Term 4 Week 4

Wow! week four already!

This coming Wednesday our class is hosting the Parish mass at 9 am, we hope to see you there. 

Miss Douglas our pre-service teacher from ACU will be completing her final week with us. 

Have a good week.
Felicity

Term 4 News

Welcome back to another exciting term at St Bernardine’s!  I trust that you have had an enjoyable holiday and are now back into the school routine. 

The main focus for Year 5 this term is the Saint Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal. Our Religion unit is Christian Beliefs and Teachings and in this unit, we look at the lives of some early Religious leaders: Mary McKillop, Caroline Chisholm and Frederic Ozanam who founded The St Vincent de Paul Society. In this unit we learn that as Christians we believe that we should follow in Jesus’s footsteps and do what we can to help others. A practical way of doing this is by running and promoting the Christmas appeal. You will hear more on this appeal later on in the term.

The children will be learning, in History, about the expansion and growth of Australia due to the discovery of gold. They will learn about significant early goldfields and the Eureka Stockade. Students will create, in small groups, a board game about the facts on the Eureka Stockade.

In Geography, we will be looking at fire safety, the devastation of house and bush fires and what precautions we can take against house and bush fire.

We will be focusing on the unit Earth’s Place in Space in Science. We will be looking at our solar system and the names of the planets and their positions relative to the sun. We will also look at how the Sun and Earth work together to create day and night.

In English, we will be looking at a number of different writing genres linked to different subject areas.

It has been a great year so far and we look forward to your continuing support throughout this term. If you have any questions about any of the units please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Felicity Pryer.

Term 3 Week 7

5 Maroon Weekly Update

Welcome to Week 7

Monday:

Tuesday:

·         Library

Wednesday: Ms Douglas to commence Prac

·         Music

·         PE.

·         Assembly 2:25pm-2:55pm.

Thursday:

·         Cultural Literacy today.

Friday:

·         Spelling test and new homework handed out.

·         

Enjoy the week
Felicity

term 3 week 3

Hi All,

Many students are running out of exercise books, lead pencils, erasers, glue and other item.  Please check with your child if they need additional stationary.

Monday

Tuesday

• Library

Wednesday

• Music
• PE
• Assembly

Thursday

• Cultural Literacy

Friday


Enjoy your week

Term 3 Week 2

5 Maroon Weekly Update

Welcome to Week 2

Monday:

Tuesday:

• ·         Library

Wednesday:

• ·         Music

• ·         PE.

• ·         Assembly 2:25pm-2:55pm.

Thursday:

• ·         Cultural Literacy today.

Friday:

• ·         Spelling test and new homework handed out.

• ·         Life Education Van

Enjoy the week….

Term3 unit information

This term the children will be working on three main units.  In History, we will be learning about the exploration of inland Australia. Our main focus will be on the journeys of Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson and Burke and Wills and their contributions to the opening up of Australia for settlement.

The Science unit is called “Light Fantastic”. The children will be investigating various light sources and how light can be absorbed, reflected and refracted.

In Health the children will look at using effective strategies when interacting socially with others.

Our Religion unit for the term is 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.

Term 3 Week 2

5 Maroon Weekly Update

Welcome to Week 2

Monday:

Tuesday:

• ·         Library

Wednesday:

• ·         Music

• ·         PE.

• ·         Assembly 2:25pm-2:55pm.

Thursday:

• ·         Cultural Literacy today.

Friday:

·         Spelling test and new homework handed out.

·         Life Education Van

Enjoy the week….