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Ernest Dimnet

Maths & English

Mathematical & Numeracy Fundamentals.(As per the Australian Curriculum)

In Year 5 is a vital year for establishing concepts essential for success in senior primary years. Coaching Guru’sadvanced study material of literacy and numeracy will ensure your child will have the best resources & the best teachers to ensure they have a proficiency & expertise in the topics covered in the Year 5.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.
    • Advanced arithmetical skills.

Also, Year 5 is a crucial year at school because this year is of NAPLAN. (The preparation for the NAPLANstarts in October of every year in Year 2, Year 4, Year 6 & Year 8).

  • Test Series for the NAPLAN starts in February every year.
  • Teaching Thinking Skills (also commonly known as General Ability which is an integral part of the NAPLAN Program happening in Year 5)

English(As per the Australian Curriculum)

  • 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.
  • Literacy skills (Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar, Spelling, Reading, Writing, Punctuation, phonics one writing topic per week which includes one Speaking Assessment Rubric).
  • Advanced Comprehension skills (Two comprehensions per week)
  • Writing skills across varying text types of viz. informative text, creative text, argumentative text, poetry, plays(One page of writing & One writing exercise per week)
  • Reading skills: Reading one page everyday as per the guidance & the instruction of the English Tutor Our courses provide the ideal combination of challenges for us to gain an understanding of each student’s capacity, so we can refine our focus and ideally, help build that student’s foundation to perform well in Year 1 and beyond.
  • They also get to learn new stories and poems and basic uses of tenses in sentences in the English language. At Coaching Guruour English worksheets are designed in a simple manner that helps kids to learn English language easily.
  • Writing – Creating advertisements, advanced descriptive writing.

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