Year 6 Update Week 1

Welcome back to BHS to everyone for this 2017-18 academic year!  Each week one of us from the Year 6 team will publish all our important Year 6 information, events, dates and notices on this platform so as to keep you fully informed of all the happenings in our year band.  Mr Hoskins, Mr Hubbard or Miss Younie will take turns each week to update you and we will do our best to include lots of photos so you can really see the great work that your child is doing. Usually, we just include photos from our own particular classes each week to ensure coverage of all children throughout the year. May we please ask that you check the Weekly Update each week with your child…the new one is uploaded each Friday afternoon.

Equipment and stationery – most children have made a great start to the year and have brought the correct equipment. However, some students have not and it is essential that they bring all of the items listed on the letter that they received at the end of Year 5.

If your child has lost the letter, they need to ask their class teacher for another copy.

If you have not already done so, please purchase a cheap pair of in-ear earphones for your children to keep in school at all times. We use the Chromebooks to enhance many areas of the curriculum, in order to get the most out of the programs we use, earphones as a must. They are available from Japanese Home Centre (JHC) for 50HKD.

We know the first few weeks back at school are tiring, so please make sure you are all getting enough sleep. If your child is not getting at least 10 hours of sleep a night then they will not be able to reach their potential the next day. Please get plenty of rest.

If you are interested in joining the Green Team then email Mr Hoskins listing the reasons why you think you would make a great Eco Squad member.

This has been such a fun way to start the year. We have experienced being leaders, created beautiful art, had fun with maths and risen to the challenge of planning and writing speeches to perform next week. Check out the photos below of us enjoying our first full week as Year 6 students.

Some of the students were lucky enough to help out with showing potential new parents around our school and did a brilliant job too. Ms Jeves was so impressed and gave the Year 6 team some excellent feedback.

Mr Pheasant spoke to the children about the expectations of being a Year 6 student at BHS. The children listened attentively and now know what is expected of them as ambassadors of the school.

 

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