Author Archives: carole.pa

Last week of term 1 Wow how did it get here so fast! Our last week was as busy as ever. On Tuesday we had the awards ceremony where three students from each class received a certificate linked to a learner … Continue reading →

Still busy! The students in grade 5 have had another very busy week investigating forces and how materials change from one state to another. Their experiments have continued and their knowledge of the scientific process is developing. More experiments to come. In … Continue reading →

Experimenting! If you had walked into grade 5 this week you may have been surprised to see balloon being blown, s’mores being cooked and windmills turning but it has all been in the name of experimenting.  The students have been … Continue reading →

An exciting time This week saw,the first field trip for Grade 5 this academic year, to Sunny Bangchek Solar power farm. In their reflections, the students wrote about the awesome sight of the ocean of solar panels which seemed to … Continue reading →

Making Connections This week has seen the end of our sharing the planet unit based upon climate change and the introduction of our How the world works unit on energy. The students, however have spent the week examining the many … Continue reading →

A diverse week It was so lovely this week welcoming parents in to discuss the learning progress of their children. We hope that you found these meetings as valuable as we did. Discussing learning goals with both parents and students, … Continue reading →

  What a week! The students have shown so many learner profile attributes this week whilst in preparation for our community Halloween event. They have had to collaborate with members of their teams deciding who would do which tasks and … Continue reading →

Welcome back, its hard to believe that we are on the second half term already, so much happened last half term. In the week before the break the students wrote persuasive letters in Literacy, worked on time problems in Maths … Continue reading →

  So much has happened this week! We have had the provocation of our new unit on Climate Change. Mr Eric and Ms Lindsay joined the  grade 5 teachers to present 5 different activities to give the students the opportunity … Continue reading →

It has been such a busy week in Grade 5. We have been finishing our diary extracts and preparing our end of unit sharing of knowledge. The students have had some choice as to how they want to present this … Continue reading →