We are excited to announce that from this week, we will be using ‘Microsoft Teams’ to help stay in touch during these challenging times. Your teacher will call you to help you to get started. In order to access Microsoft Teams, type the address www.office.com (or use the link below) and use the email address and password that you have been given over the phone. (If you have not been given this, please email your class teacher.)
When you sign in for the first time, you will be asked to change your password. Make this unique and something that you will be able to remember. (Note: Always keep your passwords secret) Once you have signed in, you will see a welcome sign with a range of Microsoft applications. You will be able to send an email to your class teacher (through Outlook) using one of the class email addresses below. The settings on your account means that you can only send emails to your teachers and only receive emails from your teachers. As a pupil, you will also be able to access a wide range of on-line applications, such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint. These may help you to complete future work. You will also be able to see a symbol that says ‘Teams’. This is the application that we can use to help to keep in touch. You can log in and post messages to the groups / channels / teams that you have been assigned to. A teacher from the Year 6 team will be available between 10-12 pm each day, starting from Wednesday 13th May. We hope to ‘see’ you on there soon 🙂
Today is the day that SATs would have started, The classroom set up and the tables parted, The rules on the board, the display walls all covered, Your workbooks away, out of sight in the cupboard,
Instead you are home, you’re doing your bit, Protecting your families from getting sick, It’s important right now, we’re in lockdown you see, Being apart of world history,
You’ve all worked so hard, you should be so proud, You’ve practised your SPAG and times tables out loud ,You’ve learnt algebra to the Nth degree, And now the tests, they will no longer be,
Some may be sad that they can’t take the tests, “Hip hip hooray,” I’ve no doubt said the rest, Whilst the tests are on hold and you stay home this term, Remember that tests can’t measure everything you learn, And I don’t need SATs results to tell me, How hard you have worked, it’s easy to see,
‘Lockdown’ Year 6, let me shout it out loud, You’ve made all your teachers so very proud, So please continue to learn, fill that brain up full, And remember, we think you’re all wonderful! ?
Good day Year 6! Hope you all have had a good week? Even through these uncertain times, it was lovely to celebrate VE day on Friday 8th May and pay our sincere respects to those that fought so gallantly to preserve the freedom that we have today. How did you celebrate VE day? For this week, we are going to present English and Maths tasks slightly differently. Lessons in English and Maths will be presented either through the National Oaks Academy website or BBC Bitesize – using their online lessons. There will be some English and Maths activities that you will still be able to access from here (see below). Aside from that, we would like to know how you are all doing. What have you all been up to? Drop us an email. Take care, keep safe, keep smiling 🙂
As mentioned earlier, the focus for the English lessons will be via online lessons through the National Oaks Academy. The key skills covered will be on the genre of instructions. Remember to click on the links below to access each lesson.
Focus for grammar this week is on Punctuation. Download the booklet and answer the questions (in your exercise book). Remember you do not need to complete every section.
For some guided reading activities, click on the link below to access the BBC Bitesize website. The text is To Be A Cat by the author Matt Haig. Listen to the extract and there are various activities that you can do throughout the week. Let us know what you think about the book.
As well as the reading focus from the National Oaks Academy lessons and BBC Bitesize, there are also some reading comprehension tasks that you could also do. Below you will find a text on Greece. 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.
Remember to continue to access the Fiction Express website. Chapter 3 is now live from the following books: The Pampered Prince or The Last Guardian or even Cosmo Mars and the Vanishing Woman. Try out the quizzes and the online activities. Identify and find out the meanings of any ‘amazing’ vocabulary that you discover whilst reading. It’s great to see that some of you are enjoying reading the David Macphail text My Gran is a Werewolf.
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.
For Maths this week, the focus of your learning will be on place value with lessons found on the BBC Bitesize Website. As a Mathematician, you will covering the areas of rounding numbers, negative numbers, add and subtract integers as well as a challenge at the end of the week. Remember to click on the links below in order to access the lessons.
If you are missing doing the arithmetic questions, please find below Arithmetic Test 1. Recap on your knowledge of fractions, decimals numbers, percentages, etc. Record your answers in your exercise book and then check your answers. Remember to ALWAYS check your errors and identify why the answer may be incorrect. Have fun and see if you can achieve 40/40 🙂
In this lesson you will look at an Optical Illusion artwork before creating your own. You will learn to shade in to show that an object is three-dimensional.
For Computing this week, we would like you to go to the BBC Bitesize website and learn all about algorithms and debugging. You will watch two videos which will then be followed by three activities. Click on the link below.
For the next couple of weeks, we would like to set you some POWer Projects – based on the Vikings. Click on the POWer Project link below and you will discover a number of activities that you can do. For example, you can create a Viking longboat. Or if you are feeling that fashionable, creative flair, why not dress up as a Viking and take a photo. Then provide some information on the clothing. Remember to complete one of your choices per week. We look forward to you sharing these 🙂
MFL – Spanish
Saying Your Birthday In Spanish
In this lesson, you will recap on numbers and the alphabet, as well as saying your name and age in Spanish. It will then expand your number knowledge to learn the numbers up to 31 and the months of the year in Spanish, so that you can say the date of your birthday in Spanish! For this lesson you will need some paper and a pen or pencil.
We just wanted to let you ALL know how much we are all missing you. This is a message from the staff to you. Hope you enjoy it! Thank you to the extraordinarily talented Mrs A-B for putting this together. Hope you enjoy it. Coundon Primary presents…
Dear Children and Parents, While planning and organising lessons for this week we (the teachers) have got a bit carried away and planned five days worth of lessons – we forgot that on Friday it is a bank holiday to celebrate VE Day. Therefore we are advising that you do not have to complete the work set on Friday but may wish to mark VE Day in a different way. We would love to see photos from your day and how you marked this occasion. The image on the right may give you some ideas. From ‘The Year 5 Team’
Good day Year 6! We hope that you are all well? It was lovely having the opportunity to chat with you over the past couple of weeks. As a year group team, we have been really impressed by your mature and positive attitude during these uncertain times. We certainly miss having you in the classroom and look forward to seeing you all at some point. For Home Learning this week, please see below for the various tasks, which we would like you to complete. Any questions or if you require any guidance, please remember to emails us and we will do our best to support you. Remember to keep in touch through the email and let us know how you are doing and we would love to see photographs of work, activities that you have been doing so that we can share it on the blog. Keep SAFE, keep POSITIVE, keep SMILING 🙂 The Year 6 Team x
For English this week, we would like you to continue with the newspaper reports. Last week you focused on features, headlines, direct and reported speech, making notes and planning. The next stage is now to start writing your newspaper report. Each day will focus on a different section of a newspaper report to help guide you through it. Below you will find some examples of newspaper reports, a checklist, orange words, ISPACE sentence openers, examples of fronted adverbials and a newspaper template. You can either write your newspaper report in your exercise books or type – whichever you prefer. We look forward to reading some of these 🙂 Remember to email us if you require any guidance.
Focus for grammar this week is on Sentences,Phrasesand Clauses. Download the booklet and answer the questions (in your exercise book). Remember you do not need to complete every section
Below, you will find a range of different (very short) text and their content domain. Read the text and answer the questions. The answers are also provided.
It’s great to see that you are still accessing the Fiction Express website. Read the latest chapters from: The Pampered Prince or The Last Guardian or even Cosmo Mars and the Vanishing Woman. Try out the quizzes and the online activities. Identify and find out the meanings of any ‘amazing’ vocabulary that you discover whilst reading.
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.
In Maths this week, the focus is to continue on the area of statistics. As Mathematicians, you will be learning about pie charts, circles and also recapping on calculating the mean. For the first lesson of the week, you will need to print off activity sheet 1 (see below). The remainder of the questions can be done in your books. Remember to email if you need any guidance.
During last week, your task was to research and present some amazing facts on the Vikings. We look forward to seeing your project once completed. This week, we would like you to put your geographical skills into action. Read through the PowerPoint/pdf below and then your task is to draw the blank map of Europe (see copy) and then label all the countries . Use arrows to indicate where the Viking originally came from (Scandinavia). Use the support map if needed.
In this lesson, you will recap on the alphabet and numbers from last week, then you are going to learn how to greet people and introduce yourselves in Spanish! You will learn how to say your name and age in Spanish. For this lesson, you just need your brain and your voice! But you might want a pen and paper handy in case you want to write anything down. Click on the website link below.
How to use visual texture to add interest to artwork
In this lesson, you are going to look at how Vincent van Gogh used visual texture in his sketchbook, then explore pencils and mark-making to enhance your own work. Click on the link below.
The National Literacy Trust have put together a free online book called ‘The Book of Hopes.’ It is a compilation of short stories, pictures and poems from a range of famous authors. The book is dedicated to all NHS and staff working in hospitals. Click on the link below to read the book.
On Friday 1st May it will be Pyjamarama Day. The Book Trust would like you to celebrate the day with your family to read, carry out some fun reading activities and to stay in your pyjamas ALL DAY! Visit the Book Trust website below and have a go at the range of reading ideas and activities on offer. Let the Year 6 Team know what you think.
Good day Year 6. The Year 6 team hope that you are all well and keeping yourself safe. Please do remember that if you do have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us through the email. In addition to that, we would also love to find out how all of you are doing and what you are getting up to. Please send any photographs or work that you would like to share. Below, you will find some various tasks set for the week. If you could record the work in the exercise books that were provided, then that would be great. If you have run out of pages, please contact the school and they will provide another one. Keep safe, keep smiling. The Year 6 Team 🙂
Maths
For this week, Maths will be based on the area of statistics (data handling). As keen Mathematicians, we would like to introduce you to the topic of line graphs. Read through the information and answer the questions (you can view this as a PowerPoint or pdf) in your book. You will find the answers at the end of the slides/pages.
For English this week, we would like you to recap on Newspaper Reports. Familiarise yourself with the genre. Can you remember the features of a newspaper report? What makes a headline effective? What is the difference between direct and reported speech? You will also be planning on writing a newspaper article on a rather peculiar event in which a car finds an unusual parking space in a bedroom wall! (Some of you will already have seen this clip). Work through the slides (also available as a pdf) and record your answers and notes in your book. Answers are also provided for the relevant questions.
It’s great to see that a number of you are logging onto the Fiction Express website and reading a variety of the books available/on offer. Please continue to do so and if possible, do a book review and email it to us. If you have misplaced or forgotten your passwords, then contact us and we shall provide them to you. Below, you will find a range of different (very short) text and their content domain. Read the text and answer the questions. The answers are also provided.
The topic for the summer term is called Rule Britannia. In this topic we will be looking at why and how the Vikings settled in the United Kingdom, where they came from and their contribution to the British way of life. To start of the topic, we would like you to create a title page with the heading Rule Britannia – make it as colourful as possible. Then we would like you to do some research on the Vikings and you can present this information in any form: a video, Power Point, iMovie, poster, etc. Be as CREATIVE as possible. If possible, send these in as we would love to see them 🙂
MFL – Spanish
El alfabeto y los números
The Oak National Academy are offering online lessons in a range of subjects including Spanish. You are going to learn about where Spanish is spoken in the world and learn the Spanish alphabet as well as numbers 1-10. You will need some paper and a pen or pencil for this lesson. Click on the website link below.
By clicking on the link below, you will be able to create a frottage patchwork from rubbings of textured objects which you find around your home. You will need a pencil and paper.
