Mrs Julie Kornmann
College Director
Mrs Sue Esposito
Primary School Principal
Mrs Amanda White
Deputy Principal
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The Year 5 Curriculum
Units of work
Literacy & Numeracy Blocks
Helping your child achieve
Specialist Lessons
Leadership Process
Homework
Learning Celebrations, Behaviour Goals & Behaviour
Management
Assessment, reporting, communication & NAPLAN
Housekeeping
Year 5 Camp
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Fourth year of implementation now including: Maths, English,
Science, Geography, History, HPE.
Units of work /concepts for Term 1
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English –
Maths -
Narratives
Explore a variety of concepts including number,
fractions & decimals, data representation and
interpretation and chance.
Science:
Light
History:
Australia’s Colonial Past
Technology: Out of the Box
The Arts:
Exploring the early European Colonies in Australia
Health & PE: Bullying, Sports Expo, Swimming Carnival, Preparation
for cross country
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Spelling activities
Reading & writing strategies
Shared/guided reading & writing activities
Speaking & listening activities (Sharing / Circle Time)
5B& 5S Literacy Block
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8.45-9.00
Maths
Masters
Writing
Maths
Masters
Writing
Maths
Masters
9.00-9.30
Spelling
Rotations
Spelling
Rotations
Spelling
Rotations
Spelling
Rotations
Spelling
Rotations
9.30-10.30
English unit
Year 5
Grammar &
Punctuation
English unit
Year 5
Grammar &
Punctuation
English unit
10.30-10.55
Reading on
the same
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Reading on
the same
page
Reading on
the same
page
Reading on
the same
page
Reading on
the same
page
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Math’s warm-ups
Number facts
Explicit teaching of focus concept
Practise
Reflections
5B & 5S Numeracy Block
12.0012.30
12.301.00
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Warm up
Warm up
Warm up
Numeracy
Rotations
Warm up
Explicit
teaching
Explicit
teaching
Explicit
teaching
Number
Facts
Practise
Reflection
Number
Facts
Practise
Reflection
Number
Facts
Practise
Reflection
Number
Facts
Explicit
Teaching
Practise
Reflection
•Read to him/her.
•Listen to him/her read.
•Discuss what has been read.
•Ask questions – make them specific not
general i.e. Don’t ask ‘How was school
today?’ instead ask ‘What did you learn in
English today?”
•Discuss the homework questions. Ask
“How did you get that answer?” and “Prove
to me that you are correct.”
•Attend Assembly if possible, this is a
good opportunity to hear what is
happening in classrooms.
•Communicate regularly with us, let your
son or daughter know that you are
interested in their learning and you know
what is happening at school.
•Encourage your child to be positive
towards their learning, encourage them to
be a risk taker and have a go.
•Follow us on Twitter and make sure we
have your email as we are moving
towards this form of communication.
•Remember learning is not confined to
school your child is constantly learning.
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Music
Physical Education
LOTE
Library Borrowing
ICT
Tim Burns
Shane Will
Senora Bielemeier
Kylie Downey
Kristine Kopelke
Extra Curricular Activities
 School Choir
 Performing Arts
 Chess Club
Leadership Process
 Leadership Diploma will be sent home for students to complete with parents.
 Students will have an interview with their classroom teacher.
 Candidates are selected for further interview with School Principal & Deputy.
 Final candidates will deliver speeches before student & teacher voting.
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Spelling, Reading & Comprehension,
Numeracy – NAPLAN focus
Reading – 15+mins (please sign the reading log)
Why?
 To support and reiterate our daily lessons
 To develop a routine for future study habits
in later schooling years
Homework is due back to school on FRIDAY
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Learning celebrations will be held in our class each
semester to showcase our talents and academic
achievements. Year 5 will hold their first celebration in
Term 2.
Celebrating and rewarding positive behaviour choices
 Class Dojo
 Fortnightly assembly to reward Star of the Week.
 Positive postcards sent home.
 Morning Tea with the Stars
 Negotiated classroom rewards (please refer to classroom
charts)
Class behaviour is managed cooperatively between students,
teacher, parents and admin team. We all follow the College’s
Responsible Behaviour Plan. Meridan’s full responsible
behaviour plan is available on our college website.
Warning verbal / Non verbal
Responsible Thinking Plan (parent contact)
Reflection Room
Restorative Practises
All classroom and college rules are based around the
Meridan Core Values.
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Task tracking sheet
Bookwork
Class routines
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Parent / Teacher interviews – end of Term 1 &
Term 3
Written reports – end of Term 2 & Term 4
Ongoing communication – emails, phone
calls, meetings.
NAPLAN testing will commence 12 – 14 May.
Reports will be sent home as soon as we
receive them approx.- end of
Term 3.
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Camp – Term 3
Community Days – Our first community day is on Friday 20th March,
Wk8, Anti Bullying Day. Our four communities are:
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O’Neill Community
Bradman Community
Freeman Community
Rafter Community
Throughout different times of the year we would love some parent
helpers in our classroom. If you are able to help out either on a small
scale or on a regular basis, please let us know.
Reminder: ‘No Play” on Primary School Playgrounds before or after
school. If your child arrives before 8.20am, they are to sit outside the
office on the other side of the Prep classrooms. They will then be
supervised in the undercover area until they are dismissed to their
classrooms.