Grade Six

Grade Six students demonstrate a wide range of signs of puberty and adolescence. Some have lengthening limbs and faces, and become awkward and self-consciousness as they work to regain control of their changing bodies.

• Study of the ‘physical body’ of the earth, geology and mineralogy, matches the students’ experiences of changes in their bodies.
• Science study flows from observation of the phenomena such as sound, light, heat, magnetism and static electricity. Students move from observation to a basic understanding of how it works and exists in the world around them. This understanding is expanded to how technology and machines operate in our world.
• Astronomy also begins by observing the phenomena, the constellations in the sky, the movement of the stars, planets and our moon. The study is supported by poems and quotations on astronomical themes as well.
• History offers a view of the Romans and their control over the physical world with aqueducts, roads and cities. The students are led to understand how the strength and excesses of the Romans led to destruction (native cultures, and eventually the Roman Empire itself). This lays the base for an understanding the order of Medieval societies (feudal society, monasteries etc.)

 

Main Lesson Subject Blocks

• Language Arts (composition, grammar, spelling, literature)
• Geography of the Americas or Europe and Africa (other topic in Grade 7)
• Ancient Roman History
• Medieval History
• Business math (percents, interest)
• Geometry
• Physics (sound, light and colour, heat, magnetism, static electricity)
• Geology
• Astronomy (grade 6-8)

 

Specialty Subjects

French, German, music (four part recorder), choir, handwork (knitting on four needles and other needle work), art, woodwork (carving), games/ physical education (team sports).

 

Field trips

Field trips in Grade Six include day trips for seasonal and curriculum-based activities, and typically an overnight camping trip .