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 their Exhibition videos to share with the school, teachers and mentor. Next week will be our Exhibition Week where all learners will be assigned to a 15 minutes time slot where they can share their projects with the school. This will be held live through Google Meet video calls. The schedule is listed below so learners are aware of their scheduled time to meet. It is very important that all children are on time and prepared to begin the presentation straight away with all of their documents open while presenting so there is no lost time.

*Please note that next Wednesday, June 3rd with be a school holiday therefore, the school will be closed in honour of the queen's birthday.

Link to Learner Schedule for Exhibition Week & Google Meet Links

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