Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
This week our focus is on HOMOPHONES- words that can confuse us! There is a Purple Mash quiz and Look, Cover, Check activity to help you.
Could you also complete the IXL strand ENGLISH: Z1 use the correct homophone
Please complete the Arithmetic and Reasoning questions in your books.
Please keep reading at home for at least 30 minutes every night.
This week our focus is going to be on words ending in ‘ibly’ or ‘ably’. Please see the spelling quiz set for you to complete on Purple Mash to help you practice. These are the following words that you will be quizzed on:
adorably, comfortably, noticeably, understandably, terribly, horribly, incredibly, possibly
Get on TT Rockstars and practice the speed of your multiplication facts!
Please complete the reading in 5 minute sheet- to help build on reading skills and comprehnesion.
One more week to complete.
You can create some beautiful pieces of artwork digitally. Can you create a Poppy?
This week our focus is going to be on words ending in ‘ible’ or ‘able’. Please see the spelling quiz set for you to complete on Purple Mash to help you practice. These are the following words that you will be quizzed on:
changeable, noticeable, knowledgeable, manageable, serviceable, forcible, illegible, legible, elligible, terrible,
Could you also complete the IXL strand English U8 ‘words with ible and able’.
Please complete the Purple Mash task on finding fractions of amounts.
You have two weeks to complete this, as we are expecting depth and quality (no copy and pasting).
Henry VIII was a significant monarch in British History, but what can you find out about his 6 wives?
Gather as much information as you can about the wives and what happened to them. You can show your research in any way, in your books, on purple mash or on a piece of paper.
What was their date of birth and death?
How old were they when they came to the throne as Henry’s wife?
Did they have any children?
What was their influence on Henry?
Could you please complete the reading comprehension on ‘electricity’. Remember to use full sentences and refer to the text where you can.
Grammar- Please complete IXL OO2- commas with compound and complex sentences.
Spellings - Please learn and practice spelling the following words from the Year 5 and 6 spelling list:
accompany
awkward
bruise
familiar
opportunity
physical
recognise
system
Maths - Please complete the following strand on IXL to find fractions of numbers:
N10- Fractions of a number
English - Reading - Read, read, read, read every single day for AT LEAST 30 minutes. Are you quizzing regularly enough? Some still haven’t quiz since they’ve been back, let’s change that and get to our targets.
Grammar- We’ve been focusing on our clauses, looking at main and subordinate clauses. Can you complete the worksheet in your home learning books to make complex sentences.
Don’t forget when adding a subordinate clause you need to include a subordinating conjunction. Use the picture below to help you.
Spellings - this week we are focusing on words with the ending ‘ance’ and ‘ancy’
Maths - Please complete the fractions of quantities worksheets in your home learning books.
Also complete the following strand on IXL to add and subtract fractions:
N8- Multiply fractions by whole numbers
English - Reading - Read, read, read, read every single day for AT LEAST 30 minutes. Are you quizzing regularly enough? Some still haven’t quiz since they’ve been back, let’s change that and get to our targets.
Grammar- Over the half term our focus is on sentence structure, looking at different sentence types and how we can connect clauses using conjunctions. There are two main type of conjunctions and we have to be able to identify and us these. Please practice using the IXL strands below:
MM1 - Identify coordinating conjunctions
MM2- Identify subordinating conjunctions
Spellings - this week we are focusing on words with the ending ‘ant’
Maths - Please complete the following strands on IXL to multiply fractions:
N1- Multiply unit fractions by whole numbers using number lines
English - Reading - Read, read, read, read every single day for AT LEAST 30 minutes. Are you quizzing regularly enough? Some still haven’t quiz since they’ve been back, let’s change that and get to our targets.
Grammar- This week we have been identifying main and subordinate clauses, on IXL and in other areas of grammar these are sometimes called independent (main) and dependent (subordinate) clauses. These helps us to identify and write different types of sentences. Please see the picture below to help you and then complete the following IXL strands.
EE 7- IDENTIFY DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT CLAUSES
EE9- IS THE SENTENCE SIMPLE, COMPOUND OR COMPLEX?
Spellings - this week we are focusing on words with the ending ‘tial’
Maths - Please complete the following strands on IXL to add and subtract fractions:
M2- Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator using number lines
M3- Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
Geography- You each have a sheet with a number of South American flags, can you colour them in correctly, cut them out, stick them in your homework books and label the country it belongs to.
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English - Reading - Read, read, read, read every single day! Whilst you are reading can you collect nouns in your homework book? Think about whether they are proper, common or an abstract noun.
Grammar- Year 6 need to be able to identify different sentence types- please remind yourselves on whether sentences are simple or compound. Remember to look out for the coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS), this tells you it is a compound sentence.
Complete IXL EE 8 English- don’t forget to check it is on the Year 6 section not another year group.
Spellings - this week we are focusing on words with the ending ‘cial’
Maths - Please complete the adding and subtracting fractions on Purple Mash- take care making sure you read the correct operation and sometimes there may be more than one answer?
Homework books - Please personalize/ cover your homework book to tells me something about you.
English - Reading - Read, read, read, read every single day! Whilst you are reading can you collect nouns in your homework book? Think about whether they are proper, common or an abstract noun.
Spellings
If you would like to be considered in our class votes then you need to prepare a short speech, presentation or poster that outlines why your class should vote for you and why you would be good at the job. We are voting next Wednesday, so make sure you prepare and bring in everything you need before this day.
House Captain Speeches!!
Read moreHomework 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.
REMEMBER TO ACCESS ALL OF THE VIRTUAL SUPPORT ON ‘HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD’
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
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!
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?
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.
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?
““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.
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.
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.
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.
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