Welcome to the Year 5/6 Team for 2010. The Senior School Teachers are looking forward to working with you to help your child progress and achieve well this year.
Oral & Visual Language
Handwriting
Integrated Studies (Science, Social Studies, Technology)
Computer Skills
The Skills for Growing Health Programme is used
The Library and ICT Centre is visited weekly
We have swimming three days a week, weather permitting. Swimming is a compulsory
part of the programme. However, if your child is sick/injured please write a
short note excusing them from that day’s swimming. A bag of some sort
(supermarket bags are fine) is helpful to keep clothing together in the changing
sheds. All clothing should be named. All children are required to have a sports
uniform. These are available from John Russell Menswear in Howick.
Children will be offered a wide range of sporting opportunities throughout the
year. Jump Jam is a popular part of our fitness programme. Sports Uniform is
also worn for Jump Jam which is scheduled for Fridays in Term Two.
The Year 5/6 children will be attending camp from the 17th to the 20th of May this year - Week Five of Term Two. This is always a fantastic experience for the children.
This year homework should include reading each night, along with learning addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division facts. All children should know all
of their Basic Facts by the end of Year 5. They need to spend at least 10 minutes
every day working on these. Once they know them, then they need to work on speed
of recall.
The Year 5 and 6 area will also be completing Maths homework online this year
using Mathletics. The cost for this is $12.00 per child.
Spelling homework
The children will have a list of the words, that practise a spelling rule, in
their spelling notebooks, which they need to practise until mastery. The spelling
notebook is due back on Thursday for their dictation. Children will move onto
a new list every week.
Please come and see us if there are any problems.
Sarah Aye, Kirk Broadfoot, Val Hoeberigs and Leanne Hurley
This page was last updated on: 5 February 2010