This term, our Grade 5/6 students have been learning about money and statistics through engaging, real-world activities. In our money unit, students developed essential life skills by adding and subtracting dollars and cents, calculating percentage discounts, rounding amounts and solving money word problems. They applied these skills through role-play activities using real money and a café menu. In Statistics, students collected their own data and represented it using picture graphs, double...

Term 1 in Writing, our Grade 5/6 students have been bringing history to life through storytelling. Each student selected a historical event from around the world, researched it, and created their own character who lived during that time. They then wrote a narrative from their character’s perspective, imagining what it may have been like to experience the event. It has been wonderful to see students combine their research with creativity to produce engaging and thoughtful pieces of writing.