Year 6 Update WK 4
Wednesday 6th September – Swimming starts, make sure the children bring their kit on each Wednesday from now on. Only 6Y to wear swimming suits to school under their clothing.
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
Friday 29th September – Colours day and the end of half term
Monday 9th October – School commences after half-term
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 have been working with Miss Jeves and their class teachers to come up with juicy questions that will lead their own personal inquiries into a leader of their choice. Ask you child who they plan on inquiring into.
We have also been enjoying art lessons, in preparation for the 50th celebration artwork.
Number Maths – Place Value
Central Idea – The base 10 place value system extends infinitely in two directions.
After successful investigations we moved on to explicit teaching to help plug any gaps the our knowledge.
Central Idea – Conversion of units and measurements allows us to make sense of the world we live in.
This week we have been learning about conversions and the relationships different units of measure share.
The children have self assessed their house captain speeches and synthesised their learning so that they have a better understanding of what makes a successful speech and how they can improve.
We also discussed leadership traits using lollipop sticks to ensure all of the children’s voices were heard.
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
- Miss Younie – Mathletics
- Mrs Fletcher – Mathletics
- Mr Hoskins – Mathletics
- Mr Hubbard – Mathletics
UOI
Please speak to your children about the trips to SKSF. Students should reflect on the action they have taken and think about how they can take further action to help this cause. The students can create a mind map of ideas and bring them to school 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 #1) – Please check your google classroom for details.
Ms Yu -continue with your research on biography of famous people in Chinese
Ms Xu – 完成作文 “我”。 熟读学过的课文。记得借中文书，读中文书。
This Week’s Top Tip
Please think about how much you waste. Help to reduce, re-use and recycle to look after our world.
