Grade 5

The Grade 5 year is a growth year and by the end of the year, the girls tower over the Grade 4’s.  We utilize all this growth and energy by developing thinking skills, exploring drama, music, physical education and dance.

We explore machines and structures in Science and Technology, trying out levers on heavy boulders, creating bridges and designing and making toys that pop up.  Our focus is on Conservation and we study various ecosystems and the devastating results of pollution.  Designing a chart on the digestive system provides us with so much fun.

We try our hand at non-rhyming poetry and explore metaphors and alliteration in English. We also investigate Ancient Egypt in Social Sciences.  This culminates in Ancient Egyptian Day, when we all dress up as Ancient Egyptians, decorate our classroom and invite the rest of the school to explore various areas of interest.

Oakhurst is a ‘brain-based’ school where the teachers make use of movement and music to develop good thinking and study skills.  So you might find the class ‘stepping through’ multiplication tables on the netball court, or teaching their partner something whilst walking to the gate and back.

Mrs Hoffman is the Grade 5 teacher and enjoys sharing in her girls triumphs and helping them through their hardships.