Grade 6

Important Dates:  

Friday 10th May: Winter Lightning Premiership 

Tuesday 14th May: Bellarine Cross Country (for students who have progressed to this round) 

Monday 10th June: King’s Birthday Public Holiday 

Thursday 27th June: Grade 3 – 6 Athletics at Landy Field 

Reminders:

• Writers Notebooks need to be returned to school please.
• Lightning Premiership is next Friday, please give approval on Compass if you haven't already.
• Please send in a baby photo of your child if you haven't already.
• High School Preference forms are due back no later than the 10th of May.

How you can help your child at home with their learning this term:  

Ensure your child is completing their nightly reading and spelling homework and recording in their diary 

Optional Essential Assessment My Numeracy modules  

TERM OVERVIEWS

Reading:

The students have started Term 2 by establishing expectations and routines for their weekly book club. Students have selected a book that they will read and discuss with their small group each week to enhance their comprehension skills and develop their speaking and listening skills. Throughout the term students will analyse the structure and language features of poems. In the second half of the term, students will make connections with their reading, understand cause and effect, and learn to identify the main idea in a text.  

Math's: 

In Math's this semester students will be working on creating nets and identifying the properties of 3D shapes, and also learning how to measure the volume and capacity of 3D shapes. Students will also look at solving problems with perimeter and area of 2D shapes. Continuing our unit on Measurement, students will look at elapsed time, and then conversion between units of measurement. We will be consolidating their knowledge on decimals and then working towards multiplying and dividing with decimals. We will round out the term learning about probability using fractions, decimals and percentages. Finally looking at number and algebra and continuing and creating number patterns. 

Writing 

In Writing this term, we will explore creating fictional narrative texts based on information and recounts based on our Inquiry learning. The first half of the term will be dedicated to exploring figurative language and poetic structure through analysing and writing Limericks, ‘found poetry’ and ballads told from the perspective of an immigrant migrating to Australia. Later in the term, we will write non-fiction narratives, through a story or diary entry written from the same character's perspective.   

Inquiry 

In inquiry this term, our big idea will be ‘Australia becomes a nation’. Throughout this unit we will be exploring Australia’s recent history, zooming in on the period from 1889- present. The students will begin by developing an understanding of the lead up to federation and as we move through time learning about the social and cultural changes brought on by significant events such as immigration and the First and Second World Wars.