Year 6 News 

Reading

At the end of Term 3, Year 6 students finished their third class novel, Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks. Students explored character development through character analysis and finished the novel with discussions and reflecti+ons on their favourite moments, the major plot twist, and whether their predictions had been correct.

This term, students have begun their final novel study for the year, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition. We have explored the incredible true story of William Kamkwamba and begun making predictions about his journey. Students are eager to discover more about William's experiences and see where this inspiring story takes us!

‘I like the new story. It's very interesting as he makes new things out of old scraps.’ - Brodie 6A

“I am enjoying how to spell new words using different strategies.” Paige 6B

“ I have been learning how to make predictions about events in a story.”Qasim 6B

“ I enjoy making predictions about events in a story and confirming them.” Jhavier 6B  

“ I am enjoying reading another book and getting to hear about William Kamkwanba’s story.”- Jayden 6C 

Writing

What a way to begin the term, by looking at how procedural texts help and influence us in our everyday lives and the varying texts that we use. Year 6 students explored different types of procedural texts and the many features and specific structural features of procedural texts. 

Year 6 students will continue this term exploring prefixes and suffixes and using knowledge of these to help define, build and use complex words in their writing. Last week students looked at ‘clud, clus, clos’ and how to build, write and explain word meanings. 

For writing we have looked at procedural texts and grammar. We have looked at ‘gene’ which means to make or produce. For procedural, we have started to organise a procedural text.’ - Holly 6A

“In writing we have been learning how to use adverbs in sentences.” Emmerson 6B

Maths 

To begin term 4, Year 6 students began exploring Cartesian planes and how to read and write coordinates correctly. Students were able to draw on prior knowledge of negative numbers and successfully use this knowledge to plot points in all 4 quadrants of a Cartesian plane. 

Students also explored how we can describe movement between points and how to use this movement to find new points. Year 6’s were able to compare the values of ‘x’ and ‘y’ and explain how these help us to explain direction and distance. 

‘Cartesian planes have been fun learning about. It was a little hard at the start but now I know about the x and y axis and where they go.’ - AJ 6A

“I’ve been learning how to use a Cartesian plane to locate points on the x and y axis” Zander 6B

“The point in the middle of a Cartesian Plane is the origin and the coordinates are (0,0)”- Aishani 6C

“Ther are 4 quadrants in a Cartesian Plane.”- Kaynen 6C

Inquiry 

During term 3, students have been learning about economic resources and the idea of scarcity. They focussed on work and entrepreneurship, consumer decision making, budgeting and saving money, financial safety and interpreting data and trends. Part of their understanding was to present a business idea in pairs and pitch their understanding of the topics learnt to persuade a panel to invest with them. All students enjoyed the process of presenting their information to the ‘Shark Tank’ panel. 

‘It was fun to make and prepare our presentation. It was a little scary to present but when we got up it was good. It was the most fun project that we have done.’ Ina and Mara 6A

“ I enjoyed making a product and presenting my team's ideas in front of the Sharks.” Suhavi 6B

“I enjoyed presenting our product and sharing my knowledge on a healthy cookie.” Emmerson 6B

“I loved making my basketball camping chair and presenting it to my fellow students during our class Shark Tank.”- Zach 6C

“It was really fun writing our script and presenting our projects for Shark Tank, we created a glow in the dark sports brand.”- Christine 6C

Auslan

In Auslan, Year 6 students have learnt how to sign and identify signs about planning and packing for a holiday. Students revised some of the clothing signs that they previously learnt and have used constructed action (mime) to pack for a holiday. They learnt signs such as holiday, travel, caravan, pack, ticket, passport, journey, trip, and various clothing signs. Students also began looking at signs for junk food and takeaway foods. 

‘It was fun learning about different types of fast food, some were difficult to do and remember some were easy like McDonalds’ - Ina 6A

“ In Auslan, learning signs about different fast foods was interesting.” 6B Paige 

“We learnt about the signs for fast food like KFC.”- Aaron 6C

Special Event 

As we begin Term 4, please remember that our No Hat, No Play policy is back in place. Year 6 students are required to wear a school hat when outside during recess and lunch. Students are also expected to wear full school uniform each day. This final term is an exciting one for our Year 6 students, with graduation celebrations and our much-anticipated Funfields excursion to look forward to! We look forward to making the most of our final term together and celebrating the many achievements of our graduating students.

On Friday 9th October, our Senior Boys Basketball Team competed in their finals at Craigieburn Sports Stadium. The boys competed against five other schools, winning three out of their five games and finishing in an impressive third place! Throughout the day, the boys demonstrated fantastic sportsmanship, resilience, and teamwork. They communicated effectively on the court, supported one another, and rose to the challenges of each game. Their coaches were incredibly proud of their hard work, effort, and positive attitudes. The boys represented CPS exceptionally well!

A big thank you to the families who came along to support the team. Your encouragement helped make the day extra special for our Year 5 and 6 boys. What a fantastic way to finish the primary school sporting journey for our graduating Year 6 students, Jhavier, Jethro, Josh, Ayden, and Brody! Congratulations boys on a wonderful achievement!

‘It was fun versing other schools, we almost made the finals’ - Jethro 6A

‘It was a good day, I enjoyed playing against the other teams.’ - Ayden 6A