Year 5

Dear Parents and Guardians,

As we come to the end of this academic year, it is with great pride that we can look back at the many achievements of the children. They have worked very hard and met the many challenges of 2020 with great confidence.

The many values that have been on display throughout the year have particularly come to the fore as we end the term – resilience when tackling a particularly tricky problem, whether it is a tricky learning task or a problem between friends; courage in coping with changes; honesty towards all members of the school community; appreciation and happiness for each other and all the opportunities they are given within the school.

This term our focus for science has been biological and chemical sciences. We have been looking at living and non-living things. The students have been learning about the different features of living things and the different groupings and classifications involved.

Students have been focusing on poetry for English this term. They have looked at the structure of different types of poems and the different figurative language techniques used by poets to make poetry more interesting. They have tried to apply this to their own poetry writing. The students have been very creative in collating their own poems in their poetry booklets.

In numeracy, students have been looking at using different techniques in order to solve number operations and division problems, we have looked at financial plans and looked at how to budget, predict chance, measure mass and identify symmetry.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our year fives for their hard work this year. We would also like to extend our thanks to parents and carers for their support this year. A great deal of what we do at school cannot be achieved without your help, support and cooperation.

Finally, we would like to wish all children who are leaving us at the end of this academic year all the very best on their journey. We know that they have all had a great time here at Sirius College and know that they will go on to achieve great things in the future.

Have a wonderful and safe summer holiday. We look forward to seeing you all again in the future.