Year 6 Update WK 13
Thursday 26th November – Year 6 Theatre Trip to see ‘Blood Brothers’
Mon 30th November – Fri 4th December – China Trip for invited children only.
Tuesday 1st December – Year 5 Bake Sale…please bring some money to buy some treats to support our PTA
Monday 7th December – Island School Curriculum Day…for all the children who are going to Island School next year – more info to follow.
Tuesday 8th December – Year 1 & 6 Immunisation Day
Friday 11th December – PTA Christmas Disco
Wednesday 16th December – PTA Christmas Concert
Friday 18th December – last day of term, finish at 12pm
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Monday 4th January – back to school for the Spring Term 2016
Thursday 21st January – KGV Taster Day…for all the children who are going to KGV next year – more info to follow.
Friday 5th February – last day of school before Chinese New Year break
Monday 15th February – back to school after Chinese New Year break
Blood Brothers Workshops – This week we had our ‘Blood Brothers’ theatre Workshop working with Mrs H. from Hong Kong Youth Arts. We had a lot of fun working on a variety of drama activities. We did some ‘Strike a Pose’ and ‘Still Image’ drama warm-ups and we also learned a little about the theatre production that we will see next Thursday. These workshops certainly gave us an insight into the story and the characters that we will be seeing next week in the performance.
Visiting Musician – Today we had Scott Darlow, a visiting musician, come to BHS to work will us. He was an ex-BHS student and we really enjoyed his assembly this morning for the whole school and this afternoon the Years 6’s did some work with him together in the hall. It was really enjoyable listening to his music and listening to what he had to say!
Golden Book Awards
Congratulations to the students who received Golden Book Certificates and SLT Awards this week, well done!!!
Henry Evers – 6L : SLT Award
Aiden Lau – 6F : Golden Book Certificate
Audrea Lee – 6F : Mandarin Golden Book Certificate from Ms Yu
Charlotte Pang – 6H : Golden Book Certificate
Manika Mohinani and James Johnson – 6L : Golden Book Certificate
Year 6 Unit of Inquiry 2
Transdisciplinary Theme : Where we are in place in time
Central Idea : Past civilisations can be used to make connections to present day societies
Lines of Inquiry – We will inquire into…
- characteristics of past civilisations
- the way present day societies have been influenced by civilisations from the past
- connections between past discoveries and modern day advances
Concepts : form, function, connection
Learner Profile : knowledgeable, thinker
Attitudes : enthusiasm, appreciation
Number Maths – Operations
Central Idea : The operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are related to each other and can be modelled in different ways.
We are continuing to explore operations. Children across the year group have been inquiring into how the operations can be used in different ways and some have taken part in rich problem solving tasks, explaining their thinking and understanding. We have also worked on our Fractions, Decimals and Percentages pre-assessments as they will be our next Number UOI starting in a couple of weeks.
Strand Maths – Data Handling
Central Idea : Data can be presented effectively for valid interpretation and communication.
This week we continued on with our Data Handling. All classes have been working on an assortment of data tasks and investigations and will continue to do so for the next few weeks.
We are continuing to research and plan our historical fiction stories. This unit is really shaping up to be something special as our Year 6 writers begin to write and develop their own stories. Everyone is looking forward to completing their stories over the remaining week of this UOI.
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.
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 – ‘Rounding Riddles’ : rounding revision and ‘Aging Families’ : problem solving task using the make a list strategy. Please don’t forget to continue to work on your Number (and Strand) Mathletics tasks.
- Miss Fisher – Decimals and Negative Number review
- Mr Hoskins – Fraction Frenzy – this page looks at adding and subtracting different fractions. When you mark Holly’s homework be sure to explain how to make corrections to any errors.
- Mrs Davis – Strategy Game – Got It Play the game the standard way and remind yourself of the strategy discussed in class. Change the settings a find a strategy for two more versions of the game. Email me your findings. davisc3@beaconhill.edu.hk
UOI – All classes are to continue working on their group Civilisation Weebly pages. (Take brief notes about your topic, write in your own words and add to your individual pages. Remember to cite your sources of all websites, books, magazines etc. that you have used!)
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
