Fantastic Fives

A blog to keep you up to date with what's happening in our class

Writing

April5

Yesterday we thought we’d make the

most of the amazing Autumn weather and work outside for a bit … after a sneaky play on the new playground 😊

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3 Way conferences

March22

Tonight your child (5B) or tomorrow (5T) should bring home a conference invitation. A copy of 5B can be found here.

3 way discussion note 2017

Conference times will be booked on a first come, first served basis. You are welcome to email me to book your conference if you’re really keen 🙂

I have some times available during the afternoon on the Wednesday. Please take advantage of these if you are able.

Regards, Juli

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Japan!

March3

As most of you would know, I am on leave for the next few weeks, visiting my daughter in Japan. Janita Bentley will be taking the class in my absence. We will be in regular contact in order to maintain consistency and have already had several discussions to ensure the smooth running of the class and delivery of curriculum while I’m away.

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Sensational science

March3

In science we have been investigating the properties of states of matter including relative density, volume, mass.

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Spelling – Words Their Way

February6

Dear Families,
Words Their Way is a word study program that further individualises the way students learn to spell words. It is a hands-on approach to practice spelling patterns in words. It allows students to manipulate words into different categories. This sorting process helps students analyse and examine, compare and contrast, and differentiate the patterns in words. This hands-on approach helps students internalise the spelling patterns in words for the future. Last week, the students were administered a spelling inventory that helped determine at which spelling stage the students were performing. During this week we are focusing on establishing routines and learning the different kinds of sorts.
Homework will begin in week 3.
For homework your child will be encouraged to do a different activity each night to ensure that these words and the spelling principles they represent are mastered. These activities will have been modelled and practiced in school, so your child can teach you how to do them. If they don’t remember how to in the first week or so, that’s ok, as the same routines will be repeated each week.
These activities are suggestions, so of course, if you have a particularly busy evening, skip the homework.

Monday Basic sort – Sort the words into the categories provided. Your child should read the word aloud during this task. Ask your child to explain to you why the words are sorted in a particular way. – What does the sort reveal about the spelling? Is there a generalisation that can be made?

Tuesday Blind sort – Lay down a word from each category as a header and then read the rest of the words aloud. Your child should indicate where the word goes without seeing it. Lay it down and let your child move it if they feel they made a mistake. Repeat if your child makes more than one error.

Wednesday Word Hunt – Look through a book they have read for words that have the same sound, pattern, or both. Try to find 2 or 3 for each category.

Thursday Writing sort – This is to prepare for the Friday test. As you call out words in random order your child should write them (in categories if you like). Call out any words your child misspells a second or even third time.

Notability

February1

Yikes!!!

The children told me today that Notability is now $15-$20.

I recommend Googling something like ‘alternative to Notability’ and seeing if you can find a similar app that allows typing (change font and size) and adding photos. It doesn’t matter which app, as long as your child can easily take photos or screenshots and insert them and take notes. Changing font and size and moving things around makes the experience much nicer.

 

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Welcome to 2017

January30

We hope you enjoyed a great summer with your family and are ready to begin the 2017 school year.

Click on the link below to access our notes for Acquaintance Night which is being held earlier this year on Tuesday, January 31st at 6.30 in Juli’s room. This is the second day of school. Please come and introduce yourself. We hope to see as many of you there as possible.

Our acquaintance night note can be accessed here:    Welcome back 2017 

You may also like to take a look at the Information for Parents of Year 5 and 6 students put together by ACARA to get an idea of what your child will be doing this year.

Information for parents of year 5 and year 6 students

One area that you may not be as familiar with is coding, which is part of the Digital Technologies curriculum. This image, from Sylvia Duckworth, explains a little about it.

Screen Shot 2016-01-28 at 17.32.17

We look forward to working with you in 2017. Here’s to a happy and successful 2017 where we all become the best version of ourselves 🙂

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Our pact

December5

With the holidays fast approaching, and most of your children owning an ipad, I thought it might be a good time to let you know about an app that I recently became aware of, thanks Chris!

Its called Our Pact. It allows parents to manage their child’s screen time at any time and from anywhere!

In conversation with a parent who uses it I discovered that you can set a bed time, disable access when your cherub is supposed to be doing something else (like taking a shower or tidying their room.) You can block apps that you don’t approve of, and even create recurring schedules. As your children come to an age where they might also own a phone, you can block access to wifi and cellular connections too. All from your own device!

Find out more information about it here.

Dance

November23

Hi

Just a reminder that all students need plain black clothes for our dance. Some students asked if navy blue is ok or if a t-shirt with a print on it is ok if they wear it inside out. The short answer is no.

 

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Exhibition

November22

Exhibition is on Thursday December the 1st, 5-6pm … next week!!!

First of all, a huge thanks to Tanya, Janita and Wayne for stepping in while I was on leave.

Exhibition is really close now and we’ve reached the part where we’re making displays, activities and games to share with the community.

Students have also been preparing an opening song with Mr Hamnet.

Students will need to be at the hall, in school uniform, at 4.50 to get ready and the doors will open for visitors at 5pm. We hope to see you all there 🙂

 

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