Year 6 Update WK 32
Monday 2nd May – No school…have a fantastic long weekend!
Tuesday 3rd May – No school….have a fantastic long weekend!
Tuesday 3rd May – Friday 6th May – BOOK FEST! Please encourage your child to sign up for some exciting activities this week. The children have been asked to dress up for our annual book character (rather than movie character) parade on Friday 6th May. Please no football kits and we are trying to discourage superheroes and Disney princess costumes……….there will be prizes for the most creative costumes in each class!!!
Tuesday 17th May – EXHIBITION FOR PARENTS! From 6:00pm – students need to arrive at 5:30 and there will be refreshments in the playground from 5:30pm
Tuesday 17th May – Year 1 Bake Sale….please bring in some money to by some treats to support our PTA.
Wednesday 18th May – EXHIBITION FOR SCHOOLS! From 9:30a.m.
Thursday 19th May – Auditions for production…..please learn your audition song for today and be ready to belt out those tunes!
Thursday 26th May – PTA Quiz…..more info from the PTA to follow.
Tuesday 31st May – Father/Son and Mother/Daughter evenings 6:30pm…..more info to follow.
Friday 3rd June – Cross Phase Transfer Day….all ESF secondary students will head to their secondary schools today.
End of Year 6 Graduation – Our Year 6 Graduation will be held on Thursday 23rd June at 11am at BHS for the formal graduation certificates, speeches and photos (parents invited) and then over to the Kowloon Metropark for a buffet lunch and disco (children only). More details will be sent to you in the next few weeks but in the meantime please be thinking about what your child might wear for this very special event. It is an important event in the children’s school life and therefore we expect them to wear smart/special event clothing for the ceremony. The dress code for the past few years has been…..
- suits for boys (or at the very least a dress shirt and trousers and ties), or traditional dress, dress shoes
- semi-formal party dresses for girls (or a pant-suit), or traditional dress, dress shoes
- no denim or shorts or flip flops
I have found some examples on the internet……….so you get what we mean.
A message from 6H08……
Dear all Year 5 and 6 parents,
We are an exhibition group in 6H and have been researching health in Hong Kong. Our research has led us to finding out about stress, addiction, obesity and undernourishment.
According to the Feeding HK website, in Hong Kong alone up to 1.5 million people suffer from food insecurity, and
1 in 4 children don’t receive 3 meals a day. We need your help and support to take action against this problem.
Our group wants to make a food donation to Feeding HK. Feeding HK is an organisation that gives people access to food when they cannot provide it themselves.
The food that Feeding HK will take is listed below:
- Rice (Individual / family-sized bags)
- Noodles (Non-instant / non- fried)
- Pasta (Spaghetti, macaroni etc.)
- Cooking oil (Corn or Vegetable)
- Canned Vegetables (Corn, mushrooms,peas etc – Low sodium & no added sugar)
- Canned fish (Sardines, mackerel or Tuna – Either in Tomato sauce or Spring Water
- Canned fruit (Pineapple, Peaches etc – Low sugar)
- Biscuit & Crackers (Low sugar, Low sodium, Low fat)
- Milk (UHT or powdered – low fat or non- fat)
Please also note that the food must not be expired.
Please leave the food in the Year 6 crush area addressed to 6H08.
The deadline was on Friday 29th of April 2016…..but I am sure that you could send in your last donations on Wednesday 4th May, 2016.
A massive thank you to all who have donated already.
| Before school | After school | |
| Monday | 2.45-3.30pm | |
| Tuesday | 8.15- 9.00am | |
| Wednesday | 2.45-3.30pm | |
| Friday | 8.30-9.15am |
To register for a family borrowing card please complete the form found on the school website’s communications page. For any questions please contact Emily Jeves jevese2@beaconhill.edu.hk
- school-wide quizzes, games, puppet shows and information booths to raise awareness of their issues
- a domestic helper appreciation afternoon tea
- meetings with the administration and BHS leadership to encourage the purchasing of ethically conscious products
- lessons taught to other BHS students on a wide variety of issues such as…obesity, discrimination, infectious diseases, cyber bullying etc.
- iPad games planned, designed and created then shared with willing participants during lunch times
- car wash to raise funds for Free the Children
- ‘Blindfold Lunch’ to raise awareness for the visually impaired
Most groups have done a fantastic job, were well-prepared and organised and really raised awareness of their issue with the school body. Whilst other groups may need to reflect a little on how they could have made it better…..but it’s all a great learning experience!
Year 6 Unit of Inquiry 5
Transdisciplinary Theme : How We Organise Ourselves
Central Idea : Individual and group action makes a difference to how societies uphold human rights.
Lines of Inquiry – We will inquire into…
- action that can be taken to uphold people’s rights
- 2nd LoI written with the help of our special advisers and it will pertain to the issue chosen by the group
- 3rd LoI written with the help of our special advisers and it will pertain to the issue chosen by the group
Concepts : the children will review all concepts
Learner Profile : the children will try and focus on all LPs
Attitudes : the children will try and focus on all the attitudes
Strand Maths – Data Handling
Central Idea : Data can be presented effectively for valid interpretation and communication.
With survey results coming in thick and fast the children are beginning to study their findings. Using the chrome books the students will be evaluating their data and presenting it in a way that is clear and relevant. We will also be looking at how to draw conclusion form these findings and making general statements.
Year 6 have began to plan and create autobiographies. These autobiographies will be worked on throughout the coming Exhibition and during the Year 6 Production. As the exhibition is so cross curricular, English is continually being worked on throughout the research, reflections and presentations that the children are constantly working on.
Please continue to keep your spelling journals in school unless your class teacher tells you otherwise.
Book Fest 2016
This week we have also been getting ready for next week’s Book Fest! The theme this year is poetry and as a class we will be creating a class poem to submit to the English Team and it will be included in a BHS Poetry Anthology which will be available for you to view digitally shortly. We have also been creating our own bunting that has been used to decorate not only our classrooms but up in the Learning Centre as well. You can pop in to see it anytime during our Family Borrowing hours….it looks fab!
UOI : continue work for your Exhibition. Each class teacher will give more specific instructions about what you might need to do in order to get ready for action week. Use this weekend to tie up any loose ends, create posters, leaflets, slides, get ingredients ready……. anything that will benefit your group. Don’t forget to stay in contact with the other members, whether that is via the communication document or via email.
DON’T FORGET!!! Can all the children continue to learn the words to Brave and Hall of Fame? If any children are playing instruments please keep up the rehearsing at home. We had our first whole Year 6 rehearsal on Thursday and it is sounding good, but it needs to be sounding excellent by the time the exhibition evening is upon us.
Spelling : Spelling Journal homework – 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 :
- All Number Maths Groups : Mathletics and keep checking in on you survey results ready to make graphs, tables and write conclusions.
Thought of the Week :
