18 Aug 2017

Year 6 Update WK 1

upcomingdates

Tuesday 22nd August – Island School Information Evening: 6pm at Island School

Tuesday 29th August – New parents cheese and wine 5:00pm. Meet the Teacher Evening 6:30pm in Year 6 classrooms on the fourth floor

Wednesday 6th September – Swimming starts, make sure the children bring their kit on each Wednesday from now on.

Friday 8th September – School closed for CPD.

Friday 15th September – PTA Bowling event.

Tuesday 26th September – Parent/Teacher Consultations – sign up on the Gateway soon

Thursday 28th September – Parent/Teacher Consultations – sign up on the Gateway soon

Thursday 28th September – Mid Autumn Festival Market Day

Welcome back to BHS to everyone for this 2017-18 academic year! Each week we one of us from the Year 6 team will publish all our important Year 6 information, events, dates and notices on this platform so as to keep you fully informed of all the happenings in our year band. Mr Hoskins, Mr Hubbard or Miss Younie will take turns each week to update you and we will do our best to include lots of photos so your can really see the great work that your child is doing. Usually, we just include photos from our own particular classes each week to ensure coverage of all children throughout the year. May we please ask that you check the Weekly Update each week…the new one is uploaded each Friday afternoon.

School Uniform – most our Year 6s have been looking pretty good this week and have made a real effort to wear the correct school uniform and PE kit to school. May we please asks that this continues and that they are being uniform conscientious right down to their purple socks on normal days and white socks on PE days. School bags should also be BHS backpacks and not anything different.

Deodorant

As the children are growing and changing their bodies will begin to sweat, especially in these hot summer months. Please provide your children with deodorant and remind them to keep clean and hygienic.

What a great start to the year! The children were so excited when we collected them from the playground on Wednesday morning and classrooms were buzzing with enthusiasm and a little nervousness as well. This week we have had talks, reminders and visits from Mr Pheasant and Mr Harrison. All the kids listened really well and took on board the changes and were excited to hear about some of the potential roles and responsibilities that will become available as the year progresses.

Some of the classes in Year 6 enjoyed playing the cup stacking game! The students had to stack 6 cups, as a team, but they were not allowed to touch the cup with their hands.

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

Number Maths – Place Value

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

We spent the week getting to know the children and seeing what the children have already learnt about place value in previous years.

Strand Maths – Measurement

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

This week the children have been planning and starting to write their own recounts of the summer holiday. It is so exciting to hear about all of the amazing places that our children have visited over the summer – we really are global citizens!

We were also lucky enough to visit the library and enjoy some time to find a comfortable place and read books for enjoyment. ‘