Year 5 and 6:
English
Students read and compare complex texts, for
enjoyment and learning, and can express their thoughts and opinions about what
they have read. They can write a wide variety of well-constructed texts such as
reviews, reports and narratives. Students develop skills to communicate with
others in most settings. They can transfer the literacy skills developed in
English to other subjects.
Typically,
students will:
- analyse and explain how authors organise their texts.
- select vocabulary to represent ideas, characters and
events.
- compare and analyse information in different texts.
- use evidence from a text to explain their response to
it.
- using electronic devices, create detailed texts about
a range of topics, including topics they have been studying.
- demonstrate understanding of grammar, including the
ability to write complex sentences.
- develop an expanding vocabulary.
- use accurate spelling and punctuation.
- use speaking strategies including questioning,
clarifying and rephrasing to contribute to class discussions.
Maths
Students
extend their knowledge of the key areas of mathematics, particularly of
fractions and decimals. They increasingly use models, pictures and symbols to
represent and communicate mathematical ideas.
Typically,
students will:
- place positive and negative numbers on a number line.
- add and subtract fractions and decimals.
- compare and interpret statistical graphs.
- convert between 12- and 24-hour time and interpret
timetables.
- continue and create sequences, involving whole
numbers, fractions and decimals, and describe rules.
- measure length, area, volume, capacity and mass, and
calculate perimeter and area of rectangles.
- list outcomes of chance experiments.
- apply fractions, decimals, percentages, angles and
measurements to solve problems.
- explain mental strategies for calculations.
- pose appropriate questions for statistical
investigations.
Science
Students
learn how to look for patterns and relationships. They recognise the important
role of variables in investigations. They develop explanations based on
evidence.
Typically,
students will:
- investigate adaptations in living things and their
interactions with the environment.
- add gases to their study of materials and investigate
chemical changes.
- investigate the solar system and the behaviour of
light.
- investigate volcanoes and earthquakes.
- deepen their understanding of historical and cultural
contributions to science.
- understand how science influences community decisions.
HASS - Humanities and Social Sciences
Students
draw on their growing experience of the wider world and use concrete
information sources to learn about history, geography, civics and citizenship,
and economics and business.
Typically,
students will:
- investigate Australia’s development from colony to
nation, migration and settlement patterns, and contributions of people and
groups.
- explore geographic characteristics of Europe, North
America and Asia, and the world’s cultural diversity.
- learn about struggles for citizenship and human rights
in different groups, in Australia’s past and present.
- explore people’s use of natural resources to satisfy
needs and wants, and how consumer choices affect other people and the
environment.
- learn about Australia’s democratic values, laws,
government and elections.
- investigate people’s participation in the community to
achieve civic goals.