Welcome back to school! I trust everyone had a wonderful holiday break.
We have dived straight into our learning for Term 2 this week. For your interest and so you can best support the learning happening in the classroom, here is a summary of the units we are covering this term:
Maths will continue to build on foundations of number understanding as we delve into fractions, decimals and percentages and perform operations with them. This week, Maths lessons have focused on length and perimeter and across the term we will cover other forms of measurement including area, volume, capacity, mass and temperature. Students will also learn how to collect and analyse and create data displays using excel as well as perform chance experiments. Students will make connections to the real world through open-ended problem solving with money and multiple operations.
In English this term we are focusing on the power of persuasion. In this unit of work students develop their skills in interpreting the language of persuasion in parliamentary propaganda and their ability to identify and use a range of persuasive techniques. Focus areas are advertising, debating (including parliamentary debates), discussion papers and review writing. It is important that students are aware of persuasive techniques and that they are able to recognise some of their purposes and effects. This awareness will enable them make more informed choices about how they respond to such techniques when engaging with persuasive texts in the real world and about how they select and implement persuasive techniques in their own texts. Students will refine their development of an informed opinion through conducting extensive research. They will learn to provide supporting evidence, differentiate between fact and opinion and recognise bias. They will learn to explore, appreciate and value others’ opinions. In doing so, they learn about how this may inform their own stance on a topic or issue.
Students will develop their skills in questioning, clarifying, predicting, summarising and interpreting through thinking critically and inferentially in a guided novel study of Wonder by R.J Palacio. Wonder is a fictional story of August Pullman, a 10-year-old with a very different-looking face—the result of a chromosomal abnormality and an illness—and his journey from the nest of home-schooling to the wilds of middle school. It is a story about family relationships, friendship, identity and kindness. Students will be guided by questions like
Why is it important to “choose kind”?
How does the way we treat people affect them throughout their lives?
How do the parallel stories help the reader understand the plot events better?
How does our time in school affect our lives outside of school?
Through our HSIE unit, Australian History & Governance, Students will identify the significance of various individuals, groups and events to the development of Australia as a nation. They will investigate the origins and features of democracy and key people and events in the development of the Australian democratic system of government. Students will engage with a variety of primary and secondary sources when investigating the present Australian system of government. They will define what it means to be an Australian citizen today. Through Information Services, students will continue to develop and refine their research skills and they learn about other government forms such as theocracies, dictatorships, and totalitarianism governments investigating how they promote or deny human rights.
If you, or someone close to the family, have skills, expertise or experiences that could potentially be of assistance with the units we are covering this term I would love to hear from you!
Key Dates for Term 2
Week 1: Anglican Schools Corporation Young Leaders Day Thursday 3rd May
Week 2: The Mother’s Day Stall, Wednesday 9th May
Week 3: PISA sport will commence, Mothers and friends breakfast (at Dee Why campus - all welcome)
Week 4: Athletics Carnival Monday 21st May, Year 6 Fundraiser 25th May
Week 5: Lion King performances
Week 7: Monday 11th June: Queen's Birthday Holiday
Wednesday 13th May - school photos
Friday 15th June the first stage of the Graduation Diploma is due for submission
– please refer to the Graduation Diploma Handbook for more information.
Week 8: Thursday 21st June - Year 6 Fundraiser and evening Mathematics Workshop for parents.
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