Year 6 Update WK 33
Tuesday 17th May – Year 1 Bake Sale….please bring in some money to buy some treats to support our PTA.
Tuesday 17th May – EXHIBITION FOR PARENTS! From 6:00pm – students need to arrive at 5:30 and there will be refreshments in the playground from 5:30pm
Wednesday 18th May – EXHIBITION FOR SCHOOLS! From 9:30am
Thursday 19th May – Auditions for production…..please learn your audition song and be ready to belt out those tunes!
Thursday 26th May – PTA Quiz…..more info from the PTA to follow.
Tuesday 31st May – Father/Son and Mother/Daughter evenings 6:30pm…..more info to follow.
Friday 3rd June – Cross Phase Transfer Day….all ESF secondary students will head to their secondary schools today.
Thursday 23rd June – Year 6 Graduation Ceremony (parents invited) from 11am at Beacon Hill School, followed by Celebration Buffet Lunch (children only) at the Kowloon Metropark
End of Year 6 Graduation – More details will be sent to you in the next few weeks but in the meantime, please give some thought to what your child will wear. It is an important event in the children’s school life and therefore we expect them to be dressed in smart/special event clothing for the ceremony. The dress code for the past few years has been…..
- suits for boys (or at the very least a dress shirt and trousers and tie), or traditional dress, dress shoes
- semi-formal party dresses for girls (or a pant-suit), or traditional dress, dress shoes
- no denim or shorts or flip flops
I have found some examples on the internet……….so you get what we mean.
| 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
The children were also very excited to received their Exhibition T shirts. These feature a design created by either all of the group members themselves. It must be thrilling for them to see their designs come to life!
Aside from this, the children have been focused on getting the Exhibition Journals up to scratch. These serve as records of their learning journey and the process that they have gone through.
Year 6 Unit of Inquiry 5
Transdisciplinary Theme : How We Organise Ourselves
Central Idea : Individual and group action makes a difference to how societies uphold human rights.
Lines of Inquiry – We will inquire into…
- action that can be taken to uphold people’s rights
- 2nd LoI written with the help of our special advisers and it will pertain to the issue chosen by the group
- 3rd LoI written with the help of our special advisers and it will pertain to the issue chosen by the group
Concepts : the children will review all concepts
Learner Profile : the children will try and focus on all LPs
Attitudes : the children will try and focus on all the attitudes
Strand Maths – Data Handling
Central Idea : Data can be presented effectively for valid interpretation and communication.
As the end of the Exhibition approaches, the children are working in groups to review their findings, draw conclusions from the data they have collected and present these to a wider audience.
Year 6 have began to plan and create autobiographies. These autobiographies will be worked on throughout the coming Exhibition and during the Year 6 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.
Book Fest 2016
This week we enjoyed Book Fest 2016! The theme was poetry and the classes have submitted their poems to the English Team to be included in a digital BHS Poetry Anthology, which will be available for you to view shortly. As always the children enjoyed dressing as their favourite characters and we were really impressed by the level of creativity on show. Congratulations to all our Year 6 students who made a great effort with dressing up today as a book character. Aside from this, the children took part in many English activities throughout the week and really had fun!
UOI : continue work for your Exhibition. Each class teacher will give more specific instructions about what you might need to do in order to get ready for action week. Use this weekend to tie up any loose ends, create posters, leaflets, slides, etc. Do want you need to do to get ready for the final week. Don’t forget to stay in contact with the other members, whether that is via the communication document or via email.
DON’T FORGET!!! Can all the children continue to learn the words to Brave and Hall of Fame? Although, we have to say, we have been very impressed with how well the children have learnt the lyrics. Thank you, all! We really appreciate it.
If any children are playing instruments please keep up the rehearsing at home. We had our first whole Year 6 rehearsal on Thursday and it is sounding good, but it needs to be sounding excellent by the time the exhibition evening is upon us.
Spelling : Spelling Journals – 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 :
- All Number Maths Groups : Mathletics and keep checking in on you survey results ready to make graphs, tables and write conclusions.
Thought of the Week : Something to think about when presenting your learning at the Exhibition!
