Term 2 Grade 6 Curriculum Overview

Grade 6

6A: Gurpreet Rai           

6B: Emily Horton & Adelaine Matthews

6C: Teagan Denny   

Weekly schedule:

PE and HEALTH – 6A & 6C Tuesday, 6B Wednesday

ART – 6A & 6B Tuesday, 6C Friday

PERFORMING ARTS – 6B & 6C Tuesday, 6A Friday

STEM – All classes, Wednesday

Grade 6 SPORT – All classes, Tuesday

Library – Thursday

Important Dates

CAPUS ASSEMBLIES- May 5th,  May 26th 

April 22nd- First day of term 2

April 23rd- Athletics Carnival @ Meadowglen

April 24th- Anzac Ceremony

April 25th- ANZAC day

May 2nd- GRIP student conference

May 8th and 9th- Mother’s day stall

May 16th- Grade 6 T Ball clinic

May 28th- District cross country

May 29th- Student free day

May 30th- Winter sports day

June 4th- Division cross country

June 6th- Grade 2 Transition day

June 9th- Monarchs birthday

Learning

In term 2, the grade 6 students are focusing on the following:

• English- In term 2, Grade 6 will be reading the Jackie French disaster series, this series will support our learning of personification poetry. We will then move onto building our understanding of non-fiction texts by first writing a biography about Charles Darwin and then writing an autobiography.
• Numeracy – We will spend term 2 learning about fractions. Alongside this, we will explore using our decimal and fraction knowledge for chance events. We will be conducting chance experiments and choosing the best tools to use for our data. We will conclude the term with studying angles.
• Inquiry – Our Inquiry topic this term begins with sustainability and is followed by biological science. First, we will be learning about sustainable energy practices. Then, we will be learning about animal adaptations, living things in their environments and living off the land.

Home Learning

Homework may consist of:

• borrowing of books from the Library on a weekly basis (must have Library bag) 
• daily reading to, with, or by parents/carer or older siblings
• researching topics associated with set class work 
• practising reading fluency
• completing consolidation exercises for mathematics 
• practising sports skills
• practising and playing musical instruments 
• research project and extension activities
• Literacy/Numeracy online applications to support learning (ie. ebooks, audio books, Khan Academy)

Students are generally not expected to complete more than 30 - 45 minutes of homework per day.