{"id":328534,"date":"2026-04-02T09:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=328534"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:08:35","slug":"week-27-in-g6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2026\/04\/02\/week-27-in-g6\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 27 in G6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A dramatic start to the week, as we unexpectedly ended up online for the day on Sunday. Thank you for your support in encouraging your children to turn up and make the most of an unfortunate situation. Actually, the majority of students turned up and were able to follow instructions and complete most tasks successfully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Highlights of the Week<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Maths<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Revisiting our shape pre-assessment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Doing a pre-assessment for our new measurement unit<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mental Maths<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Calculating perimeter (when not all the lengths of sides are provided)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applying our new skills to find the perimeter\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-9.39.06-am.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-328537 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-9.39.06-am-300x268.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"219\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 245px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 245\/219;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Literacy<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Book Clubs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explanation text analysis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pre planning for next week\u2019s explanation text on dissipation (connected to our pendulum experiment)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Unit of Inquiry<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pendulum Experiment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning the laws of conservation of energy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Understanding the concept of dissipation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-9.33.33-am-scaled.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-328527 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-02-at-9.33.33-am-300x221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/221;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kP7q28wQ2P8&amp;t=3s\">Inspiration Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>In Seesaw this week, your child will be\u2026.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sharing their pendulum experiment and discussing the law of conservation of energy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Showing you how they can accurately calculate the perimeter and area of a compound shape<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Next Week we will be\u2026.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Literacy &#8211; Drafting, revising and editing our explanation text about dissipation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maths &#8211; Finding out how to calculate the area of squares, rectangles, triangles and circles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UOI &#8211; Looking in our every day life examples of how energy transfers (and in to what new form\/s)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Swimming Update<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swimming starts next week, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6A boys on Monday, 6B boys on Tuesday, 6A girls and 6B girls on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Upcoming Student Led Conferences (SLCs)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year the SLCs will take place on Wednesday 15th April. The slots are between 3pm and 6pm. Please look out for an email in the coming days that will give you a link to sign up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have a great weekend,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Grade 6 Team<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dramatic start to the week, as we unexpectedly ended up online for the day on Sunday. Thank you for your support in encouraging your children to turn up and make the most of an unfortunate situation. Actually, the majority of students turned up and were able to follow instructions and complete most tasks successfully. 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