Fractions are looking very solid (which is a really important part of maths to get down early in primary school) and some good insights on the book. Helped expand some vocabulary and flesh out understanding around concepts like ethics, social pressure, and consumerism.

The term’s content is looking strong which is good considering they’ll miss the end of it. Looking forward I think persuasive writing (and to a lesser extent writing in general) is a big area that could see improvement, whereas maths is looking good in all the areas that matter. After the break, NAPLAN year 5 could be a good focus to frame some learning around and the entrance exam pattern recognition content can be easily built up with short mock papers at the start of each lesson.

Fractions are conceptually tough (as usual) but they are both working through problems very well. Developed their narrative planning skills.

Narrative planning is tough but will continue to see improvement with practice; plans are cogent if a bit rudimentary, but it’s in line with grade 4 standards.

Writing wasn’t bad; both plans were realised serviceably.

Alexis—bit carried away by the continuation of the story shows a misunderstanding in purpose, but the story elements rendered were very good. Ariana—just lacking in detail, likely stemming from a slightly shallow plan and disengagement with the activity, a shame but the story itself is realised competently. Will def work on fleshing out narrative expectations (story length for Alexis and depth for Ariana), because the ability is clearly there, I think mentally mapping out a story plan for them needs certain constraints and ideas more perceivably set out.

Persuasive text activity went quite well - could easily think of three+ reasons in 5 minutes from the given prompts. Fractions learning was well-received.

Persuasive writing improvement definitely revolves around turning reasons into paragraphs. They are already writing at a grade 5 quality, the backend cognition just needs to speed up to match.