YEAR SIX 2026

Literacy: In Term 2, students will continue to develop their fluency and comprehension skills during the daily literacy block using the Explicit Direct Instruction approach. Lessons are clear, structured, and engaging, supporting students to build confidence and competence across reading, writing, and speaking and listening.

Our Read to Learn topic this term is Immigration and International Interaction, with a text-based unit, Refugee by Alan Gratz. Students will explore themes of migration, displacement, and global connections while developing their understanding of complex texts.

In writing, students will focus on creating historical narratives, with a particular emphasis on 'Suitcase Stories' that explore immigration journeys and experiences. Through direct instruction, students will develop their skills across all stages of the writing process, including sentence structure, vocabulary, text organisation, and editing.

In spelling, students will continue working through the Spelling Mastery program. They will also engage in activities that build phonological, morphemic, orthographic, and etymological knowledge, supporting their overall word understanding and vocabulary development.

Mathematics: In Mathematics, students will take part in explicit teaching lessons that are differentiated as well as open-ended activities. Term 2 topics include angles, measurement, probability, patterns and algebra, and time. Students will also explore open-ended questioning and some assessment tasks.

Science:  Habitats and change

This term in Science, Year 6 students are exploring how their environment influences the growth and survival of living things. Students will investigate how factors such as temperature, water, soil, and nutrients can impact how organisms grow and thrive.

Through hands-on experiments, students will observe the growth of fungi (such as yeast and bread mould) under different temperature conditions. They will also explore how changing physical condition affect plant growth and survival. This unit encourages curiosity, scientific thinking, and an understanding of how living things depend on their environment.

Humanities:  Immigration and Suitcase Stories

In this unit, students focus on Australia’s colonial past and its development over time. We look at the significant events and people that have shaped Australia. A large focus of our unit is ‘Suitcase Stories.' Students will conduct up-close investigations into the lives of immigrants, including their contributions to our culture and the reasons behind immigration pre-World War Two (for the Year Fives) and post-World War Two (for the Year Sixes).
Transition into Year 7 2027:  

All Year 6 students, including those planning to attend a non-government school in 2027, must return their secondary school placement application to WPPS by Friday, 8th of May. 

Forms can be returned via email to wattle.park.ps@education.vic.gov.au or as a hard copy to your child’s Year 6 classroom teacher.

Many secondary schools will be holding open days and tours, so please contact schools directly for dates and details.

 Any questions regarding the transition process can be directed to Julie Carlson (6A teacher):  

julie.gledhill@education.vic.gov.au

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