Connect: Year 6
Graduation!
Hopefully all families of Grade 6 has received their Graduation invitations and have RSVP’ed with the number of guests attending. If you haven’t quite got around to it, please do so ASAP to help with the organisation of what promises to be a fantastic event!
Literacy
In Literacy over the next couple of weeks, we will be having a critical look at the world of advertising and the ways they use their powers of persuasion to influence our choices. We will even be creating different forms of advertising ourselves to help sell the products that we have created in Inquiry.
Please continue to help our students improve their background knowledge as this really helps with not only their comprehension, but their overall understanding of the world. As stated in last issue’s Connect, there are many topics that we presume that people of such a young age know about, but due to a number of factors, their general knowledge as a whole is quite low. So if you have the chance, talk to them about everything! The more they know, the greater chance they will have of making connections and links.
Maths
We will be continuing with Statistics and Probability in Maths for the next couple of weeks. We will be experimenting with different outcomes and determining what outcome we should expect by conducting a number of trials. This is always a fun and hands- on strand of maths that I’m sure the students will enjoy. They will pose questions, collect data and predict what should occur.
We will also be focussing on problem solving. The students will be given a range of activities that will really challenge their thinking.
Inquiry
Running hand in hand with our Maths and Literacy units, we will be looking at the different types of jobs and businesses that are in our community and the bigger businesses in Australia. We will look at how they operate and look closely at the needs and wants of consumers and how we are influenced by advertising and changes that happen around us- locally, nationally and globally. We will be using this information to work on our entrepreneurial skills by creating a business model that we think will succeed by looking for holes in the market. Again, this is another fun, hands-on and creative unit that I’m sure the students will enjoy.
Wellbeing
In Grade 6 our Respectful Relationships program is committed to addressing the critical issue of promoting gender respect. This topic is designed to equip our students with the knowledge and skills necessary to foster a society free from gender discrimination and violence. We will explore the concepts of healthy relationships and the importance of treating everyone with respect and equity. We encourage you to engage in conversations with your children on these topics at home. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Some Very Important Dates to Remember:
- Monday 11th December- BIG DAY OUT! Gumbya World Experience!
- Tuesday 12th December - State Wide Transition
- Thursday 14th December- Year 6 Graduation