Year 6
Week Beginning 2nd February
This week is assessment week; a really exciting opportunity for the children to show off everything they have learnt. We can't wait to celebrate their results with them!
As a reminder, please can the children come to school each day dressed in PE kit.
Worship Theme This Week:
Our worship theme this week is:
Candlemas 2nd February
"Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against, (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.” Luke 2
Our whole class reading text is: Holes
Curriculum news
In geography, we will be learning about earthquakes.
In English, we will be focusing on writing a leaflet about the Galapagos Islands.
In RE, we will be studying the Big Bang Theory and science vs religion.
In maths, we will be focusing on decimals.
In science, we will be looking at Darwin's theory of Evolution.
My Maths
The My Maths tasks for this term are as follows: Decimals worksheet 6A, Decimals worksheet 6B, Fractions, decimals and percentages 6A and 6B, More fractions, decimals and percentages - OW, Modelling percentages, Modelling percentage increase and decrease and Modelling fractions and percentages.
Key dates
Thank you for your continued support!
Mr Slattery and Mrs Clark
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
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
- What are facts and opinions?
- What does an author do?
- What is inference?
2. https://www.everyschool.co.uk/english-key-stage-2-comprehension-2.html
- All activities through this link
3. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/reading
- All activities through this link
SPaG – Spelling punctuation and grammar activities
- SPaG exam questions
Your username and password are in the password pack you received from school.
- Apostrophes – Demo 1
- Apostrophes – Demo 2
- Homophone magic
- Is it a noun?
- You should be able to sign up for free and get some free questions.
- Glossary of Grammar terminology
- Grammar and punctuation information- click to be taken to the document
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 focusses 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 - practice arithmetic; 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 styles 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/ - An excellent reasoning resource. You need to sign up for free, but then the download is also free.