Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 2nd March 2022

SPELLING FOCUS - i before e, except after c. This is a really tricky rule! Focus on it. I have given you extra time on these spellings as we have children off. What other spelling rules do you need to revise?

cashier, priest, mischief, deceive, receipt, mischief, believe, brief, niece, diesel, hygiene, fierce, siege, grief, receive, perceive, inconceivable, yield, efficient, conscience

MATHS - Arithmetic Focus. Paper 2a

You have another arithmetic paper to have a go at this week. I was impressed with your focus and attention to detail last week. Have another go. Can you maintain your score or look to improve?

Look at your jottings - are you being accurate?

SCIENCE - COVID

This year has been a year like no other. Covid has continued to play a role in the lives of everybody to the point where we did not see our friends and family for weeks. But, what is Covid? I have set you all a To Do on Purple Mash to complete. Think about the detail needed in your answers. Use the prompts given to support your answers.

Let's go swimming...

Please make sure your child is at the gate on Kenilworth Road for 8.35am, ready to go swimming.

The children need to bring their kit with them in a swimming bag:

  • Swimming costume/swimming shorts

  • Towel

  • Hair brush

  • Long sleeved top / leggings or trousers (for water safety)

We are very excited to get there and complete our swimming curriculum.

Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 23rd February 2022

SPELLING FOCUS - Hyphens. Next week we will be looking at hyphens in GPS. Learn these spellings ready for next week.

high-spirited, life-size, brother-in-law, empty-handed, single-minded, three-dimensional, follow-up,

ultra-violet, short-change, old-fashioned, well-known, corn-fed, self-service, round-trip, off-peak

Can you find out what the job of a hyphen is? What is its purpose?

MATHS - Arithmetic Focus.

Have a go at the half arithmetic paper that is in your revision folder. Think about the areas that you struggled with last time. Can you correct them on this paper? You may want to time yourself too? Remember to be as accurate as you can.

Look at your jottings - are you being accurate?

GEOGRAPHY - PURPLE MASH

  1. County quiz - can you label all of the counties of England?

  2. A fact file about England - create a DETAILED fact file about our own country. What information can you find out and add in.

POTIONS - Can you make yours?

Why don’t you create your own potion at home? Think about the ingredients that you will need and make it up? Can you make a film or a poster advertising your potion?

Year 6 Weekly Blog - 'Don't be afraid to take on the biggest of challenges, they offer the greatest reward.'

We have reached the end of a very busy half term, and what a half term it has been. I know I say this most weeks, but I really am in awe of the work that the children are completing and the expectations that they have of themselves. Whether it be science, maths, music or art, the children always get fully stuck into their learning and become immersed by what they are being taught. I am so very proud of them all.

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Year 6 Weekly Blog - 'Evolution is the secret for the next step.'

Evolution and Inheritance is one of my favourite units of work to teach because it is packed with questions. Throughout history, humans have been required to adapt and change in order to not only survive - but to thrive! Quite often, change can be seen as a scary prospect, one that makes us feel vulnerable and uneasy. However, it is during these times that we grow and see just how much strength we have.

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Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 2nd February 2022

““The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.””
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

REVISION

This week is all about consolidating what you have learnt this year (and from Year 3), practising those skills that you know you need to and celebrating what you can do well.

Tomorrow, you will be able to take home your GPS, Reading and Maths revision folders, as well as your spelling book. Use these resources carefully to identify areas that you know you can pick up marks next week.

GPS - what spellings are you getting incorrect? Is there a common theme? Could you use a different strategy to embed them? Which grammar areas are you struggling with? If these areas haven’t been taught yet, don’t worry, if they have, what do you now need to do to understand them further?

Use IXL to search for key areas that you need to practise further.

READING - You have another reading paper to have a go at, this time it is poetry. Have a go alongside looking at where you need to pick up marks on previous papers. Is it a case of not using evidence? Do you need to look closer at vocabulary?

MATHS - We have covered a lot of maths this year. Consolidate those areas that you need to practise further. Remember not to worry about something that hasn’t been taught yet. Look over the shape information that is in your folders too.

Maths is Fun is a great website where you can search for topics and it will provide teaching and questions for you to practise. Use it to work on areas that you are not so sure of.

Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 19th January 2022

Spelling - Silent letter spellings.

climb, ascent, crescent, handkerchief, sandwich, consign, character, archeology, breathe, ghost, thumb, plumb, would, knight, wrapper, silhouette, autumn, wrinkle, guilty, yolk

Maths - Can you complete these calculations in your homework book?

SHORT DIVISION

LONG DIVISION

English - IXL ENGLISH - HH1 and HH2 - Modal verbs -
This is a revision and based on the grammar discussions that we had this week in class.

Are you learning your ROMEO and JULIET lines at home?

Science - EVOLUTION

What is evolution? What are the basic principles? Using the buttons below, lift out the main ideas from the text and create a poster to illustrate your findings. This has been set for you on Purple Mash.

Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 12th January 2022

Spelling - Silent letter spellings.

crumb, debt, plumb, scissors, scenario, plaque, design, foreign, reign, anchor, chemical, knowledge, psychology, psalm, receipt, aisle, island, castle, chimney, disguise.

Maths - It is essential that you know your times tables really, really well.

Visit your HEAT MAP on Times Table Rockstars. Which times tables do you need to focus on? Which ones do you need to ensure you know as quick as the others? Can you get your speed down to less than 2 seconds per table.

IXL - Q1, Q2, Q9 and Q10

Can you practise some short division calculations so that you have mastered the skill?

English - William Shakespeare

Who is William Shakespeare? Next week you will be writing an Outcome 3 biography. I have set you a To Do on Purple Mash for you to record your research on: Early Life, Education and How he became a playwright.

Focus on:

  • Cohesive devices

  • Key dates

  • Subject specific language.

Year 6 Weekly Blog - 'The best is yet to come. The start of a New Year is the chance to rewrite your book.'

Wishing you all a very happy new year. It has been so lovely to welcome the children back to school this week, despite the wind, rain and snow. The most important part of any school is the people within it. I have loved seeing the smiles and listening to all of the wonderful stories that the festive season has brought. Yesterday we walked down to church to celebrate the feast of the epiphany.

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Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 5th January 2022

Spelling - Please can you recap the spellings from the last 3 homework ready for a random test next week?

decision, collision, Asia, discussion, revision, impression, expansion, vision, transmission, obsession, passion, recession, expansion, permission, comprehension, admission, tension, profession, possession, impression, collision, revision, confession, progression, direction, explanation, competition, cautious, especially, appreciate, ancient, delicious, subtraction, politician, infection, international, crying, reliable, busily, happiness, heavily, beautifully, mysterious, applied, business, heavier, copier, happily.

Maths - It is essential that you know your times tables really, really well.

Visit your HEAT MAP on Times Table Rockstars. Which times tables do you need to focus on? Which ones do you need to ensure you know as quick as the others? Can you get your speed down to less than 2 seconds per table.

Science - ADAPTATION

This week we are starting our new unit of work on EVOLUTION AND INHERITANCE. To start with, what do you know about adaptation and how have animals adapted to the environment that they live in? I have set you a To Do on Purple Mash. Use the template to find 6 different animals explaining to me how they have adapted to their environment. Find a range of animals from a range of habitats.

Storyboard That - INVESTIGATION

Over the next few weeks, we will be using STORYBOARD THAT to help us tell the story of Romeo and Juliet. Have a play around with it for homework. What comic strips can you create? What characters can you include? See what you can create?