Transcript Year 6 and 7 Parent Evening Night 2009

Year 6
Parent Evening Night 2012
Teachers
6A – Stephanie Apap
6C – Nicholas Christie
Welcome/Prayer
WHOSE CHILD IS THIS?
Author Unknown
"Whose child is this?" I asked one day
Seeing a little one out at play
"Mine", said the parent with a tender smile
"Mine to keep a little while
To bathe his hands and comb his hair
To tell him what he is to wear
To prepare him that he may always be good
And each day do the things he should"
"Whose child is this?" I asked again
As the door opened and someone came in
"Mine", said the teacher with the same tender smile
"Mine, to keep just for a little while
To teach him how to be gentle and kind
To train and direct his dear little mind
To help him live by every rule
And get the best he can from school"
"Whose child is this?" I ask once more
Just as the little one entered the door
"Ours" said the parent and the teacher as they smiled
And each took the hand of the little child
"Ours to love and train together
Ours this blessed task forever."
Behaviour Expectations
• To follow the St Joseph’s Behavioural Policy
• Our aims as educators are to encourage the schools 5C’s
approach:
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Care
Consideration
Courtesy
Common Sense
Co-operation
As future leaders of the school, we also encourage:
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Responsibility
Respect
Initiative
Leadership skills
Class community
• Consequences – Whole school behaviour management plan
• Rewards
Homework
• Weekly homework handed in on Friday, marked and
returned on Monday.
• Homework consists of:
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Group Spelling Words
Number facts
Maths related to weekly topics
Reading Log
Problem Solving questions
 Activities related to other Key Learning Areas.
 Writing task
• If a student does not hand in homework on time or fully completed 3 times in the term
(without written explanation) they will be placed on Level 1 of the Behaviour
Management Plan for not meeting deadlines. Homework that is not finished will be
completed by students at lunchtime.
Specialist Subjects
Subject
Music
Library Borrowing
Grade 6
Tuesday
Monday/Friday
6/7 Choir
Tuesday
Cultural Studies
Thursday
PE
Tuesday
Physical Education
•Taught weekly by specialist teacher Miss Catie Marshall
The Arts
•Music will be taught weekly by Mrs Alicia Freeman
•The classroom arts focus will alternate between visual arts, drama and media throughout the
year.
Cultural Studies
Taught weekly by specialist teacher Mrs Kate Thinee. Cultural Studies topics for 2012 are:
Term 1 – Chinese
Term 2 – Kalkadoon (local indigenous language)
Term 3 – Philippines (links with our Parish Multicultural Festival)
Term 4 – AUSLAN – Sign Language
Religion
Term One Unit
“Church Community:
Words and Actions”
Making connections between the practices of healing, teaching and
worshipping in the beliefs and teachings proclaimed by the church.
Incorporates special Religious days, daily prayer and Christian Meditation.
Mathematics
• Continual work on improving recall of times
tables and multiplication, division, addition
and subtraction sums.
• Throughout the school, Mathematics is centered around the iMaths
Program. iMaths is all about investigations where students learn
about different topics and use their skills and knowledge to
investigate Mathematics in a comprehensive and hands-on way.
• We integrate multiple resources in order to cater for diverse student
needs in Grade 6.
• We provide students with problem solving tasks such as those on
the Year 3,5,7 NAPLAN tests.
English
Literacy Rotations:
Five rotations per week
1. Guided Reading - Small group reading with teacher based on reading
ability and reading strategies taught from the First Steps Program.
2. SRA Reading Laboratory – Multi-leveled system of individualised learning
focusing on comprehension and vocabulary skills.
3. ICT Focus Activity – Students independently use Microsoft Word, Publisher
and PowerPoint to complete a set task.
4. Grammar/Punctuation - Skills taught and reinforced through various
activities.
5. Grammar/Punctuation - Skills taught and reinforced through various
activities.
Grammar:
Explicitly taught grammar skills focusing on one topic per week.
THRASS:
THRASS is a teaching tool that has been designed to enable the teacher to
explain the spelling of words. It enables the student to develop critical
thinking skills, problem solving skills and the ability to make good
comparisons and judgments when reading and spelling.
Spelling
THRASS and Sound Waves spelling program
• Students have been assessed to determine their spelling group.
• Spelling Activities to learn words - Two days per week and homework
• Testing – Pretest on Mondays and a test on Friday.
Writing
Term 1
Main Focus
•Letter writing
•Persuasive Writing
•Recount
Personal Development Education (PDE)
As of term 2, we will be covering these topics in Grade 6
PDE:
- Healthy lifestyles
- Puberty
- Reproductive organs
We recognise that parents are the major contributors to their
child’s development. As part of the curriculum these topic
areas are required to be covered with the use of correct
terms.
A note will be sent home regarding each topic prior to
learning. If you have any questions of concerns please make
time to see us.
SOSE
Each term year 6 will be focusing on a specific unit
topic for SOSE.
• Term 1’s focus is on ‘Australian Identities and
Celebrations’. Where students learn about the
different types of Australian Identities and
Celebrations, focusing on pre-colonisation and
colonisation of our nation. Students will explore
different celebrations that we as Australians
celebrate throughout the year.
• Term 2, 3 and 4 topics include: ‘Ancient Cultures’,
‘World Environments’ and ‘Systems of Government’
Science
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1 – Change Detectives
2 – Earth Quake Explorers
3 – Marvelous Micro Organisms
4 – It’s Electrifying or Essential Energy
Year 6 Camp
Location: Gumburu, Paluma
Dates: (Term 4) October 15th – 19th October
Transport: Bus from Mt Isa to Paluma
Watch out for more details to follow in the coming terms!
QCATs
Year 6 students will be involved in QCATs (Queensland Comparable
Assessment Tasks).
This task is focused on an English, Maths or Science theme and
helps maintain consistency of teacher judgement throughout all
Queensland schools in Grades 4, 6 and 9.
Appointment
• You are welcome to approach us at any time. Please keep in mind that
before school is usually our busiest time and Tuesday afternoons are staff
meetings.
• If you wish to discuss an issue in detail, please make a prior appointment
with us. You may contact us via email or by making an appointment at the
school office.
Email Addresses
Stephanie Apap: [email protected]
Nick Christie: [email protected]
Questions/Farewell
Thank you for attending our
Parent Evening.
We look forward to seeing you
throughout the year.
Are there any general classroom or grade level questions?
If you have any questions about your child’s progress, we would prefer
if you made an appointment time to discuss this with us.
Please note: Compulsory parent/teacher interviews will be held towards
the end of Term 1. If you are interested and wish to view your child’s
classroom, they will be open for another 10 minutes.
“It is not what is poured into a
student, but what is planted”
Linda Conway