What’s Happening in Grade 6 in Term 4, 2025
In Literacy students will be:
- Identifying the meaning of morphemes in words (e.g. vise/vide = see. Therefore, vise + ion = see + thing, or the idea of seeing).
- Applying spelling rules to a range of vocabulary (e.g. connecting vowels when adding consonant suffixes to consonant base word endings).
- Demonstrating their comprehension skills through literal and inferential text responses to our Literacy unit, Australian Democracy.
- Developing note taking skills utilising abbreviations and symbols.
- Expanding sentences to add detail and description.
- Using a range of persuasive devices to create a speech for an election debate as part of our Australian Democracy unit.
In Mathematics students will be:
- Reading and plotting coordinates on a Cartesian plane.
- Transforming shapes on a Cartesian plane.
- Creating geometric patterns with transformations, designing algorithms to transform shapes.
- Creating tessellations.
- Consolidating data investigation through chance experiment trials, analysing recorded data to identify trends.
- Representing data on a range of graphs, labelling and displaying data accurately.
In Inquiry students will be:
- Identifying the values that underpin Australia’s democracy and explain the importance of the electoral process.
- Describing the roles and responsibilities of the three levels of government, including shared roles and responsibilities within Australia’s federal system.
- They explain the role of different people in Australia’s legal system and the role of parliaments in creating law.
- Identify who can be an Australian citizen and describe the rights, responsibilities and shared values of Australian citizenship and explore ways citizens can participate in society.
- Identify different points of view on a contemporary issue relating to democracy and citizenship.
Wellbeing
In Term 2, we will continue using the Respectful Relationships program to focus on positive coping strategies, problem solvSStudents will be learning about positive coping, problem solving and gender norms and stereotypes through the Respectful Relationships program. We will continue to begin each day positively with a Morning Meeting designed to develop a sense of togetherness withing the classroom as well as provide announcements of key dates and notes.
During our weekly Wellbeing sessions, students will be:
- Identifying a range of coping strategies to help cope with intense emotions.
- Exploring the impact of self-talk on their actions and emotions.
- Devising strategies and plans to assist in completing challenging tasks, making decisions or resolving problems.
- Investigating causes and effects of conflict and practise different strategies to resolve problems.
- Developing respect for rights culture and heritage.
- Understanding what personal and cultural strengths.
- Analysing the impact of peer and adult actions in maintaining or changing contemporary gender norms.
- Developing an awareness of the impact of gender norms on the attitudes and behaviours of those entering adolescence.
- Identifying the standards and associated actions that underpin respectful gender relations.
There will be a continued focus on our SWPBS Expectations as outlined in our whole school matrix. We will also be working on High School Readiness for our Grade 6’s in preparation for transition to Year 7.