Term 4, Week 1

Home Learning

 

PYPX 2020 (Week 4)

Important notices

Welcome back to Term 4. We hope you have all had a restful and rejuvenating break. We are looking forward to diving straight into our next Exhibition task this week. Please read through the following information, which outlines what the students will be focusing on this week. 

We thank you for your continued support and please don't hesitate to contact us via compass with any questions or queries. 

Exhibition 

Welcome to Exhibition Week 4.  This week, students focus on their written component.   

All of the writing, reading and UOI lessons for this week have been combined into one 'Exhibition Plan' slides document.  

Students should have at least one more mentor meetings before Friday. It is the student's responsibility to contact their mentor and organise these meetings. They will also have a meeting with their classroom teacher this week, to check in on their Exhibition work. In addition, some of the mini-lessons this week with be Exhibition based. 

Students will be learning how to 'cite' their sources and create a Bibliography based on the research they have been completed. It is important for the children to cite their sources  used in their research for several reasons: To show the reader they've done proper research by listing sources they used to get your information.  Also, it shows that they are a responsible writer by giving credit to other researchers and acknowledging their idea

Mathematics

The students will begin a new unit this week looking at interpreting timetables, and calculating and comparing elapsed time. The students will have a set of slides to look through, outlining the information and concpets the students will need to work through the tasks this week.

As always, students who finish their work early can use Essential Assessment work and tasks on Mathletics and Prodigy.

Contact

We encourage and celebrate student voice in Grade 6. If students have any concerns or questions, they can comment or post on either the whole cohort or individual class Google Classrooms. Teachers receive notifications when students post and will respond when possible. Students should also communicate questions and ideas relating to learning with each other using the two Google Classrooms. This will keep them connected and allow them to see each other's progress.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email your child’s teacher through compass. 

Reminders

GOOGLE MEET SESSIONS:

REMINDER: It is a requirement for all students to attend their Google Meet sessions each day. 

Information about your child's Google Meet sessions will be posted on their individual class Google Classrooms. These sessions may vary in time and length over the following weeks as we work through the beginning stages of Exhibition. It is an expectation that your child attends their sessions each week. 

Children must have Google Classroom notifications turned on to ensure they are receiving communications from their classroom teacher and their peers. It would be useful if students checked the Google Classroom each day, both in the morning and again in the afternoon, to see if new information or tasks have been added.

Specialist Team

The Specialist team will be organising tasks for the students and these are shared on the students' weekly timetable. Please contact Mrs Travis or Mrs Goosey if you have any questions. 

Hearing Unit

Parents of Hearing Unit students, please continue to refer to your child’s weekly HU program. Please contact your child’s Teacher of the Deaf with any queries.