9 Mar 2018

Year 6 Update WK 23

upcomingdates

Saturday 17th March (3pm-7pm) – ESF 50th Carnival

Monday 19th March – China Day celebrations

Thursday 22nd March – Year 3-6 Sports Day

Friday 23rd March – International Food Fair

Wednesday 28th March – Spring Concert

Thursday 29th March – End of Term 2 (12:00)

Monday 16th April – Start of Term 3

Year 5 Big Business

Year 5 Market Day & Sharing Day

The Year 5 children have been busy creating some fantastic products handmade products to sell for their Market Day which will be held next Friday, 16th March in the hall from 11:00am – 2pm. All year groups will be visiting the market place during the day and we would suggest that the children bring around $80 to spend. Please note that due to the space available we can only allow the children and teachers to attend.

All profits from the market day will be donated to the Immanuel Kindergarten in South Sudan. This is a charity that Mrs. Quinn, one of our ex-staff members, has been involved in for a number of years. It is a charity that we have supported in the past and would like to support again, especially in light of the extremely difficult situation that many find themselves in South Sudan.

Questions you can ask your child instead of ‘How was your day?”

Often when we ask children ”How was your day?”, we are given the answer ”good” or ”fine”. More than just finding out how their day was, we want to help children become problems solvers and independent learners. Good conversations help them see that we care about their lives, we are there to support them, and to help them develop strategies for solving problems themselves.

Here are some questions you could ask your child after school.

What made you smile today?
Can you tell me an example of kindness you saw/showed?
What did you do that was creative?
What is the most popular game at break time?
What was the best thing that happened today?
Did you help anyone today?
Did you tell anyone “thank you?”
Who did you sit with at lunch?
What made you laugh?
Did you learn something you didn’t understand?
Who inspired you today?
What is something you heard that surprised you?
What is something you saw that made you think?
Who did you play with today?
Tell me something you know today that you didn’t know yesterday.
What is something that challenged you?
Did you like your lunch?
Rate your day on a scale from 1-10.
How were you brave today?
What questions did you ask at school today?
Tell us your top two things from the day (before you can be excused from the dinner table!).
What are you looking forward to tomorrow?
What are you reading?
What was the hardest rule to follow today?
Teach me something I don’t know.
If you could change one thing about your day, what would it be?

What made you feel happy?

What made you feel proud?

Did you learn any new words today?

If I called your teacher tonight, what would he/she tell me about you?

Exhibition Preparation

The exhibition unit is almost upon us. Please discuss the following with your children. By Monday 12th March, the children need to have decided on the area they wish to focus on.

Below is the link to the PowerPoint from the coffee morning.

www.beaconhill.edu.hk

Communication/Presentations/Year 6 Exhibition information for parents

Healthy Living at BHS

We promote healthy living at BHS and therefore children should only bring water to school. Please do not send milk drinks, sugary drinks or any other kind of drink. We have water fountains and taps where students can refill their (BHS) water bottles throughout the day.

PYPX 2018 T-shirt Designs

Our students need to design a PYPX 2018 T-shirt that will be worn by their class mates. There will be a winner chosen from each class. The design must include the words “Beacon Hill School PYP Exhibition 2018.” The design can be hand drawn or made using a computer or laptop. Remember, the shire will be worn by 30 children, so the design must be generic and not specific to one or two interests or passions. The students have started this in class and can, of course, work on this at home too.

Sports Day Preparation

The classes have been getting ready for their last every sports day at Beacon Hill School. Here are some photos of 6H getting used to the hurdles and learning how to hand over the relay baton.

PYPX Journal Artwork

As well as all of the other learning that is taking place in Year 6, the students have also started to create art that can be used as a front cover of their journals. Check out the photos of 6H creating portraits inspired by Roy Lichtenstein.

Golden Book Certificates & House Team Winners ……..

Transdisciplinary theme: How The World Works:

Central Idea

Scientific investigations can help people to make sense of the world

Lines of Inquiry

What is a scientific inquiry? (Form)
How is the scientific process used? (Function)
How scientific investigations have impacted the world around us (Connection)

The science continues in Year 6.

Real World Connections

Please help your children to make Real World Connections to the work we have been carrying out in school. They have a GoogleDoc where they can record their findings and thoughts. Here is an example (it is work a working document.)

Central Idea

Fractions, decimal fractions and percentages are ways of representing whole-part relationships

Learning Intentions

Understand the relationship between fractions, decimal fraction and percentages.

Find percentages of number or quantities with and without a calculator.
Simplify fractions in written and mental form
Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of common fractions with same or related denominators
Convert improper fractions to mixed number and vice versa
Read, write and solve problems involving ratio

Central Idea

Conversions of units and measurements allow us to make sense of the world we live in. A range of procedures exists to measure different attributes of objects and events.

Lines of Inquiry

Estimate, compare and measure objects using standard units of measurement

Calculate and develop rules for determining the volume of cubes and cuboids.

Identify and describe the relationships between area and volume and between volume and capacity.

Image result for world maths day unicef

As well as keeping up with our maths inquiries, we took part in a World Maths Day tournament, competing against children from all over the world in order to raise money for Unicef. Ask your children about this great cause.

This week the children have self-assessed their reports against the agreed success criteria. This will ensure that the next report they write will include all of the relevant criteria and will allow them to develop their skills in writing a non-chronological report.

Spelling : The children should be tested on their words at home 3 times per week ready for our buddy test on Friday. Any words that the children spell incorrectly during the buddy test on Friday will get carried over to next week’s ‘Words I need to learn…’ All children need to remember to bring in their Spelling Journals each day.

Reading : Each child should be reading throughout the week. Don’t forget to think about your weekly reflection for your Reading Journals!

Number Maths