Grade 6 - AMPS

Dear Parents, herewith final assessment dates and content.
ASTON MANOR PRIMARY SCHOOL
Special Parents Circular – 31 st October 2011
Learning Area: Content: Date:
ENGLISH
AFRIKAANS
MATHEMATICS
Grade 6
- Comprehension
- Nouns, Verbs, adverbs, adjectives Paper I – 16 th November
- Proverbs
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Active and Passive Speech
- All punctuation
- Revise paragraph writing & descriptive words Paper II – 21 st November
- Begripstoets – Lees en Antwoord vrae
(cannot learn for this) Paper I – 15 th November
- Pas Kolom B by Kolom A – 6 kriewelrige feite
(cannot learn for this)
- Advertensie (cannot learn for this)
- Taal:
Verlede end Teenwoordige Tyd
Alfabetiese volgorde
Kies die korrekte vorm van die woord.
- Kreatiewe Skryf – kort opstel Paper II – 22 nd Tema – “raar maar waar”
November
- Maths 1 : Main paper covers all work, except early number
systems and calculator skills. (Require ruler and protractor) Paper I and II
- Maths 2 : Mental maths covers all work. 18 th November
- Maths 3 : Calculator skills Paper III
(calculator required) 21 st November
SOCIAL
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Geography : Rainfall in SA (worksheets 3 – 6 and 11)
History : Democracy (worksheets 11 & 12 and only 15 th November
SCIENCES questions and answers on worksheet 14)
- The South African flag (be able to draw, colour and explain
meaning of colour)
N.B. learners must bring pencil, eraser, coloured pencils
and a ruler with to the exam.

- Electricity (new notes)
TECHNOLOGY - PG 1 - Generation of electricity, an electrical circuit, all 16 th words in glossary.
November
- PG 2 - Directions of current. (Pos. terminal to Neg.
terminal).
- PG 3 - Question C – know the results of the experiments
(done in class), eg. Why does the bulb glow? What
happens when you disconnect the 2 paper clips?
- PG 4 - Question D & E – know results of experiments, ie.
insulators & conductors of electricity (plastic & metal)
- PG 5 - Table (must have a pencil, eraser, ruler)
Series and parallel connections
- PG 7 - Label different components of electric circuits.
Draw electric circuit & indicate directions of flow of current
- PG 8 - Use as practice for exam
- Worksheet 10 – How electricity is transferred to your home
NATURAL
SCIENCE
- The earth spins on its axis
- Day and night 14 th November
- Objects in the sky
- Phases of the moon
- Melting and dissolving
- Solutions, solvents and solutes
- Electrical circuit
- Conductors and insulators
- Energy transfer
- Electricity and safety
- Tuberculosis (TB)
LIFE - Rights and responsibilities 14 th November
ORIENTATION - Abuse
- National holidays
- Assignment work on brochure – be able to write a
ARTS & CULTURE paragraph on it, writing, printing, seeing clearly, sound, food 17 th November
- Designing an advertising campaign.
EMS - Developing a business plan. 17 th November
Parents are reminded that it is important that your child sets up a study timetable for the forthcoming examinations. Children may not
be fetched during examinations, so ensure that any doctors/dentist appointments are made after school hours.
Thanking you,
L.J. STEENKAMP GRADE 6 EDUCATOR
HEADMASTER
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Child’s Name: __________________________________________ Class: ____________
I have read and taken note of the examination timetable for Grade 6, 4 th Term 2011.
Parent’s Name & Signature: ____________________________________________