{"id":328990,"date":"2026-04-15T13:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=328990"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T07:33:03","slug":"week-29-in-g6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2026\/04\/15\/week-29-in-g6\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 29 in G6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Week 29 in G6<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A fun and eventful week in which the students got the chance to showcase their skills at the Student Led Conferences. Thank you for all those who were able to attend and for showing so much energy and enthusiasm for your child\u2019s learning. It was also the week where we finished our How the World Works unit of inquiry (see Seesaw for one of the final tasks) and neared the end of our explanation writing unit in Literacy. The children\u2019s final explanation (of an area that they chose themselves and researched) will be on next week\u2019s Seesaw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please see some photos from the Student Led Conference &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1Tf5pMkA-hxJ4cok6uuJEscgVf4nnbUYF16BPIQLGias\/edit?usp=sharing\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>In Seesaw this week, please find\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your child\u2019s Rube Goldberg commentary to demonstrate their knowledge from our energy themed How the World Works unit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your child using a new formula to calculate the volume of a 3D compound shape,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Next Week<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Unit of Inquiry\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introducing our final Who We Are unit of inquiry and central idea<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reflecting on our own journey and considering what legacy we want to have as we look towards the end of our time in Primary school<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Maths\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inquiring into ways that we can measure capacity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Capacity problems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conversions of measurement units<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mental Maths<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Literacy<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Completing, publishing and presenting our finished explanation texts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Features of persuasive texts and speeches<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beginning our inquiry into how to create a powerful Ted Talk<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">______________________________________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Literacy Week (19-22nd April)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Book Swap (week starting the 19th April) &#8211; if you want to swap some of their books for different ones, they need to bring them in before Tuesday<\/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 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1iONW-I2Klsqa9JAWULr6qHkrx2LYrgHL\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=105388643117671270414&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">here<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Thursday 23rd April &#8211; No School<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is no school for students on this date as it is a \u2018Professional Learning\u2019 day for ABIS staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>VERY IMPORTANT DATE<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Grade 6 Graduation = Tuesday 2nd June &#8211; 8.15am to 9am in the Mazoon.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> PLEASE put this date in your calendar and ensure that you can attend. We have put it early in the day so that families can attend before going to work. Last year all students had at least one family member to witness their graduation, we would very much like for the same level of parent attendance this year too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have a great weekend,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grade 6 Team<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 29 in G6 A fun and eventful week in which the students got the chance to showcase their skills at the Student Led Conferences. Thank you for all those who were able to attend and for showing so much energy and enthusiasm for your child\u2019s learning. 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