5H OLC

Welcome to Week 9! We are almost at the end of a very interesting semester of learning and as Mr Lee pointed out to the class last week, they are nearly in Year 5 and a Half!   Lots of learning and improvements have been made in the first half of the year and we are very proud of the efforts that are being put in by the students to make that happen! In this week’s blog we thought we would remind you of a few important dates for your diary: Year 5 and 6 Camp to Forest Edge - Waroona We have been given the green light that our senior classes are able to attend camp for the first three days of term three, July 20 - 22.    If you have not yet returned your permission slip and medical form, please do so by the end of this week so we are able to finalise numbers and begin to plan dorms/activity groups etc…  The camp will be a wonderful opportunity to practice our Growth Mindsets! Pyjama day Last Friday afternoon, the class were told by the Year 6s that th...

OUR LEARNING Last week we finished reading or class novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.   In our final week of reading the text, our reading focus was "Fluency".  The children had fun using whisper phones (as modelled below by Lolah and Flynn in photos snapped by our class photographer!) to read to themselves a chapter of the book, whilst monitoring and experimenting with their own fluency and expression. Over the next few weeks we will evaluate the novel by learning to write a detailed Book Review, we will study Roald Dahl’s plot development (to assist us in our future narrative writing endeavours) and compare and contrast the book to the movie.   Our movie viewing will be on the last Tuesday of Term.   This week the children are writing a persuasive text to try and persuade me to have a pyjama day (or not!) on our movie day.   If they use the correct structure that we have learnt during our “Discussion Writing” unit, they will go into the...

Since returning to some normality, it has been busy on Thursday and Fridays in 5H!! Speaking Presentations - S peaking and Listening Challenge  Term 2 - “If I could live in another part of the world it would be….” Its been wonderful to hear such well-structured and prepared presentations this term. With our topic, we traveled across many continents. From New Zealand, Hawaii, Spain, France, Italy, Chile and Thailand. We all learnt a great deal and it was impressive listening and watching presentations online, delivered from home. All results were sent home, please see me (or your child's laptop bag) if you did not see their results.  STEM Project - Solids, Liquids and Gases After all our science learning this term on matter (solids, liquids and gases), I've given the class the challenge of creating an educational video, suitable for a Year 3 student, that teaches in effective way, all about matter. Below I've attached the outline and steps t...

  HOMEWORK   –   A reminder that our homework learning grid began again this week and is due tomorrow. As indicated on the grid in their homework book, your child needed to complete  reading,  a  spelling  activity and  6x table practice  each night and choose any  3  of the other activities on the grid to complete over the week.  Please sign the bottom of the grid to indicate that your child has completed these requirements for the week and support them in recommencing the habit of bringing their homework book to school each Friday morning to be checked by Mr Torrese. NATURALISTE FREE DRESS DAY  – Tomorrow, Friday the 29th May, students in Naturaliste are allowed to wear free dress to celebrate their awesomeness in earning the highest number of tokens over the first half of Term 2. Go Green Team!! LAPTOPS AND HEADPHONES  - Could you please make sure that your child charges th...

We are thrilled to have our 5H “Learning Team” back together again!    We have been so proud of the way each child has transitioned back into being back in class and they have shown improved organisation and independence with some wonderful work being produced in all learning areas. Can you please encourage your child to have a look around home for any remaining books/stationery that may have been left behind from home learning and pack it to bring back tomorrow.   Many are without scissors and glue so if you could please ensure these are restocked that would be most helpful!  We also need Maths Pencil cases returned as we will be using their contents this week! OUR LEARNING ENGLISH In writing we are studying the features and structure of persuasive “Discussions”. Last week we broke down the introductory paragraph to learn that we need to include a hook (rhetorical questions, statistic, quote or humour) and use high modality words to bring strength to...

Thank you to all those parents who have advised the school on whether their child will be attending from Week 3. Despite the larger group of students returning to school this week, we will remain with teaching the same content for home and school to cater for those at home. CHILDREN RETURNING TO SHOOL Please be aware that parents are still not permitted on school grounds. Please refer to the previous email from the school outlining the pick up procedure. If you child is returning, please ensure that they bring their  charged laptop and a pair of headphones is ESSENTIAL . It would be a good idea to stagger the books being returned.     This is a breakdown of the books they will need each day: MONDAY  (will be the heaviest!) Pencil cases Spelling exercise book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Book bag ( All  contents including the spelling sheets) Reading  exercise book Writing exercise book ...

We hope you enjoyed the first week back to school!   Thankfully it was a short one to ease us back into our Term of learning.   We loved seeing how the children at home were going and have enjoyed seeing some of the children’s faces back at school last week!   We thank you for your ongoing support for those of you who are online learning from home . Thank you also to all those parents who have advised the school on whether their child will be attending in Week 2. Despite the larger group of students returning to school this week, we will remain with teaching the same content for home and school to cater for those at home. CHILDREN RETURNING TO SHOOL If you child is returning, please ensure that they bring their charged laptop and a pair of headphones is ESSENTIAL . It would be a good idea to stagger the books being returned so this is a breakdown of the books they will need each day!  MONDAY   (will be the heaviest!) Pencil cases Spellin...