimation strategies throughout this term. They will also learn how to divide larger numbers and be introduced to remainders and decimals. .
Focus: Earth and Space
Students will participate in research and activities that reinforce their understanding of the Earth as part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the Sun). They will participate in a series of challenges that involve testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena. With guidance, they will pose questions to clarify practical problems or inform a scientific investigation and predict what the findings of an investigation might be. Strong connections between the Science and Design and Technology unit will provide extensive opportunities to question, challenge, predict and suggest improvements.
RELIGION THE ARTS
Fertile Question How can Jesus’ message challenge me today?
Students will learn about ways in which believers live according to Jesus’ new commandment of charity (love); and make and act upon informed moral choices. They will focus on the meaning and interpretation of the Beatitudes in today’s world and participate respectfully in a variety of personal and communal prayer experiences.
Music Drama
Students complete a unit study on Blues music, with a focus on features of the genre. They sing and play blues music with a focus on composing their own ‘blues riff’ to perform. Students explore mood music, graphic notation of music in a storyboard and singing and performing in small groups in both unison and in parts. Students explore dramatic action, empathy and space in improvisations, play building and scripted drama to develop characters and situations. Students rehearse and perform devised and scripted drama that develops narrative, drives dramatic tension and uses dramatic symbol to engage an audience and share community stories.
Visual Arts Japanese
Students will be focussing on the use of Art for entertainment. By decorating structures (built in Design and Tech) and creating visually pleasing 3D objects, students will work toward appreciating why artists create artworks and whom the artworks are created for. In this unit, students use the Japanese language to create and describe action heroes to entertain others. Students will be describing the physical attributes, personality or behaviour, and motivations of their character. Students will learn new phrases that reflect their character’s traits. Students will also focus on their hiragana and kanji.
TECHNOLOGY HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Design Students will create a range of design solutions for various projects as part of other learning areas. A specific focus will be on the development of machines for a specific purpose. Using recycled and recyclable materials, students will create, test and improve their creations to achieve set outcomes. This term’s Design and Technology tasks aim to engage, inspire and promote rich conversations.
Health Physical Education
Investigate the role of preventative health in promoting and maintaining health, safety and wellbeing for individuals and their communities. Students will specifically focus on personal health habits (e.g. oral hygiene) as well as learning to read and understand the nutritional information on product packaging.
HOMEWORK In Years 4 to 6, homework (including student reading) should not take longer than three hours per week i.e. approx. 4 sessions of 45 mins. This time should include student reading approx. 20-30mins + other activities approx. 20-30mins. This time does not include parents reading to children for pleasure.
Weekly Spelling: This term, we will be focussing on spelling rules. Students are introduced to the word and rule on Monday, complete activities in language rotations during the week, then are tested on their progress on Friday. Number Facts: Students are expected to revise their times tables for improved speed and accuracy. Study Ladder: In addition to the work done in class, students can access Study Ladder at home and work at their own pace. All activities on Study Ladder support classroom learning and assist with independent and efficient working. Please let me know if your child does not have access to this. Reading: Encouraging regular reading – silently and out loud is the best homework your child could ever do. Students are expected to read 15 minutes a night, in addition to the above homework. Students will be required to complete THREE or more reading response activities EACH week.
SIGNIFICANT DATES & EVENTS
Assembly Monday *formal uniform Drama Wednesday
Music Tuesday Year 5 Assembly Monday week 9. 4/9/17
Japanese Tuesday Year 5 Mass None this term
Physical Education Tuesday *sports uniform Last Day of Term Friday week 10. 15/9/17
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• students should not be at school before 8.20am.
• Students who arrive late to class cause a disruption to the learning environment.
• Students must have a school hat for lunch times, HPE and Play is the Way.
• We ask that students do not bring things to school that they treasure or are valuable. Things go missing, get broken or are lost. The school assumes no responsibility for such.
• If you wish to make an appointment regarding your child`s learning I can be contacted via the office or by email.
Classroom specific – expectations; requirements; communication methods
• Class time – versus – playtime: Students are expected to take responsibility for being seated and ready for learning on time – before school and after lunch breaks. For
the benefit of all students, is important that we start lessons on time to ensure we cover the content and provide maximum learning time. While learning should be an
enjoyable experience, students know the difference between classroom and playtime behaviours, so a greater emphasis will be placed on taking this responsibility
seriously.
• Timetable: The timetable this term is very structured. It provides students with a consistent pattern of lessons, increased group work and rotations. The purpose is for
students to take more responsibility for their own learning by being organised, well-prepared and working efficiently in class.
• Homework: Please refer to the school homework policy (as listed in Homework section above). For Term 4, adjustments have been made to ensure that spelling words
are specific to individual learning levels and relevant to the content being learned in class.
• Additional homework: For students to be at the expected level for Year 5, it is important that they complete set work within the time allocated. Work not completed
within a reasonable amount of time, or to a reasonable standard, will be sent home for completion that evening. Implementing such a consequence is designed to
encourage students to maximise learning time and to complete set tasks to the best of their ability – the first time. If additional work is sent home, students are
expected complete it to a high standard and hand it in the following morning.
Contact details: I place a very high value on parent-teacher communication and relationships, so to ensure I am available if you want to discuss your child’s progress, organising
an appointment, where possible, would be greatly appreciated. I am otherwise available via email and will endeavour to reply as promptly as possible.