Year 6 Term 4 Overview 2022

Term overview

Welcome

Welcome to the final term of Year 6!

With only a short 8 weeks left of primary school, we are very excited about the upcoming term. We have many amazing events to look forward to.

Before school

Children who arrive to school before 8:30am will be supervised in the front library area from 8:15am. Students can then wait under the SLC from 8:30am and the gates for the upstairs SLC are opened around 8:50am.

Battle of the Schools Trivia - Star 102.7

On Friday, the 4^th of November, Star 102.7’s Dave and Inkie will broadcast live on TBSS school grounds. Our year 6 classes will battle it out for victory in an inter-school trivia competition. The winning year 6 class will be invited to attend ‘The Battle of the Schools’ round at Harvey Norman where students will compete against others schools in the Cairns region. Big prizes are on offer for the winning school. Trinity Beach State School will be defending their title as last years victors.

Awards Night

Trinity Beach State School will be hosting an award night on the 10^th of November from 6pm – 7:30pm (Week 6). Families of students who will be receiving an award will be invited to the Awards Night event over the coming weeks. This ceremony recognises the outstanding achievements of our students throughout their final year of primary school in all areas of academics, sport, the Arts as well as recognizing service to the local community.

Transition Day – Smithfield State High School

Year 6 students will spend the day at Smithfield State High School (SSHS) on the 7^th of December (Week 10). Students must be dropped to the front of SSHS in the morning at 8:30am and picked up in the afternoon at 2:30pm. On Transition Day, students will meet their new classes and some of their new teachers. They will learn how to find their way around the school, and the names and faces of people who can help them next year. They will also have some lessons introducing them to work they’ll do next year.

Students are to wear primary school uniform on Transition Day. Don’t forget to pack lunch, water bottles, hats and pens.

DON’T FORGET! – Students wishing to attend Smithfield SHS must enrol ASAP as they are currently organising 2023 classes. See TBSS office for enrolment packs

Year 6 Graduation Ceremony

Year 6 will have their Graduation Ceremony on the 8th of December at 9:00am in the TBSS multipurpose hall. Parents and close family are invited to celebrate the conclusion of their child’s primary school education. During the ceremony as each student is called to the stage we display their Year 6 photo side by side with a photo from the beginning of their school journey. To do this we are asking families to provide a photo from either Kindy or Prep.  Can you please send us your chosen photo as an email attachment or send a photo to school with your child to be scanned and then returned.

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

Comparative Analysis

In this unit, students are reading a class novel where they are analyzing characters and identifying and evaluating the language features and vocabulary the author has uses to represent these characters. For their assessment, students will write a comparative analysis explaining how an author portrays the protagonist and antagonist characters using the text structure of an analytical essay.

Maths

Students will need to plan an end of year pizza party. Students will need to identify how many boxes of pizza and bottles of soft drinks are required to satisfy their class size. Students are also required to work out the final cost for their teacher so he/she can budget for the end of year party. Student will be required to solve problems involving decimals, fractions, and percentages.

Science

Change Detectives.

The Change Detectives unit provides opportunities for students to explore melting, evaporating, dissolving, burning and chemical reactions. Students’ understanding of the factors that influence the rate of change will be developed through hands-on activities and student-planned investigations. Students become detectives who identify and explain physical and chemical changes in everyday materials.

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HASS

Students will explain ways that resources can be used to benefit individuals, the community, and the environment. They will recognise why choices about the allocation of resources involve trade-offs. They explain why it is important to be informed when making consumer and financial decisions. They identify the purpose of business and recognise the different ways that businesses choose to provide goods and services. For their assessment, students will work in pairs to create a multimodal presentation on how to use a vacant block of land in Trinity Beach which appeals to the needs and wants of the local community.

HPE

In PE, students in year six will learn the skills, strategies and rules of the sport of basketball and practice these through modified games and activities.  In Health, students will explore the feelings, challenges and issues associated with making the transition to secondary school. They will devise strategies to assist them in making a smooth transition.

Music

During this Term, 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 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. Each year level will also complete an assessment based in design and technologies curriculum as outlined in their assessment schedule.

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 their pronunciation of tones in Chinese.

Assessment schedule

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