Years 5/6 team updates

Learning Area

Focus / Big questions

Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards (v9.0)

Inquiry –

Physical Sciences

Light & Energy

‘How do we light up the world?’

Year 5

• Identifies sources of light and models the transfer of light   to explain observed phenomena
• Plans safe investigations to identify patterns and   relationships and makes reasoned predictions
• Identifies risks associated with investigations and key   intercultural considerations when planning field work
• Identifies variables to be changed and measured
• Uses equipment to generate data with appropriate precision
• Constructs representations to organise data and information   and describes patterns, trends and relationships
• Compares their methods and findings to those of others,   identifies possible sources of error in their investigation, poses questions   for further investigation and draws reasoned conclusions

Year 6

• Identifies the role of circuit components in the transfer and   transformation of electrical energy
• Plans safe, repeatable investigations to identify patterns and   test relationships and makes reasoned predictions
• Describes risks associated with investigations and key   intercultural considerations when planning field work
• Identifies variables to be changed, measured and controlled
• Uses equipment to generate and record data with appropriate   precision
• Constructs representations to organise and process data and   information and describes patterns, trends and relationships
• Identifies possible sources of error in their own and others’   methods and findings, poses questions for further investigation and selects   evidence to support reasoned conclusions

Inquiry

(HASS – Economics & Business)

Market Day prep

- Use entrepreneurial behaviour to contribute to a successful business

- Consider environmental impact

Year 5

• Evaluates information and data to identify and describe   patterns or trends
• Suggests conclusions based on evidence
• Considers criteria in proposing actions or responses

Year 6

• Evaluates a range of information and data formats to identify   and describe patterns, trends or inferred relationships
• Evaluates evidence to draw conclusions
• Proposes actions or responses and uses criteria to assess the   possible effects

English

Reading (listening and responding to texts)

Spelling & Grammar (letter patterns, sentence structure, clauses and understanding scientific vocabulary)

Writing

-to inform

(Science experiments)

-to persuade (market day advertising)

-to entertain

(Senior Writing Awards)

Poetry

Year 5

• Uses different text structures to organise, develop and link   ideas
• Spells using phonic, morphemic and grammatical knowledge
• Reads, views and comprehends texts created to inform, influence   and/or engage audiences
• Interacts with others, and listens to and creates spoken   and/or multimodal texts including literary texts

Year 6

• Uses and varies text structures to organise, develop and link   ideas
• Spells using phonic, morphemic and grammatical knowledge
• Reads, views and comprehends different texts created to   inform, influence and/or engage audiences
• Interacts with others, and listens to and creates spoken   and/or multimodal texts including literary texts

Maths

Four operations

Measurement

2D Space (angles)

Data

Chance and probability

Year 5

• Uses their proficiency with multiplication facts and efficient   calculation strategies to multiply large numbers by one- and two-digit   numbers and divide by single-digit numbers
• Checks the reasonableness of their calculations using   estimation
• Chooses and uses appropriate metric units to measure the   attributes of length, mass and capacity, and to solve problems involving   perimeter and area
• Estimates, constructs and measures angles in degrees
• Interprets and compares data represented in line graphs
• Conducts repeated chance experiments, lists the possible   outcomes, estimates likelihoods and makes comparisons between those with and   without equally likely outcomes

Year 6

• Converts between common units of length, mass and capacity
• Uses the formula for the area of a rectangle and angle   properties to solve problems
• Assigns probabilities using common fractions, decimal and   percentages
• Conducts simulations using digital tools, to generate and   record the outcomes from many trials of a chance experiment
• Compares observed frequencies to the expected frequencies of   the outcomes of chance experiments

Health & Physical Education

Personal Development

Physical Education

Years 5 & 6

• Proposes strategies to manage emotions, developmental changes   and transitions
• Analyses health information to refine strategies to enhance   their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing
• Transfers movement strategies between situations and evaluates   the impact on movement outcomes
• Proposes strategies to promote physical activity participation   that enhance health, fitness and wellbeing

The Arts- (Visual Art and Music)

Music

-Composition and performance (creating own instruments linked with the Festival)

-Analysis of musical elements (i.e. pitch)

Visual Art

-Exploring various mediums (linked with the Festival – mosaic)

-Elements of art (i.e. shape, space & colour)

Years 5 & 6

• Explains the use of elements, concepts and/or conventions in   arts works they create and/or experience
• Uses subject-specific knowledge, elements, concepts,   conventions, materials, skills and/or processes to create arts works that   communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
• Presents and performs their arts works in formal and/or informal   settings

Indonesian

Language & Culture

Years 5 & 6

• Use Indonesian to create texts, selecting and using a variety of   vocabulary and sentence structures to suit contexts.
• They sequence information and ideas and use conventions   appropriate to text type.
• They use appropriate sound combinations, intonation and rhythm   in spoken texts.

Technologies

Design & Digital Technologies

Years 5 & 6

• For each of the 3 prescribed technologies contexts, explains   how the features of technologies impact on design decisions and creates   designed solutions
• Processes data and shows how digital systems represent data,   designs algorithms involving complex branching and iteration, and implements   them as visual programs including variables
• Selects and justifies design ideas and solutions against   design criteria
• Securely accesses and uses multiple digital systems and   describes their components and how they interact to process and transmit data