Year 6

Updated for Summer Term Weeks 5 + 6

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Please see the Homework section for Year 6's creative design activity below as we continue our gadget writing activities in English.

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Our word of the week is:

How incredibly useful this gadget will be!

Next week it is:

This device will prove to be the most convenient object you have ever purchased.

Summer Half-Term 1 topics:

ENGLISH: reworking written portfolio pieces for final presentation.

Writing about a gadget - an explanation and instructional text.

Writing a survival guide.

MATHS TOPICS: shape, ratio, statistics, geometry, position and direction.

Arithmetic mixed skills. Properties of different types of number.

Transition maths activities.

SCIENCE: Animals including humans and their lifecycles (SRE - in Summer 2)

MUSIC: Learning to play God Save the Queen for our Jubilee Party.

ART: Printing - recreating the work of David Hockney.

PE continues on a Thursday and Friday PM with an additional session on Tuesday PM

Our focus texts:

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If pupils are unable to come to school for any reason and feeling well enough, the Home Learning section below has activities that pupils can work on independently until they return to school.

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Please hand in on Tuesday 24th May 2022

Creative Homework Activity

READING - Three Reads of 15 minutes

In English lessons, pupils are writing about a handheld gadget they have created. They will explain everything about it, including providing instructions on its use.

See below for more details.

Each week, complete three 15 minute reads and note this in your signed reading record.

ADDITIONALLY:

Learn spellings from the list and try a Spelling Shed activity.

Summer 1 Week 5's homework was:

Summer 1 Week 6's Creative Homework is OPTIONAL:

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SPELLINGS for Summer 1 Week 6:

Homophone alert:

Make sure you're using your gadget safely!

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Play a game with your spellings...click below.

Activities and games are freely available. Just pick one to play.

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Click the link for MathsWatch
to access activities any time you like.

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OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES:

There's lots of great fun things to do on Purple Mash:

💻 Click here for Purple Mash activities.

Our spellings over the year are based on words you can find on this list.

SATS REVISION ON THE BBC!

📖 Reading 📚

Please keep your Reading Journal up to date.
In Key Stage 2, Three Reads is now part of weekly Thursday to Tuesday Homework.

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It's Story Time! Earn one of your three reads here with a
huge range of free online books.

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Y6 Residential at Herd Farm 2021

📚⭐️ Star Reader is Sadie ⭐️📚

The person who wins this award shows extra dedication, incredible patience and perseverance and a drive to become a more independent learner.

Autumn 1 - Summer & Milo

Autumn 2 - Eddie & Layla

Spring 1 - Amelia & Aidan

Spring 2 - Charlie & Nevaeh

Handwriting Award

The following pupils have met the grade and achieved their Year 6 Pen Licence:

Zac, Amelia, Charlie, Chloe, Nevaeh, Tara, Shea, Eva, Nadia, Aidan, Scarlett, Katie, Layla, Rhuarc, Mateusz, Lily, Sam B., Summer, Josh D., Daisy

If you cannot come to school, but you are well enough to keep your learning going, here's a timetable and activities for you to use. As part of Homework, you have a CGP reading comprehension book and a CGP maths reasoning book. Look in the Homework section so that you know which pages to work on next.