‘Our Neighbours’
Welcome to Term 2.
This term, Stage 3 will be learning about ‘Our
Neighbours’. We will be investigating our local area and
the Central Coast, our beautiful state and our amazingly
diverse country.
Each state in Australia has a different story to tell;
with its history, rich culture, landscape, flora and fauna.
We will learn about each state, the capital cities and the
amazing things that each state has to offer. We will also
‘take a trip’ around Australia to learn more about its BIG
features eg the Big Banana, the Big Pineapple etc.
In Creative Arts, we will learn about some Australian
artists, learn and perform a uniquely Australian dance and
share some songs from our past.
In Literacy, we will be experiencing some of
Australia’s best poetry including, ‘The Man from Snowy
River’. We will be learning about Australian slang, idioms
and colloquialisms. This new knowledge will then be used
to develop and present a short performance. We will be
reading a wide range of visual literacy picture books,
informative texts and multi-modal texts including
brochures and advertising materials.
In Maths, we will learn more about Data, Chance,
Position, Addition and Subtraction, numbers, Fractions
and many more topics.
NAPLAN will be in Week 4 for all students in Year
5. We are confident that all students will do their very
best, as they do each day.
This will be extended into or History, Science and
Geography units as we learn about the rich Aboriginal
history of our local area and the early European settlers of
the Central Coast. We will investigate the causes and
effects of sand erosion and endeavour to find new and
innovative solutions. We will also learn about the diversity
of the plants and animals that live around us and how
they have adapted to their different environments.
The ‘Freedom Bus Ride’ had a major impact on our
society and we will learn about this. Australians have also
achieved amazing things that have served to help our
country such as the Snowy Mountain River Scheme and
wind farms. These are made possible by our diverse
landscape. We will investigate many of these in
Geography.
This term, there are some staffing changes as we
welcome back Mrs Jill Barnett. S3B will now be doubly
lucky as they will have two wonderful teachers. Mrs
Barnett will teach the class on Tuesday and Wednesday
and Mrs Powell will teach the class on Monday, Thursday
and Friday. Mrs Powell will also be in the Library on
Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr Allen has begun a new job
and we wish him well. Mr Sam Sheens will be joining the
team.
The Stage 3 Team -
Miss Paula Ritchie, Mrs Powell &
Mrs Barnett, Mrs Riddle & Mrs Gerrish, Mrs Galluzzo,
Mrs Cambourakis, Mr White, Mr Sheens, Mr Edwards and
Miss Brookes