11 Mar 2016

Year 6 Update WK 25

Monday 14th March – KGV, Island School and Sha Tin College teachers in to school.

Monday 14th March – Exhibition begins….WEEK 1 – please keep up to date with how your child is going with this and see if you can support them in any way.

Monday 14th March – BHS Environment Week

Thursday 17th March – Mandarin Parent Consultations.

Thursday 17th March – Art workshop/talk at Island school, selected students only

Friday 18th March – International Food Fair…please send in your sold raffle tickets! (You will also need to send in any unsold ones too please)

Friday 18th March – Dress casual day, minimum donation $5

Thursday 24th March – last day of Spring Term, finish at 12pm.

Monday 11th April – first day back to school for Summer Term

Thursday 14th April – Year 5 Big Business Market Day….bring in some cash to support the Year 5s.

GLUE! GLUE! GLUE! – We all need to stick together and keep our journals neat and tidy, so please keep your children’s glue supply topped up.

Year 1 Photos – As a treat for the children at the end of the year we will be doing something special with your child’s Year 1 photograph. If your child was not at BHS in Year 1 can you to please email us their Year 1 school photograph. We prefer to use the school photograph but if this is not available we can use a personal photo of them (preferably in school uniform) from Year 1. A scan of a photograph is fine but a photo of a photo will just not work – you can always send us in the original and we can scan it here and send it back to you. Please send it in to Miss Kannis, her email address is: kannis.tsui@bhs.edu.hk.

Family borrowing – A reminder that it is still possible for parents, younger children and other family members to borrow from our library. By registering for a family borrowing card you can borrow two books from any section of the library, including the new Parent Collection which contains books about healthy living, behaviour management, fun art activities and days out for children in Hong Kong. The library is open for family borrowing at these times…

	Before school	After school
Monday		2.45-3.30pm
Tuesday	8.15- 9.00am
Wednesday		2.45-3.30pm
Friday	8.30-9.15am

To register for a family borrowing card please complete the form found on the school website’s communications page. For any questions please contact Emily Jeves jevese2@beaconhill.edu.hk

Golden Book Awards…another positive week in Year 6 with plenty of certificates handed out.

Mr Hoskins 6H – Jeanie Yip

Miss Fisher 6L – Justin Chan

Miss Fearn 6F – Brandon Leung, Kelly Mak, Audrea Lee

ICT – Samantha Sadie, Ariel Tsang and Jasmine Kwok

Competition winner(s)

Library – Charlotte Pang won the library competition, with the closest guess

Congratulations to all of you!

We have had yet another busy week in Year 6 with plenty of extra curricular activities to enjoy. The chamber choir did another fantastic job of representing Beacon Hill, this time at Sha Tin Junior school. Mr Melsom paid us another visit and on Friday a selection of children enjoyed an Art show, those Art skills will come in super-handy when working on the exhibition.

Visit from former students – The children in Year 6 learnt a lot from previous Beacon Hill students this week when they popped in to share their experience of the exhibition. They gave us lots of advice, including time management ideas and tips on how to work well in a group environment. Thanks for the visit guys!

Dialogue in the Dark 6H – What an experience! The children were so brave when tackling dialogue in the dark on Thursday. Four groups worked their way through the experience, finding out first hand what it is like to be blind. The workshop really made the children feel thankful for having all of their senses to help them navigate the world around them. After each group had completed the tour, there was a question and answer session. Many excellent questions were asked, but a stand out question came from Alicia. She asked Henry, “If you could see one thing, what would it be?” Henry’s answer was very touching, he explained how much he would like to see his own face and the faces of those around him. We really are blessed and should take some time, away from the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong, to appreciate what we have.

Year 6 Unit of Inquiry 4 images

Transdisciplinary Theme : Who we are

Central Idea : We face many changes as we go through life

Lines of Inquiry – We will inquire into…

the nature of self
beliefs and values
personal, physical, mental and spiritual health
human relationships including friends, families, communities and cultures
rights and responsibilities
what it means to be human

Concepts : form, change, causation

Learner Profile : balanced, reflective

Attitudes : confidence, empathy, respect

Number Maths – Pattern and Function

Central Idea : Patterns can be represented, analysed and generalized using algebraic expressions, equations or functions.

Strand Maths – Data Handling

Central Idea : Range, mode, median and mean can be used to analyse statistical data. THEN Probability can be represented on a scale between 0-100% and can be predicted theoretically.

Some classes in Year 6 have began to plan and create autobiographies. These autobiographies will be worked on throughout the coming exhibition and during the production. As the exhibition is so cross curricular, English is continually being worked on throughout the research, reflections and presentations that the children are constantly working on.

Please continue to keep your spelling journals in school unless your class teacher tells you otherwise.

UOI : THIS WEEK – Please complete the sheet called “The Year 6 Exhibition 2016.”

This has to be completed by MONDAY 14th March. If you were absent on Friday then you need to complete this in the crush on Monday morning.

DON’T FORGET!!! Can all the children continue to learn the words to Brave and Hall of Fame? If any children are playing instruments please keep up the rehearsing at home.

Spelling : Spelling Journal homework – 3 practice spelling tests to be conducted under the supervision of an adult at home, daily spelling practice and any additional journal tasks set by the class teacher.

6F are continuing their spelling investigations in their Spelling Journal this week you need to complete any that you have not done from previous weeks (p. 23 Synonyms, p. 24 Antonyms, p. 4 Adverbs and p. 5 Having fun With Adverbs) and you also need to do this week’s investigations p. 34 & p. 35 Verb Tense.

Reading : Weekly reflections to be completed at least once a week. Children need to ensure they are reading at home each night for at least 20 mins and to write one weekly reflection about their reading in their diaries. Parents are not required to write a comment or to sign the book. However, continued interest and involvement in your child’s reading would be appreciated and will assist in their development.

Number Maths :