31 Aug 2017

Year 6 Update WK 3

upcomingdates

Wednesday 6th September – Swimming starts, make sure the children bring their kit on each Wednesday from now on.

Friday 8th September – School closed for CPD.

Friday 15th September – PTA Bowling event.

Tuesday 26th September – Parent/Teacher Consultations – sign up on the Gateway soon

Thursday 28th September – Parent/Teacher Consultations – sign up on the Gateway soon

Thursday 28th September – Mid Autumn Festival Market Day

Monday 9th October – School commences

House Captain Presentations

Congratulations to all our Year 6 children who had the courage to stand up and give their presentations for the House Captains to their respective House teams. The feedback we have had from adults who were at the presentations has been amazing with everybody being impressed with the quality of the speeches and the effort that everyone put into it. The House Captains for this year will be announced in Golden Book Assembly on Monday.

New Chrome Books (Laptops)

The children have been very excited to receive their new Chrome Books. We have set firm guidelines on their usage and our expectations on how they are to be treated. Please find some time this weekend to discuss the use of technology and learning with your child.

School Uniform

Most of our Year 6s have been looking pretty good this week and have made a real effort to wear the correct school uniform and PE kit to school. May we please as that this continues and that they are being uniform conscientious right down to their purple socks on normal days and white socks on PE days. School bags should also be BHS backpacks and not anything different.

Deodorant

As the children are growing and changing their bodies will begin to sweat, especially in these hot summer months. Please provide your children with deodorant and remind them to keep clean and hygienic.

Sai Kung Stray Friends Visit

We are excited to be able to offer some of our children a chance to visit Sai Kung Stray Friends, a charity helping dogs in the Sai Kung area. Twelve children from each class have been offered the opportunity. Please ask your child if they are one of the ones going, and if so, make sure you login to Gateway and complete the eNotice reply slip to give permission.

Healthy Food

Please keep reminding your children of the importance of healthy snacks. It would be great to see the children eating more fruit and vegetables. We work hard in school to promote a healthy lifestyle so your help would be much appreciated.

We are lucky to be working with Ms. Jeves throughout this unit and she has been helping us to use the inquiry cycle to form great questions about our leader at school, Mr Harrison. The children have filtered out the helpful questions and linked them to the lines of inquiry as well as making connections to the concepts.

6Y have thoroughly enjoyed the chance to take part in the leadership challenge, where they tackled a series of activities in teams. This was a an ideal opportunity to work together and demonstrate key leadership skills.

6D have been looking at the best way to solve problems.

They have also been discussing what ‘ trust’ is and how it feels!

Ask your child what they learnt.

Transdisciplinary Theme : How we Organise Ourselves

Central Idea : Leaders influence communities to affect change.

Lines of Inquiry – We will inquire into…

The traits of leadership
The responsibilities of leadership
The impact of decision making

Concepts …

Form – We will understand that leaders have a range of different characteristics.

Responsibility – We will understand that with leadership there comes responsibility

Function – We will understand the purpose and impact that leadership can have on us

Learner Profile : principled, courageous

Attitudes : commitment, integrity

Throughout the week, students in 6H, 6Y and 6D have been battling it out with 1 minute speeches to convince their peers that they are the right children for House Captain / Student Council. We have had so many confident speakers.

Number Maths – Place Value

Central Idea – The base 10 place value system extends infinitely in two directions.

The children have been using their prior knowledge of place value and applying what they know to a Digit Detective investigation- this was great revision and helped the children to identify helpful strategies for this concept.

Strand Maths – Measurement

Central Idea – Conversion of units and measurements allows us to make sense of the world we live in.

Year 6 have applied the comprehension strategy ‘Synthesising’ while watching various speeches this week to build on their current thinking about what makes a good speech.

Spelling : The children should be tested on their words at home 3 times per week ready for our buddy test on Friday. Any words that the children spell incorrectly during the buddy test on Friday will get carried over to next week’s ‘Words I need to learn…’ All children need to remember to bring in their Spelling Journals each day.

Reading : Each child should be reading throughout the week. Don’t forget to think about your weekly reflection in your Reading Diaries!

Number Maths