The sixth year of Primary School

Year 5

Teacher:
Cat Stone

Teaching Assistants:
James Hinge

Year 5 caters for children from 10 to 11 years old and is the sixth year of schooling in the Australian curriculum.

What we do

In year 5 we are creative problem solvers and effective communicators! We work in teams on puzzles, challenges and quiz questions. But just as importantly, we share and justify our methods and solutions. We spend time building the skills that we need for solving and communicating and then put those skills into action. We recognise each persons contributions and encourage each other to do our best. Every single time!

The teacher’s board

What we are getting up to

This semester will see the Year 5’s in full ‘Public Performance’ mode!

We are reading, writing and reciting different forms of poetry and relating it to our studies of our Solar System and the wondrous creatures that can be found only on Earth. We are also beginning our preparations for a concert to celebrate a great year of school, using our love of mathematics (particularly fractions) to inspire our performance. Everyone in our class is gaining confidence in public speaking and performing and we have also increased our skills in working together in independent teams.

We are deepening our understanding of number and values through playing lots of games in teams and we currently love using our abacuses to solve problems. We ensure that we are able to explain our reasoning to other class members to help strengthen our own understanding and theirs.

And if that wasn’t enough, we are also building our strength and fitness in preparation for the Cross Country Run! Each day we spend time doing activities that raise our heart rate and get us puffing. We are keeping running records of ‘fitness indicators’ in table and graph form so that we can track our improvements and keep ourselves motivated.