Info for Parents/Carers

29 April 2013 Parent Information – Year 5, Term 2, 2013 Welcome to another term in year 5. Our email addresses are 5M – Mr Bill Galea                     wgalea@bne.catholic.edu 5N -  Mrs Gay Lynch                  glynch@bne.catholic.edu.au 5G – Mrs Dalton                         kmbarnes@bne.catholic.edu.au Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any concerns or questions. To make an appointment, please contact me through the school office or send a note with your child. I will get back to you with a suitable time for us to meet. TERM FOCUS RELIGION – SCRIPTURE:. The children will be learning about how people lived in the time of Jesus. In this unit, the children will learn about the foods, clothing, entertainment, money, climate, education etc in the time of Jesus. The children will use this information to present a newspaper in groups based on the format of the Courier Mail that will be set in the time of Jesus. This promises to be a very interesting unit. HISTORY – COLONIAL AUSTRALIA:. The children will be learning about the early colonisation of Australia. In this unit, the children will be looking at penal and free settlements, focussing on the penal settlements of Port Arthur and St Helena Island and the free settlements of Adelaide and Melbourne. This unit will also include an excursion to Saint Helena Island on the Friday 10 May,2013. The children will then write an illustrated fact sheet on Saint Helena Island. SCIENCE – BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE. The children will explore how different creatures adapt to their different environments. SIGNPOST MATHS We use Signpost Maths on a daily or almost daily basis. We also use Signpost Maths Mentals - used to help with mental computation and used mainly for homework LITERACY In Literacy, we are focussing on the writing genre of persuasive text which is the writing piece that will be required for Naplan. The children will also be focussing continually on grammar and punctuation. We can not stress enough the importance of your child reading for at least 15 minutes every day. DANCE FEVER: This term the children will be participating in Dance Fever which is an exciting 40 minute dance session every Tuesday. At the end of the term, the children have the opportunity to participate in the Dance Fever competition held at Chandler. They will get the opportunity to compete against children from other schools in the various dance sections. BIRTHDAYS Just a reminder that birthdays are a special thing for children and we are happy to celebrate them at school. If you would like to bring something for the children to share please bring individual patty cakes or other things that are easy to hand out. SPECIALIST TIMETABLE Please see the attached page for the specialist timetable. You may like to put this in a place that can be easily seen at home. SPECIALIST TIMETABLE FOR 5M CLASS Specialist Lesson Day Time Library and Library Borrowing Tuesday 11:30 – 12:30     HPE   Monday   11:30 – 12:30   Music Thursday 8:40 – 9:40     **Sports uniform days for all Year 5 classes = Monday and Thursday PARENT INTERVIEWS: Parent interviews will be held on only two nights this term. This will be in Week 9 (the second last week) on Tuesday the 10 June and Wednesday the 11 June. One night will be set aside for late interviews. You will need to book your interview yourself online and more information will be given closer to the time as to how to do this. Year 5 Teachers   Bill Galea, Gay Lynch, Kate Dalton