Year 6 Update WK 21
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…A letter has gone home today for the children involved. Please make sure you return your reply slip on Monday.
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 1st 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
Please note that there will be no weekly update next week. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Year of the Monkey.
Exhibition Information Morning – 9:00-9:30am, Tuesday 1st March, 2016| 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
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
As mentioned above and in last week’s Weekly Update, the children have been showing their curiosity and enthusiasm for what’s new in science. Although most of our learning engagements and experiences during this unit have been hands on, practical science experiments, there has also been the opportunity to find out about the latest scientific developments. By the time the children are adults, many of the areas they’ve been looking into might be commonplace, so it’s great that they’re finding out about them now. Currently, the children are working on ways to present their learning in interesting and creative ways. We hope to share these across the year group before the end of this unit.
Number Maths – Fractions, Decimals and Percentages (FDP)
Central Idea : Fractions, decimal fractions and percentages are ways of representing whole-part relationships.
Number Maths lessons have continued with focusing on real-world problems and different strategies for calculating percentages and fractions of amounts. As mentioned last week, one such way is to use a calculator so could all children make sure they have theirs in school at all times.
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.
Our investigations into Shape and Shape and space have included looking at how shapes can be transformed, reduced and enlarged as well as exploring shapes on all four quadrants.
As this unit is drawing to a close, the children have been reflecting on their explanation writing and the similarities and differences between explanations and instructional or persuasive texts. They have also been using their Spelling Journals to focus on grammar areas which correspond well with this genre. This is the reason why Spelling Journals are needed in school every day.
The children have also been using their English skills in their unit of inquiry learning, such as when explaining what they have found out about (either in written text or orally), when viewing videos and websites for research, or when presenting their learning in their chosen format, including videos, computer presentations, quizzes etc.
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 : At this stage of the unit, all students should have completed their research into ‘What’s New in Science’. Now is the time to make sure your presentation is fully prepared and add any last minute “sparkle” to make yours really special. Hopefully, you have already planned your presentation in detail and collected the materials needed (boxes for dioramas or small containers, recycled items or boxes for small models), so now you can focus on creating and finishing off these amazing presentations.
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 – Please take some time this week to catch up on our Mathletics Number tasks….you will get to join the special group if you get them all done!!!! 🙂
- Miss Fisher – Please take some time this week to catch up on our Mathletics Number tasks….you will get to join the special group if you get them all done!!!! 🙂
- Mr Hoskins – Complete real life ratio problems worksheet and don’t forget to design your own ratio investigation/problem at the end. Please keep up with your mathletics tasks too.
- Mrs Davis – Finding a fraction of a number
Thought of the Week : Don’t let failure be an ending make it a beginning. #growthmindset
