2022
ALL SAINTS YEAR SIX
Information Evening 2022
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WELCOME TO YEAR SIX
WELCOME!
HOURS OF OPERATION Core Program: Outside School Hours Care:
8:25am - 3:00pm 6:30am - 8:15am 3:00pm - 6:00pm OSH Club 1300 395 735
CONTACT DETAILS Junior School Office:
5587 0365 juniorreception@asas.qld.edu.au
OUR TEACHERS Mrs Sandra Barnett
sbarnett@asas.qld.edu.au
Mrs Carol Herbert
cherbert@asas.qld.edu.au
Mrs Jo Smith
jsmith@asas.qld.edu.au
Mr Roger van Twest
rvantwest@asas.qld.edu.au
Term 1: Moments in Time (English/History)
Students will investigate the ‘Moments in Time’ from Federation until present that were catalysts for shaping Australia as a nation. Term 2: Re-wild the World
Students will act as global citizens, investigating a problem and then promoting a solution by producing a persuasive poster. The unit will incorporate an English focus on multimodal elements of print advertising and will provide the students with opportunities for participation in discussions, interrogating ideas and sharing opinions. Term 3: Sustainability: (English/ Science)
This unit will provide the opportunity for students to explore sustainability by examining how different genres address the issue and how an author’s choices can manipulate the audience. Students will complete a literature study using both a picture book and a novel. The Science component of this unit will focus on renewable and non-renewable energies. Term 4: Global Inequalities (English/Geography)
Students will develop geographical questions to investigate and plan an inquiry relating to an issue of global inequality. Students will conduct research and interpret data to draw conclusions before reporting on findings and proposing action in response to this geographical challenge. ENGLISH The comprehension skills of cause/effect will be developed through class reading activities in Term 1. Also, the CARS reading program will be adopted to diagnose student strengths and weaknesses in reading comprehension. This program is used in Terms 2-4 to consolidate individual needs in reading comprehension. The class novel ‘Digger Jones’ is a fictitious diary kept by an Aboriginal boy in the leadup to Aborigines being given the right to
vote in 1967. It will be read to the class in Term 1 and will be used as a vehicle for developing critical literacy skills such as analysing plot, theme, author’s purpose and style. These critical thinking skills will be modelled during the term and consolidated in Term 3 when the class will read ‘Blueback’ by Tim Winton. All Year 5 and 6 students will participate in the Accelerated Reader program. This program connects online learning with book resources in the Junior School library. Students will be able to select from a wide range of books in the library that are at their operational reading level and complete online comprehension tasks as part of an independent home reading program. The program will be introduced during Term 1 and extended throughout the year. The students will create detailed texts elaborating on key ideas for a range of purposes and audiences. They will show an understanding of grammar, will be guided to make considered vocabulary choices to enhance cohesion and structure in their writing. Cause and effect paragraphs outlining how significant events in history have changed Australia will be the writing focus in Term 1. PLD PLD (Promoting Literacy Development) provides an Australian, evidence-based approach to Structured Synthetic Phonics (SSP). Aligned with the Science of Reading, PLD’s SSP approach extends from the junior primary years (which has been running at All Saints for several years) through to upper primary years, thereby facilitating a whole school approach. PLD’s method is derived from the disciplines of speech pathology, occupational therapy and education.
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THEME OVERVIEW
In Years 3 to 6, teachers will allocate regular times to the explicit teaching of SSP. Teachers will establish a weekly process in which three differentiated ability groups operate. Revision, explicit instruction and an independent task, form the core of the daily activities. The tasks selected will have a “sound-out” and phonics focus. Additionally, tasks will be included to facilitate the vocabulary word knowledge of the phonic word lists, as well as the transfer of these words into extended writing. MATHEMATICS The key proficiencies in the Australian Curriculum for Mathematics are fluency, understanding, problem-solving and reasoning. The strands of the Mathematics curriculum are Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry and Statistics and Probability. The first unit in Mathematics focuses on properties of number and patterns. This will include prime, composite, square and triangular numbers. We will investigate famous number patterns including Pascal’s triangle and the Fibonacci sequence. Following this four week unit the remainder of the term will incorporate percentage, the concepts of area and perimeter. The final 2 weeks of term will focus on integers. We will be using an online program called Education Perfect. Weekly homework will often include set activities from this program. The Education Perfect activities will align with class learning. Knowledge of times tables is critical to student access and fluency in Year Six Mathematics. It is highly desirable that students possess this knowledge. Students who don’t have instant recall of tables should endeavour to do so as soon as possible. HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (HASS)
The Humanities and Social Sciences are the study of human behaviour and interaction in social, cultural, environmental, economic and political contexts. The Humanities and Social Sciences have a historical and contemporary focus, from personal to global contexts, and help students to consider the challenges for the future. In the Australian Curriculum, the Humanities and Social Sciences learning area includes a study of History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business. HISTORY Cause and effect thinking will underpin student inquiry into how significant events such as Federation, WWII, the Snowy Mountain Hydro-Electricity Scheme and the Racial Discrimmination Act affected the shaping of Australia as a nation. GEOGRAPHY Geography will be studied in Terms Two, Three and Four. Understanding and inquiry skills relating to the location of the major countries of the Asia region in relation to Australia, the various connections that Australia has with other countries, and differences in the economic, demographic and social characteristics of countries will be developed. CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP Students will investigate the purpose of key institutions and levels of government in Australia’s democracy and the role of parliaments in creating law. Students will explore what it means to be an Australian citizen and how people can participate as global citizens. They will identify the ways that they can participate as citizens in the school. When researching, students develop questions and gather and analyse information from different sources to investigate the society in which they live. This unit will provide the springboard for our Year 6 trip to Canberra in Term Four.
SCIENCE The Science program incorporates knowledge and understanding, inquiry skills and a component called ‘Science as a Human Endeavour’ which involves the development, use and influence of Science. Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
Chemical and Physical change (Chemical Science) Marvellous Organisms (Biological Science) Essential Energy (Physical Science) Salinity (Earth Science)
LANGUAGES The Year 6 language units serve to introduce students to various cultural and spoken aspects of the Chinese, French and Japanese languages. Each language is studied on a rotational basis for 12 weeks during the year. Basic greetings, introductions, counting systems, family members and festivals are covered in each language. In addition, students gain an understanding of the writing system for each language and the classroom routines related to each culture. The unit culminates with either a speaking presentation or cultural experience such as a mini food festival. WELLBEING In the Australian Curriculum, students develop personal and social capability as they learn to understand themselves and others, and manage their relationships, lives, work and learning more effectively.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS Students will identify the purpose of business and recognise the different ways that business can provide goods and services. Through the Young Entrepreneur Project in Term Three students will collaborate to design, construct and market a product to be sold at a market day.
Personal and social capability involves students in a range of practices including recognising and regulating emotions, developing empathy for others and understanding relationships, establishing and building positive relationships, making responsible decisions, working effectively in teams, handling challenging situations constructively and developing leadership skills. THE RESILIENCE PROJECT Years 3 to 6 will participate in the program. The key elements that underpin the program are: • Gratitude • Mindfulness • Empathy • Emotional Literacy Parents will also play an important role in the success of The Resilience Project. As these key elements are introduced to the students, short videos will also be made available to parents so that they too can build important knowledge and encourage desired attitudes and behaviours. WELLBEING WORKSHOPS Year 6 students will also participate in workshops with guest speakers to help build social understanding and promote mental health. The students will be split into groups, with the boys attending sessions run by Tommy Herschell and the girls attending sessions run by Jo Hendy. These workshops were run for the first time in 2021, and we found them to be very beneficial. HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND SEXUALITY EDUCATION Primary school children need age appropriate information about personal development, identity, values and the body. In Term Four each year our Year 5 and 6 students receive lessons from a visiting teacher/expert from True Education
(part of Family Planning Queensland) who deliver Human Relationships and Sexuality education. This program provides opportunities for students to learn personal safety skills, exploring the concepts around the emotional, social and physical changes that occur during puberty as well as beginning to learn about sexual health. These lessons are always delivered respectfully in the classroom environment, with class teachers present, allowing a safe and secure environment for students to participate and ask questions. SPECIALIST TEACHERS Music Mr Andrew Lange Physical Education Mr Ross Kingsley Mrs Georgia Liussi Mrs Tara Lister Christian Living Mrs Milissa Gustafson Technology Mr Simon Reed Art Mrs Vicki Morley Drama Mrs Rosie Tucker Library Mrs Pam Reardon Mrs Bec Bruhn Mrs Cathy Rennie ESL Mrs Sandra Bartlett Mrs Tanya Downie Learning Support Mrs Di Hatcher Mrs Ros Kumnick Mrs Sally-Ann Stevenson Mrs Lyndal Smith Mrs Justine Letchford Infinity Mrs Bridget Allars Aides Mrs Elizabeth Markou Mrs Justine Letchford
OTHER ONE TO ONE DEVICES Students will be provided with a school computer for classroom use. SOCIAL MEDIA All Saints has developed a Social Media Policy to formally document the School’s expectations and to outline appropriate guidelines and procedures regarding Social Media. Where a breach of this policy occurs, disciplinary action will be taken at the sole discretion of the School and may include expulsion or termination from the School. The full policy can be reviewed on FIDO. An overview is also in the Student Diary. In today’s society parents utilise social media for school based reasons. We ask that parents also use social media responsibly. Therefore, if parents have a concern or question regarding school, the first port of call is always the class teacher. Before placing inappropriate information, comments or statements pertaining to school staff or other students or families please use the acronym ‘Think Before you Post’ below: T– H– I– N– K–
IS IS IS IS IS
IT IT IT IT IT
TRUE? HURTFUL? ILLEGAL? NECESSARY? KIND?
SMART WATCHES An increasing number of students are wearing ‘smart’ watches to school which enable them to send messages and emails, play games, make calculations, make phone calls, and even take photos. As you can imagine this presents significant safety and privacy risks for schools. Even though most can be adjusted to a ‘school’ mode we would prefer that watches with the capacity to message, phone or take photos not be worn to school.
We understand that these devices can be incredibly useful out of the school context and so rather than ban them, as many other schools have done, we are asking for parents to assist us in keeping everyone safe. Smart watches brought to school, like mobile phones, should be handed in at the Junior School Office on arrival to school and collected at the end of the day. Any communication between home and school during the day can be done via the Junior School office and we have time pieces in every classroom and placed around the campus for students to watch the time. HOME READING Regular home reading forms part of your child’s homework. Your child is to record his/ her reading sessions in their diary each night. Parents are asked to sign their child’s reading log each night. DIARIES Diaries are a valuable communication tool for parents, students and teachers. They are also essential to your child’s organisation. Diaries should be monitored and signed daily as a record of messages, home reading and homework commitments. FIDO FIDO, which stands for Finding Information Directly Online, is All Saints’ learning management system. FIDO is a one-stop shop where students, teachers and parents can access all information related to the School. Students can log in and find updates about assignments, classes and extra-curricular activities. Parents can access a wide range of news and information about the School and their child’s education at All Saints. It includes the school calendar, timetables, assessment planners, term dates, subject information much more. It will also allow families to keep in touch with what is happening across the whole school via news and notifications.
Parent Lounge is the School’s student management system. Parent Lounge will allow parents to pay their school fees, download their child’s academic reports, update contact details, access change of circumstance forms, update health and medical information. This portal will also allow you to view the School’s parent directory, book parent teacher interviews and provide approvals for excursions. Parent Lounge can be accessed via: tass.asas.qld.edu.au/parentlounge FIDO can be accessed via: fido.asas.qld.edu.au. Shortcuts to both platforms are also available from our school app and on the homepage of our school website asas.qld.edu.au. The All Saints app also allows you to receive news and notifications posted on FIDO directly to your app.
CANBERRA Provided there are no Covid-19 travel restrictions, the Year 6 students will travel to Canberra for a 3 night/4 day camp experience early in Term 4. The focus is to visit key Canberra sites that align with the Civics and Citizenship curriculum in addition to places of special interest such as the AIS and the National Gallery. HOMEWORK You will be familiar with the concept of a homework grid. This grid continues in Year 6 and requires the children to commit to the completion of a variety of academic and non-academic tasks. The homework grid will be on FIDO under the class homework link. We gradually increase the volume of written homework over the year to bridge the gap between expectations in Year 6 and Year 7. If for any reason your child is unable to complete all of their homework then please write a short note in the diary.
Your username and password for both Parent Lounge and FIDO are one and the same. Families will have been provided their username and password by the School. Your username will be in email format (e.g. P012345A@asas.qld.edu.au) and your password will be the new password you set as part of the activation process.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC/SPEECH AND DRAMA These lessons are paid for as an extracurricular activity that is organised through the school. Children are responsible for making sure they arrive to these lessons on time. If you need to contact these specialist teachers, please ring the Music Department.
IMPORTANT DATES
YEAR 6 LEADERSHIP Opportunities exist for Year 6 students to take on leadership roles.
Term 1
House Swimming Carnival TBA All School Photos (Yr 6) TBA House Cross Country TBA
Term 2
Team Building Day House Athletics (Field) House Athletics (Track) Term 4
Canberra Year 6 Celebration
Fri 6 May Mon 30 May Wed 31 May
These roles include: • House Captains (a boy and girl from each house) • Junior School Leaders • Year 6 Representatives • Music Captains
4 to 7 Oct Mon 21 Nov
In addition to these positions, we will endeavour to develop leadership in all students. A leadership program will be used
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To access FIDO, download the All Saints Anglican School app or go to fido.asas.qld. edu.au.
and a leadership excursion to Tallebudgera Beach Outdoor Education School is planned for Friday 6 May. All students will be involved in the Prep/ Pre-Prep Buddy Program which provides them with the opportunity to develop skills of leadership and communication. CHRISTIAN LIVING Mrs Milissa Gustafson will take the students once a week for half an hour during their Christian Living lesson. Students will also participate in a weekly half hour Chapel service. UNIFORMS Uniform requirements will change during the course of the year. It will always be recorded in the student diary. OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE All Saints Anglican School has partnered with a fully-accredited outside school hours care (OSHC) service provider called OSH Club. This service provides paid high quality before and after school care and vacation care for Pre Prep to Year 6 students. To use this service, parents need to book their child in for the sessions they would like to use. The hours of care available are from 6.30am to 8.15am and from 3.00pm to 6.00pm. Vacation care hours will be from 7.00am to 6.00pm, Monday to Friday during each week of the holidays. Junior School students who arrive at school before 8.00am and who leave after 3.30pm and who are not attending an extra-curricular activity must attend outside school hours care. All students need to be enrolled in OSH Club in case emergency care is required on any occasions. There is no cost for families to enrol. Further information and enrolment forms are available from www.oshclub.com.au or 1300 395 735.
PARENT HELP Due to Covid-19 the volunteering program has been disrupted. We will be in a position to invite parents back into the school community mid term. For your information, the process for acting as a volunteer in the Junior School is outlined below: •
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Our Volunteers include parents/guardians and grandparents, past students, past parents and members of the wider School Community, the majority of which are involved in the Junior School. In accordance with the School’s Visitor Management Policy, all Volunteers are directed to complete an Engagement form. This Engagement Form is located on the Volunteering at All Saints page of the School website and the completion of which addresses 2 key areas of the Policy: registration of the volunteer’s details and details of their engagement (dates, times, frequency etc) which becomes a central database a platform to obtain electronic copies of relevant documentation such as blue cards (non-parent volunteers) and photo identification etc; Junior School Volunteers must complete an induction and annual refresher training session delivered by an Assistant Head or the Head of Junior School. A comprehensive Volunteer Handbook is provided at this induction for volunteers to refer to regarding school procedures. To book into a course please contact the Junior School Office.
We are so grateful to our All Saints community for any volunteer time offered. PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARENTS Keeping parents very much engaged in Junior School learning processes remains a significant goal this year and our “Partnerships with Parents” workshops will continue to offer parents opportunities to further understand the how and why things happen at school. Each workshop is designed to share valuable information with parents giving an insight into
the teaching and learning practices that take place in our Junior School classrooms. In developing this shared understanding, we hope to further strengthen the partnerships that exist between teachers and parents and provide parents with additional tools to support their child’s learning. COMMUNITY CODE OF CONDUCT All Saints Anglican School believes that all of our community members play a valuable role in the life of the School and all students, parents, teachers, support staff and volunteers have the right to be safe and feel safe in our school community. Our Community Code of Conduct is a commitment to encouraging students, parents, care givers and staff to work collaboratively and to resolve all issues respectfully and proactively. OUR COMMUNITY CODE OF CONDUCT: • provides members of our School Community with guidelines which promote desirable and appropriate behaviour to ensure that all interaction with students and adults is respectful, honest, courteous and considerate. • assists in promoting the values that are in keeping with our School’s Vision, Mission and Pledge; and • specifies the consequences for any member of the School Community who chooses not to comply with these standards of behaviour. BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT In the Junior School we seek to create an environment that is conducive to learning and that provides a positive sense of wellbeing for all. This begins with the development of positive working relationships between all stakeholders (students/parents and staff members) where each individual, and their voice within our community, is valued. Learning is also valued and we implement a range of both preventative and responsive strategies to promote positive, appropriate and respectful behaviours. We believe that all relationships within our
learning community should be based on mutual respect and trust. Our consistent responses to incidents of inappropriate behaviour demonstrate our commitment to the practices of Restorative Justice. We recognise the great value in rebuilding relationships when they have been eroded or broken down within a respectful and accepting community. As a community of learners, parents and staff, we work collaboratively towards making every mistake and error in judgment an opportunity for growth, development and improvement. We also recognize that every individual presents with their own unique personal development, learning needs and challenges. We are committed to working together with parents and students to attend to every situation in ways that are respectful and respond sensitively and empathically to the individuals involved. Following you will find an Responsible Behaviour Matrix and a consequence Flow Chart. This new Behaviour Management plan has been shared with the students and will be consolidated and implemented throughout the year when necessary.
CHILD PROTECTION STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT Anglican schools support the rights of children and young people and are committed to ensure the safety, welfare and wellbeing of students. Anglican Schools are therefore committed to responding to allegations of student harm resulting from the conduct or actions of any person including that of employees. This commitment includes the provision of a safe and supportive living and learning environment for all students and requires all employees, volunteers and visitors to model and encourage behaviour that upholds the dignity and protection of students from harm. POLICY All Saints Anglican School adheres to the child protection policy and procedures set by the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane – Student Protection in Anglican Schools Policy and Procedures 2015. The Diocesan policy applies to all employees – paid or unpaid, full time, part time, casual and volunteers – associated with the School. The Student Protection in Anglican Schools Policy and Procedures 2015 policy document is available on the School website and at the All Saints Anglican School administration office. The Diocesan policy specifically applies to students under 18 years of age. It is also recognised that at times, young adults (that is persons aged over 18 but less than 25) participating in Diocesan activities maybe vulnerable. Accordingly, schools must take care to promote the welfare and best interests of young adults. Reporting information or allegations of harm concerning a student within a school is mandatory. Legal and Diocesan consequences will apply any employee or other person where such behaviours occur. All employees of the School share in the re-
sponsibility to promote and strive to provide a safe environment for students across Anglican Schools. This responsibility is placed upon them by the Gospel teachings of Jesus and the law. The Diocesan policy outlines the obligations, roles and responsibilities of employees (staff members), volunteers and visitors to all Anglican Schools to appropriately respond to and report all allegations or suspicions of: •
Sexual abuse or likely sexual abuse by another person of: a student under 18 years attending the school; a pre-preparatory aged child registered in a pre-preparatory learning program enrolled at the School; A person with a disability who–under section 420(2), is being provided with special education at the school; andis not enrolled in the preparatory year at the school
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Significant harm or unacceptable risk of significant harm of a student (child under 18 years of age) or an unborn child, after his or her birth; or
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Inappropriate behaviour by an employee or a volunteer towards a student.
The Diocesan policy applies to all employees and other persons, such as parents, carers, clergy, volunteers, contractors and consultants.
We hope you and your child have a terrific experience in Year 6 and wish you a wonderful 2022. Sandy, Jo, Roger and Carol
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