Molly Davies
Teacher
Room - A4
Classroom Teacher
Teacher
Room - K6
Ōrākei Y 5 & Y 6 Hub - Term Overview 2025
Kaupapa | Lines of Inquiry
Communities and schools work together to promote healthy and safe environments.
Understanding how our school keeps us healthy and safe. Investigating the role of communal events that promote healthy & safe communities
Pāngarau | Maths
Number
Algebra: Equations and Expressions
form and solve true or false number sentences and open number sentences involving all four operations eg BEDMAS - order of operations.
Recognise the relationship between the ordinal position and its corresponding element in a growing pattern, develop a rule for the pattern in words.
Geometry Shape
Identify, classify, and explain similarities and differences between: 2D shapes, including different types of triangle, prisms and pyramids. Identify and describe the interior angles of triangles and quadrilaterals.
Ngā Toi | The Arts
The Arts
Te Reo Māori
Pōwhiri
Explore what happens in a pōwhiri, understand the protocol and be able to join in respectfully. eg karanga, whaikōrero, waiata, hongi and harirū.
Literacy
Pānui Reading
Summarising and drawing conclusions. Identify the central theme or main idea of a text, summarise the key details that support the theme or idea, and draw a conclusion.
Tuhituhi | Writing
Procedural writing. Writing in sequence, using concise and short phrases and use time connectives eg first, next, finally. Use diagrams or pictures to support understanding.
The Code spelling programme
Morphology: Silent e plus suffix rule -drop or keep. eg ice + ing = icing (drop the e)
Events
Swimming 13-16th Oct. Athletics 5th Nov. Positive Puberty 6th Nov. Camp 24-25th Nov. Road Patrol Training (for next year’s Y7 students) 8th Dec. Swimming 13th-16 Oct.
Hauora | Health & PE
PE
Athletics - Long jump, high jump, discus, shot put and running.
Health
Identify how health care and physical activity practices are influenced by community and environmental factors.
Resilience Programme
School Value - Respect and Kindess
We practise respect by caring for others and working together to create a positive community
We use kindness to make our school a safe and welcoming place.
