22 Jan 2016

Year 6 Update WK 20

Monday 1st February – Paul Melsom in to work with Year 6 at school to continue with bamboo greenhouses.

Tuesday 2nd February – Y2 Bake Sale – Bring some money to school to buy some delicious treats at snack time

Thursday 4th February – Chinese New Year Evening Assembly : 6:00pm-7:15pm….. evening performance is for the performers and the parents/guests of the performers and letters will be sent out to the parents of the performers soon.

Thursday 4th February – Sha Tin College children to visit STC to see their CNY performance…more info to follow.

Friday 5th February – last day of school before Chinese New Year break and China Day activities…please wear all your fancy Chinese New Year clothing to school and be ready to do our China Day activities.

Monday 15th February – back to school after Chinese New Year break.

Monday 15th February – Paul Melsom in to work with Year 6 at school to continue with bamboo greenhouses.

Thursday 18th February – DBIS Touch Rugby Tournament….invited children only.

Friday 19th February – Sports Day at King’s Park….more info to follow.

Tuesday 23rd February – ‘Kids on the Block’ puppet troupe visiting for Year 6…more info to follow.

Thursday 25th February – Year 1 and 6 Immunisations – Please return the necessary forms to Nurse Rosalind as soon as possible.

Friday 26th February – Year 6 Exhibition NGO Conference at KJS….more info to follow.

Friday 26th February – UOI 3 Report Comments go live on The Gateway.

Tuesday 3rd March – Exhibition information morning 9:00 – 9:30am IMPORTANT INFO….PLEASE READ BELOW.

Friday 11th March – Hong Kong Flower Show trip to Victoria Park…. invited students only

Exhibition Information Morning – 9:00-9:30am, Tuesday 3rd March, 2016

Each year we have a parent information session giving out information about our upcoming PYP Exhibition. As you know this is a very important event in the Year 6 diary and it really does help the children if you are fully aware of what is going on and the expectations of the children and on you as a parent…so you know where you can support your child. Last year we introduced a parent and child information session where the children were able to sit with you and listen and talk about the information given by the teachers in Year 6, Mr Pheasant, Ms Dewhurst and Mr Harrison – and this worked really well. So, can you please pencil it in your diaries and we will see you then!

Chinese New Year Donations – please send in any donations of lai-see packets, chocolate coins and tea (loose leaf) to Ms Lynn in the Mandarin Department.

GLUE! GLUE! GLUE! – Our Exhibition Journals arrive on Monday so we will begin preparing them for our upcoming PYP Exhibition. To do that all the children need to have a good supply of glue sticks. Can you please be sure to purchase a few more sticks for your child as we will be using lots and lots over the next couple of weeks?

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 will can scan it here and send it back to you. Please send in 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

KGV Taster Day – On Thursday all our future KGV students went over to their new secondary school to have the first of their cross-phase visits for the year. Thea teachers were all impressed at how well the students conducted themselves and they had a great day. It was great to hear all the stories of the day that they brought back with them. It was a shame that all the children didn’t get to use their milk or juice containers in the ‘Food Technology’ lesson but if they are still keen to make their wallet…maybe they could look up how to do it on the internet.

Golden Book Awards – Congratulations to…. File_000-1

6F – Emily Leung, Roberta Mak and Chelsea Chung : Class Certificate

6L – Angela Chan and Jade Scrouther : Class certificate

6H – Ewan Lui and Jodie Chan : Class certificate

Music Award : Janice Wan in 6H

Year 6 Unit of Inquiry 3

Transdisciplinary Theme : How the World Works

Central Idea : Scientific investigations can help people to make sense of the world.

Lines of Inquiry – We will inquire into…

what scientific inquiry is
how the scientific process is used
the application of the scientific process

Concepts : form, function,

Learner Profile : reflective, inquirer

Attitudes : independence, curiosity

This week Year 6 have continued learning about the scientific process. We have also begun our independent inquiry into a new discovery in science. The children have chosen a new scientific initiative and have begun their own research into it. The have been using their note-taking skills and have been encouraged to keep them brief! This research is continuing at home for homework so if you happen to be passing by when your child is busy on their homework task….please remind them about the importance of brevity of notes to be free from plagiarism. At school we will be presenting these inquires in as many different creative ways as we can….so you may like to make suggestions to you child about an interesting way to show their learning. We are all excited to see their finished product.

File_000 File_001-1 File_002 File_003 File_004 File_005 File_005-1 File_006

Number Maths – Fractions, Decimals and Percentages (FDP)

Central Idea : Fractions, decimal fractions and percentages are ways of representing whole-part relationships.

We’ve continued on with our FDP in our Number Maths sessions this week. Calculating the percentage ‘of’ and the percentage ‘off’, operations not with a common denominator, converting decimals to percentages and to fractions and extended investigations have all been on the plans for this week. You may be surprised to learn that it is important that the children know how to effectively use a calculator and using a calculator is one of our Year 6 Outcomes for this UOI so please can all children have a calculator at school ready to be used in Number Maths lessons. File_000-2 File_008 File_007 File_006-1 File_003-1 File_001

Strand Maths – Shape and Space

Central Idea : Consolidating what we know of geometric concepts to allow us to make sense of and interact with our world.

We’ve continued our investigation into circles again this week and have kept moving through our Shape and Space topic. We’ve been impressed at home some of the children have persevered in using their compass in drawing accurate circles. It can be a tricky skill to master but they are coming along nicely. Shape and Space is a topic where we find that even the maths strugglers can do really well. It’s great to be able to give their confidence a boost and show them they can be successful in Maths even though they might find other topics difficult.

Our Explanation writing has continued with students gaining additional note-taking practice to gather information. The pupils in Year 6 have been encouraged to carefully proof read…..making corrections and alterations to improve their work is a very important skill. Some children have even began to use the skills that will be needed for the Year 6 Exhibition by backing/mounting their work and helping to create class displays.

As always, buddy spelling tests are held every Friday so Spelling Journals are an absolute necessity for Fridays. Spelling Journals need to be back in to school everyday to enable students to work on the spelling investigations in the back of the journal throughout the week and also to add personal spelling words to as they arise during the weekdays.

UOI : Once again please, continue research on your ‘What’s New in Science’ inquiry and start to prepare your presentation. You also need to plan out your presentation in detail…you may want to take your jotter home to do this and do’t forget to collect the materials that your will need….boxes for dioramas or small containers, recycled items or boxes for small models. Also all children need to continue to learn their songs for our upcoming PYPX Exhibition.

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.

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 :

Miss Fearn – ‘Extreme Sports’ percentage calculations (it’s in pounds but you could convert your answers to HKD using a currency converter app 😉 and ‘There’s a Fraction Too Much Friction’ problem solving using the draw a diagram strategy.
Miss Fisher – ‘Fraction Action’ – converting improper fractions to mixed numbers
Mr Hoskins – Please complete FDP work sheet and playhttp://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/mission-magnetite/ if you are up to date with mathletics.
Mrs Davis – Fractions worksheet- addition and subtraction and play the fractions game http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/fraction-matcher/latest/fraction-matcher_en.html

Thought of the Week : ‘I haven’t failed, I’ve just found out 10000 ways that won’t work’ – Thomas Edison

Year 6 Update WK 20

Communications

News

Upcoming Events