Category: Year 6 Blog

Welcome back Year 6! We hope you had a lovely half term break and are ready to begin another week of hard work. Thank you to everyone who has sent examples of their work in, we would like to hear from more of you though so keep emailing it through to us please. We will still be on Microsoft Teams every morning from 10am-12pm to support you with any questions you have about your learning. Whether you are in school or at home you will have the same work to complete throughout the week and as before it will mostly be using Oak Academy and BBC Bitesize. We are trying to include a wide range of curriculum areas and we hope you enjoy it. Stay safe and keep in touch!

Mrs Auton-Budds email – [email protected]

Mr Mahal email – [email protected]

English

For English this week, we would like you to continue using the Oak Academy site. The focus this week is writing a diary entry.

Day	Coverage	Link
Monday	Reading Focus	https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/english/diary-entry-lesson-1-reading-focus-year-6-wk5-1
Tuesday	Reading Focus	https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/english/diary-entry-lesson-2-reading-focus-year-6-wk5-2
Wednesday	Identifying Features	https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/english/diary-entry-lesson-3-identifying-features-year-6-wk5-3
Thursday	Informal Language	https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/english/diary-entry-lesson-4-informal-language-year-6-wk5-4
Friday	Writing a Diary Entry	https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/english/diary-entry-lesson-5-writing-a-diary-entry-year-6-wk5-5

Reading

Spelling

For Spellings this week you can test your knowledge of the Year 5/6 words by being able to use them in context. Each page gets progressively harder from beginner through to genius! The answers follow each page but try not to cheat and aim to challenge yourselves!

Maths

For maths this week we would like you to revisit Fractions using BBC Bitesize. The focus will include simplifying, ordering, comparing and adding fractions.

Day	Coverage	Link
Monday	Simplify Fractions	https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkkm6v4
Tuesday	Compare and Order Fractions	https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkk6hbk
Wednesday	Add and Subtract Fractions	https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7ty382
Thursday	Add and Subtract Mixed Fractions	https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfp4kmn
Friday	Maths Challenges 4	https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zd87xyc

Creative Curriculum

We would like you to finish off your Power Projects and email over some pictures to us so we can see your fantastic work.

Music

Spanish

Computing

Design and Technology

Art

Geography

Science

As we get closer to a date for re-opening school, we wanted to explain to you how your first day will be organised when you come. The actual date to start is yet to be confirmed but it will involve arriving between 9:30 and 10:00. We are really looking forward to seeing you and welcoming you back to school.

You will have your own table to work at and your own resource pack which will include a pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, whiteboard and whiteboard pen among other resources. You will be able to put your school bag (with packed lunch) under your table and coat on the back of your chair. When you come in you will be asked to wash your hands – remember this is important throughout the day. 

We will be completing a range of work that Mr Mahal and Mrs AB have set, but will also be spending time outside in our ‘bubble’ group. When we have our morning break this will be with our bubble group. You will have lots of space as break times will be staggered. Therefore, you will get to use the whole of the year 5/6 playground with your bubble group. At lunchtime there maybe two bubble groups out at once and we will be asking you to stay to one half of the playground in your ‘bubble’ group. 

Each day we will also have an afternoon PE session (hopefully the weather says as nice as it has been) but you won’t need to worry about bringing in your PE kit. Alongside our learning we will also be doing craft activities too.

At the end of the day your teacher will walk your group back around to the Southbank entrance to say goodbye. 

Please remember that it is essential that you come to school at the time given to you for arrival so that you do not have to queue with other people. 

Young Voices are organising the largest choir in the world on Tuesday 2nd June. You can sign up for free but check with your parents first.
Happy Singing!

Writing in RUNES

Scratch Projects

CSW Virtual School Games

Further information can be obtained from the Thinkactive website and results are recorded through Survey Monkey link (see below). Have a go at the Cricket challenge and remember to email some photographs of you taking part. Also remember to record and send your results by Friday 22nd May at 1pm by the latest.

For children in Key Stage 2, there are carefully selected personal best challenges, skills and games designed for the home and garden.

Daily and weekly guidance is provided for both programmes in addition to an option to choose your own themes and activities.

There are so many benefits to being active, not only to our physical wellbeing but also to our emotional and mental health, especially in such testing times for all of us. We hope that the ideas help support you and your family to stay fit and healthy in the coming months. Here are the details to access real PE at home:

The website address is: home.jasmineactive.com 
Parent email: [email protected]
Password: coundonpri

Click here to view more information to support you including a user guide and FAQs.

We are starting to have meetings with your new Secondary schools for September and would like you to be able to have some input. You have all had some questions emailed to you on your new school email accounts that we would like you to answer and send back to us if possible. We are speaking to Coundon Court tomorrow so ideally we would like them today (18th May) if you can.
To access your email you can click the link below then go into Outlook from the Office page. You will need your email address and password we gave to your parents last week.
We look forward to hearing from you and remember we are online on Teams every day from 10am-12pm

Good day Year 6! We hope that you are all safe and have had quite a productive week. It was lovely to see some of you on Microsoft Teams during the week and we were so impressed with how you are dealing with these uncertain times with such maturity. We were also impressed by the PowerPoint quiz that Connor had emailed to us and also the Scratch Projects by Max H and Sophie – you were certainly showing your creative sides. If you have still not received your personal login details to access Microsoft Teams or you are having problems logging in, please email us. We would be more than happy to help. Below, you will see the various tasks set for your Home Learning, for this week. We would love to see more examples of the work you have been doing at home. Remember, Microsoft Teams meetings will be running from Monday to Friday from 10am to 12pm. We look forward to seeing you there. Keep safe 🙂 x

English

For English this week, we would like you to continue with the online lessons from the Oak National Academy. Last week’s lessons focused on writing instructions. We would like to read some of your written instructions. This week’s focus is on descriptive writing of settings.

Day	Coverage	Link
Monday	Setting Description – Reading Focus	Click Here
Tuesday	Setting Description – Reading Focus	Click Here
Wednesday	Identify the features of descriptive Writing	Click Here
Thursday	Begin to use examples of figurative language	Click Here
Friday	Write a descriptive setting	Click Here

Grammar

Focus for grammar this week is on Vocabulary and Standard English. Download the booklet and answer the questions (in your exercise book). Remember you do not need to complete every section.

Vocabulary & Standard English
Question Booklet	Click Here
Answer Booklet	Click Here

Reading

As well as the reading focus from the Oak National Academy lessons and BBC Bitesize, there are also some reading comprehension tasks that you could also do. Below you will find a text on the poet Benjamin Zephaniah. Decide whether you would like to do Clouds, Moons or Stars. Read the text and then answer the questions in your exercise book. Answers have been provided so that you can check. Remember to read the questions carefully.

Clouds	Moons	Stars
Text	Text	Text
Questions	Questions	Questions
Answers	Answers	Answers

Spellings

For spellings this week, read through each sentence and identify the word which has been spelt incorrectly and then correct it. Afterwards, look through the answer sheet and check to see if you have identified all the misspelt words correctly. If you are looking for a further challenge then have a go on the Spelling Crossword. There is also a wordsearch too.

Identify Misspelt Words Task
Spelling Questions	Click Here
Spelling Answers	Click Here

Spelling Crossword Challenge
Crossword Clues	Click Here
Crossword Answers	Click Here

Spelling Wordsearch Challenge
Wordsearch Challenge	Click Here
Wordsearch Answers	Click Here

Maths

Day	Coverage	Link
Monday	Multi Step + and – Problems	Click Here
Tuesday	Short and Long Multiplication	Click Here
Wednesday	Common Factors, Multiples and Primes	Click Here
Thursday	Order of Operations	Click Here
Friday	Maths Challenges 2	Click Here

Creative Curriculum

Geography

Music

Science

Spanish