Year 6 Term 2 Overviews

Year 6 Term 2 Curriculum Outline

WOMINJEKA 

Term 1 flew by so fast and the Year 6 team are looking forward to another fantastic term of learning and growth with our students. We appreciate all your support in ensuring students are prepared, well-rested and ready for each week.

Term 2 Learning: 

Reading

In Reading, students will be exploring the author’s craft in non-fiction texts, specifically biographies and autobiographies. They will reflect on the techniques and structures author’s use to write engaging autobiographies reflect on a writer's use of words, images, language (figurative), connotative meanings and connectives and how these add to the meaning, quality, mood and tone and the enjoyment of a text. They will be learning these techniques as part of a literacy block to link these ideas into their writing. 

Writing

In Writing, the students apply their learnings in reading into their writing. They will be researching their own lives and creating an autobiography that has a theme and greater message. They will apply the structure and features that are within biographical writing and use them to expand on the significance of events within their own life. They will use 6+1 traits such as ideas, organisation, voice, word choice and sentence fluency to further enhance their writing. 

Numeracy

In Numeracy, students will continue exploring our big idea ‘Fractional Thinking where they will be connecting common fractions, decimals and percentages. They will make connections with fraction families and solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of related fractions.  In Chance and Data, they will interpret and compare a variety of data displays, including displays for two categorical variables. They will analyse and evaluate data from secondary sources. They will specify, list and communicate probabilities of events using fractions, decimals and percentages. In addition, students will investigate Mapping (the Cartesian coordinate system) and the Order of Operations.

This term our Social and Emotional Learning will focus on SWPBS (School Wide Positive Behaviour Support)

• Health and PE focus - Students describe their own and others’ contributions to health, physical activity, safety and wellbeing.

PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies)

• Problem Solving, Peer relationships and Emotional understanding

RRRR (The Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships)

• Understanding positive coping strategies
• Positive relationships with peers, teachers and the community. 
• Conflict resolution strategies and positive outcomes to problems.

Within Inquiry, we will be exploring History, in particular the significant events surrounding Federation. Students will be curiously unpacking the perspectives of different groups of people through federation and identifying how they can  empathise with different points of view.

General Reminders: 

• Wear runners on PE days and 5/6 sport (Wednesday).
• Please check Compass and Google Classroom regularly, as these will be the main portals that we (the teachers) communicate with you. Compass is also the place where you will be able to access your child’s goals and achievements. They are released every five weeks and tell you what your child has achieved in Reading, Writing, Numeracy and Inquiry/Social, as well as their next steps (goals) and how you can support them. . 
• If your child will be having an extended absence/holiday, this must be communicated with the school and discussed with leadership.

Homework:

• Reading: Every night for a minimum of 30-60 mins, with follow up questions relating to the book. 
• Practising goals and posting evidence in Google classroom and Portfolio.