Year 6
Week Beginning 9th February
Well done Year 6 – another assessment week over and out! We are super proud of the resilience and hard work you have all shown.
This week, we were very lucky to have an online safety workshop delivered by Sophia and the rest of the AFCB education team. We were then joined, much to the children's delight, by AFCB player David Brooks. We are so grateful to the team for joining us!
Next week, we will be celebrating both Children's mental health week and Safer Internet Day. The children will be taking part in a number of activities to promote the importance of looking after their mental health and staying safe online in a world of Artificial Intelligence.
Worship Theme This Week:
Our worship theme this week is: Love
Jesus said “Love the Lord your God and Love your Neighbour as yourself”.
Mark 12:31
Our whole class reading text is: Holes
Curriculum news
In art, we will be creating our very own wire sculptures.
In English, we will be completing a unit of 'Opening Doors' work, looking at the work of H.G. Wells.
In RE, we will be taking part in a silent debate on the topic of creation vs science.
In maths, we will be focusing on decimals.
In geography, we will be completing an end of unit assessment all about the Galapagos Islands.
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.