Year 6 Term 3 Overview 2022
Term overview
Welcome back to school!
We hope you have all enjoyed the holidays with your children. Please check with your child to see if they require new resources to get them through the rest of the year. This helps students to be organised and ready to begin lessons. We appreciate your continued assistance in encouraging students to maximise their independence. The expectation is that students should be able to enter the classroom in the morning by themselves, put their own lunch box in the fridge, their bag on the hooks and then organise their own resources ready for the day. It is important for all children to be seated in the classroom before 8:55 am every day as our reading programs and specialist lessons start promptly at this time every day.
Week 3: Camp Paterson
This week Year 6 students went on camp at Camp Paterson in Mareeba. Students attended this camp for two nights and three days. There were two separate groups, each going for half of the week.
From Monday 25th to Wednesday 27th July it will be classes 6A, 6D and 6E. From Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th July 2022 it will be classes 6B and 6C.
The camp is fully catered, with students to sleep in small groups inside safari style tents. The teachers jointly determine the most suitable groupings of students in each of the tents and teachers reserved the right to adjust student accommodation during the camp if necessary.
At camp, all students are expected to follow the instruction of qualified camp leaders and participate in a variety of challenging, skill-building, co-operative activities such as:
Archery, Draw Bridges, Plugga, Spiderwalk, Survivor Shelter, Obstacle Course, Canoeing, Raft Building, Mini Golf, Water wipe-out, Rogaine, Damper Making and Night Spotting.
These tasks are designed to build on students’ individual character and self-esteem, while also fostering decision-making skills and responsibility. All activities are conducted under strict safety guidelines, with teachers, school staff, volunteers and qualified camp instructors present at all times.
Week 7: Reef Trip with Reef Magic
In Term 3, Week 7, on Monday the 22nd of August and Tuesday the 23rd of August, Year 6 students will spend a day on the Great Barrier Reef. The excursion is the stimulus activity for our Science unit of work in Term 3. The following classes will attend on the below dates:
- 22nd August – 6A, 6B, 6C
- 23rd August – 6D and 6E
Students will have the unique opportunity to participate in small group guided snorkelling tours with an experienced marine biologist. Whilst snorkelling, students will be completing a field study, where they will observe and record marine life. The excursion is the stimulus activity for our Science unit of work in Term 3.
We are keen for parent volunteers to join us on the reef, so if you are free for any of the 2 days, please let your classroom teacher know and we will secure a spot for you.
Throughout Term 2 Year 6 students supported Prep students in reading sessions and created electrifying science circuit lessons, see photos below!
Attendance
How to report an absence:
- Email attendance@trinitybeachss.eq.edu.au or
- Call the school's absence line on 4057 1444, then press #1 and don't forget to leave a reason why your child/children are away, or
- Send a note to the classroom teacher on their return
Our schools attendance target is 95%
Reading / Spelling
This year our school implemented a systematic synthetic phonics approach that has a teaching sequence for reading and spelling which goes across the entire school. Promoting Literacy Development or PLD for short, provides teachers with an innovative, evidence-based approach to literacy and advocates that children’s literacy and learning outcomes are maximized when the areas of literacy, oral language and movement & motor skills are simultaneously targeted. With this change, we have been working with decodable texts instead of predictable texts in the teaching of reading.
English
Tourism Brochure - Students read, view and listen to advertisements in print and digital media. They will understand how language and text features can be combined for persuasive effect. They demonstrate their understanding of advertising texts’ persuasive features through the creation of their own digital brochure as well as produce a multimodal presentation to explain creative and editorial choices. Finally, students will participate and engage in discussion with their peers and teacher.
Maths
In the first assessment task, students solve problems using the order of operations, solve multiplication and division problems using mental and written methods including a standard algorithm.
In the second assessment task, students will investigate ‘what is the biggest 3D shape (prism or pyramid) that they can make from an A3 sheet?’ which focuses on learning related to the sub-strands Using units of measurement and Shape. Students will construct the net of a prism and a pyramid and create the shape using A3 paper. They make connections between capacity and volume using rice and solve problems involving length and area. Students will solve problems using the properties of angles.
Science
Beneath the Waves - Students will write a scientific report to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park on the health of the Great Barrier Reef and one major threat that is currently being managed. They will use the knowledge you have gained in their science lessons about environmental and human impacts on the reef, as well as the data gathered during the reef trip to write a report.
HASS
Geography - Australia in a diverse world
Students demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of places by representing, interpreting and describing data and information about the characteristics of places.
Students describe, compare and explain the diverse characteristics of different places in different locations from local to global scales. They describe how people, places, communities and environments are diverse. They interpret data to identify, describe and compare distributions, patterns and trends, and to infer relationships, and evaluate evidence to draw conclusions. They organise and represent data in a range of formats, including large- and small-scale maps, using appropriate conventions. They present ideas, findings, and conclusions in a range of communication forms that incorporate source materials, mapping, graphing, communication conventions and discipline-specific terms.
HPE
In PE, students in year six will develop and perform the specialised movement skills of passing, kicking and catching in an 'All Codes' football game unit. Students will apply the elements of movement when participating in health-related fitness activity stations. Students in year 6 will also take part in an intensive swimming program at the end of the term.
Music
During Term Three, students will learn about major and minor modes, quaver rest, bouncy rhythm, syncopation, tied notes and brass instruments. They will learn a number of songs and games, listen to and analyse a range of musical pieces.
Technology
The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program is a fun, hands-on learning program delivering pleasurable food education. With strong curriculum integration and a focus on student wellbeing, collaboration and leadership, students learn to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh, seasonal, delicious food – forming positive food habits for life.
All Year 6 classes this term will take part in the creation of the garden and basic cooking/food production. The students will learn skills involved with garden and kitchen tools, kitchen and garden safety and hygiene practices.
Drama
Threatre sports - Students participate in improvisation games in a theatre sports competition. They reflect on their own and others’ improvisational skills, develop basic improvisational skills and review improvisation terms.
Lote
In this unit, students will explore the concept of play and learn about the games played by children in Chinese-speaking cultures. They will discuss the games they play, explore the language they use in games, and to teach other students to play a game in Chinese. Throughout the unit, students will also explore and reflect on the importance of tone marks.
Assessment schedule
| LEARNING AREA | UNIT | TASK | DUE DATE |
| ENGLISH | Tourism Brochure Brochure Presentation | Multimodal Oral/Multimodal | Week 7 Week 9 |
| MATHS | Order of Operations Geometry: 3D Structure | Written | Week 5 Week 10 |
| SCIENCE | Beneath the Waves Students will write a scientific report to the GBRMPA on the health of the Great Barrier Reef and one major threat that is currently being managed. They will use the knowledge you have gained in their science lessons about environmental and human impacts on the reef, as well as the data gathered during the reef trip to write a report. | Science Report | Week 10 |
| HASS | Australia in a Diverse World To demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of places by representing, interpreting and describing data and information about the characteristics of places. | Written | Week 6 |
| HPE | All Codes Football | Pracital | Throughout term |
| LOTE | Students will produce a short informative text about a game. They will explain the rules and give instructions for a game in Chinese. They will also reflect on their pronunciation of tones in Chinese | Written | Week 8 |
| TECHNOLOGY | Tests and practical assessments in the kitchen and the garden throughout the term | Collected work folio/testing throghout term | Week 10 completed |
| DRAMA | Threatre sports | Performing Responding | Week 8 & 9 |
| MUSIC | Part A: Making — Composing Create an 8 beat melody in common time, using known rhythmical elements and dynamics. Part B: Making —Performing Perform your 8 beat melody, using keyboard or glockenspiel. Part C: Responding Responding through a written test analysing and comparing 2 pieces of music – Beethoven ‘Fur Elise’ and Remix. | Composing, responding and performing | Week 6 Weeks 7-8 Week 9 |
Contact information
Contact your childs teacher via email:
Jay Dumbleton 6A – jdumb2@eq.edu.au
Kaylene Collins 6B – klair0@eq.edu.au
Chris Clair 6C – cocla0@eq.edu.au
Duncan Seden 6D – dSede3@eq.edu.au
Kirsten Apelgren 6E - kapel6@eq.edu.au