Yr 6 Newsletter       written by Yr 6 students. 

This week our Second Steps topic is Being a Bystander. You can be a positive or negative bystander. “You are either part of the problem or part of the solution.”   If you were being a negative bystander you would be encouraging the bully, laughing at the person being bullied, watching the bully without doing something about it or ignoring what’s happening and just leaving.  To be a positive bystander you would get help, ask the bully to stop, help the person being bullied and standing up to the bully.  It sounds easy but it isn’t.   Be a positive bystander!   (Jasmine, Angus, Jai) 

During Maths lessons we have been learning about decimals and volume and capacity. We know how to read and calculate the capacity in a container and how to measure cubic metres and centimetres. We are learning how to round decimals, to add and subtract them and to estimate different types of decimals e.g. money and length  (Sophie, Jake and Kyan) 

We are learning about circuits and switches in Science and last week we did an experiment called “Light it Up!” We used a battery and a lightbulb, we also used wires and buzzers.  We are looking at the electrical symbols and what they mean so we can draw a circuit diagram.  E.g.  _____  for wire. This week we experimented by testing how effective different materials were to conduct electricity. We used materials like feathers, metal tins, scissors, a mandarin, tos ee what was the best conductor. (Charlie, Sienna, Ramona) 

This term we have had the people from Auskick come up and do some activities with us like brandy and kick to kick. Last week we started our new reward system.  On Friday we did the trampoline and had popcorn which we enjoyed. We found some playtime games to do this week, games such as handball, 21 home base, obstacle course, touch footy, oztag, ultimate footy and tug-a-war. 

(Kai, Luke and Liam)