Miss Cross outlines her goals and plans for Room 21 in 2014, which include providing challenging learning experiences, high standards, and developing partnerships between teachers, students, and parents. As a Year 6 class, they will focus on writing, reading, and maths, and will have homework daily. Camp is scheduled for April, and swimming sports in February. The document details the class timetable, expectations, reward system, curriculum focus in each term, interventions, specialization rotations, communication methods, and upcoming camp.

1. Room 21
Year 6
2014
Miss Natasha Cross

2. Goals for 2014
• Continue to provide the students with challenging, engaging and exciting
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educational learning experiences.
Ensure we are providing the necessary support for the students to progress and
achieve
Continue to expect high standards of learning.
Ensure our students are aware of their strengths and growth areas by setting
learning goals and getting them further involved in what they are learning.
Continue the drive to implement SOLO thinking.
Continue developing strong partnership teacher/student/parent

3. Being in Year 6
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Level 3/4 Writing/Reading/Numeracy
Homework 5 nights per week
Camp for year 6, 14th-17th April
Specialisation
Streamed Numeracy classes
Swimming Sports- Tuesday 25th Feb
Health-Understanding changes/Puberty
Leadership opportunities - Leadership Council / Peer Mediation / Enviro team / House Captains
- continued differentiation from Year 6 - Year 8
- Exciting camp opportunities

4. Weekly Timetable
Weekly Plan
Term 1 – Week 3
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Roll
8.55 –
10.10
Tuesday
Roll
Roll
Roll
Roll
Fitness – run.
Fitness – game.
Fitness – shuttle runs.
Fitness – relays.
Fitness – skipping
circuits.
Writing
Writing
Writing
Writing
Writing
9.35 Library
MORNING TEA BREAK
10.20 –
11.25
Reading
PE
Reading
Reading
Reading
LUNCH BREAK
11.50 –
12.55
Roll
Roll
Roll
Roll
Roll
Maths cross grouping
Maths cross grouping
Maths cross grouping
Maths cross grouping
Maths cross grouping
Specialisation
Whole school
assembly/senior school
assembly/team sports.
BIG BREAK
1.35 –
3.00
Topic
Specialisation
Art

5. Class expectations/Routines
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Still important work is set out correct / neatly
Students expected to help with jobs around the room
Working together in collaborative groups
Working individually
Weekly homework/oral language

6. Curriculum
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Year 6: Curriculum Level 3
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Term 3: Communication: Social Sciences
Main Focus – Reading / Writing / Mathematics
Term 1: Communication: Social Sciences: Formal groups and how you communicate.
Term 2: Communication: Life processes-recognise that there are life processes common to all living things and that
these occur in different ways.
Term 4: Science
Health: Term 2 Understanding Change/Puberty
School wide assessments 2-3 times a year- Probe reading / Number Knowledge tests IKAN/ Gloss Maths – 2 times a year
/ Personal Experience Writing –twice a year
• P.A.Ts Weeks 5/6

7. Gate / Reading & Maths Interventions
• These will be happening this year - Maths intervention and Literacy
interventions will start week 2.
• Gate programme - Parents will be notified when their children have been
selected for this programme.

8. Snell’s Positive Reward System
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Mini certificates
House Points
Greenies
Other in - class rewards

9. School Behaviour Management Plan
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Teacher Gives student verbal warning/Redirection
Name on the board after first warning
Child sent with a consequence form to buddy class
Child to fill in form and take home for parents to sign
Parents notified and work with teacher to best support students
learning/behaviour
• Zero tolerance towards violence - sent straight to management

10. Homework
Year 6, 7, 8
• Spelling: At least 5 minutes practising their weekly spelling words either being
tested, writing the words out or by completing a short activity
• Reading: At least 15 minutes independent reading or reading to someone.
• Year 6 - to write comments each night in their reading log.
• Mathematics: At least 10 minutes on Mathletics

11. Specialisation
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A Snell team programme since 2008
There are 5 cycles throughout the year including blocks for the production.
Happens in 4 week blocks happens 2 x per week on Tuesday & Thursdays.
At the beginning of each cycle a blurb will go home.
Year 6: Robotics, elite P.E, Visual Arts, Productions & Processes and Media Studies
Year 7 & 8 Careers, Food Technology, structures and Mechanisms, Visual Arts and
Mandarin.
• Everyone: Performing Arts - During term 3 when the production is on.

12. Communication / Parent involvement
• When it’s a good time to meet- after school is usually best
(Wednesdays/Thursdays)
• Class blog-Friday-Sunday
• Newsletters (Tuesdays) / email mainly for information / major issues to be
sorted by phone or in person
• School works on a policy of ‘no surprises’ so parents will be told early if
there are any concerns with behaviour or learning.

13. Camp-EOTC
• Yr. 6/7 Term 1 – Week 11 - April 14th-17th
• 4 days 3 nights - Carey Park Camp Henderson Valley

14. Absentees
• Being onto time to school is really important otherwise marked Late on the
electronic roll.
• Please remember to the inform office when going away so it can be signed
off by the Principal so the absentee is recorded correctly.
• If you are going away on holiday please send me/Diane Manners a
email/letter stating when and where you will be going and for how long.

15. Other Information
• Uniform- wearing black shoes, P.E gear
• Cell Phones- All students must have permission from Diane Manners
• Any other questions?