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Writing in RUNES
RUNES
Well done and thank you to Leila for writing her name using the Viking alphabet, which is also known as RUNES. Why not have a go at writing your name in RUNES and then emailing us a photograph. We would love to display them on here. Click below for a copy of the Viking alphabet.
Scratch Projects
Scratch
Over the past few weeks, we have been extremely impressed by some of the Scratch Projects we have received. However, we all felt that the Scratch Project created by Max H has truly grabbed our attention. Have a go by clicking on the link below.
Thank You
Yesterday was the national Thank A Teacher day and the staff were touched by the gesture emailed by Connor. It certainly put a smile on all of our faces 🙂
CSW Virtual School Games
The CSW Virtual School Games is an opportunity for pupils to engage in competition at home whilst still feeling part of their school team. All Competitions are open to pupils from KS1-KS4. Competitions will launch each Monday at 9:45am on Twitter (Danny Kingham @CGOCoventryWest) with entries closing at 1pm on Friday of the same week. You will have a week to practice and complete the challenges and enter the competitions through a Survey Monkey link. Results will be announced each Friday via the @ThinkActiveCSW Twitter page at 5pm. This week’s challenge is Cricket (see below)
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.
Real P.E.
Real PE at home includes an online programme which supports families to be active, play and learn together. It includes a programme specifically for children in Early Years and Key Stage 1 with 12 themes, 6 areas, over 250 activities and challenges and 1000s of hours of fun and activity. This programme is great for family play and fun.
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
The London Eye Mystery
For some guided reading activities, click on the link below to access the BBC Bitesize website. The text is The London Eye Mystery by the author Siobhan Dowd. Listen to the extracts, followed by some of the activities that you can do throughout the week. Let us know what you think about the book. The extracts in this lesson will help you consider and explain why the writer chooses specific language.
Fiction Express
During the Microsoft Teams chat, it was wonderful to see that a group of you are accessing this website. You are all reading different books from a range of genres although the book Mystery At Moon Base One by Alex Wolf, appears to be quite popular. Remember to email your book reviews and opinions on the books that you read 🙂 Great to see quizzes have been completed.
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.
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
BBC Bitesize
It was great to hear your responses on the BBC Bitesize website and that you enjoyed the online activities. This week, you will continue your Maths learning with BBC Bitesize. The focus will be on long multiplication, factors and primes, solving problems and the order of operations – BIDMAS
| 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
POWer Projects
For this week, we would like you to continue on the POWer Projects based on the Vikings. You can either complete your first chosen project or if that has been completed, choose another one. Please email some photographs of your chosen project – we would very much like to see these.
Geography
Sustainability & Plastics
In this lesson, your focus will be to understand what is meant by the term recycling and the impact that plastics are having on the environment. It will also look at the issue of sustainability. Find out more by clicking on the link below.
Music
Pulse & Rhythm
As keen musicians, the purpose of the lesson is to build you understanding on the terms pulse and rhythm. In the lesson, you will sing and clap to the pulse and rhythm of a variety of different musical examples. Click on the link below, to access the lesson.
Science
Function of the Eye
As Scientists, your task for this week is to gain a better understanding of the function of the eye. First of all, watch the video on the BBC Bitesize website, followed by the PowerPoint. Following that, we would like you to then label the parts of the eye. There is pdf document for you to either print our or to draw in to your book as well as an answer pdf.
Spanish
Say Date In Spanish
In this lesson, you will recap your knowledge from last week and build on your knowledge by learning the days of the week. You can then use this, as well as your previous knowledge of months and numbers, to say the date in Spanish! For this lesson you will need some paper and a pen or pencil to write down your new vocabulary.
Microsoft Teams
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 🙂
English
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.
| Day | Coverage | Link |
| Monday | Instructions – Reading Focus (Inference) | Click Here |
| Tuesday | Instructions – Reading Focus (Retrieval) | Click Here |
| Wednesday | Identify Features of Instructions | Click Here |
| Thursday | Varying Sentence Openers | Click Here |
| Friday | Writing a Set of Instructions | Click Here |
Grammar
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.
| Punctuation | |
| Question Booklet | Click Here |
| Answer Booklet | Click Here |
Reading
To Be A Cat
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.
Fiction Express
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.
| Identify Misspelt Words Task | |
| Spelling Questions | Click Here |
| Spelling Answer Sheet | 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
BBC Bitesize
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.
| Day | Skills | Link |
| Monday | Rounding numbers to a degree of accuracy | Click Here |
| Tuesday | Rounding decimal numbers | Click Here |
| Wednesday | Negative numbers | Click Here |
| Thursday | Add and subtract integers | Click Here |
| Friday | Maths Challenges | Click Here |
Arithmetic
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 🙂
| Arithmetic Test 1 | |
| Question Booklet | Click Here |
| Answer Sheet | Click Here |
Art & Design
Optical illusions and using shading to show form
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.
Computing
Algorithms & Debugging
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.
Creative Curriculum
POWer Projects
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.
