14 Sep 2018

Year 6 Update Week 4

upcomingdates

Monday 24th September – School closed, CPD for staff

Tuesday 25th September- School closed- Public Holiday

Wednesday 26th September – Camp information evening 7:00 pm

Monday 1st October – Public Holiday – School Closed

Tuesday 2nd of October – Year 6 ISA (Assessment)

Wednesday 3rd October – ISA

Thursday 4th October – ISA, LEAP visit

Friday 5th October – ISA

Tuesday 9th October – Parent Teacher Consultations

Thursday 11th October – Parent Teacher Consultations

Friday 12th October – Dress Casual Day for Hong Kong Community Chest

HALF TERM HOLIDAYS

Questions you can ask your child instead of ‘How was your day?”

Often when we ask children ”How was your day?”, we are given the answer ”good” or ”fine”. More than just finding out how their day was, we want to help children become problems solvers and independent learners. Good conversations help them see that we care about their lives, we are there to support them, and to help them develop strategies for solving problems themselves.

Here are some questions you could ask your child after school.

What made you smile today?
Can you tell me an example of kindness you saw/showed?
What did you do that was creative?
What is the most popular game at break time?
What was the best thing that happened today?
Did you help anyone today?
Did you tell anyone “thank you?”
Who did you sit with at lunch?
What made you laugh?
Did you learn something you didn’t understand?
Who inspired you today?
What is something you heard that surprised you?
What is something you saw that made you think?
Who did you play with today?
Tell me something you know today that you didn’t know yesterday.
What is something that challenged you?
Did you like your lunch?
Rate your day on a scale from 1-10.
How were you brave today?
What questions did you ask at school today?
Tell us your top two things from the day (before you can be excused from the dinner table!).
What are you looking forward to tomorrow?
What are you reading?
What was the hardest rule to follow today?
Teach me something I don’t know.
If you could change one thing about your day, what would it be?

What made you feel happy?

What made you feel proud?

Did you learn any new words today?

If I called your teacher tonight, what would he/she tell me about you?

Swimming- Remember to bring: swimmers, change of underwear, $5 coin, swimming cap, goggles, and a towel.

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 is a must. They are available from Japanese Home Centre (JHC) for 50HKD.

We know the first few weeks back at school can be tiring, so please make sure your children 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.

Fruity Friday

Every Friday your child should bring a healthy and fruity snack. The Eco Squad needs the peel to create compost. Year 6 should be setting the example, so please, please, please bring in fruit to eat on Friday and pop the peel in the green bucket outside the butterfly garden.

Parent Teacher Consultations

Our first Parent Teacher Consultations this year will be on Tuesday 9^th and Thursday 11^thOctober. This is a valuable opportunity for you to find out more about your child’s learning in Inquiry, English and Mathematics through conversation with their class teacher. Bookings for appointments are made through the Gateway and this is available for families with more than one child at school from 3pm Monday 17^th September and for all our families from 3pm Friday 21^st September. This means that families with more than one child in school can get appointments on the same day. For more details please see this week’s school newsletter. https://www.beaconhill.edu.hk/bhs-news/#newsletter-2018-19

Eco Squad Club Began on Thursday, with members from Year 4, 5 and 6. Mr Glencross and Mrs Chand joined us and we began making organic mosquito repellent. Check out the photos below.

Golden Book Certificates

6H – Sean Punjabi

6D – Chloe Chung

6Y – Karen Tam

House points will roll over to next week due to technical issues

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 students have been inquiring into leadership by following our custom made inquiry cycle. Have a look at the images below to see the vast range of learning that is taking place.

Number Maths – Place Value

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

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We have been inquiring into rounding and using the visualiser to aid us when explaining our thinking. Check out the action shot below.

Year 6 will begin to inquire into operations next week, focussing on addition and subtraction.

Strand Maths – Measurement

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

In strand math, we will explore conversions of units of measure by looking at and estimating distance as well as body measurements.

We have continued to learn about measurement and some classes managed to dodge the rain in order to measure Ede Road playground.

This week we have continued to work on our comprehension strategies. We have been reading and analysing poetry and speeches, using our own keys to help us to display our thinking. We have also used our advanced skills in English to present our learning for the Unit of Inquiry. The children below are showing off all they have learnt about their chosen leader by using their Chromebooks.