HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVES

Students will explore how media connects with our thinking, shapes our views, and influences actions. They will inquire into how we consume media, its elements, and its impact. Through this concept-driven approach, students will develop understanding of perspective, function, and responsibility. They will learn to question what they see, recognize bias, and practise safe, respectful media use. This year-long unit builds research, communication, and thinking skills, helping students become informed, principled, and responsible users of media.

CONTENT CREATORS

In this unit, students will explore how content is created to capture and influence the attention of different audiences. They will investigate how media messages are created for different purposes and how the way information is presented can influence how people think, feel, and respond. Students will develop their critical thinking skills by considering how media can shape opinions, attitudes, and decisions, as well as recognising that people may interpret the same message in different ways. Alongside developing their understanding of media, students will have opportunities to become content creators themselves, learning how to plan, design, and create a range of media, including videos, posters, audio messages, and other digital and visual forms of communication.

FRACTIONS

Students will explore how fractions, decimals, and percentages represent parts of a whole and connect to each other. Through inquiry, they will model, compare, and operate with these forms using real-world problems. They will develop strategies to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions and decimals. Visual tools and hands-on tasks will support deep understanding. Students will build skills in reasoning, communication, and problem-solving, learning to explain their thinking clearly and apply concepts flexibly in everyday contexts.

SHAPE & SPACE

Students will investigate how shapes, space, and position help us understand and interact with our environment. They will explore properties of 2D and 3D shapes, measure and construct angles, and use scale, coordinates, and geometric tools to solve problems. Through inquiry, students will develop spatial reasoning and visualize relationships between shapes. They will build skills in classifying, drawing, and transforming shapes, and applying geometry in real-life contexts. This unit deepens understanding through hands-on exploration, reflection, and collaboration.

MEDIA, PERSUASION AND INFLUENCE

Students will strengthen their Portuguese literacy skills through persuasive texts, connected to the Year 6 How We Express Ourselves Unit of Inquiry. Using media, influence, audience, perspective, and communication as contexts, they will read, discuss, and create persuasive texts, exploring how language and media techniques can shape opinions, perceptions, and actions. They will identify arguments, supporting evidence, persuasive techniques, and different points of view while developing greater awareness of how messages are created for particular purposes and audiences. As part of their stand-alone Portuguese learning, students will strengthen speaking, reading, and persuasive writing skills by developing clear arguments, responding to different viewpoints, using persuasive and linking language, and refining grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, organisation, and revision for clarity and impact.

MOVEMENT,  MEDIA AND EXPRESSION

Students will develop their skills through Gymnastics and Artistic Swimming, with a focus on creativity, expression, communication, performance, and reflection. Integrated with the Year 6 How We Express Ourselves Unit of Inquiry, students will explore how movement can communicate ideas and how media can influence the way we perceive athletes, performances, and success. They will create and analyse performances while considering how these may be presented and interpreted through media. As part of their stand-alone PE learning, students will adapt skills to new physical activities, collaborate with others, create increasingly complex movement sequences, and use movement to express personal and cultural ideas.