Year 6 Term 1 Week 12 Blog

In English class this week the students worked on creating a cause and effect essay on the topic of deforestation. The students learned that this is a global issue affecting rain forests and the environment. We also had some parents visit our classroom during our lesson on deforestation.

In UOI class the students have been meeting with their mentors for the student exhibition projects. The students have been given the new checklist of things that they should be working on for their journals and research. The students were encouraged to begin developing some sample models that they can share with the class.

In Mathematics class the students have been working on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of fractions with like and unlike denominators. The students took an assessment on this concept to see which areas should be covered again in the future. Next week, we will be covering the concept of statistics.

Last Friday the students presented some of the things that they are passionate about. We had many different classes visit our classroom to learn about some of the passions that the Year 6 students have. The students did an excellent job presenting their passions to the school.

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Year 6 Term 3 Week 6 Blog

English This week in English class the children worked on building their inferencing skills. The children were required to look at various slides and quotes and then respond to the inferencing questions relating to those slides and quotes. In addition the children received a list of 100 fun indoor activities that they could choose from to build various skills. For next week the children will work on reading different articles and will respond to their assigned questions. Maths In Maths class this week the children have been working on activities relating to converting decimals, percentages and fractions including word problems. For next week the learners will be working on fun problem solving skills that requires them to solve the maths mysteries. UOI In UOI class this week the children have continued to focus on their Student Exhibition Project and have now completed creating...

Geography geniuses

This week we have been continuing on with our unit on migration. In order to do this properly we need to know the world map well. We have given a fair amount of time to learning the names of the oceans and continents. The most enjoyable activity was using Google earth to find the places we are learning about. We even used 'Google Glasses' to watch 3D clips of far off places too. In our English lessons we have been reading about the migration experiences of young people. Our purpose was to do 'active reading'. This means that we have to think, take notes and talk to someone was we read. In this way, we understand the text more deeply. On Wednesday Our P.E teacher came to share his migration experience with us. He is Brazilian and taught us some basic facts about his country. It developed into a whole geography lesson about Brazil. We learned about how big Brazil is! Mr. Xavi told us about the Amazon jungle. we had so many questions to ask him. ...

OUR FIRST WEEK AS YEAR 6

We Are Year Six Welcome to Year 6. Here is our first photograph together. Why were we all smiling so much that day? Well, there are so many reasons. Firstly, we were glad to welcome Moriah, our new classmate from Idaho. We're looking forward to getting to know her more and finding out about where she has come from. Secondly, we realise that we are fortunate enough to have a large classroom with a beautiful view over green fields. Another reason for the smiles is that we also had the opportunity to arrange the room as we wanted it. A third reason is this: - Yes, we've enjoyed our first week together. Please continue following our blog. It will be updated weekly and contain things to make you smile too!

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