Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 15th April 2020

Happy Wednesday! I hope that you all managed to get into the swing of things yesterday and found your learning feet again.

Those children who have acted as digital leaders this year, I have sent you an email via Purple Mash. I would like to put something together about children keeping safe online whilst they are at home. Have a look at the email and see what you think! There is a little video here to explain how 2email can be used by all of you.

Maths - White Rose Home Learning Week 2 - Lesson 2 Ratio and Proportion Problems

Click on the button below to access the website. Please complete Week 2 Lesson 2 - Ratio and Proportion Problems.

Fluency and Sumdog - Have a go at the fluency board below and the Sumdog multiplication challenge that I have set.

English Romeo and Juliet - Today you are going to write the first two paragraphs of either Romeo or Juliet’s diary - The Balcony Scene - Introductory paragraph summarising the evening and the second paragraph where Juliet appears at her balcony, unaware that Romeo is in the Capulet orchard below.  Romeo is in awe. These are the first two boxes from your planning sheet yesterday. You can choose whether to write as Romeo or as Juliet. Think about the language you will use.

I have found an example that you can use to base your writing on. My example is from Romeo’s perspective. I have left the links below so that you can watch the film again and read the texts again. These will help you to capture the moment.

The PowerPoint below gives an example of my diary and the success criteria for this piece of writing. By the end of the week you will have a completed piece of writing, writing different paragraphs each day, You will then be submitting this piece of writing via Purple Mash at the end of the week. I look forward to reading your writing.

Science - Living things and their habitats. LIFE CYCLES.

Today we are going to start our science topic on Life Cycles. It is quite a big topic as it covers a lot of areas. Today we are going to start with a general introduction and then plants and their life cycles. Have a look at the lesson below and follow the instructions for the tasks.

Photography - In addition to the lesson, I want you to have a go at some photography. This is a really creative skill from our computing curriculum. Have you got any plants or flowers in your garden? What about when you go out on your daily walk? What can you spot? Take some interesting photographs and make them into a photo collage. Email them to me at n.gregan@ourladystarofthesea,lancs.sch.uk or via Purple Mash 2email. Let’s see what a beautiful world we live in. Be creative with your photographs. I have been planting with Alfie over the last few weeks. Have a look at our photographs (we have even managed to grow some vegetables and sunflowers).

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Have a fun day of learning!
Don’t forget to join the school community at 7pm in prayer - 3 Hail Marys.

Year 6 Home Learning - Tuesday 14th April 2020

I hope that you have all had a wonderful Easter with your families and that you have enjoyed the sunshine. It certainly has been a nice break to our home learning and given us all time to just be. I am excited about our learning for this half term. I want to continue with Romeo and Juliet, complete our work on Coastlines and start some science - life cycles. As always, I will be really clear with what learning I want to see, that is usually submitted via Purple Mash so that I can give you some feedback.

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Year 6 Home Learning - Monday 30th March

WELCOME TO WEEK 2!

I am so proud of you for how you went about last week and your learning…keep it up! We have to be ready to head of to high school in September with all of your learning in place so please keep tackling everything with determination and focus. You know where I am if you need me. I have loved receiving emails from you and seeing comments on the blog. Keep in touch!

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Home Learning - Thursday 26th March 2020

Good morning everybody! I have had a good look at your Sumdog results last night and the report that it is providing me. There are some out and out high flyers on the website…well done! Some of your times on there are amazing. Some children are not accessing it as much as you should. It is a really good tool so please use it to keep your maths ticking along.

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Monday March 23rd - Using Sumdog while we learn from home/school

Helping you to learn maths at home with SUM DOG

Follow the instructions, log on and play!

Dear children welcome to our online learning community. We will be helping you to keep learning every day!

We have subscribed every child in the school to the interactive maths website “SUM DOG.COM”. To get started I have made a little on screen instruction video below. You will need your username and password. The passwords for each class are to be found below :

Reception Sumdog Passwords

Year 1 Sumdog Passwords

Year 2 Sumdog Passwords

Year 3 Sumdog Passwords

Year 4 Sumdog Passwords

Year 5 Sumdog Passwords

Year 6 Sumdog Passwords

Home Learning - Monday 23rd March 2020

Good morning everybody! I hope you are up and ready and raring to go!

I have created a blog in Purple Mash which you all have access to. Have a look at the images below so that you can locate it. It is there for you to ask questions and to keep in touch. I will respond to anything throughout the course of the day where possible.

You should now all have your home learning books: maths, english and art. All of your home learning tasks need to be completed in these. I am going to try and keep learning the same where possible and I expect you to do the same and operate at the same standard that you would in class.

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Home Learning 12th March 2020

English - Grammar paper in your revision book.

Maths - addition and multiplication of fractions. Calculate and then you can check these afterwards, marking and correcting your work. Go through your arithmetic paper, use it as a point of revision - what do you need to correct? What do you now need to revise?

Reading - there is a short read in your revision books - non fiction. Answer the questions in detail.

Spelling - suffixes. There are 20 spellings this week. The test will be on Wednesday.

establishment, advertisement, embarrassment, announcement, management, distasteful, disgraceful, remorseful, sorrowful, grateful, friendliness, justness, bitterness, sleepiness, quietness, unfocused, included, resigned, composed, required.

Home Learning 4th March 2020

English - Semi-colon work in your revision book. Please complete the sheet that you have got.

Maths - formal multiplication. Calculate and then you can check these afterwards, marking and correcting your work. Go through your arithmetic paper, use it as a point of revision - what do you need to correct? What do you now need to revise?

Reading - there is a short read in your revision books. Answer the questions in detail.

Spelling - suffixes. There are 20 spellings this week. The test will be on Wednesday.

encouragement, embankment, disappointment, entertainment, compartment, thoughtful, unsuccessful, respectful, insightful, stressful, illness, oddness, laziness, lioness, business, unaided, wrecked, heated, muted, untamed