Welcome to the Year 5 Parent Information EveningIntroduction

•Damen Howard (5H – L Block) – dhowa10@eq.edu.au

•Todd Rogers (5R – I Block) – throg0

•Lyndsay Arling (5A – L Block) – laarl0

•Judy Pritchard (5P – L Block) jprit6

•Eve Olsen (5O – L Block) eolse6

Damen: Routines: before and after school (OSHC, no iPads), absences, late arrivals

Behaviour Management: class rules, school values, signing behaviour plans, class

consequences, rewards, RTRs (no Hat Policy), 2020 leadership aspiration

School Uniform – expectations, appropriate clothing (free dress)

Damen Communication – email, make an appointment, FB, newsletter

website – www.fernygrovess.eq.edu.au

Parent Interviews (Weeks 4-5 – notes to come)

Judy Curriculum - Core subjects: Maths (Maths Jam)/English/Inquiry, German,

NAPLAN (14-16 May, 2019)

Todd Homework Guidelines – different for each class, note when incomplete, related to

in class work, time allocations

Excursions

Eve Camp (payment options) www.campgoodenough.com.au

Interschool Sport – payment options

ANY QUESTIONS??

*Admin Session in Library at

6:50 pm

F.G.S.SRoutines and

ExpectationsBehaviour Management

• Before and after school

(OHSC, iPads, Tuckshop)

• Absences – call office,

email in advance. If

late or leaving school

sign at office

• School uniform –

jumpers, hats, free dress

• School values class

rules

• Class rewards /

consequences

• Behaviour plan (opt.)

• RTRs, Gotchas, hat

policy

• 2020 leadership

aspirations (program

and camp)

• Recognition on

assembly

Communication

• Preferred mode of communication: Email

• Before & after school – making an appointment

• Parent helpers & volunteers – sign in

• Parent/Teacher interviews commence from Week 4 – 6

• Multiple avenues of communication across the school: Email, Facebook, Website, Class blogs, Phonecalls, Paper notices, Newsletter (emailed)

Curriculum Overview

Year 5

2019

Purposefully Connected Curriculum

Term 1 2019

Unit 1: One Planet

Central Idea:

The world is full of interacting systems that depend on each other.

An Inquiry into:

How animals and plants have adaptedto the diversity of ecosystems and the human and natural impact on these ecosystems.

Connected curriculum areas: Science (ecosystems, adaptations)

English (persuasive writing)

Media Arts (use technology to plan, produce and present)

Design Technology (use sketches and reflection to design)

Curriculum areas not connected: Health

Maths

Curriculum areas to be taught in term 2..

HASS

Purposefully Connected Curriculum

Term 2 2019

Unit 2: Our Time and Place

Central Idea:

Communication of time and place through stories.

An Inquiry into:

The historic and contemporary impacts of colonisation including significant people and events that shaped Australia’s colonial past and the impact of these on colonial developments and the environment.

Connected curriculum areas: HASS (colonial Australia)

English (historical narrative)

Drama

Visual Arts (drawing, mapping)

Technology (design an area from times past)

Curriculum areas not connected: Health

Maths

Science

Purposefully Connected Curriculum

Term 3 2019

Unit 3: How the world works

Central Idea:

Communities are shaped by science and technology.

An Inquiry into:

The developments in science and technology and how these have impacted on society.

Connected curriculum areas: Science (space)

English (news article, explanation)

Media Arts (make a video)

Design technology (represent sustainability methods)

Curriculum areas not connected: Health

Maths

Curriculum areas to be taught in term 4...

HASS

Purposefully Connected Curriculum

Term 4 2019

Unit 4: An organised society

Central Idea:

Successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active & informed citizens.

An Inquiry into:

The interconnections between people, places and environments and identifying the effect of these interconnections on the characteristics of places and environments.

Connected curriculum areas: HASS (characteristics of place)

English (poetry)

Media Arts (make a video)

Digital technology (use imovie/powerpoint))

Curriculum areas not connected: Science

Maths

Health

Incursions and Excursions

Term 1

No excursions or incursions to allow for routines, expectations and rich teaching

Term 2

Student-planned and led excursion to Brisbane City CBD

Identify key locations of historical significance to Brisbane, (Commissariat Stores,

Town Hall etc.) linking to our units of work on Post-colonialism era

Parent helpers required

Term 3

Science Week activities and Footsteps

To be finalised– Science Week August (Science Fair or similar) and FootSteps

Dance linked to our Arts program

Term 4

Camp Goodenough (T4 W1) and Travel Expo

Parents invited to participate in student presentations

Homework

Different in every class in terms of due dates, content and format.

Teachers will spend time explicitly teaching homework expectations and

communicate these to parents.

Intended to be an activity to build responsibility and reinforce class learning.

All classes agree that homework will be:

Daily reading

Number facts and problem solving

Literacy and language practice

Homework will not be:

Hours upon hours– see your teacher if it is too difficult

Any new content

Opt-in or out– it is an essential skill for organisation and practice