YEAR 6

FROM THE TEAM

This week, our Year 6 students are beginning a new text for their Reading unit titled ‘My Place’. Using this text, they are developing their comprehension skills by identifying unfamiliar vocabulary, exploring different tiers of words, and using who, what, when, where, and why to help summarise key events within the text. They have also been using evidence from the text to determine the main idea or theme of the text. 

In Writing, students are analysing the structure of a persuasive text and beginning to plan their own persuasive piece. They are identifying key language features such as tone and formality and presenting their opinion as a fact. 

In Maths, students are learning about different types of angles and how to measure them accurately with a protractor. Students are also learning to identify complementary, supplementary, and vertically opposite angles. 

During Inquiry, students have been continuing our Australian Stories unit and learning how immigration policies have changed over time. We have explored migration stories to better understand how Australia has become a more welcoming and multicultural nation.

LEARNING INTENTIONS FOR NEXT WEEK

INQUIRY

• We are learning to use our evidence to create our migration stories 
• We are learning to present our information creatively by creating a My Place immigration poster 
• We are learning to reflect on our own migration stories

MATHS 

• Identify adjacent angles and their value (intersecting across parallel angles)
• Identify complementary angles (Add to 90*)
• Identify angles on a straight line and their value. (Add to 180*)

READING

• Identify key descriptive vocabulary within a text 
• Sort this vocabulary into adjectives, adverbs, and verbs
• Identify themes within a text 
• Identify the main idea using evidence from the text.

WRITING

• To use our plan to guide our writing 
• Write our opening and  reason 1 & 2  for a persuasive   
• Write our reason 3 and conclusion for a persuasive   

REMINDERS

MOBILE PHONES

Friendly reminder, all phones brought to school by students are to be handed in to the office at the start of the day and collected after school when leaving. Students are not to have their phone in their bags. Students are also not permitted to use their phone on school grounds, even after school.

BOOK FAIR

Begins 19th of March and will run until the 26th of March. Students will visit the Book Fair during their allocated Library time. The eldest student from each family was sent home with the Book Fair catalogue earlier in the week. 

YEAR 7 ENROLMENTS

As your child is now in Grade 6, we encourage all families to begin looking into secondary school options for next year. Please take some time to explore local schools, attend open days, and discuss what environment will best support your child. 

You can find your child’s zoned secondary school using the Victorian Government’s Find 

My School tool: https://www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au

Please see the below flyers for the Cranbourne East Secondary College information evening

YEAR 6 SPECIALIST TIMETABLE