English terms

Super Sentences- 'd' sound

As the morning sun peeped out over the rolling hills of Ireland, Mary felt the cold, fresh dew from the grass on her toes as she collected the mail.

To conclude the final leg of the 4X100m freestyle relay, Bailey dived into the clear, still water and swam ferociously to claim Australia’s first gold medal at the 2024 Olympics.

At the Brisbane Convention Centre, the skillful, entertaining magician will disappear instantaneously after saying the magic words.

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Heptathlon

On the First Day of competition athletes compete in the following events and order: 100 meter hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200 metres. On the Second Day of competition they will compete in: Long jump, javelin and the final event, the 800 metres.

Super Sentences

During the excursion, the quiet, yet friendly volunteer answered all our questions thoroughly explaining the uses of many of the tools used by early pioneers.

To catch a thief, several law abiding, concerned citizens carefully hatched a plan after it was discovered that all of the town’s keys were stolen.

At the centre of the Earth, the dedicated, studious alien quickly wrote a super sentence that impressed his teacher so much that he was awarded a free trip to the surface.  

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History Assessment Term 1

Your History Assessment for Term 1 has been emailed to you.  While we won't be starting on this until after swimming, you might like to get a head start with the research.

Australia: The Story of Us

Australia: The Story of Us showing on Channel 7 on Sunday nights fits in well with the History curriculum.  There is a weekly quiz to enter to win prizes as well as 4 magazines that can be bought from newsagents and supermarkets.

Quiz

History clips

How the states were formed
Colonial History
Confrontation on King Island

Australian History

Economic, Social and Political reasons for Colonisation

Rounding

Rounding to the nearest 0.1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000

1. Dot in place value you are being asked to round to.
2. Look next door. (circle all numbers to the right.)
3. If the first number in the circle is a five or more, round up, otherwise stay the same and everything inside the circle, we replace with zeros.

Estimation

Penguin Estimation Game

Date Claimer

Year 5 camp will be from Wed Oct 7 – Fri Oct 9.  This will be the first week back in Term 4.

Spelling words a sound

Anticlimax- (noun) a disappointing end to an exciting series of events.

Antibody- (noun) large variety of proteins normally found in the body.

Annual- (adj) happening every year.

Diagonal- (adj) a straight line joining 2 opposite corners of a straight sided shape.

Diameter- (noun) a straight line passing from side to side through the centre of a circle.

Prime, Composite and Multiples

Prime Number- is a whole number greater than 1 that only has two factors- 1 and itself.

Composite Number- is a whole number with three or more factors.

Multiples- the answer we get when we multiply two whole numbers.

Monkey Game
Pick your prime and composite game