Year 6
Week Beginning 16th November
Wow... how about that remembrance worship?! Weren't the children fantastic! This amamzing performance has added a real weight and context to our current World War 2 project and the children have really immersed themselves into the learning so far. We cannot wait to see what else they can achieve over the next few weeks!
This year, instead of Parent Information Evenings, we have also made a welcome video for you to learn all about Year 6. Here it is below:
Just a reminder that Friday is our PE day, so please ensure children are wearing PE kit.
Worship theme:
Let the little children come to me...
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3: 5+6
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed: I will strengthen you, I will help you.” Isaiah 41:10
Our whole class reading text is: Goodnight Mister Tom
Curriculum learning
In maths, we will be continuing with our work on fractions.
In English, we will be writing poetry from the perspective of a WW2 soldier.
In history, we will be creating a timeline of key events from WW2.
In RE, we will be looking at the two birth narratives of Matthew and Luke.
In computing, we will be continuing our unit of work on 'blogging' on Purple Mash.
The My Maths tasks for this term are: Multiplying fractions by fractions, Equivalent fractions 2, Ordering and simplifying fractions, Comparing fractions, Adding subtracting fractions, Fractions worksheet 6A and Fractions worksheet 6B. Some students have been set: Simple fractions, Modelling fractions of amounts, Modelling fractions of amounts, Fractions 2 - OW, Fractions on the number line, Fraction calculations, Fractions as operators and Using fractions - OW.
Project homework will be sent home this week and is due Thursday 17th December.
Key dates 26/27
Thank you for your continued support!
Mr Slattery and Mrs Clark
Learning as a family in Jesus, through Love, Hope, and Forgiveness.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
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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.