Year 5

MRS SANDY GIPPEL year 5 coordinator

Dr Seuss once said sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. When reflecting on our year with the wonderful Year 5 cohort we recall many valuable moments that we will savour forever.

We started our year with a trip away to Camp Goodenough. Undeterred by the heat, the boys jumped straight in to all it had to offer. Being early in the year, camp was a great chance for all boys to get to know each other, especially as we have many new boys join TSS in Year 5. It was also a chance for the Year 5 teachers to get to know the whole cohort, as we mixed up the groups and engaged in many team building and personal goal activities. The boys ate, slept and played flat out for two nights and three days. Exhausted but happy.

Learning outside the classroom is always so rich, so during Humanities and Social Sciences, we took the boys to the Brisbane Commissariat. This was a great opportunity for them to learn about the settlement of Brisbane. Following the history through the 1800’s and learning about the hardships faced during the development of our great nation, was an eye opener to say the least. The boys got to walk through one of the oldest buildings situated on the Brisbane River and to also see what it would have been like to live a day in the lives of our forefathers.

Like it or not, it is hard to talk about Year 5 without mentioning NAPLAN. Again this year, our boys shone as bright as the sun, securing third spot on the Gold Coast (actually only two points off second!). They were invested and committed to doing the best they could in the time given, applying their best efforts in what was a long three days of testing. We were so very proud of them. It was all a distant memory for them though, once they caught a smell of the customary, celebratory end of NAPLAN testing sausage sizzle, wafting through the windows. Not all doctors heal people, some blow things up and Dr Joe the scientist did not disappoint us again this year. He offered an incredible chance for hands on learning and for the boys to test their theories. They put all the knowledge they had gained during their lessons in to practice. Book Week this year was a joint venture with Grandparents Day. This was a lovely combination of family and a love of books, as the boys dressed as their favourite characters. Lucky boys were able to spend time with their grandparents, having lunch and bringing them to the classroom for a couple of games of ‘Preposition Bingo’. Some grandparents were not happy with the stereotypical connection we made between bingo and grandparents, but they all had lots of fun and showed that they were great sports!

The world of maths workshops took our minds to the next level. It was a great opportunity to learn about how maths was taught and which concepts were covered many years ago. The boys applied their skills and knowledge as

they called on their problem solving strategies to solve a series of problems. Financial literacy skills are something that everyone can benefit from at all stages of life. This year we engaged the services of the Commonwealth Bank to introduce the boys to this concept. The message that you could start earning money immediately by doing something as simple as taking out a few bins in your street for your neighbours or picking up after their dogs stirred interest among many. Although a little challenged at first, they quickly got excited at the benefits of becoming young entrepreneurs. The message was… time is money! The first THRASS dress up day was a lot of fun. The creativity of the boys astounded us as they made a costume at home or took up our offer of coming to school to make it out of whatever we could beg, borrow or steal (thanks art department!). There was a lot of paint, cardboard and sticky tape that gave their lives that day. The boys and the Year 5 team looked fantastic, so creative with their ideas and, as a bonus, now have the THRASS pictures etched in their minds forevermore. We did not win the illustrious trophy but we think we must have come close. There is always next year. A nice finish to our year is leadership day. The boys spent the day learning about the role of a leader but at the same time, the lack of need to have a badge to be one. The boys learnt that being able to lead yourself is essential to be able to lead others. The advice that stuck with the boys seemed to have been that you should not let the horrors of yesterday rule today. I think it is a great mantra for us all to live by. Even though our time with the boys flew by, we were truly honoured to be a part of their journey and for that, we say thanks.

YEAR 5F

SEATED ROW: L. NASH, L. LLEWELLYN, A. SAKKAS, R. TEE, O. YARED, E. HODGSON, S. ROBBIE, E. MASSEY, L. ASHE SECOND ROW: R. GARNIER, V. PAPPAS, L. KEARNEY, O. DUNN, M. DUNNE-JOHNSON, A. GUPTA, HAYDEN BERNDT, JAKE FERRARO THIRD ROW: A. MONIE, P. FROST, A. JAMES, C. PLACE, R. COKER, J. GALLIE, C. RUSSELL ABSENT: C. TOWNHILL

YEAR 5G

SEATED ROW: H. FURNELL, Z. CONNORS, K. MORIMOTO, T. TAYLOR, C. ARKOUZIS, J. SPOWART, O. FRAY, C. BENDER SECOND ROW: J. BIBBY, M. GALLIE, R. SLY, J. RIGAS, W. PICKETT, H. WIESENER, S. LEWIS, A. ZACK-HOLT, W. POOLE THIRD ROW: B. RYAN, W. NYE, F. DREW, C. IVORY, F. HOLLIDAY, J. RICHARDSON, E. MCANULTY, J. ANDONAKIS

YEAR 5T

SEATED ROW: A. HAMADI, G. BRADBURY, T. SKUBRIS, A. WALKER, J. ZENIOU, R. LYNCH, T. KELLY, N. NOBLE, J. GREAVES SECOND ROW: C. NYKIFORUK, J. JACKSON, R. MARTYN, N. BEYERS, M. PRYSE LLOYD, K. MORRIS, O. BOYD, S. LIANG THIRD ROW: N. DUNN, O. EDDY, H. LYGO, E. GEMERI, G. DOUGHERTY, J. FINN, W. MCDOUGALL, L. COZZOLINO, C. CASE