Year 6 Newsletter Term 1 2021

Welcome to 2021 at Runcorn State School and the final year of primary school for the students in Year 6. The year has begun very smoothly all things considered with all students displaying excellent commitment and enthusiasm. 2021 will present some great challenges both in the curriculum and personally for all students and we encourage everyone to participate in as many activities as they can. An expression of interest will soon be distributed regarding the 2021 camp as it is a new itinerary based entirely in Queensland. We hope as many students as possible will be able to attend. In addition to this, leadership roles including House Captains and Student Council, the Buddy program that supports our Prep students and the many sporting opportunities, all produce a memorable last year at Runcorn culminating in our end of year Graduation Ceremony in December. Year 6 students will look forward to wearing their Senior Shirts upon their delivery later this term with the letter distributed and sizing completed. We are thoroughly looking forward to a great year with a great class. If you have any concerns please do not hesitate to contact either of us via email or in person before or after school.

Teachers: Chris Garcia cgarc19@eq.edu.au Shena Jarvis sjarv3@eq.edu.au

Specialist Lessons School begins at 8.45am. Please ensure students arrive prior to the 8.45am bell so they can have an organised start to the day. Library Borrowing: Wednesday (6G) & Thursday (6J) 2:00pm Parade: Monday 2.30pm in Girrawheen Place. Music: Wednesday 9:00 - 9:30am (6G) & 9:30 – 10:00am (6J). PE: Tuesday 9:30 – 10:00am (6G) & 10:00 - 10:30am (6J). LOTE: Monday 9:00 – 10:00am (6G) & 10:00 – 11:00am (6J)

Religious Ed: Monday 2:00 – 2:30pm

Homework is handed out each Wednesday to be completed in their homework books covering spelling, reading, maths and current topics. It is due on the following Tuesday. A minimum of 20 mins reading is expected every night.

Important Dates Parent Information Evening: Tuesday 9/2/21 National Young Leaders Day: Wednesday 24/2/21 Clean up Runcorn Day: Monday 28/2/21 Cross Country: Friday 5/3/21 Say No to Bullying Day: Friday 19/3/21 3 Way Reporting: Week 9 Tuesday 24/3/21 Gala Days: 1. 12/3/21 2. 30/4/21 3. 14/5/21

Curriculum focus – what we will be working on in class this term

Content Assessment

English A study of short stories focusing on character development through conflict culminating in writing their own short story.

Writing a narrative justifying their editing.

Maths Number and place value working in millions, fractions and decimals, chance and data representation and interpretation.

Various assessment tasks

Science The changing states of matter and looking at recycling as one of those changes. Is it reversible or irreversible? Exploring, planning and constructing fair tests.

Practical experiment

HASS (Humanities and Social Studies)

History - Looking at how and why Australia became a Nation 1800s – 1999.

Portfolio of work which includes a report on the Significance of Henry Parkes.

The Arts Visual Art – looking at colour, line and texture. Various art tasks

Technology Creating an excel spreadsheet to track learning data. Functional spreadsheet