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Year 6 Term 3 Week 1 Blog

English

This week in English class the learners have been working on building their reading comprehension and fluency skills, making inferences and building their confidence is creating video responses relating to the stories they have read. In addition, as part of their Student Led Conferences the children should have shared their work from Term 2 with you along with share their portfolios and complete the provided self-reflection sheet. For next week the children will be working on building skills in the 4 different writing styles. 







Maths 

In Maths class this week the children have been working on converting units of measurement including length, mass and liquid volume. For next week the students will be focusing on problem solving skills including multistep problems. 



UOI

This week in UOI the children have been working on creating a Google Slides presentation to share their knowledge of human migrations. As a class we have discussed the impact that Covid-19 has had on migrants and refugees around the world. For next week the learners will begin presenting their presentations to the class by using the "presentation mode" in Google Meet. Furthermore, the learners were asked to meet with their Exhibition mentors to continue to make progress on their Student Exhibition Projects. 



Examples of videos created by the children in Flipgrid this week:

Video created by JJ:  JJ's Animation and Story Review
Video created by Time: Storybook Reflection by Time
Video created by Bryony: Story Reading by Bryony


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