Year 6 Update WK 9
Monday 23rd October – School Photos
Tuesday 24th October – School Photos
Thursday 26th October – Immunisations, Growth Mindset Parent Workshop @ 18:30
Tuesday 31st October – Year 6 Bake Sale
Monday 6th November – Friday 10th November – Year 6 Outward Bound Camp
Monday 6th, 8th, 13th, 15th and 21st November – Mandarin Consultations
Wednesday 22nd November – 6:30pm in the school hall
Professor Peter Sullivan
Peter Sullivan is Professor of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, at Monash University in Australia. He is the immediate past President of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers and was the lead writer of the Australian Mathematics curriculum.
Professor Sullivan is one of the world’s leading authorities in Mathematics and he will be making a visit to Beacon Hill School this November. During his visit, Professor Sullivan will work alongside the teachers to challenge all our students to reach their full potential in Mathematics through the use of open-ended, rich learning tasks and problems.
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Sullivan will run a workshop for parents in order to enhance your understanding of how you may help your children in the development of Mathematical thinking. This is for parents only, there is no need for children to attend.
An e-notice will be sent to all parents, please let us know if you are attending.
We look forward to seeing you at the workshop.
Stationery
It has been noted that many children are without the correct equipment and therefore certain lessons are challenging for them. In Year 6 we ask students to bring their own stationary kits to school. As leaners they are expected to be organised, prepared, responsible and Independent, this is good practice for when they go to Secondary School. From discussions with the children many of them are missing, calculators (not scientific), geometry sets, 30cm rulers, scissors and headphones. Please talk to your child about their stationery needs.
School Photographs 23rd – 24th October 2017
Our school photographer will be in Beacon Hill on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th October. All children should come to school in their school uniform on these days. If your child has PE on Monday or Tuesday then please make sure that they bring their PE kit to school and they will be able to change at school.
Siblings Photographs
For those of you who have more than one child at Beacon Hill the siblings photographs will be taken on Friday 27th October. If you would like a sibling photograph then please click on the link below and fill in the online form to book a space.
https://goo.gl/forms/bdCfnkhWNvy46ank2
If you have any questions then please email Mr. Pheasant:
Year 6 have continued to look into the area of conflict, what it means to them personally, at a local level (home and school) and globally.
Working in small groups the children have looked at different ways in which they could re-write the Central Idea making it more accessible for them.
As we begin to think about our new comprehension strategy in reading we are developing our knowledge about Inference. We have discussed ways in which we can make meaning of images and text to demonstrate a better understanding using clues. This will be ongoing throughout the unit, it should help us with our new text type too.
Year 6 Action Board – Global Goals
In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Our governments have a plan to save our planet…it’s our job to make sure they stick to it.
The Global Goals are only going to work if we fight for them and you can’t fight for your rights if you don’t know what they are. We believe the Goals are only going to be completed if we can make them famous.
In Year 6 we are keeping track of all the amazing Action happening at school and at home.
Transdisciplinary Theme: Sharing the Planet
Central Idea- Reaching a resolution during periods of conflict is influenced by the actions and reactions of all involved.
Lines of Inquiry – We will inquire into…
- Causes of conflict (causation, perspective)
- Conflict resolution and management (responsibility)
- Our responsibility as a member of a community. (Responsibility)
In preparation for the Year 6’s becoming conflict monitors, we have been running through many different playground scenarios and discussing the best way to resolve them.
Number Maths – Year 6 will continue to investigate and share a variety of strategies when adding and subtracting decimal numbers.
6D have been using their addition strategies to help plan my Christmas vacation!
We will continue to draw inferences when we read by looking at a variety of passages from texts. Year 6 will be focusing on the story ‘Half A Man’ by Michael Morpurgo using the illustrations and descriptions to apply their learning of inference.
Year 6 have also been looking at fairy tales and discussing the different types of conflict within the stories.
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
Mandarin (All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.)
Ms Lynn (Home learning #5) – Please check your google classroom for details.
Ms Yu – 熟读学过的课文
Ms Xu – 完成电脑作文“我的假期”，熟读学过的课文和儿歌。记得借中文书，读中文书。
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