In Literacy students will be:
- Investigating Latin Etymology (the study of where words come from)
- Identifying the meaning of morphemes in words (e.g. ex = out, port = carry. Therefore, export means to carry out
- Completing a novel study on the book ‘Boy Overboard’ by Morris Gleitzman.
- Exploring the themes of ‘immigration’, ‘identity’, ‘family’ and ‘discrimination’ during ‘Boy Overboard’.
- Showing their understanding of the events and perspectives portrayed in ‘Boy Overboard’ through classroom discussions and writing diary entries from various character perspectives.
- Completing sentence summaries based on a small passage of writing.
- Understanding how to correctly use apostrophes in a sentence.
- Identifying speaking and stative verbs and how to apply them to convey the speaker’s thoughts and feelings.
- Understanding how to use direct and indirect speech and the conventions for dialogue.
- Explore how to use adverbs in various positions within a sentence.
In Mathematics students will be:
- Identifying multiples and factors using a range of strategies.
- Creating and interpreting data using a range of graphs.
- Investigate a range of strategies when solving multiplication and division problems.
In Inquiry students will be:
- Understanding the importance of cyber-safety and the potential risks online.
- Learn various key terms involved with computer and internet safety.
- Exploring cyberbullying and the roles of those in involved in cyberbullying.
- Developing strategies for reporting or preventing cyberbullying from occurring.
- Learning how to respect yourself, others, content and equipment.
- Complete open ended tasks that involve interactive videos and websites.
Wellbeing
We will be using the Respectful Relationships program to focus on emotional literacy and personal and cultural strengths.
Students will engage in lessons looking at:
- Incorporating weekly morning circles to begin each day with positivity and develop as sense of togetherness and safety withing the classroom.
- Understanding emotions and what they look like.
- Recognising positive, negative and mixed emotions.
- Developing respect for rights culture and heritage.
- Understanding what personal and cultural strengths.
- Understanding how to use strengths in everyday life.
- Incorporating Smiling Mind lessons that include meditation
There will be a continued focus on our SWPBS Expectations as outlined in our whole school matrix.