Overview - impersonal

Impersonal - Term Overview.

English

This term students will clarify their understanding of functional grammar terminology and refine their ability to analyse sentence structure and learn how using noun groups (adjectives) and circumstance (additional information about how when where why etc.) can enrich their writing.

The Novel, “Iron Man” will be studied and comprehension strategies will be explicitly taught.

Spelling

Our program is individualised and students will be supported to learn words effectively using the four major strategies. (see our curriculum page)

History

The Year 5 students will undertake a study of colonial Australia in the 1800s. Students will look at the founding of British colonies and the development of a colony. 

They will learn about what life was like for different groups of people in the colonial period. They will examine significant events and people, political and economic developments, social structures, and settlement patterns.

Science

Our focus will be on Biological Systems. Students will learn that Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment.

Geography

This subject will be undertaken next term.

Maths

The focus this term will be on number. 

This involves students learning how to:·      

• Identify and describe factors and multiples of whole numbers and use them to solve problems 
• Use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers to  calculations             
• Solve problems involving multiplication of large numbers by one or two digit numbers using efficient mental, written strategies and appropriate digital technologies  
• Solve problems involving division by a one digit number, including those that result in a remainder
• Use efficient mental and written strategies and apply appropriate digital technologies to solve problems.

Child Protection.

Students will learn how to recognise:

Abuse, neglect and unsafe secrets.

They will explore the concept of:

·       abuse

·       Neglect

·       Basic Needs

The Arts

Music: 

Students will explain how the elements of music are used to communicate meaning in the music they listen to, compose and perform.

They will describe how their music making is influenced by music and performances from different cultures, times and places.

Students will use rhythm, pitch and form symbols and terminology to compose and perform music. They will sing music in different styles, demonstrating aural, technical and expressive skills by singing.

Visual Arts
Students will demonstrate different techniques and processes in planning and making artworks. They’ll be asked to describe how the display of artworks enhances meaning for an audience.

Business and Economics

Students will learn about the types of resources (natural, human, capital) and the ways societies use them in order to satisfy the needs and wants of present and future generations.

They will categorisie resources as natural (water, coal, oil), human (workers, business owners, designing, making, thinking) and capital (tools, machines, technologies)

• listing the needs and wants of a local community and exploring the ways resources are used to meet these needs and wants
• exploring how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ use of resources reflects their spiritual connections to the land, sea, sky and waterways and how these connections contribute to resource use.

Term Planner - Term One 2015 - Ali Warnock and Mark Hansen

This Term overview can be seen as a weekly timetable here

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