What’s happening in Year 6

This term, students in Year 6 are looking at Australia’s Global Footprint and will be focusing on Exploring Diversity, Migration and Impact. The unit started with students exploring Australia census data, where they imagined Australia as a class of 100 people. They discovered that 67 would be born in Australia and 28 would speak a language other than English at home. They analysed data on age, language and country of birth. They learned that precise statements, backed by numbers, tell us far more than vague ones by using accurate terminology. In our second learning experience this term, students critiqued a deliberately confusing graph before creating their own column graphs and infographics about Australia’s population.

In our second learning experience, students explored why people migrate. They sorted scenarios into push and pull factors and read The Little Refugee by Anh Do and Suzanne Do. They analysed Anh’s family’s escape from Vietnam by boat and identified the push and pull factors in their journey to Australia.

Ms Marisa Maks, Mr Eamonn Dunphy, Ms Ann Milicic, Ms Georgia Wheatley, Ms Rebecca Seidman
Year 6 teachers