Year 6 News 

Reading

This fortnight, Year 6 students have continued their novel study of Wonder. Students focused on making meaningful connections to the text, including text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world connections, helping them build deeper understanding and empathy for the characters and themes explored in the novel. We have also been developing independent note-taking skills while reading and using these notes to write chapter summaries. Students analysed what makes an effective summary, including identifying key events, important details and writing clearly and concisely. Wonder continues to provide valuable opportunities for discussion around kindness, inclusion, empathy and celebrating differences.

‘We have been reading Miranda's part. We learnt about why Miranda pretended to be sick. She was nice and let Via take the lead role because Auggie was in the audience.’ - Ibrahim 6A

‘I can listen to my teacher read and write down the main events of a story to summarise.’Ayden 6B

“ I can summarise events in order” Suhavi 6B 

“It was really sad to read in Wonder when Daisy died.”- Zach 6C

“We changed from Justin’s point of view back to August’s, we got to learn about Justin’s family and that they are not as caring and close as August’s family.” - Jayden 6C

Writing

Our Year 6 students continued to explore objective and subjective language this fortnight. They then looked at how this can be used when understanding the purpose of recounts and the language we use when writing recounts. Students looked at time connectives and how to use this to add details into their writing. 

Students also began to revise and edit their personal narratives and participated in a peer edit where peers read and provided suggested feedback on how they could improve their writing. We can’t wait to share these with you. 

‘I really like writing narratives because I find making my own characters, problems and setting really interesting and fun.’ - Evan 6A

‘I have been enjoying planning and drafting my narrative.’ Ellie 6B

“We are learning about how to write a narrative, it is really fun to get to write our stories.” - Mayssa 6C

Maths 

This fortnight, Year 6 students began learning about rectangles. Students revised how to find the area and perimeter of rectangles and make comparisons between length and area. 

Students explored worded problems and converting measurements to save problems. They explored if doubling the perimeter affects the area. Students will use this knowledge next term, as they will continue to work on their understanding of measurements and shapes. 

‘I had fun learning about perimeter, as I want to be a construction worker when I’m older’ - Aj 6A

‘I have enjoyed learning about how to find the perimeter and area of rectangles.’ Emmerson 6B

‘I can use a formula to calculate the area of rectangles.’ Aroosh 6B

“We are learning about perimeter and area and working on problems.”- Lianora 6C

“We are learning to convert units of measurement like turning millimetres into centimetres.” Riyansh 6C

Inquiry

This fortnight, Year 6 students began their end-of-term Geography Inquiry Projects. Students selected a country within the Asia-Pacific region to research and present to the class. Throughout the project, students have been investigating both the physical and human geography of their chosen country, as well as exploring the country’s connection to Australia. Students also learned the importance of creating a bibliography to acknowledge the sources used in their research. To showcase their learning, students designed a visual component for their projects, choosing formats like dioramas, posters or brochures to creatively present their findings.

‘I have enjoyed Inquiry as I have been able to make dioramas and I'm making a 3D diorama of Mount Everest and I'm also making a brochure. It has been really fun because it's something we don't usually do. - Holly 6A 

‘ I have enjoyed planning my subheadings and publishing using a poster.’ Losipeli 6B 

“I liked learning about the physicals and human geography of Mongolia” Ronan 6C

“I enjoyed making a diorama for my Inquiry project, I picked Cambodia.” Aaron 6C

Social and Emotional Learning / SWPBS

Elephant Education

Year 6 students participated in developing the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to build respectful relationships, make safe and informed decisions, and navigate social situations both online and offline. Through engaging and age-appropriate learning experiences, students explored topics such as puberty, respect, consent, communication, inclusion, online safety and positive relationships. The program encouraged students to develop empathy, resilience and a strong understanding of how to contribute to safe, respectful and supportive communities.

‘I didn't like Elephant Ed, because it was really embarrassing, but I learnt a lot of puberty’ - Silina 6A

‘We learnt a lot about puberty and the idea of consent.’Ayden 6B

“We learnt about puberty and why it is important” Noah 6C

“We learnt about respect and our personal boundaries” Aishani 6C

“It was fantastic watching how mature and responsible our year 6 students were during the program”- Ms. O’Reilly 6C

AUSLAN

This fortnight, students have been learning that handshape, location, orientation, movement and non-manual features such as facial expressions, gestures and body language can change its meaning. E.g. girl/niece, mum/soccer, boy/nephew and duck/bird. Grades have also learnt about ‘Role Shift’ and practised conversations between 2 characters based on who is the tallest. E,g, The teacher may say, ‘How are you today?’ and the student would respond with good, happy, sad or tired. The students would again practise greetings and responses based on who is the taller first.  

‘I like doing AUSLAN, because it helps me learn different signs and how we can use our hands to sign. I really like that I can sign to people who can't hear.’ - Silina 6A

‘I enjoyed practising Role Shifting this week’ Emmerson 6B 

“We learnt about names in Auslan”- Jax 6C

Special Event 

On Friday the 12th of June, Grade 5 and 6 students from Craigieburn Primary School participated in the Winter Gala Day, competing in AFL and soccer. Throughout the day, students demonstrated the school’s values through excellent sportsmanship, resilience and active participation. The event provided a fantastic opportunity for students to challenge themselves, work as a team and enjoy a fun rewarding day of sport. 

‘I was on the footy team and I enjoyed it as I got to play full games. It was really fun, we tried our best but sadly we didn't make it to the grand final, but we still had an awesome day.’ - Holly 6A

‘I liked being on the footy team and having fun, I liked trying something new.’ - Silina 6A

‘Gala day was fun even though we lost all of our games. The teams showed good sportsmanship. I liked spending the day with my friends as it was a very fun day.’ - Marcus 6A

‘I liked playing AFL and that everyone had a chance at kicking the ball.’ Brody 6B 

‘I loved the way everyone was handling the games and how no-one was disrespectful’ - Qasim 6B 

“It was fun learning how to play footy.” - Rylie 6C

“We tried our best in netball and our team had great sportsmanship.” - Artaaz 6C

“It was fun playing the other teams in soccer, we tried our best.” - Prish 6C