Newsletter - Term 1 (Week 14)

Dear Parents,

This week Year 6 continue preparing the goods and services for each group for the Trade Fair next week. More details are below.

Reflections – 2nd – 5th December
Students started planning for the goods and services they may sell at the Trade Fair. We saw that some of the groups had similar ideas so they discussed what other goods or services they may provide. Students also read out to the class the advertisement they each had written to advertise their goods. They are obviously now very familiar with the art of persuasive speech!

Weekly News: 9th – 12th December

Unit of Inquiry
This week students will continue the preparations for the goods and services they will sell at the Trade Fair in the last week of term. Students will also continue work on the group advertisements (see English below). For the Trade Fair it is important to remember two things:
1. Each student can spend no more than €10 on buying goods for the fair. We would like students to keep spending as low as possible and use recycled materials etc or items they already have at home.
2. Students from years 3 to 6 will be buying goods at the fair using our year 6 currency (the Bargo). No real money will be used.

If you have any questions regarding the fair please send a message to Mr Barrett in the school diary or via email.

Mathematics
This week students will continue to focus on multiplication, including multiplication of decimals, in our number groups. We will continue our tables drill and use various games to become more familiar with decimals, fractions and percentages.

English
This week students will finish writing, editing, publishing and rehearsing their group advertisement for the goods and services on sale at the Trade Fair. Later in the week we will perform the advertisements to a live audience in the class and some advertisements may be filmed. Student groups will assess other groups on the various qualities of their performance. Students will be given a rubric (list of criteria) to judge each performance.

What can I do to help?
· Students this week will have a Trade Fair Diary in their homework book which details what they need to do at home. Please check their Trade Fair diary.

Upcoming Events and Reminders:
· Junior School Concert, Celebrations Around the World – 17th December, 2008
· End of Term 1 – 19th December (classes finish at 12:00pm)

With thanks,
David Barrett, David Gocentas and Ms Isabel Costa Pereira