YEAR SIX

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School provides a range of holistic learning experiences to enable students to:

• Participate in the life and mission of the school.
• Deepen their knowledge and engagement with the Catholic faith and tradition.
• Build the capacity to continuously reason, reflectively, logically and critically.
• Embrace interdependence of human existence as global citizens, who are responsible to and for themselves and others.
• Engage in learning in a multitude of ways, through personalised and self-paced learning.

Religious Education

Church and Community - Mary Woman of Faith

This unit focuses on Mary as a faithful disciple and model for the Church. Students will explore female saints and women within Scripture who lived lives of faith, courage, and trust in God. Students will recognise how the Church honours Mary by exploring significant Marian feast days. This unit will explore expressions of Mary as a model of faithful discipleship through art and music.

Prayer, Liturgy and Sacraments - Advent and Christmas 

The Liturgical Year unit enables students to explore the traditions, beliefs, Scripture and events celebrated by the Catholic community throughout the Liturgical Year and especially during the time of Advent to Christmas.

The Year 6 Liturgical Year unit in Term 4 will focus on; 

• Advent - Advent helps us to prepare for the promised Messiah.
• Christmas - The incarnation and birth of Jesus Christ is significant for the people of God.

English

The Term 4 unit focuses on building students’ skills, understandings, values and attitudes in English while exploring the emotions and events tied to significant transitions such as finishing primary school. Central to the unit are literary concepts of narrative, characterisation, symbol, imagery, and connotation. Students explore the role of literary devices in enhancing textual depth, driving students and apply these in their own compositions. Students will produce a mix of informative and imaginative pieces centred on life milestones and transitions. The unit culminates with students crafting their life's narrative and assembling a package for their future selves.

Students will continue practising their reading strategies in Reading and Fluency Groups. They will also engage in the ‘Soundwaves’ spelling program, which is encouraged to be used at home. The students will be tested on their words during the Term

Mathematics

Mathematics lessons will be taught daily with a consistent structure of Daily Review, Mental Arithmetic, Explicit Teaching, and Routine Practice activities with Working Mathematically skills embedded throughout the lesson. The topics taught in Term 4 are;

Mathematics lessons will be differentiated to meet the learning needs of all students

Science and Technology

The Physical World strand focuses on the difference between contact and non-contact forces and how energy is transformed from one form to another. Students are provided with an opportunity to investigate how electrical energy can control movement in products and systems. This strand develops students’ abilities to design, test and evaluate a product or system that demonstrates energy transformation, further developing an understanding of the interrelationship between force and energy.

History

In History this term students will continue studying the unit ‘Australia as a Nation’. This unit follows on from term three to allow students to develop a deeper understanding of change and continuity in Australia and the causes and effects of changes on society. They will also have the opportunity to explore the struggles for rights and freedoms in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Students will this topic through guided inquiry by identifying an area of interest, gathering information from selected sources and creating a product to share their findings. This method of teaching will allow students to take responsibility for their own learning and give them the opportunity to share what they have learnt. Students will showcase their Learning at our Night of the Notables on the 7th November.

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

Sport: This term, students will develop their movement skills, strategic thinking, and teamwork through engaging basketball and striking/fielding activities. In striking and fielding games such as baseball and T-Ball, students will refine specialised skills including striking, fielding, and catching, while learning to adapt techniques to different game contexts. In basketball, they will focus on passing, dribbling, and movement skills to build accuracy and control. Through modified games, students will apply tactics, demonstrate fair play, and work collaboratively to solve movement challenges. 

Year 6 students will participate in a Surf Awareness program at South Cronulla Beach. The date for this is Tuesday 9th Decembe 2025. This course offers students a fun, interactive and practical learning experience where they will learn practical skills in areas such as:

• Beach and ocean safety
• Swimming and deep-water flotation techniques
• Recognising safe and unsafe swimming areas
• Wave types and how they are formed

We’re excited to launch our Peer Support program in Term 4. All students participate in 30-minute sessions each Friday. In this initiative, two trained Peer Leaders guide a small group of 8–10 younger students through engaging, structured activities designed to foster connection and collaboration. 

This term, we’re exploring the Keeping Friends module—an enriching series of five sessions focused on friendship, empathy, and critical thinking. We encourage families to chat with their children about Peer Support each week. These conversations help reinforce the values and skills explored during the sessions, and deepen the impact of this meaningful program.

Open Parachute will then continue for the remainder of the Term. Open Parachute aims to provide practical support on mental health to students. The program aims to reduce stigma and generate authentic dialogue in classrooms about the real issues students face. The psychological skills-building exercises aim to increase empathy, self-compassion, self-awareness, mental health literacy, and self-efficacy in students.

Amadeus

Students will continue with the Amadeus Music Education Program and participate in activities in listening, performing and organising sound within their regular Classroom Music lessons. 

• It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that they:

  • Arrive on time for each lesson

  • Bring their instrument and required accessories to every lesson

  • Bring their Essential Elements* music book

  • Bring a lead pencil and eraser

Creative Arts

In Music with Mr Parlato, Students will use digital technology and instruments to compose and perform looped melodies and rhythmic patterns. They will use digital tools to demonstrate their understanding of pitch and rhythm. In Art, students will continue to work with Mrs Brown. Artworks will be linked to our Religious Education units celebrating Mary and Advent. 

Homework 

Term 4 Homework is essential in preparing Year 6 students for High School. They will receive a set of slides on their 'Google Classroom Homework Landing Page' each Monday. 

The homework slides clearly outline the tasks that students are expected to complete each week. The students have been made aware of the expectations around the presentation and delivery of their homework. Homework is due each Monday. If your child is unable to complete their homework, please communicate this to their classroom teacher via a handwritten note or email.  

It is an expectation that your child is bringing their diary with them to school every day. The diary is a means of communication between home and school, a record of their nightly reading and a useful tool to remind them of important dates.

If you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher via a note or by appointment via the office. 

Miss Madeline Turner (6 Blue)

Mrs Cheryl Ross and Mrs Lisa Mann (6 Gold)

Mrs Clare Pisani and Mrs Kim Noonan (6 White)

Important Dates for Year 6

SPORT DAYS

Please wear your sports uniform on Tuesday and Friday 

LIBRARY DAYS

6B -  Friday

6G -  Monday 

6W - Friday

As we enter the final term of the school year, it is remarkable to reflect on the journey your child has been on through their primary schooling, which is now drawing to a close. Term 4 is filled with significant events and memorable experiences, especially for our Year 6 students. We are excited about the events ahead and look forward to celebrating this important milestone with them. Further information about these events will be provided as the term progresses.

Please place the following dates in your diary…

The 2025 Year 6 Year Book is in the process of being published. Thank you to the committee for organising this. We have many exciting events to look forward to as the students approach the end of their Primary School years. We wish you all a very happy and successful term ahead! 

2025 - School Term 4

 Please refer to the Parent Calendar at this link to confirm dates

Dates may have changed after publishing this bulletin.