15 Sep 2017

Year 6 Update WK 5

upcomingdates

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

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

Thursday 28th September – Mid Autumn Festival Market Day

Friday 29th September – Colours day and the end of half term

Monday 9th October – School commences after half-term

Start of School Arrangements

Please note that students should not arrive at school before 8.30am. Teachers are on duty from 8.30am. Any child who arrives early cannot be supervised.

Healthy Living at BHS

We promote healthy living at BHS and therefore children should only bring water to school. Please do not send milk drinks, sugary drinks or any other kind of drink. We have water fountains and taps where students can refill their (BHS) water bottles throughout the day.

School Book Bags

Your child needs a named book bag in school to carry their reading books to and from school, this is for bothhome readers and library books. This means that the younger children will need to remember their book bag everyday, it should contain their reading book, reading journal and on library days, library books. The reading journal is an important part of the communication between you and your child’s teacher, please remember to add a positive comment when you have read 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 ensure 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.

Giving Back to our Community:Colours Day – Friday 29th September

As part of our 50th celebrations we are aiming to give back to our community by holding an Action Day on the 8th December in partnership with Bethune House, Sunshine Action, Sai Kung Stray Dogs and Soap Cycling. On the 8th December each year group will have the opportunity to help make food parcels to help those who are in need in Hong Kong. More details will follow about that day as we get closer to it. We are aiming high and the amount of money we need to raise equates to $250 per child.

To kick-start our fundraising, we are going to have 4 days of lunchtime activities where children can make a minimum donation of HK$20 to join in fun events such as karaoke. This will build up to a very special day on Friday 29th September we are calling ‘Colours Day’ where all children will take part in one of two sponsored events – either a sponsored walk/run or a sponsored readathon depending on their interest. Each year group will have half an hour for the events. Sponsor forms can be downloaded and printed off from today’s Newsletter. We encourage all our students and their families to support this day of action to help in our drive to support those in our community who are in need. And of course, on Friday 29th all students should come dressed in their house colours

It has been another busy and hard working week for Year 6. We have been lucky to work with Ms Yu this week who has guided us in learning the skills to draw a portrait of our chosen leader.

As we think about the books we are reading in English, it is important to choose wisely so 6Y have been thinking about top tips for choosing a book to broaden our comprehension skills and reading ability. Ms. Jeves has been guiding us to identify the traits of leaders at Beacon Hill, we sent our questions to a number of staff and interviewed them. We used their responses to take notes, gather information and synthesise our new learning. There were some great discussions around decision making, reflective thinking and the challenges leaders face.

Golden Book Certificates

Vien Chan – 6H

Connor Yip – 6D

Austin Mak- 6Y

Congratulations everyone!

House Points Winners

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

The children will be using their define and investigation skills as part of the inquiry cycle, to help them present their new learning as they move on to create. They will use their thinking skills to present their knowledge in a unique way of their choice.

Number Maths – Place Value

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

Strand Maths – Measurement

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

As we learn about the different units of measure used to measure length we will start to apply the language and knowledge we have gained to estimate and measure various parts of Ede Road.

We are looking forward to using our personalised book stacks in class next week to practise summarising and synthesising.

Year 6 will be applying their knowledge of persuasive language to a piece of writing next week. Remember all those ambitious words you learned and used in your speeches!

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 for your Reading Journals!

Number Maths

Miss Younie – Mathletics
Mrs Fletcher – Mathletics
Mr Hoskins – Mathletics
Mr Hubbard – Mathletics

UOI- Over the weekend, think about a creative way that you could present your new learning about your chosen leader. Have a look at some display ideas online, talk to your class mates or parents about it. We look forward to discussing your ideas next week.

Mandarin (All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.)

Ms Lynn (Home learning #2) – Please check your google classroom for details.

Ms Yu -continue with your research on biography of famous people in Chinese

Ms Xu – 完成电脑作文 “我的一天”。熟读学过的课文。记得借中文书，读中文书。

This Week’s Top Tip

Nikita and Couleur’s top tips for choosing a good book…