Writing

During writing, year 6 students learned about different strategies and techniques advertisements use to persuade. We have been deconstructing advertisements to identify high-modality words, and language devices such as puns, rhymes and alliteration. We also explored ethos, pathos and logos to develop our understanding of how advertisements are designed to appeal to credibility, emotions and logic, and how colours are used to persuade a range of audiences. Our students translated their newfound knowledge into print advertisements to market their products or services for Market Day 2024.

Reading

In Reader’s Workshop, year 6 worked hard to develop a reading goal to improve their understanding of texts and build skills to have conversations and share observations with their peers.  As a cohort, we are working towards developing conversational skills and how they write about reading to comprehend the texts they are reading. The cohort of students has ‘conversation’ as a goal, and students are working on individualised strategies during their independent reading time to develop skills such as Active Listening’, or ‘Thinking Flexibly’. They utilise these strategies when they meet in their conversational groups to discuss texts.

Students are beginning to identify how these skills could benefit them in their transition to high school, where texts are often analysed and discussed as a class.

Maths

In Maths, year 6 has been improving their mental multiplication skills, focusing on speed and accuracy. As a cohort, students have learned various strategies such as doubling, doubling again to find the 4x tables; multiplying by 10 before subtracting a group to solve the 9x tables, and applying this knowledge to problems. Students have also learned to convert between common units of length, mass and capacity. We explored different measurement metrics used for length, mass and capacity while identifying the relationship between multiplying by 10, 100 and 1,000 when converting centimetres and metres for example.

Market Day - 

Market Day 2024 was a huge success, breaking the previous record in funds raised. Market Day showcased the entrepreneurial skills our students have developed throughout the business and economics unit. The day was a culmination of the students’ understanding and hard work in learning concepts such as budgeting, marketing, and providing goods and services. Students created their businesses, set up stalls, and interacted with customers, putting their theoretical knowledge into practice. The event was a fun and interactive way to bring the curriculum to life, but also an invaluable experience in preparing our young entrepreneurs for the future.