YEAR SIX 2026

Literacy: In Term 3, students will continue to develop their fluency and comprehension skills in the daily literacy block. We use the Explicit Direct Instruction approach to build strong reading, writing, and speaking and listening skills. Lessons are clear, structured, and designed to actively engage students while developing confidence and mastery across all areas of literacy. They will experience a range of text types, focusing on various reading strategies and oral reading skills. 

This term, there will be a focus on informative and persuasive writing. Through direct instruction, students will develop their skills at each stage of the writing process. They will explore sentence structure, vocabulary, text organisation and editing. Students will produce and deliver a speech for the Rotary Competition and a biography as part of the 'Night of the Notables' unit. In spelling, students will continue working through the Spelling Mastery program. They will also engage in activities that develop phonological knowledge (sounds), morphemic patterns (meaning), orthographic knowledge (letters), and etymological strategies (word origin studies). Students will participate in various activities to develop their word knowledge and vocabulary, including language origins and structured word inquiries.

Mathematics: In Term 3 Mathematics, students will continue to learn concepts through Explicit Direct Instruction. Topics they will cover include Fractions, decimals and percentages, statistics, numerical equations, and the Cartesian plane. Students will develop Mathematical proficiencies through open-ended questioning and problem-solving tasks. They will participate in weekly problem solving lessons. 'Brainiacs' encourage Mathematical thinking and collaboration.

'MASH Rotary Club Speech Competition': 

All Year 5/6 students will be taking part in the annual MASH Rotary Club Speech Competition, which involves constructing a speech on a given topic and presenting their speeches to their class, incorporating the needs of their audience and specific criteria. Two students from the 5/6 team will move on to represent Wattle Park Primary School at District level.

Night of the Notables: ‘Inspirational Australians’.
In Term 3, students will research an Australian from our history or the present. They will write a biography about that person and become that character for our NOTN evening, to which families are invited. More information to come. 

Science:  Natural Disasters

In Term 3 , the Year 6’s will take part in a geography and earth sciences unit, ‘What a Disaster!,' where they will investigate a broad range of natural and anthropogenic (human-caused) disasters such as droughts, earthquakes, pandemics, oil spills, deforestation, and floods. Each student will investigate one form of disaster, identifying the range of possible causes for the disaster and its impact on the environment and on humans. They will examine the ways in which people investigate and prepare for disasters, and the emergency response to a disaster. Students will scrutinise historical examples of disasters and their potential prevalence and impact in Australia. To demonstrate their understanding, students prepare an information brochure designed for citizens in a potential danger zone that details personal preparation and safety kits, warning signs, potential impacts, and emergency responses to a theoretical disaster scenario.

• Volunteers

• Student Code of Conduct

• Child Safe Standard 7 - PROTECT

• Child Safe Standard 7 - Feeling Safe: For Primary School Students

• Respectful Behaviours within the School Community Policy