8 Feb 2017

Year 6 Update WK 20

Friday 3rd March – Student Led Conferences….normal timetable suspended and children to come to school with you at your allocated time
Friday 10th March – HKG Flower Show.….invited children only
7th -10th March – Year 6 Mandarin Benchmark Tests…please try to ensure that you child is not off school during this time, if they will be – please can you email their Mandarin teacher and let them know.
Monday 13th March – Book Week
Thursday 16th March – Year 5 Big Business Market Day
Friday 24th March – International Food Fair
Thursday 30th March – Spring Concert
Friday 31st March – end of Term 2, 12pm finish
Tuesday 18th April – back to school for Term 3
Tuesday 18th April – Year 6 Pizza Lunch
Friday 21st April – Year 1 and Year 6 Immunisations
Tuesday 25th April – Year 4 Bake Sale
Wednesday 26th April – Year 6 Theatre Trip….Melodia
Saturday 29th April – Wednesday 3rd May – Labour Day Long Weekend

Please make sure you and your child complete and return the ‘Pre Exhibition Reflection’, which was sent home on Tuesday. This will help you to understand your child’s thoughts on the Exhibition, identify areas in which you can support them and allow us to see how we can help each child with this part of their learning journey.

Year 6 Arts Taster sessions – this year the Year 6s will take part in Arts Taster Sessions coming up in February or early March. We will be offering various ‘arts’ lessons for the children to choose from. If you have a particular skill in the arts or know someone who could volunteer we would love to have you in to take a couple of lessons with a small group. It could be anything….dance, origami, collage, musical instrument, photography, sewing, puppetry etc absolutely anything! Just let us know and we can give you a little more info.

Weather and Clothing – With the recent change in weather can we make sure that children are dressed appropriately for school. Layers are a good way of allowing the children to be comfortable, giving them the option to adjust their clothing when necessary. But please, not too many layers!

Layering your child with too much outerwear can actually make them colder. That’s because excess layers can cause your child to sweat, which makes their clothes wet, which allows the cold and wind to bring their temperature down.

Thank you to all the parents who came to support the launch of the Year 6 Exhibition 2017. It was amazing to see so much enthusiasm from parents and students and hear the meaningful conversations going on around the hall. The children are excited about this part of their learning journey and it is great that you will be an integral part of it.

Golden Book Certificates

Congratulations to our winners for the Golden Book this week…

6F –

6H –

6D –

House Points Winner – ‘Diversity’!

Transdisciplinary Theme : Where We Are in Place and 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 and societies (form)
the ways in which our society has been influenced by past societies (function)
connections between past discoveries and modern day advances (connection)

Concepts : form, function, connection

Learner Profile : knowledgeable, thinker, reflective

Attitudes : enthusiasm, appreciation

This week the children have continued to work on their Civilisation website. This is an exciting inquiry into the past and it really allows the children to be able to research an area of interest to them that has had an impact on us today.

Strand Maths

Central Idea – Data Handling

Range, mode, median and mean can be used to analyse statistical data.

Year six have been looking into the mathematical skills needed to determine range, mode, median and mean.

They have been discussing why it is important to find these points of reference in data they have collected.

Number Maths

Central Idea – Operations

We use the same rules for the computation of decimal fractions as for whole numbers.

Year 6 have been looking at efficient mental and written strategies for multiplication and division. Through practical lessons the children have combined their knowledge of measurement,timing and computation to inquire into speed, distance and reaction time.

Our current unit text type is Historical Fiction. Historical Fiction is defined as movies and novels in which a story is made up but is set in the past and sometimes borrows true characteristics of the time period in which it is set. Please try and encourage your child to find a story that excites or interests them to read at home.

Current Historical Fiction books on offer at school

Music on the Bamboo Radio – Martin Booth
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne
Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo
The Wreck of Zanzibar – Michael Morpurgo
Goodnight Mister Tom – Michelle Margoiran
Break of Dark – Robert Westall
Chinese Cinderella – Adeline Yen Mah

Year six have been writing extracts from the stories of War Horse and Empire of the Sun. We have really seen an improvement in the writing and creativity this week. Some fantastic work has been produced, using alliteration, personification and more. Good job Year 6!

homelearning

Children should be making connections between their chosen global goal and issues effecting them personally or local challenges that are being faced in their community. They should be thinking of the action that could be taken to make a difference.