9 Jun 2017

Year 6 Update WK 33

upcomingdates

Monday 12th June – Lindsay McAllister (from HKYAF) in to take dance for all Year 6….please wear PE kit
Tuesday 13th June – Year 3 Bake Sale…..please bring in some money to buy some treats to support our PTA
Wednesday 14th June – dance lessons for dancers (wear/bring appropriate clothing)
Thursday 15th June – dance lessons for dancers (wear/bring appropriate clothing)
Tuesday 20th June – dance lessons for dancers (wear/bring appropriate clothing)
Monday 26th June – end of year reports go live on The Gateway today
Monday 26th June – class swaps day…the rest of the school get to meet their new teacher
Tuesday 27th June – Year 6 Production… dress rehearsal for the school
Wednesday 28th June – Year 6 Production for Parents, 6 or 7pm TBC
Thursday 29th June – Year 6 Graduation…children and parents come in to Beacon Hill for graduation ceremony, then teachers to take the children to the Metropark for buffet lunch and disco, children to be collected from Metropark at 2pm
Friday 30th June – End of School Year – 12 noon

SUMMER VACATION!

Wednesday 16th August – first day back for the children for the 2017/18 school year

Our Year 6 Graduation will be held on Thursday 29th June, 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/semi-formal event clothing for the ceremony.

Boys – suits, shirt and tie (at the very least) or traditional clothing, dress shoes

Girls – party dresses or traditional clothing, party shoes

Personal Hygiene

With warmer weather and the children going through a variety of physical changes, personal hygiene is not an option. Having a small towel and some deodorant in their school bag everyday would be very useful after a sweaty PE lesson or break time.

The children have been working very hard learning lines and songs for their upcoming production of Ali Baba. We recommend that the children spend time at home reading the script and rehearsing their roles.

Puberty Talks – this week we have also taken time out of our busy rehearsal schedule to conduct our talks on puberty. The children have been really sensible during these sensitive discussions. We don’t, by any means, cover all topics so you may want to take some time to have your own discussion with your child to find out what we did do and check in with them to see if they have any questions that they may not have wanted to bring up in the whole class discussions. We have a short workbook for the children to complete and they will be working independently through this over the next week or so. It is important that this comes home so you can see what we have covered when it’s completed but if you would like to check up on it before this please ask your child to bring it home.

Transdisciplinary Theme : How we express ourselves

Central Idea : Many elements combine to create a theatrical performance

An inquiry into….

the roles and responsibilities involved in a theatrical performance (function)
the process of planning a performance (function, responsibility)
ways of connecting elements of a performance (connection)

Concepts : Connection, Function, Responsibility

Learner Profile : Courageous, Communicator, Reflective

Attitudes : commitment, confidence, independence

We have been auditioning for the cast of our up and coming pantomime – Ali Baba! The children have had fun singing the songs from the play and are excited to dive deeper into the performance.

For the remainder of the year, all maths lessons will be held in the children’s usual class homerooms. Most of the maths that will be taking place will all be revision. Some stand-alone units will be taking place outside of Production time and these topics include finishing off our fractions and decimals unit, probability, location, angles and time.

Autobiography

The students have been reflecting on their lives thus far and creating an autobiography that tells their own personal stories. These texts will be planned over the coming weeks and then written when the production rehearsals are in full swing.

All children need to learn the words to the songs of our Year 6 production – Ali Baba!

The students can also continue working on producing program covers and/or invitation designs to go with our production. These can be done either electronically or by hand and you can collaborate if you like. Please send in your designs to Miss Fearn by Tuesday 20th June, 2017. Thanks so much to all the children who have turned them in already.

Thought of the Week….

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