Another week passed and what wonderful, icy weather we have had! In the same way the sun has lit up our playground, the children have lit up our classrooms with the fantastic learning they have been producing!
Please note, we will be inviting parents into the hall for our project outcome on Friday 10th February, from 09:30 – 10:15am.
For week commencing 30th January, Year 6 will be completing our termly assessment week. To enable us to provide the children with a variety of activities when not completing assessments, please can the children come to school dressed in PE kit for every day that week (30th January – 3rd February), along with the following Monday alone (Monday 6th February). Thank you!
Worship theme: Memories/Remembering – Holocaust Memorial Day 27th January
Curriculum:
This week in English, we will be continuing our learning about travel writing, looking at creating our own leaflets. This will involve a focus on persuasive techniques and understanding the layout features of a piece of writing.
In Maths, we will be finishing of our work on fractions, looking at calculating fractions of amounts. Once complete, we will be moving onto ratio, a unit that will be new learning for a lot of the children…
In RE, we will be studying the role that science has within religion! Channel your inner Brian Cox!!
In PE, will be continuing our gymnastics work! Get stretching!
This half term, the text we will be analysing in our Destination Reader lessons is ‘Sea Beam’ by Sarah Holding. Please see below for the book cover and the strategies we use in our Destination Reader lessons.
Other news:
Best wishes,
Mr Slattery and Miss Martin
Learning as a family in Jesus, through Love, Hope and Forgiveness.
Matthew 19:26 “with God all things are possible.”
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Below are some resources you can use for optional additional activities if you so wish:
English reading activities should consist of reading an extract or short story and answering questions. Guidance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Y_67GMkP4
2. https://www.everyschool.co.uk/english-key-stage-2-comprehension-2.html
3. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/reading
SPaG – Spelling punctuation and grammar activities
Your username and password are in the password pack you received from school.
6. Year 5/6 spelling list – Y5 and 6 spelling list
Maths
Remember, MyMaths tasks will be set each week as identified in the weekly web update. Please ensure that you do the tasks set for the week. Remember, you also have access to Timetables Rockstars, too.
Remember, the Maths exam is split into three; one arithmetic paper and two reasoning papers. The arithmetic paper is more calculation based, whereas the reasoning focuses more on the application of these skills.
Arithmetic
https://myminimaths.co.uk/year-6-arithmetic-practice-paper-week-1/ – weekly arithmetic practise, very much in the style of the Year 6 tests.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/486/Y6-Arithmetic-Practice – arithmetic practise; select how many questions you want to try.
Daily arithmetic can be downloaded here: 1-4 13-16 17-20 21-24 25-26 27-30 31-34 5-8 9-12.
Reasoning
https://thirdspacelearning.com/blog/year-6-maths-reasoning-questions-answers-ks2-sats/ – List of the different style of reasoning/problem solving questions.
https://mathsmadeeasy.co.uk/ks2-revision/maths-made-easy-ks2-sats-practice-papers/ – access to a range of free papers in a very similar style to the tests.
https://www.3minutemaths.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Quicktestreasoningyear6.pdf – Reasoning quick tests
https://thirdspacelearning.com/resources/year-6-rapid-reasoning-weeks-1-6/ – excellent reasoning resource. You need to sign up for free, but then the download is also free.
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