Term 3, Week 2

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Hi parents of 5J

Welcome back to another term! I hope you all enjoyed the Eagles giving Collingwood a little lesson yesterday. Hopefully The Dockers can do the same to Geelong this afternoon.

Affirmation of the Week:

Please send some positive vibes to Wilko. He's had a tough 4 days at the vets battling a severe case of pancreatitis. Positive signs today but not out of the woodwork.


IMPORTANT REMINDERS

1.     Cross Country – Congratulations to all of the students that will be representing OLC at the Interschool Cross Country this Thursday. Not bragging, but I’m pretty sure most of the runners from Year 5 are from 5J…

2.    Home Learning Grid – The first grid for the term has been sent via One Note. Please take the time to make sure that your child has successfully completed each of the tasks before signing on a Friday morning.


NUMERACY
We will be investigating patterns and algebra this week, in particular, recursive and function number patterns.

ENGLISH
This Term, we will be studying the famous novel by Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I am looking forward to incorporating our literature circles each week as well as many other activities relating to the novel.

In writing, we will begin to explore the genre of explanations.

STEM
This Thursday, we will begin constructing the dioramas for our bear projects and creating the videos to go with it. Please send any materials with your child to school on Thursday.



Until next time, choose kind…

Mr Jones


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