Dear Parents/Caregivers,

In 5KF and 6LF, we’ve been focusing on revising key mathematical concepts such as operations, fractions, factors, and number talks.

Today, our emphasis was on division and converting remainders into fractions. To begin, we engaged students in hands-on activities where they grouped themselves in numbers like 3, 6, 7, and 12, revealing those who were left over as remainders, providing a visual representation of this concept. We then discussed and explained step-by-step what a remainder represents and its relationship to whole numbers. Once this concept was grasped, we proceeded to demonstrate how to express remainders as fractions.

To further reinforce their understanding, we paired students from Year 5 and 6 together for peer teaching. This approach allowed students to support and guide each other through the equations, with teachers and educators circulating to provide additional support. Peer teaching is highly beneficial as it enhances student learning, improves communication skills, increases engagement, offers diverse perspectives, promotes collaboration, and encourages interaction between students from different classes.

Attached, you will find some photos from today’s activities.

Thank you,

Cassundra and Luke

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Hi everyone,

Maths

• 24-Hour Time: I introduced the concept of 24-hour time and taught students how to convert between 12-hour and 24-hour formats.
• Perfect Day Activity: Students created their ideal day using 24-hour time.
• Review: We revisited key topics such as operations, factors, and fractions.
• Been focusing on 3D shapes where students have received nets and are required to construct the 3D shapes to develop a city.
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Science

• Adaptations: Our focus has been on the structural and functional adaptations of animals.
• Assessment: Students completed a questionnaire to evaluate their understanding of the topic.
• Interactive Learning: They then created their own questionnaires on adaptations and quizzed their classmates.

Health

• Family Influences: We explored how family influences affect our decisions and daily lives.
• Scenarios and Reflections: Students read through various scenarios and wrote reflections on how family impacts their choices.

Writers Workshop

• Creative Writing: Students used their writer’s notebooks to brainstorm and develop narrative stories.
• Book Making: They turned their stories into books, engaging in a process we call “book making.”

Religion

Caritas Romita: We studied a woman from Caritas Romita. Students researched her life, then filmed a 2-minute video in the green screen room, comparing their lives with hers.

Technologies / Art

• Spring Fair: We’re preparing for the Spring Fair! Students are competing to design the best banner for the event.
• Banner Design: Using iPads, they created banner templates, working independently or in groups to showcase their designs for the fair.

Hope you all had a great week!

Miss Pulizzi

Hi everyone,

5KF and 6LF have been collaborating on our “Book Club” project. In Book Club, students choose a text and make predictions before diving into the reading. Throughout the process, they apply inferencing skills and record insights on character development, setting, vocabulary usage, and the overall impact of language on the story. Today, both classes engaged in an interview session where they took on roles such as presenter, questioner, timer, and recorder. Collaborating effectively, they crafted interview questions that demonstrated their deep understanding of the book and significantly enhanced their analytical abilities.

Here are attached photos of 5KF and 6LF

Thank you,

Luke and Cassundra

Hi parents/caregivers

I am excited to announce that I will be the classroom teacher for 5KF for the remainder of the year! It’s wonderful to be back, and it has been fantastic to see all the kids and receive such a warm welcome.

This week, we have been focusing on these subjects:

Maths:
– Understanding 12-hour and 24-hour time formats.
– Learning the differences between the two types of time.
– Reading and writing time in the 24-hour format.
– I’ve hung two clocks in the room, each set to a different time throughout the day. Students are required to write these times in the 24-hour format.

Science:
– Exploring animal adaptations.
– Students are working on an assessment project where they choose an animal and create a poster detailing its location, environment, habitat, and both structural and behavioral adaptations.

Religion:
– Focusing on Caritas and the story of a woman named Ronita.
– Students will create a 1-2 minute video explaining Ronita’s life and comparing it to their own lives and those of others.

Art:
– Studying Aboriginal Art.
– Students followed a procedural video on “How to Draw a Kangaroo” and then created backgrounds incorporating Aboriginal symbols, patterns, colors, and designs.
– The results are fantastic, and I am very proud of their work!

Writers Workshop:
– Writing humorous narratives.
– Learning about the elements involved in creating a humorous story.
– Exploring different types of humor, including sarcasm, puns, and suspense.

Thank you for your continued support!

Cassundra Pulizz

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Dear Parents/Caregivers,

We hope this message finds you well.

Term 2 has been off to a flying start with new learning concepts and plenty of socialising with peers. As mentioned in our previous blog post, Cassundra Pulizzi is away on a university placement until week 6. In her place the Year 5 students have one of our new staff members as their teacher, Emma Hatch. Please feel free to email her in absence of Cassundra. 

Notices

Mothers Day Activities

Mobile Dentist

My School Dentist through the Australian Dental Foundation will visit our school in week 4 of term 2 (20-25 May) for dental check-ups during school time for children in Early Learning to Year 6.

If your child requires further follow-up treatment, the My School Dentist team will contact you to discuss the available options and obtain consent prior to performing any additional treatment. If no further treatment is required, your child will be seen in the next 6 to 12 months for their routine dental check-up.

After the dental check-up, children will be sent home with an oral health report card and free oral health pack, as well as you will be contacted by the treating dentist via phone regarding their appointment.

A registration pack is available for collection from the front office or please email info@holyfamily.catholic.edu.au for one to be sent home with your child. Please return the completed registration form to the front office by Tuesday 14 May.  Staff from the My School Dentist program will collect the forms and contact you to confirm a booking.

Please note a new registration form is required for the 2024 calendar year even if your child has seen the dentist in previous visits.

If you have any questions please feel free to email us at Luke.Flanigan@holyfamily.catholic.edu.au or Emma.Hatch@holyfamily.catholic.edu.au.

Kind regards,

Luke and Emma

Hi parents/caregivers,

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and long weekend. This week we have been focusing on three assessments.

1. Writing a persuasive text

2. Operations Maths Assessment

3. Business – group assessment where students create a business plan. Including advertisements, slogan and financial plan.

Students have been successfully showing their understanding of the content learnt and have been applying their knowledge towards their work.

Today we started “Factors” in Maths where students learn about factors in multiplication and division, they also learn about prime numbers.

I have informed the students but I want to let you all know. Part of my studies of becoming a teacher include placements. I have one placement left which is a 5 week placement. Unfortunately, this placement is still be going ahead regardless of my qualification, registration and having a Year 5 class. This placement will occur in Term 2 week 1 to week 5. I ensure you and the students that I will be back in week 6. I know this is very inconvenient and I send my apologies.

Reminders.

Operations Assessment Due Tuesday Week 11.

Persuasive Assessment was Due Tuesday Week 10, please hand up if you have not

Business Presentations will occur Thursday Week 11.

I encourage students to read and revise times tables every night.

If you have any questions please email me: cassundra.pulizzi@holyfamily.catholic.edu.au

Thank you,

Cassundra Pulizzi

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Hi Parents and caregivers,

To ensure we have a successful NA PLAN for the remainder of the week and next week could I please ask you to remind children to bring headphones. The use of headphones throughout the NAPLAN test is significantly important.

Furthermore, to remind children to charge laptops. The NAPLAN tests are completed on laptops and its for your child’s benefit that laptops are fully charged and ready on the day.

Thank you for your teamwork and co-operation.

Kind regards,

Miss Pulizzi