Year Five 2026

Welcome to the WPPS Online Year 5 digital notice board. This website will be used for term outlines, homework, and other year level related matters. All forms requiring payment will only be issued via Compass. You may contact us on the following email addresses:

Adam Lawrence (5A) - Adam.Lawrence@education.vic.gov.au

Kim Duong (5B) - Kim.Duong@education.vic.gov.au

Stephen Roberts (5B) - Stephen.Roberts@education.vic.gov.au

The Monty the Monstar Fun Run

With just a few days left, don’t forget to login to the MYPROFILEPAGE and order your prizes from our Fun Run.

Steps to place your order:

1. Log into your parent account at myprofilepage.com.au

2. Scroll down to the green “Order My Prizes” section and click the blue “Order Prizes” button

3. Mix and match up to a total of 5 prizes based on the total amount raised or choose a Cause to support instead (prizes and causes cannot be combined)

Term Two Dates

April

Monday 20th - Curriculum Day (no students)
Tuesday 21st - First day of Term 2!
Thursday 23rd - Running Club 8am
Friday 24th - ANZAC Ceremony 9.15am
Saturday 25th - ANZAC Day Dawn Service 5.45am
Tuesday 28th - Elephant Ed Parent Webinar 6-7pm
Thursday 30th - 5/6 Financial Literacy Incursion

May

Friday 1st - House Cross Country 12.30-2.10pm
Tuesday 5th - 5/6 Financial Literacy Incursion
Thursday 7th -
- Elephant Ed Session 1
- Mother's & Special Person's Day Stall - in Health Room
Friday 8th - Uniform Shop in Gym 8:30-9:15
Friday 8th - Mother's & Special Persons Day Stall - in Health Room
Monday 11th - Sushi Day
Monday 18th - District Cross Country
Thursday 21st - Deakin Science

June

Tuesday 2nd - Elephant Ed Session 2
Friday 5th - Uniform Shop in Gym 8:30-9:15
Monday 8th - King's Birthday Public Holiday
Thursday 11th - Year 5/6 Gala Day
Monday 15th - Sushi Day
Friday 26th - Last Day of Term 2.30pm finish

Specialist Timetable

5A

Tues L.O.T.E. 9:50 - 10:40am

Art 10:40 - 11:30am

Wed P.E. 12:30 - 1:30pm

Thurs Performing Arts 9:50 - 10:40am

Health 10:40 - 11:30am

Fri Library 12:30 - 1:40pm

5B

Tues Art 9:50 - 10:40am

L.O.T.E. 10:40 - 11:30am

Wed P.E. 1:20 - 2:10pm

Thurs Health 9:50 - 10:40am

Performing Arts 10:40 - 11:30am

Fri Library 1:20 - 2:10pm

Google Classroom

Google Classroom is our platform for student learning, collaboration, and organisation.

Click here or on the image to access our Google Classroom for 2026.

Class code: dptlmdlc

Learning Overview - Term Two

English

Our literacy block is systematic, explicit, and evidence-based. The science of learning refers to a multidisciplinary field of research that incorporates child neuroscience, psychology, sociology, behavioural development, and cognitive learning.

The Year 5 Literacy Block will consist of:

Spelling Mastery - Lessons run for 20 minutes per day and contain weekly reviews to track and monitor student progress. The aim of Spelling Mastery is for students to ‘crack the alphabetic code’ so that they can understand how spelling works and can become proficient writers.
Syntax - Daily structured, explicit lessons on grammar and syntax.
Fluency Partners - Students build their fluency by reading aloud to each other.
Text Based Unit - Daily, text-focussed lessons that will target reading strategies, vocabulary, sentence-level writing, and text-level writing. This term's text is Tim Winton's Blueback and David Wisniewski's The Secret Knowledge of Grown Ups. Students will focus on letter writing and persuasive texts.
Read2Learn - Developing reading comprehension and expanding vocabulary through explicit, structured instruction. With guided, step-by-step lessons, students gain confidence and learn to engage thoughtfully with rich, meaningful texts.

Mathematics

During the term, students will focus on the following topics: estimating and rounding, transformations, data representation, measurement, and adding and subtracting fractions. From Monday to Thursday students will take part in explicit teaching lessons and complete differentiated tasks. On Friday we will continue our 'Brainiacs' sessions, where students will work together in small groups to complete open-ended tasks.

Science: What's the Matter?

This term, our chemical science unit 'What's the Matter?' will explore the properties of solids, liquids, and gases. Students will plan and conduct an investigation of how the properties of materials change with temperature.

Humanities - Civics & Citizenship: Migration and Australia

This term, we will be exploring the different periods of migration to Australia prior to 1945. We will be looking at the reasons why people migrate and the impact those different groups have had on Australian society.