YEAR SIX 2024

Literacy: Throughout the term, students will enhance their reading fluency and comprehension skills through daily activities such as novel study, Reader's Workshop and Writer's Workshop. They will be exposed to a variety of text genres, emphasising different reading strategies. Additionally, students will advance their writing capabilities through the stages of the writing process, with a particular focus on narrative and information writing this term. In spelling, students will continue their progression through the Spelling Mastery program.  They will participate in exercises targeting phonological awareness, morphemic patterns, orthographic knowledge, and etymology to enrich their understanding of language. Various activities, including investigations into language origins and structured word inquiries, will be incorporated to broaden students' word knowledge and vocabulary. During various presentations such as Suitcase stories , students will continue to develop speaking and listening skills.

Mathematics:  Students will engage in explicit teaching lessons tailored to their individual needs while building mathematical proficiencies of Fluency, Problem-solving, Understanding, and Reasoning. The topics covered include the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division), units of measurement, fractions, decimals, percentages, probability, and other relevant concepts. Additionally, students will have opportunities to delve into open-ended questioning, problem-solving, and assessment tasks.

Science: In Term Two, the Year Sixes will take part in the Science unit, ‘Marvellous Micro-organisms'. They will investigate how the growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment.  They will investigate the five different types of microorganisms: bacteria, viruses, algae, fungi, and protozoa.

Humanities: Year 6: Suitcase Stories
In this unit, students focus on Australia’s colonial past and how this country developed over time. We look at the significant events and people that shaped Australia. A large focus is our unit on ‘Suitcase Stories’. Students will conduct up-close investigations into the lives of immigrants, including their contribution to our culture and reasons behind immigration post-World War Two.

TRANSITION TO YEAR 7 2025: 

All Year 6 students must have their Secondary School application forms returned to school by Friday 10th May. 

All students must return a form, this includes students attending a non government school in 2024.

Completed application forms can be returned via email to the school’s email address: wattle.park.ps@education.vic.gov.au  or in hard copy to your child’s Year 6 classroom teacher by Friday 10th May.  

Many schools will have Open Days so please contact local schools directly to find out when the tours and open days will occur. 

Any questions regarding the transition process can be directed to Julie Carlson (6A Teacher):  julie.gledhill@education.vic.gov.au