The Grade 5 Team: From left to right. Kevin Lee, Josh Beard, Andy Bailey, Michael Burrows, Richard Turner (Grade 5 Coordinator ); Seated (l to r) Kirsty Gascoin, Dongna Lin, Niamh Ciardullo, Sally Macarthur.
Welcome to the Grade 5 website page. We are the culmination of the PYP and our units are designed to promote active, hands-on learning for our students.
Grade 5 Programme of Inquiry
Grade 5 students will be studying the following six units of inquiry this year.
Title of the unit. |
Central Idea. |
Focus Areas. |
Beyond the Horizon |
Exploration causes change. |
Geography and history. The effect of exploration. |
Bright Sparks |
Electricity has an impact on our lives |
Science. How electricity works and how it influences our lives. |
Impressions and expressions |
Ideas can be expressed and interpreted in different ways |
The arts. Studies of poetry, sculpture, photography, painting and music. |
Mind Your Own Business! |
Businesses are organised to make money |
Social studies and mathematics. How businesses are structured and the running of a successful enterprise. |
Body Matters |
Our bodies are influenced by factors both within and beyond our control. |
Science. Biological study of the human body and its systems. |
*The Exhibition |
To be decided. |
To be decided |
The Exhibition is specific to Grade 5 and is a unit designed and run by the students. It is held over several days and the whole school community is invited to attend.
Each Unit of Inquiry is assessed in a variety of ways and letters will be sent home before another unit begins.
Alongside the Units of Inquiry we have English and Mathematics. These subjects are not only taught within the units, but also as stand-alone lessons.
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 Grade 5 Camp at Hangzhou.  Cooperation and being open-minded 
The Exhibition Presentation
 Inquirers in the Computer Lab. |
