Grade 6 – Week 10 – Onwards into Term 2!

I hope you all had a relaxing holiday. My wife and I had a lovely week in Istanbul, Turkey. I now feel fully rested and I am energized and excited to push on in term 2! We have certainly hit the ground running with an action packed week 10 in Grade 6 with so much...

Week 9 in G6 – Where did the time go?

Dear Parents, I can’t believe how quickly the first term has flown by. It has been really fun getting to know your children and our larger school community in that time. I think as a grade, we have made an excellent beginning and have set the foundations for a very...

Week 8 in G6 – Rain and Reflections

Thank you for everyone’s flexibility this week, as we navigate our way though weather related online days. This is not ideal, but I believe it is still possible for meaningful learning to occur during such online scenarios if we all approach it with positivity and...

Week 7 in G6 – Fractions and Fiction

Another exciting week in Grade 6 has flown by at record speed. The highlight of the week was watching members of our community presenting with such confidence at the Primary assembly. It takes a lot of courage to stand up in front of so many of your peers – so...

Week 6 in Grade 6

A short, yet important week in Grade 6 as we really push on with our new stand alone Literacy and Math units. To give us the space for these new focuses, we took a slight breather from our ‘Who We are in Place and Time’ unit of inquiry into migration. This also gave...