Welcome to the Year 6 Blog
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
English
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.
Resources
Grammar
Focus for grammar this week is on Sentences, Phrases and Clauses. Download the booklet and answer the questions (in your exercise book). Remember you do not need to complete every section
| Sentences, Phrases and Clauses | |
| Question Booklet | Click Here |
| Answer Booklet | Click Here |
Reading
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.
| Coverage | Title | ||
| Prediction | Out On The Ocean | Text & Questions | Answers |
| Summarising | Charlie Brooke | Text & Questions | Answers |
| Vocabulary | The Phantom Vessel | Text & Questions | Answers |
| Retrieval | The Woodman Wishes | Text & Questions | Answers |
| Inference | An Unexpected Guest | Text & Questions | Answers |
Fiction Express
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.
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.
| Identify Misspelt Words Task | |
| Spelling Questions | Click Here |
| Spelling Answer Sheet | Click Here |
| Spelling Crossword Challenge | |
| Crossword Clues | Click Here |
| Crossword Answers | Click Here |
Maths
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.
Creative Curriculum
Task
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.
MFL – Spanish
Introducing Yourself In Spanish
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.
Art & Design
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 🙂
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.
| Coverage | Title | ||
| Prediction | Time to Begin | Text & Questions | Answers |
| Summarising | Three Friends | Text & Questions | Answers |
| Vocabulary | The Midnight Miller | Text & Questions | Answers |
| Retrieval | Rats of Franchville | Text & Questions | Answers |
| Inference | Raider’s Peril | Text & Questions | Answers |
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 🙂
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.
Texture Treasure Hunt
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.
Gareth has been creating some tutorials on his website that you can access including ukulele and iPad lessons. Go to https://www.withersmusic.co.uk/ and click on My Schools section to find a variety of fun activities – enjoy!
Good day everyone. Mrs Cheshire has set up her own blog for Winnie titled ‘Paws for Positivity.’ Discover further information on Coundon’s favourite pooch, browse through the photographs and you can even try some of the activities ?
Dear Year 6, we hope that you are all doing well during these challenging times. As part of the Year 6 family, we are all missing you but are also aware that being at home is the most safest place to be at the moment. Remember to follow some of the tweets on the school’s website such as how to keep active and keeping safe online. If you have completed the revision guide booklets, below are some activities that you could complete Use the exercise books that you were all given to record any written work. Kind regards, Year 6 Team 🙂
If you have completed all the pages from the CGP Maths revision guides, please go to the White Rose Maths website (click on link below) . The focus of the week will be on angles. Remember to record the answers in your exercise books.
| Day | Key Skill |
| Monday | Vertically opposite angles |
| Tuesday | Angles in a triangle |
| Wednesday | Angles in a triangle – Part 2 |
| Thursday | Angles in a triangle – Missing angles |
| Friday | Angles in special Quadrilaterals |
Watch the clip below of Mega City (taken from the Literacy Shed). After you have watched the clip, choose some of the following:
Focus for grammar this week is on Word Classes and Grammatical Terms. This will cover areas such as adjectives, pronouns, determiners, etc. Download the booklet and answer the questions (in your exercise book). Remember you do not need to complete every section.
| Grammatical Terms & Word Classes | |
| Question Booklet | Click Here |
| Answer Booklet | Click Here |
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.
| Identify Misspelt Words Task | |
| Spellings Questions | Click Here |
| Spelling Answer Sheet | Click Here |
