News from Year 5 Classrooms 

Year 5 Blue 

In Religious Education we introduce students to the diversity within the Catholic Church by looking broadly at the History of the Churches in Australia. 5 Blue welcomed a record number of Grandparents into our learning space to help us recognise our place in the Church as the people of God

Grandparents and Great Peoples Day in 5 Blue was spectacular! Our class shared our very own Grandparents stories of their connection with the Catholic Church in Australia. Just like the early Catholic church in Australia our Grandparents withstood the many hardships and obstacles, We heard amazing stories from all corners of the globe which helped us understand how we came to be here today at Good Samaritan. Some stories were close to home in Balgownie and Wollongong and some began as far off as Slovenia and Bethlehem! Thank you everyone for sharing. We learnt alot about our Identity as a family and that our special, intergenerational story is important to each other.

Year 5 Gold 

Term 3 is looking like a very bust term for Year 5. This term in Science and Technology, Year 5 are looking at forces. The students are looking at the difference between contact and non-contact forces and how energy is transformed from one form to another. The students will be looking at how much force is needed to roll a ball to a particular destination.

In History this semester Year 5 are looking at colonial Australia. They will be learning about what life was like for different groups in the colonial period. This ties in very closely with our Religious Education unit for the first half of the term. The unit is titled The Catholic Church in Australia has a Special Story. It focuses on key events and people that have shaped the identity and growth of the Catholic Church in Australia. The unit also explores how the Church is organised and what it does in Australia today. It introduces very broadly the key expressions of Catholicism in the Catholic Church in Australia. The unit assists students to recognise their place in the Church as the people of God.

Mathematics will be a very busy term for Year 5. We have looked at Angles in Week 1. From knowing about Acute and Obtuse angles, the students have discovered Reflex (angles greater than 180°) and Revolution angles (360°).

In English this term, Year 5 is looking at Information Texts. We have completed an Information text on a report about ourselves, titled me. We have also looked at Information Texts as a Procedure. Making a Super Sandwich is on the top of our list!