Year 6
Week Beginning 9th March
What a brilliant World Book Day! Thank you for all of the effort that went into the children's costumes, they looked fantastic! We had a fantastic day celebrating.
The Book Fair is coming!
We will be having a book fair in school on Wednesday 11th March, Thursday 12th March, Friday 13th March and Monday 16th March, in the library. It will be open every day after school from 3:10pm until 3:45pm.
We receive commission for each book sold which will go towards books for our school library so please support us if you can.
This week is Science Week, so watch this space for some exciting learning and hearing about some of our young engineers....
Worship Theme This Week: New Life - Science week
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 10:10 “I have come that they may have life and have it more abundantly.”
Our whole class reading text is: Holes
Curriculum news
In history, we will be studying the Shang Dynasty.
In English, we will be learning about Chinese myths,
In RE, we will be studying salvation and the Easter story.
In maths, we will be focusing on percentages of amounts.
In science, we will be studying the respiratory system.
My Maths
The My Maths tasks for this term are as follows: Fractions, decimals and percentages 6A, Fractions, decimals and percentages 6B, Multiply decimals by 10 and 100, Scaling and rate problems, Scale drawing, Proportion introduction, Ratio introduction, Percentages of amounts 2 and Ratio and proportion - OW.
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.