Room 21

Year 6

2014

Miss Natasha Cross

Goals for 2014

• Continue to provide the students with challenging, engaging and exciting educational learning experiences.

• Ensure we are providing the necessary support for the students to progress and achieve

• Continue to expect high standards of learning.

• Ensure our students are aware of their strengths and growth areas by setting learning goals and getting them further involved in what they are learning.

• Continue the drive to implement SOLO thinking.

• Continue developing strong partnership teacher/student/parent

Being in Year 6

• Level 3/4 Writing/Reading/Numeracy

• Homework 5 nights per week

• Camp for year 6, 14th-17th April

• Specialisation

• Streamed Numeracy classes

• Swimming Sports- Tuesday 25th Feb

• Health-Understanding changes/Puberty

• Leadership opportunities - Leadership Council / Peer Mediation / Enviro team / House Captains

• - continued differentiation from Year 6 - Year 8

• - Exciting camp opportunities

Weekly TimetableWeekly Plan

Term 1 – Week 3Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8.55 –

10.10

Roll

Fitness – run.

Writing

9.35 Library

Roll

Fitness – game.

Writing

Roll

Fitness – shuttle runs.

Writing

Roll

Fitness – relays.

Writing

Roll

Fitness – skipping

circuits.

Writing

MORNING TEA BREAK

10.20 –

11.25

Reading PE Reading Reading Reading

LUNCH BREAK

11.50 –

12.55

Roll

Maths cross grouping

Roll

Maths cross grouping

Roll

Maths cross grouping

Roll

Maths cross grouping

Roll

Maths cross grouping

BIG BREAK

1.35 –

3.00

Topic Specialisation Art Specialisation Whole school

assembly/senior school

assembly/team sports.

Class expectations/Routines

• Still important work is set out correct / neatly

• Students expected to help with jobs around the room

• Working together in collaborative groups

• Working individually

• Weekly homework/oral language

Curriculum

• Year 6: Curriculum Level 3

• Main Focus – Reading / Writing / Mathematics

• Term 1: Communication: Social Sciences: Formal groups and how you communicate.

• Term 2: Communication: Life processes-recognise that there are life processes common to all living things and that these occur in different ways.

• Term 3: Communication: Social Sciences

• Term 4: Science

• Health: Term 2 Understanding Change/Puberty

• School wide assessments 2-3 times a year- Probe reading / Number Knowledge tests IKAN/ Gloss Maths – 2 times a year / Personal Experience Writing –twice a year

• P.A.Ts Weeks 5/6

Gate / Reading & Maths Interventions

• These will be happening this year - Maths intervention and Literacy

interventions will start week 2.

• Gate programme - Parents will be notified when their children have been

selected for this programme.

Snell’s Positive Reward System

• Mini certificates

• House Points

• Greenies

• Other in - class rewards

School Behaviour Management Plan

• Teacher Gives student verbal warning/Redirection

• Name on the board after first warning

• Child sent with a consequence form to buddy class

• Child to fill in form and take home for parents to sign

• Parents notified and work with teacher to best support students learning/behaviour

• Zero tolerance towards violence - sent straight to management

Homework

Year 6, 7, 8

• Spelling: At least 5 minutes practising their weekly spelling words either being

tested, writing the words out or by completing a short activity

• Reading: At least 15 minutes independent reading or reading to someone.

• Year 6 - to write comments each night in their reading log.

• Mathematics: At least 10 minutes on Mathletics

Specialisation

• A Snell team programme since 2008

• There are 5 cycles throughout the year including blocks for the production.

• Happens in 4 week blocks happens 2 x per week on Tuesday & Thursdays.

• At the beginning of each cycle a blurb will go home.

• Year 6: Robotics, elite P.E, Visual Arts, Productions & Processes and Media Studies

• Year 7 & 8 Careers, Food Technology, structures and Mechanisms, Visual Arts and Mandarin.

• Everyone: Performing Arts - During term 3 when the production is on.

Communication / Parent involvement

• When it’s a good time to meet- after school is usually best

(Wednesdays/Thursdays)

• Class blog-Friday-Sunday

• Newsletters (Tuesdays) / email mainly for information / major issues to be

sorted by phone or in person

• School works on a policy of ‘no surprises’ so parents will be told early if

there are any concerns with behaviour or learning.

Camp-EOTC

• Yr. 6/7 Term 1 – Week 11 - April 14th-17th

• 4 days 3 nights - Carey Park Camp Henderson Valley

Absentees

• Being onto time to school is really important otherwise marked Late on the

electronic roll.

• Please remember to the inform office when going away so it can be signed

off by the Principal so the absentee is recorded correctly.

• If you are going away on holiday please send me/Diane Manners a

email/letter stating when and where you will be going and for how long.

Other Information

• Uniform- wearing black shoes, P.E gear

• Cell Phones- All students must have permission from Diane Manners

• Any other questions?