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Some research with Miss Schultz

  • September 15, 2020
  • Tahni Green
  • · Year 6 Blue

In Geography this term we have been studying the Earth, it’s continents and now we are taking a closer look at some countries.

Throughout the last two weeks in 6B students were given a continent in which they needed to choose a country they wanted to learn more about. In pairs they were given a research task to compose investigation questions and use the internet to find answers to those questions.

As part of this task students were taught about plagiarism and how to correctly reference someone else’s work and turn it into their own words.

Once the research was complete students were then asked to plan, draft and edit an individual information report on their country. Below you can see some snippets of the research process and students composing their drafts.

Parents, you can look forward to seeing some very professional final copies in our Virtual Open Night!

Year Six – What a Week One!

  • July 24, 2020
  • Tahni Green
  • · Year 6 · Year 6 Blue · Year 6 Gold

What a Week One!

We have enjoyed an exciting start to Term Three, in Year Six. Both classes have welcomed student teachers from Notre Dame University. In Six Blue, we have Miss Schultz and in Six Gold, Mr Martin.

Miss Sarah Schultz

Hi! I’m Sarah Schultz. I’ll be joining Year 6 Blue for Term 3. I am in my fourth year of my Bachelor of Education (Primary).

Mr Simon Martin

Hi! I’m Simon Martin, and I’ll be joining Year 6 Gold for Term 3. I’m in my final year of my Master of Teaching (Primary) after having previously earned a degree in Media Studies, Journalism and Philosophy.

We wish Miss Schultz and Mr Martin every success in their school experience this term!

Last term, the Year Six students nominated for a position as their House Captain or Vice Captain. The speech prepared by each and every student was very compelling and something that they can all feel very proud of. It was very difficult for all involved to choose who they would give their vote to. On Thursday this week, the wait for the Year Six nominees was finally over and the results were announced. It was so wonderful to see the students cheering and genuinely delighted for their friends who were successful, as well as the pride and joy in the faces of those who received a new badge.

Here are our Captains and Vice Captains for each house…

MAZENOD

MACKILLOP

DE VIALAR

GANON

All of our new House Leaders

We know that they will do us proud, along with all of their class mates, as they all continue to be great role models and fantastic leaders.

 

 

Year 6 – St Emilie’s Day Art

  • June 22, 2020
  • Tahni Green
  • · Year 6 · Year 6 Blue · Year 6 Gold

On Friday 17th June we celebrated a very special day – The feast of St. Emilie de Vialar. To celebrate the beautiful and devoted person she was, we recreated our own stained glass window of either St Emilie herself or an image to represent the feast day for 2020.

We created these by drawing, outlining and colouring using various amounts of pressure. For the sections we wanted to be brighter, we pressed harder and for the sections we wanted more transparent, we pressed lightly. We then painted a coat of vegetable oil and let them dry.

We are pretty impressed with the finished product and the photos don’t do them justice. In the sun they look pretty fantastic!

Year 6 PP Grid – Week 7 & 8

  • June 5, 2020
  • Tahni Green
  • · Year 6 · Year 6 Blue · Year 6 Gold

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Year 6 News – Week 3

  • May 15, 2020
  • Tahni Green
  • · Uncategorized · Year 6 · Year 6 Blue · Year 6 Gold

EXTRA EXTRA – Year 6 Update

Please click the link below for our weekly update. Here you will find out all about our exciting new class novel and the great discussions and creative tasks that our study has lead to so far.

CLICK HERE – Year 6 News – Week 3

We would also like to take this opportunity to say a very big THANK YOU to all of the wonderful parents who have supported their children while working from home. Whether this term or last, we know that while your wonderful children are very capable and independent learners, it is another job to add to your never ending list.

 

 

Year 6 – Week 2 – We are Wonders

  • May 8, 2020
  • Tahni Green
  • · Year 6 · Year 6 Blue · Year 6 Gold

Please click the link below to see our ‘WONDER’ ful Week 2 – You’ll find photos, messages and links to our own precepts or favourite quotes!

CLICK HERE – Week 2 – We are Wonders

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO OUR WONDERFUL MUMS

Year 6 – Term 2 Update 2020

  • May 1, 2020
  • Tahni Green
  • · Year 6 · Year 6 Blue · Year 6 Gold

Literacy – Novel Study

Continuing with our novel study Wonder by R.J. Palacio we have been exploring the many themes the book portrays. The book shares the themes of friendship, family, tolerance and appearance and many more. However the main theme that stands out against the others is the theme of KINDNESS. Kindness features prominently in this novel, as many of Auggie’s struggles in life are linked to the unkind responses of others. The students along with Auggie and his fellow students have learned important lessons about how essential kindness truly is. There are quite a few different book covers for the book on the shelf already but take a look at the new and improved covers made by some of us in class.

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Numeracy – Multiplication strategies

In numeracy the we are learning about the inverse relationship between multiplication and division. We have been practising our multiplication skills by playing card games and completing mental maths activities in the hope to improve our speed and accuracy of our times tables and other maths facts. Working out sums and equations mentally is much faster! Here our some examples on the 3 strategies we are focusing on: doubling and halving, the split and compensation.

Religion – Choices and Consequences

In Religion we have been looking at all the choices we make every single day and how these choices can have consequences. Some of our choices have positive consequences and some have some negative consequences. Hear some of the choices students could make and the consequences that might follow.

Choose to sleep in – be late for school.

Choose to have a pet – feed and take care of it.

Choose to ride a bike/scooter with no helmet – injure ourselves.

Choose to play a game that has been banned at school – miss out on recess and lunch altogether.

We have learnt that the older we get the harder our choices become. Some of the challenging choices we might have to make in the future are…

Daisy – ‘Deciding what job to do and deciding how to spend your money.’

Nina – ‘What to study and which university to go to.’

Taylah – ‘Where I’d like to travel.’

Mya – ‘Who to marry and when to start a family.’

Ethan – ‘Where to live and what house buy.’

Nicholas – ‘To be your own boss and have your own business or work for someone else.’

ANZAC DAY – Story reflection

During World War I in France, a young Kiwi soldier who misses his family strikes up a friendship with a little bantam hen (Bertha), a friendship which brings comfort to him and his fellow soldiers. We read the story of The Bantam and the Soldier and responded to some questions based on the story. Afterwards we wrote a ‘feel good’ news article story about this story of hope in times of war.

 

Similar to what we are going through now… one day soon we will all be back together we just have to have HOPE! Until then look after yourselves, have a go at the learning opportunities and give your best effort to all that you do!

Wherever you are, keep working hard and doing your best work! We miss the faces of our friends who are working from home and we hope to see you soon. In the meantime make the most of this opportunity to take responsibility for your learning and look forward to the day when we can be working back together as a complete Year Six team.

 

Year 6 PP Grid – Weeks 7 & 8

  • March 16, 2020
  • Tahni Green
  • · Year 6 · Year 6 Blue · Year 6 Gold

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Target Number

  • March 15, 2020
  • Tahni Green
  • · Year 6 · Year 6 Blue

One of our favourite ‘open ended’ mental maths tasks in Six Blue is Target Number! Each day we are given a target number on the board and we then have five minutes to come up with as many ways of making this target number as possible. We are encouraged to try using all the operations, indices, brackets, square numbers and anything we know really.

After a few days we calculate the average number of sums we create in the time limit and give our sums a difficulty rating out of ten. One being very simple sums and ten being very difficult. With our average and degree of difficulty, we then set ourselves a goal. This goal may be writing more sums than our average in the set time, without decreasing the level of difficulty. Or, it may be increasing the level of difficulty, but still aiming for our average number of sums. All of our goals vary, but these two are common examples.

We always share lots of examples on the board, to check each others working as well as applaud each others clever ideas. Here is an example of some of our work.

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Working Together in 6B

  • February 25, 2020
  • Tahni Green
  • · Year 6 · Year 6 Blue

What a busy first three weeks we have had! It’s hard to believe we are in week four already!

To start the year we spent some time working as a team to develop our ‘Class Code of Conduct’ which we have aligned with the ‘Four Core Values’ of our school.

We will RESPECT each other

We will build WELL-BEING

We will create a SAFE ENVIRONMENT

We will strive for EXCELLENCE

Together we have come up with an extensive list of what it will look like in our classes if we are striving to uphold these values.

We need to work together to be the best leaders that we can be.

We’ve also had fun working on some team challenges. We’ve learned that we need to be good communicators, compromise, take on different roles and encourage each other to tackle problems effectively as a team.

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