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Yr6 Weekly Update - 04/21/17How We Express Ourselves - The Exhibition![]() Welcome back, we hope you had a safe and relaxing holiday! We are right back into the swing of things here in Y6 with the exhibition happening. We started the week by looking at the Central Idea and deconstructing it and putting it into our own words to help us gain a better understanding. ![]() CI: Expressing values and passions moves people to take action. We are inquiring into
Students were introduced to the MISO research method which will enable them to practice ways of investigating topics that they may not have explored before. MISO stands for… M = Media I = Interviews S = Surveys O = Observations We want to ensure that the students are exposed to all of these different kinds of research in order to devise questions they can answer to successfully complete the exhibition. This week, students are working on the design and discover stages of the solution fluency process. Based on their Global Goal, students are required to define their issue and then define the reasons for that issue. This also helps us to answer our first line of inquiry. When students have defined their issue they will use the M.I.S.O research method to discover more about the reasons for the issue, both the good and the bad, as well as find both quantitative and qualitative data to support their findings. PYPX Logo competition Students we need your help! We are looking for the creative genius in all of you to design the PYPX logo for this year. Here is what you need to do, you need to hand draw in A4 size your idea in black and white. It MUST have the words, KJS, PYPX and 2017 included in in. It is due on Monday April 24th ![]() MATHS Students have been identifying and using scale (ratio) to reduce and enlarge 2D shapes and transforming, reducing and enlarging 3D objects. Students will then be moving on to describing and modeling congruency and similarity in 3D objects and reading writing and solving problems involving ratios. ![]() IMPORTANT DATES 1-3 May: School Closed 6 May: Tournament of the Minds 30 May: Public Holiday - School closed 1 June: PYP Exhibition Showcase ![]() |