Year 6 Update WK 13
Tuesday 22nd November – Mandarin Parent Consultations
Thursday 24th November – Mandarin Parent Consultations
Monday 28th November – Year 6 Immunisations…eligible children only
Wednesday 30th November – Mandarin Parent Consultations
Friday 2nd December – PTA Disco
Friday 2nd December – Field trip to History Museum and Maritime Museum
Wednesday 8th December – BHS Christmas Concert 7pm
Tuesday 13th December – last day of term, 12pm finish
Mandarin Parent Consultations
It is important that you sign up for one of the Mandarin Parent Consultation time-slots that are coming up soon (please see the Dates for the Diary section of this update). The Year 6 children will be sitting their Mandarin Benchmarking tests in January or February and this is your chance to talk to the Mandarin teachers to find out how they are doing and how you can help them. Just be aware that the next Mandarin consultation is after this very important secondary bench-marking test…..so you need to get in now!
School photo orders need to be in as soon as possible so that we can submit the necessary forms to TechniPhoto. The orders need to be in before 30.11.16. Online ordering is also possible – please see the information in this week’s Newsletter.
Reading – The children are responsible for borrowing books and making sure they are changed frequently. Each week your child is required to write a reflection about their reading or about the book they have borrowed.
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
Strand Maths – Shape and space
Central Idea – Consolidating what we know of geometric concepts allow us to make sense of and interact with our world.
We be inquiring into the properties of 2D and 3D shapes (diagonals, angles etc) and properties of circles.
Number Maths
Central Idea – Operations
Due to LEAP and House Captain Meetings this week we only had one number maths session. During this lesson we continued with our problem-solving approach to operations this week. In providing these open-ended tasks we can ensure that the children are being challenged and enriched and it gives us the opportunity to work with individuals and groups in our class who may need clarification on certain aspects or the concepts and outcomes. Some of the solutions to these problems that the children are coming up with are really creative and it shows their ‘outside-the-box’ thinking.
6H – Please continue to research and create for your i-time project. Google classroom code z5sm7ma. If you can’t use the code then check your emails – you have an invitation. Please research and complete the skeleton on any person of your choice in order to write a biography.
6D – Please continue to research and create for your i-time project
6F – Please continue to research and create for your i-time project
Spelling : Please keep up with the home spelling tests. 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 back the Spelling Journals each day during the week.
Reading : Each child should be reading for at least 20 mins each night. Don’t forget to complete your weekly reflection in your Reading Diaries – due each Friday!
Maths : Please continue on with all the Mathletics task that your teachers have set. You may also work on your data handling through i-time surveys.
Thought of the Week :
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go. – Dr Seuss
