Year 6
Week Beginning 9th June
This Sunday (8th June) is our much-anticipated Year 6 residential to PGL and excitement has been building this week! We are super excited for three days of adventure, teamwork and unforgettable memories. We can't wait to see the children challenge themselves, try new things and have the most wonderful time!
Please see below for key information regarding our trip.
The coach will be leaving school at 1:30pm on Sunday 8th June. The doors to the school will open at 12:45pm for the children. Please note, if your child is late we will have no option but to ask you to transport them to the centre yourself. It would also be helpful if those children requiring travel sickness tablets have taken them prior to coming to school on the Sunday.
As our first meal won't be until the evening, we ask that your child please has lunch before they come into school on Sunday.
We will be returning at approximately between 15:30-16:00 on Wednesday 11th June, but we will provide a clearer update on the day.
Please ensure that the children do not bring any electrical equipment with them, or anything of significant value. In particular, please can they not take a mobile phone or tablet.
If your child is not attending the trip, they will still be expected to come to school as normal from Monday 9th – Wednesday 11th June. We will ensure there is appropriate work set for them and they will be receiving a bespoke Year 6 curriculum.
Important dates and messages:
Worship theme of the week:
Spirituality
'Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.'
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
Other news:
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PPA Days - PPA Days will be every other Friday and children should come in wearing PE kits.
- PE every Friday - Children should wear their PE kits every Friday.
Homework
- Project overview and Project homework - please find links to the relevant information below.
- MyMaths - we will be setting MyMaths tasks during the first week back.
- Reading books - we would like to remind everyone to have a reading book in school - this can be a school or home book. We would like all children to be able to share recommendations and reviews of what we have read recently. We are displaying books that we've read in the classroom to get children talking about the stories they love and to inspire others to try new titles.
- Reading records - All children should now have a blue reading record in which they can record how often they are reading. They will receive one raffle ticket if they read three times a week and two if they read more than five. At the end of each term, we will be drawing a raffle. There are activities in the reading records that can be completed at home for fun!
Best wishes,
Year 6 Team.
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.