Dear Grade 6 Parents and Students,
Wow, what a week. A couple of days off in the middle of the week due to the weather but we keep trucking on. Welcome to our review of week 22.
School Events – Important Dates
This week we have had our end of module ‘open book’ assessment for maths as well as continuing to work on finalising all of our research and essay writing/ presentation work for our exhibition coming up next week.
Looking ahead, more information will be forthcoming in the near future about school camps and Oman week activities that have been postponed dou to the weather this week.
- PYP Exhibition February 20/ 21
- End of Term Break February 25 – 29
- Student Led Conferences (SLC) revised dates of April 22 and 23
Home Learning – aka Homework
This week, students (and parents) could access Agency Centers in order to provide a chance for students to exercise their agency and to ensure that all students would not miss out on any learning due to a meeting with a mentor or inclement weather. As one important way to better connect school with home, please talk with your child(ren) about their project, their meeting with a mentor, the inquiry process and so on.
Transdisciplinary Learning
Language/ Reading/ Writing/ UOI – Exhibition Summary
This week, students continued working hard to complete their inquiry work on their exhibition projects. This included finalising their research, completing their essays and putting their Exhibition journals in order. Students also worked on collating their information and designing their information display as well as practising their presentation for their exhibition next week. We look forward to this on the 20th and 21st of February. For this you are all warmly invited to attend the afternoon session of the grade 6 Exhibition in the Mazoon from 5:00 – 6:30 PM on the evening of the 20th of February. We look forward to seeing you all there. Please see a copy of our schedule here for your information.
Numeracy Summary
This week, students have worked on an ‘open book’ assessment for work completed during their latest module in Mathematics. This work has included word problems involving finding the difference, using division, between four and three digit numbers, using place value to hundredths, finding the perimeter of a regular polygon, using fractions to solve problems as well as finding the GCF and LCM of different number sets.Please do talk with your children about how they found this assessment.
Notices:
Link to the photos this week: 2023 2024 Week 22 photos
Worth Repeating:
Please remember…
We wish you well as you enjoy a special three day weekend and as always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincere regards,
Your partners in learning.
The Grade 6 Teaching team
Glen Nicholson and Andrew Wetzel
