Year 6 Update

Upcoming learning Term 3, Weeks 8 & 9

During the next fortnight, Year 6 students are undertaking learning in the following areas:

Reading:  Classes are reading Morris Geitzman's novel 'Help Around the House' and discussing the authors craft that goes into story writing. 

Writing: Students are working on creating a narrative for another Year 6 student, they are looking at their audience, sentence structure, paragraphing and figurative language.

Maths: Students are conducting chance experiments, they are learning about chance as decimals, fractions and percentages. 

Inquiry: Students are learning about the three levels of Government and how laws are passed.

S.E.L:  Students will be learning stress management.

Homework:

Term Homework: Students should have now finished their Family Suitcase homework, ready for the Family Suitcase Expo this upcoming Wednesday the 11th of September at 9:00am. Families are encouraged to come.

Reading Homework: Students are expected to read every night and log this in their diary with a signature from a parent/carer. These are to be handed into the teacher weekly.

News and Reminders:

Drink bottles: Please remember to bring a drink bottle to school every day. It saves disruption to your child's learning when this is accessible within the room.

Devices: Please remind your child to charge their device each night so that they are able to use it in class.

Hats: Hats are now compulsory from Monday the 9th of September.