21 Jun 2017

Year 6 Update WK 35

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Monday 26th June – end of year reports go live on The Gateway
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, 7pm
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
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, a letter has been sent home to you. Please remember to fill out the reply slip and enclose a cheque for 300 HKD, made payable to Beacon Hill School.

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.

Congratulations to Veer, Sabrina and Marcus who raised $1566.10 for the World Wide Fund for Nature (HK)

We have been working tirelessly so that we can give you the best possible production this year. Our children have been very flexible and enthusiastic about the upcoming show and we cannot wait to show it to you next week.

Showtime : Wednesday 28th June at 7pm

Please note that the children will not be able to be left in school between 3pm and 5:30pm as there will be no staff available to supervise them.

A special guest – Lindsay Mcallister O.B.E.

Lindsey was recognised in the New Year’s Honours List 2006 as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). She received this in recognition of her commitment to education and for her contribution to UK arts overseas.

Lindsay is a good friend of the school and has been helping out with the production. She has some fantastic ideas and the children are working hard to bring them to life.

Puberty Talks – the talks have continued this week and we have aimed to answer questions that the children may have surrounding the changes they are due to undertake. Please continue to talk to your children and be supportive of the questions and/or concerns they may have.

Golden Book

Here are the winners of Golden Book

6H – Samantha Thompson

6D – Tanisha Rahman, Lauren Stanion

6F – David Ma, Lawrence Kei, Jakin Tai

Music- Adrian Wong

The house points winning team this week was………..

Confidence!

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

Rehearsals are in full swing as you could see in the photos below.

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!

Thought of the Week….

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