HOW WE ORGANIZE OURSELVES

Students will explore how economic systems work and depend on each other. They will investigate supply and demand, how goods and services are distributed, their role as responsible consumers and apply their understanding when creating a marketplace. Using thinking and self-management skills, students will ask questions, make connections, and reflect on their choices. They will examine issues like scarcity and inequity, and understand their impact on the world. 

THE POWER OF PERSUASION

Students will explore the power of words and images to persuade. They will read and analyze persuasive texts to understand structure, language, and techniques. They will respond by identifying key ideas, forming opinions, and making connections. They will critique how authors use facts, visuals, and emotion to influence thinking. They will produce their own persuasive texts, using strong vocabulary, figurative language, and design to convince others to buy their product or support their ideas.

MEASUREMENT

Students will measure, compare, and convert length, mass, capacity, area, perimeter, and time using standard units. They will choose the right tools, read scales, and use decimals and fractions in real-life situations. Students will calculate area and perimeter, use formulas, and solve problems with metric conversions. They will tell time on different clocks, calculate time intervals, and use calendars and timetables. Students will build an understanding of measurement in the world around them.

NUMBER OPERATIONS

Students will build fluency with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They will use strategies, models, and algorithms to solve problems with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions. Students will explore the relationships between operations and apply them to real-life word problems. They will multiply two-digit numbers, divide with remainders, and use equations to represent unknowns. By comparing quantities and using estimation, students will strengthen their number sense and problem-solving skills across all four operations.

PERSUADING, DEBATING AND MAKING CHOICES

Students will strengthen their Portuguese literacy skills through meaningful connections with the Year 5 How We Organise Ourselves Unit of Inquiry. Using supply and demand, distribution, scarcity, consumer choices, and responsibility as contexts, students will read, discuss, analyse, and create persuasive texts to access and communicate their UOI learning. They will identify opinions and supporting reasons, compare different points of view, evaluate simple arguments, and use evidence and examples to justify their own ideas. As part of their stand-alone Portuguese learning, students will develop their speaking and listening skills through discussion and debate, analyse how words and visual features can influence an audience, and write increasingly effective persuasive texts with a clear opinion, supporting arguments, and conclusion. They will strengthen paragraph organisation, linking words, vocabulary, punctuation, grammar, and the processes of revising and refining their writing for purpose, audience, clarity, and impact.

ROLES, SYSTEMS AND FAIR PLAY

Students will develop their skills through Sport Education and Swimming, with a strong focus on teamwork, leadership, responsibility, decision-making, safety, and fair participation. Integrated with the Year 5 How We Organise Ourselves Unit of Inquiry, students will explore how systems, roles, shared resources, access, and individual responsibilities help sporting and aquatic communities function effectively. In Sport Education, they will take on different team and event roles, apply and adjust tactics, and reflect on how organisation and ethical choices contribute to successful participation. In Swimming, they will consider how access to facilities, equipment, and instruction supports learning, while demonstrating safe and responsible behaviours. As part of their stand-alone PE learning, students will strengthen tactical thinking, team performance, safe participation, respectful communication, and their ability to respond responsibly to new challenges.