{"id":321220,"date":"2025-09-03T20:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=321220"},"modified":"2025-09-04T22:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:22:37","slug":"week-2-in-grade-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2025\/09\/03\/week-2-in-grade-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2 in Grade 6!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Dear Parents,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We have had another fabulous action packed week in Grade 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In our <\/span><b>How We Organise Ourselves<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> unit we have been starting to set personal goals connected to our physical, social, academic and mental health. We have been using the SMART criteria to make our goals<\/span><b> s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pecific, <\/span><b>m<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">easurable, <\/span><b>a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ttainable, <\/span><b>r<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">elevant and <\/span><b>t<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">imely. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-03-at-2.02.24\u202fPM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-321222 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-03-at-2.02.24\u202fPM-300x146.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"167\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-03-at-2.02.24\u202fPM-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-03-at-2.02.24\u202fPM.png 1024w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-03-at-2.02.24\u202fPM-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-03-at-2.02.24\u202fPM-1080x525.png 1080w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-03-at-2.02.24\u202fPM-980x476.png 980w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-03-at-2.02.24\u202fPM-480x233.png 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 343px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 343\/167;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In literacy, we have successfully created accounts for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/readworks.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">readworks.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ep<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ic. For each upcoming unit there will be assigned books and tasks using these platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In mathematics we have been continuing our mini unit into number sense. We have been exploring and looking into different ways to unpack ways that we can <\/span><b>\u2018<\/b><b>Read, model, write, compare and order whole numbers up to millions or beyond.\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please find some photos from the week below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/IMG_8872-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321226 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/IMG_8872-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/IMG_8873-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321227 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/IMG_8873-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/IMG_8884-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321230 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/IMG_8884-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/IMG_8887-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321233 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/IMG_8887-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/81fc3170-c1c6-4033-967f-da308324c2e2-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321285 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/81fc3170-c1c6-4033-967f-da308324c2e2-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/IMG_8893-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321287 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/IMG_8893-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/c03b66a5-577e-4e9b-8f50-6e48a8b940d8-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321288 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/c03b66a5-577e-4e9b-8f50-6e48a8b940d8-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>In this week\u2019s Seesaw<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please find your children\u2019s draft of goals to their future selves. The students have also shared the process and communal Essential Agreements for the year. This week we also focused on Giving under the theme of\u00a0 \u2018Taking Action for Happiness\u2019. We spoke about what things we could give other than gifts and\/or money for example time, respect, smiles, and high five etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Parent\u2019s Evening<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you to all those who were able to attend the Grade 6 Parent\u2019s Night yesterday. It was great to finally meet some of you. Please find a link to the Google Slide we used &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1OlottKdKRSnXSjFU_iQBhSbe2mcX-0C7hRVPK8y_02Q\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/IMG_8885-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321231 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/IMG_8885-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Next Week<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>How We Organise Ourselves &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will put our letters with our goal into a sealed box, which will be revisited at different points of the year. This unit and the central idea <\/span><b>\u2018<\/b><b><i>Many factors cause us to grow as individuals and as a community\u2019 <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">will run in the background throughout Grade 6 and will be a year long inquiry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>A NEW unit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; we will be gently starting a very exciting <\/span><b>Where We Are in Place and Time<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> unit looking at migration around the world. There will be lots of great opportunities for transdisciplinary math and literacy learning within this unit. More information about this unit will be sent next week. If you are willing to come in and talk to the students about your own migration story, we would love to have some parent guests. Please reach out to one of us, if you\u2019re interested in sharing your story.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Literacy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Using conjunctions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extending sentences<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Looking at figurative and expressive writing. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Mathematics<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Estimating objects around us<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Estimating in mathematics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rounding to the nearest 10,100,1000<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Real life rounding<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Key Date<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is <strong>NO<\/strong> school on <strong>Sunday 7th September.<\/strong><br \/>\nASA&#8217;s start <strong>Monday 8th September.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have a great long weekend,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Grade 6 Team<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents, We have had another fabulous action packed week in Grade 6. In our How We Organise Ourselves unit we have been starting to set personal goals connected to our physical, social, academic and mental health. We have been using the SMART criteria to make our goals specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and timely. 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