Year 6 Report

Welcome Grade 6 families! The Grade 6 team hope you have had a wonderful summer break and are excited for the new year ahead!

Literacy

This Term in Literacy, Grade 6 students will analyse, critique and unpack print and digital advertisements. During Writing sessions, students will explore the advertising strategies used in everyday media to create their own advertisement and marketing campaign for a variety of Health related products and services.  Together we will discover why and how advertisements are made, who they are targeted at, how their slogans are created and what language techniques advertisers use to sell a product.  

Numeracy 

In Numeracy this Term, Grade 6 students will begin the year by building upon their place value knowledge. Students will use this knowledge and a variety of place value strategies to problem solve real world questions. Students will then begin to explore the concept of decimal numbers, exploring these numbers in real life. Students will play new fluency games, work through problem solving strategies and apply these to real world decimal problems. 

Inquiry

Inquiry this term will focus on adolescent growth and development. Students will understand the best practices to build and maintain positive relationships. Grade 6's will explore the importance of maintaining positive relationships with themselves and others and discover resources in our community to help us maintain our relationships.  

Reminders

• School begins at 8:50am each day
• Hats must be brought to school and worn each day 
• Meet the Teacher - Feb 22nd and Feb 23rd