{"id":328708,"date":"2026-04-10T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T03:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=328708"},"modified":"2026-04-10T07:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T03:02:19","slug":"week-28-in-gr-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2026\/04\/10\/week-28-in-gr-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 28 in G6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week the students have been busy learning all about energy dissipation, calculating the area of polygons and explaining their understanding of a pendulum through writing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Highlights of the Week<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Maths &#8211; Measurement<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Area of a rectangle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Area of a compound shape<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Area of a triangle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Area of a circle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mental Maths<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Literacy &#8211; Explanation Texts<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Completing plans for explanation text &#8211; dissipation of energy in a pendulum<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drafting, editing and revising our explanation texts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Publishing final versions of our explanation texts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Book clubs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Unit Of Inquiry &#8211; How The World Works<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applying our knowledge of energy transformation to thinking about how we use energy in our daily lives\\<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creating energy chains to identify how energy transfer occurs and which forms of energy dissipate<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Swimming Update<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swimming continues (or starts if the class was impacted by this week\u2019s broken heater), <\/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 (3-6pm) and Thursday 16th April (1:30-3:00). <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1lEH5-RZT26RYF_62I87Xtj1C-OXKyGz3tQ6AT7d5HTY\/edit?usp=drive_link\">6A sign up<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1LA38fZxtzLDd--oYYkkBe9qyOYwps33ERoDwrL80npo\/edit?usp=sharing\">6B sign up<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Literacy Week<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Book Swap (week starting the 19th April).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dress up day as a character from a book or story, Wednesday 22nd April.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More details <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ZCb6RwYiMfcBu4y6JzED9AM18uqotTy4\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gr. 6 Book Challenge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-at-1.47.09-PM-scaled.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-328709 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-08-at-1.47.09-PM-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 199px; 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