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Read moreYear 6 Weekly Home Learning - Wednesday 20th April 2022
Homework is all about REVISION! Over the next week, we will complete our final set of papers. Make sure you are focused on what you need to do, the papers in your folders and any additional resources that you need.
Thursday 21st April - Arithmetic and Paper 1 Reasoning.
Friday 22nd April - Reading
Monday 25th April - GPS and Spelling & Paper 2 Reasoning.
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Year 6 Weekly Home Learning - Wednesday 6th April 2022
You have all been given lots of revision materials for half term. Complete the papers in the time frames given to ensure that you are completing them in the correct amount of time:
GPS - 45 minutes
Reading - 30 minutes
Maths Revision - 30 minutes per booklet.
Bring all revision booklets back into class on Tuesday 19th April
Year 6 Weekly Home Learning - Wednesday 30th March 2022
With just 5 and a half weeks until the end of year assessments, we have ramped up learning in class. The children are very clear about what they need to do and the areas that they need to develop. I have updated the ‘How to Help Your Child’ button on the Year 6 page. There are lots of resources for the children to access as well as the revision boxes that are in the classroom.
Maths - Please complete the reasoning paper that I sent you home for homework. There is a good mixture of questions in the booklet that will challenge your reasoning. Read the question carefully!
GPS - Have a go at the GPS paper that I have sent you home for homework. I will also be giving you a random spelling test based on the spelling rules that I sent you home in your revision folders.
Geography - Edinburgh
Imagine that you have visited Edinburgh for the weekend. Write a postcard back home telling them about all of the wonderful things that you have been up to!
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 16th March - REVISION
Message to Parents
This year really is flying! The children are being asked to work incredibly hard in class and our pace of learning is incredible. As always, the children are rising to every challenge that they are being set.
After this week, we have 7 weeks until our assessment week. Maintaining a balanced curriculum is really important to me. They have to experience learning in all of the other subjects as well as the increased focus on maths and english. There has been huge progress made in these areas because the children are so motivated and determined to do well. Each morning, children visit the revision boxes in the classroom and help themselves to the resources that they know they will need to consolidate in each subject area. The revision folders that the children have should be now bursting with material.
Intrinsic motivation and the children being determined to succeed will inevitably lead to their success. Effort breeds success.
Please do get in touch if you need any more support. I had so many conversations with you at the book look in the hall and parents’ evening - your constant support is appreciated!
REVISION WEEK
Next week you will be taking your next set of papers in the run up to SATs. I have absolutely no doubt that you will make progress due to the effort and work that you are putting into your class work.
SPELLING - Revise all of your spellings from your spelling book. Which words are you finding tricky? Is there a particular rule?
GPS - You have two short papers to work through at home. Are you comfortable with all concepts? What could you research further? Could you use IXL for further consolidation?
MATHS - I have given you an arithmetic paper (this is where you can increase your scores) and you should have chosen an extra area of maths. I have added White Rose Home Learning to the button below. You can watch videos to help you in any area of maths that you are not sure about.
READING - Have a look at previous papers…where have you lost marks?
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 2nd March 2022
SPELLING FOCUS - i before e, except after c. This is a really tricky rule! Focus on it. I have given you extra time on these spellings as we have children off. What other spelling rules do you need to revise?
cashier, priest, mischief, deceive, receipt, mischief, believe, brief, niece, diesel, hygiene, fierce, siege, grief, receive, perceive, inconceivable, yield, efficient, conscience
MATHS - Arithmetic Focus. Paper 2a
You have another arithmetic paper to have a go at this week. I was impressed with your focus and attention to detail last week. Have another go. Can you maintain your score or look to improve?
Look at your jottings - are you being accurate?
SCIENCE - COVID
This year has been a year like no other. Covid has continued to play a role in the lives of everybody to the point where we did not see our friends and family for weeks. But, what is Covid? I have set you all a To Do on Purple Mash to complete. Think about the detail needed in your answers. Use the prompts given to support your answers.
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 23rd February 2022
SPELLING FOCUS - Hyphens. Next week we will be looking at hyphens in GPS. Learn these spellings ready for next week.
high-spirited, life-size, brother-in-law, empty-handed, single-minded, three-dimensional, follow-up,
ultra-violet, short-change, old-fashioned, well-known, corn-fed, self-service, round-trip, off-peak
Can you find out what the job of a hyphen is? What is its purpose?
MATHS - Arithmetic Focus.
Have a go at the half arithmetic paper that is in your revision folder. Think about the areas that you struggled with last time. Can you correct them on this paper? You may want to time yourself too? Remember to be as accurate as you can.
Look at your jottings - are you being accurate?
GEOGRAPHY - PURPLE MASH
County quiz - can you label all of the counties of England?
A fact file about England - create a DETAILED fact file about our own country. What information can you find out and add in.
POTIONS - Can you make yours?
Why don’t you create your own potion at home? Think about the ingredients that you will need and make it up? Can you make a film or a poster advertising your potion?
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 2nd February 2022
““The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.””
REVISION
This week is all about consolidating what you have learnt this year (and from Year 3), practising those skills that you know you need to and celebrating what you can do well.
Tomorrow, you will be able to take home your GPS, Reading and Maths revision folders, as well as your spelling book. Use these resources carefully to identify areas that you know you can pick up marks next week.
GPS - what spellings are you getting incorrect? Is there a common theme? Could you use a different strategy to embed them? Which grammar areas are you struggling with? If these areas haven’t been taught yet, don’t worry, if they have, what do you now need to do to understand them further?
Use IXL to search for key areas that you need to practise further.
READING - You have another reading paper to have a go at, this time it is poetry. Have a go alongside looking at where you need to pick up marks on previous papers. Is it a case of not using evidence? Do you need to look closer at vocabulary?
MATHS - We have covered a lot of maths this year. Consolidate those areas that you need to practise further. Remember not to worry about something that hasn’t been taught yet. Look over the shape information that is in your folders too.
Maths is Fun is a great website where you can search for topics and it will provide teaching and questions for you to practise. Use it to work on areas that you are not so sure of.
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 19th January 2022
Spelling - Silent letter spellings.
climb, ascent, crescent, handkerchief, sandwich, consign, character, archeology, breathe, ghost, thumb, plumb, would, knight, wrapper, silhouette, autumn, wrinkle, guilty, yolk
Maths - Can you complete these calculations in your homework book?
SHORT DIVISION
LONG DIVISION
English - IXL ENGLISH - HH1 and HH2 - Modal verbs -
This is a revision and based on the grammar discussions that we had this week in class.
Are you learning your ROMEO and JULIET lines at home?
Science - EVOLUTION
What is evolution? What are the basic principles? Using the buttons below, lift out the main ideas from the text and create a poster to illustrate your findings. This has been set for you on Purple Mash.
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 12th January 2022
Spelling - Silent letter spellings.
crumb, debt, plumb, scissors, scenario, plaque, design, foreign, reign, anchor, chemical, knowledge, psychology, psalm, receipt, aisle, island, castle, chimney, disguise.
Maths - It is essential that you know your times tables really, really well.
Visit your HEAT MAP on Times Table Rockstars. Which times tables do you need to focus on? Which ones do you need to ensure you know as quick as the others? Can you get your speed down to less than 2 seconds per table.
IXL - Q1, Q2, Q9 and Q10
Can you practise some short division calculations so that you have mastered the skill?
English - William Shakespeare
Who is William Shakespeare? Next week you will be writing an Outcome 3 biography. I have set you a To Do on Purple Mash for you to record your research on: Early Life, Education and How he became a playwright.
Focus on:
Cohesive devices
Key dates
Subject specific language.
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 5th January 2022
Spelling - Please can you recap the spellings from the last 3 homework ready for a random test next week?
decision, collision, Asia, discussion, revision, impression, expansion, vision, transmission, obsession, passion, recession, expansion, permission, comprehension, admission, tension, profession, possession, impression, collision, revision, confession, progression, direction, explanation, competition, cautious, especially, appreciate, ancient, delicious, subtraction, politician, infection, international, crying, reliable, busily, happiness, heavily, beautifully, mysterious, applied, business, heavier, copier, happily.
Maths - It is essential that you know your times tables really, really well.
Visit your HEAT MAP on Times Table Rockstars. Which times tables do you need to focus on? Which ones do you need to ensure you know as quick as the others? Can you get your speed down to less than 2 seconds per table.
Science - ADAPTATION
This week we are starting our new unit of work on EVOLUTION AND INHERITANCE. To start with, what do you know about adaptation and how have animals adapted to the environment that they live in? I have set you a To Do on Purple Mash. Use the template to find 6 different animals explaining to me how they have adapted to their environment. Find a range of animals from a range of habitats.
Storyboard That - INVESTIGATION
Over the next few weeks, we will be using STORYBOARD THAT to help us tell the story of Romeo and Juliet. Have a play around with it for homework. What comic strips can you create? What characters can you include? See what you can create?
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 8th December 2021
Maths - IXL - Maths M10 - M15 Adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators
These are due to be completed for next Wednesday.
History - Who was Sir Francis Drake? What can you find out about him in relation to the Armada? How did he help Tudor exploration?
Purple Mash Task
CHRISTMAS - Can you design a Christmas card for our class and a Christmas bauble to be shared?
These are set for you on Purple Mash. They need to be in next Wednesday
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spelling - sh sound spelt si or ssi
decision, collision, Asia, discussion, revision, impression, expansion, vision, transmission, obsession, passion, recession
Maths - Please can you continue to learn these fraction, decimal and % equivalences
IXL - Maths M10 - M15 Adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators
You have two weeks to complete these strands of IXL consolidating the work from the previous weeks.
English - Rosa Parks or Harriet Tudman
You now have your research on Henry for our Outcome 1 biography, today you need to collate information on EITHER Rosa Parks or Harriet Tudman for your Outcome 2 biography. The more you collate, the better research you will have to write about.
Think about:
DATES - significant dates that appear in their life
Significant people.
Significant places.
Context specific vocabulary.
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 24th November 2021
Spelling - Retrieval test! This week’s spellings are all of the ones that we have been learning since half term. Next week I will give you a random test on them.
expansion, permission, comprehension, admission, tension, profession, possession, impression, collision, revision, confession, progression, direction, explanation, competition, cautious, especially, appreciate, ancient, delicious, subtraction, politician, infection, international, crying, reliable, busily, happiness, heavily, beautifully, mysterious, applied, business, heavier, copier, happily.
Maths - Please can you continue to learn these fraction, decimal and % equivalences
IXL - Maths M2 and M3 - adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator. This should be a good one to whizz through. You all know how to add and subtract fractions with the same denominator.
CHALLENGE - M4 - adding and subtracting fractions word problems
English - Henry VIII biographical notes
Over the next three weeks, we will be starting to write our Outcome 1 and Outcome 2 of our biographical unit of work. For us to be able to write really good biographies, we have to have a really good knowledge about the person that we are writing about. I want you to continue to gather content all about Henry VIII this week. What further information can you find out about him? I have set you a Purple Mash template for you to record your research on.
Think about:
DATES - significant dates that appear in Henry’s life.
Significant people.
Significant places.
Context specific vocabulary.
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 17th November 2021
Spelling - Please practise these spellings for next week.
expansion, permission, comprehension, admission, tension, profession, possession, impression, collision, revision, confession, progression
Maths - Please can you continue to learn these fraction, decimal and % equivalences
IXL - Maths L12 - comparing and ordering fractions.
English - Disney Film Review
This week we have been looking at Walt Disney’s biography and getting a better understanding of his life and times. But, what is your favourite Disney film? For homework I would like you to either watch your favourite Disney film or watch a Disney film that you have not seen before. I have set you a film review on Purple Mash to complete based on the film.
Don’t forget to follow the ‘Think about’ box that will prompt you with what to include.
Send me a photo of you watching you film! I even give you permission to get a range of film snacks to enjoy.
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 10th November 2021
Spelling - Please practise these spellings for next week.
direction, explanation, competition, cautious, especially, appreciate, ancient, delicious, subtraction, politician, infection, international
Maths - Please can you continue to learn these fraction, decimal and % equivalences
IXL - Maths L4 and L5 - Equivalent fractions
English - The Nowhere Emporium Book Review
Please can you complete the Purple Mash template on The Nowhere Emporium. I would like you to write a book review on The Nowhere Emporium. Look at the prompts that you have been given and use the details.
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 3rd November 2021
Spelling - Please practise these spellings for next week.
crying, reliable, busily, happiness, heavily, beautifully, mysterious, applied, business, heavier, copier, happily.
Maths - Please can you learn these fraction, decimal and % equivalences
History - to be completed in your homework book.
THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH
What can you find out about the Battle of Bosworth using the sources below.
Use these questions to support your research:
Where did the battle take place?
Who did the battle take place between?
How long did the battle last?
Which armies were involved? Who had the biggest army?
Between which houses did the battle take place?
What was the rose of each house? What did the rose become?
Who died and where did he die?
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 13th October 2021
Spelling
Please continue to practise the spellings that we have worked on this half term. Retrieval is key in Year 6, bank those spellings to use in writing next half term.
Maths
Please complete these IXL units of work before the end of half term.
BB.1, BB.2, BB.3, BB.4, BB.5, BB.8, BB.9, BB.10, BB.15, BB.16 AND BB.17
Science
Next week we will be spending two days on our electricity unit of work. It is a short and practical unit.
Please complete two To Dos on Purple Mash:
Who is Thomas Edison? What did he discover? What impact did he have on electricity?
Electricity at home. How do you use the electricity at your home? Can you create an information page on how you use electricity? Show me images of your electricity at home.
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 29th September 2021
Spelling
In Year 6, we have to learn all of the spelling patterns taught in KS2. Each week I will set you some spellings based on our work in class. Learn them for homework ready for a quiz next Tuesday. This week’s spellings continue to look at suffixes.
beginning, admittance, stoppable, permitting, preferred,
regrettable, wettest, forgotten, referring, forbiden
Maths
This week we have been looking at metric measures, linking with decimals. For homework, I would like you to cook or bake using metric measures at home.
Send me a photo of whatever you make! Discuss the metric measures with your parents at home.
Geography
We have been discussing retrieval in class and how we have to draw on prior knowledge. Can you complete the To Do that I have set you on Purple Mash? What can you remember about volcanoes? Think detailed and gather as much information as you can.
Geography
Over the next few weeks, you will be completing your own South America project at home. You will then be using the information that you have found to create your own interactive book. Please complete this piece of homework in your HOMEWORK BOOK.
This week is about your country’s food, culture and sports
Can you create an information page in your homework book about these?
Do they have a specific food that they eat? A specific sport that they play? A specific dance?
Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Spelling
In Year 6, we have to learn all of the spelling patterns taught in KS2. Each week I will set you some spellings based on our work in class. Learn them for homework ready for a quiz next Tuesday. This week’s spellings continue to look at suffixes.
beautiful, careless, hopeful, deceitful, thoughtless, government,
powerful, judgement, achievement, definitely
Maths
This week has been all about place value and decimal knowledge. Can you complete these IXL strands to consolidate your understanding.
IXL Year 6 maths - K2, K3 and BB.3
Geography
Over the next few weeks, you will be completing your own South America project at home. You will then be using the information that you have found to create your own interactive book. Please complete this piece of homework in your HOMEWORK BOOK.
This week is about your country’s capital city.
Can you create an information page in your homework book about the capital city?
What is its population? Size of the capital city? Landmarks? Location? Interesting facts?