Year 6

Paul Souter (Team Leader), Gill Prentice (Year 6 Events Leader), Phil Allison, Kayla Nealy, George Samothrakitis, Rachael Fletcher and Georgia Murphy.

Welcome to Year 6 2025

It has been a wonderful start to what promises to be an exciting year for the Year 6 students in 2025. The children have adjusted smoothly to life back at school after the long holiday break and classroom activities have commenced in earnest.

Year 6 Teaching Team

From L-R: Rachael Fletcher, Paul Souter, Kayla Nealy, Gill Prentice, Phil Allison, Georgia Murphy, George Samothrakitis

Year 6 Camp 12th – 14th March

Year 6 camp payments and medical/dietary forms are now on Compass for you to complete. We cannot stress enough that you must take your time in filling out the information carefully online. The dietary information is an absolute necessity so please do not assume that we know everything we need to know about your child. It is also imperative that this is completed by the due date, 28th February.

We have sent home the camp equipment list with your child. The shoes that are needed for horse riding require a small heal. A pair of shoes like Blundstones are perfect. Some children wore shoes to Sovereign Hill camp last year that would be ideal. We are not asking you to spend a lot of money. These can be purchased cheaply from Kmart or Big W. Of course, lace up boots are absolutely fine too.

If you still have your child’s consent form, please return that as soon as possible. Camp staff require this form and no form means no activity participation.

Year 6 Hoodies

As you are aware, Compass is now open for the Year 6 memento hoody for 2025. We cannot accept orders after 25th February. Orders will be submitted straight to PSW once the payments close on this day and the process will begin for production.

We still have the samples should you wish to come to the Learning Centre to try one on with your child. If you order a hoodie and think it is the wrong size, it cannot be changed. A reminder that this is NOT a compulsory piece of school uniform.

We were informed that the original design the students chose will not fit their names so we have made a different choice to ensure every child’s name will be on the back of the jumper. Students have been made aware of this and have seen the new design. Unfortunately we could only make one choice, but the children were adamant that their names should be visible and were understanding of the need to change designs. Please be aware that the jumpers could take up to 12 weeks to be completed from the date that your orders are due.

Year 6 school improvement project

Over their first three weeks back at school, the Year 6 students worked in small project teams that came up with a proposal to improve an area of the school. The students were required to stick to a budget of $1000 and create a proposal with clear planning for how their idea would be implemented. The project teams then presented their finished project to their classmates before a winning team was chosen from each class to present to the entire year level. One of the winning class entries will eventually be chosen as the proposal that is approved for the school. The finalists ideas were:

Netting for the playground to prevent sports equipment from going over the fence
A Year 6 games room
A mural artwork
An inside lunchtime corner/quiet space
A greenhouse

Well done to all the teams for their excellent project entries.

Students from 6KN present their idea of playground netting.

What we are learning about

Literacy - Inferencing and Making Connections

Writing - Focusing on writing traits of Ideas, Organisation and Voice

Maths - Addition & Subtraction and Measurement

Science - Electricity and electric circuits

Inquiry - Beginning our 'iTime' project

Wellbeing - Personal Strengths

Important Dates

Wednesday, 5th March - House Athletics

Wednesday, 12th - Friday, 14th March - Year 6 Camp

Thursday, 20th March - Harmony Day

Friday, 21st March - Colour Run

Friday, 28th March - House Cross Country