Year 6 Weekly Home Learning 21.04.23

With just 2 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. Please look at 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! You need to decide how best to work through these so that it will benefit you individually- if you need to work on your time then you need to get an adult to time you!

GPS - Have a go at the GPS paper that I have sent you home for homework.

SPELLING FOCUS - i before e, except after c. This is a really tricky rule! Focus on it.

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

OPTIONAL REVISION

Keep helping yourself to the revision material in class and remember there is revision classes at lunctime if you want to- this is also a good time to go over any questions you found tricky in your homework!

Year 6 Home Learning 31.03.23

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 5 weeks until our assessment week. Maintaining a balanced curriculum is really important. 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.

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.

REVISION FOR OVER THE EASTER HOLIDAYS

SPELLING - Revise all of your spellings from your spelling book. Which words are you finding tricky? Is there a particular rule? Can you re-learn some of the spellings you have got wrong in your quizzes?

GPS - You have a short paper 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 a reasoning paper to have a go at over the holidays, reason your way through this along side an adult for support. 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 and work through the reading paper sent home- this time why not time yourself. Just give yourself 20 minutes to complete each section. Then go back at it another day and reflect on whether you stuck to time or on the areas you spent too long on. Timing in this is key, that is why fluency is so vital. Read every day!

Year 6 Home Learning 24.3.23

Maths

  1. Have a go at the arithmetic SAT’s booklet. You can either work independently at this and then go over the questions with an adult at home or perhaps one of your peers during your playtime. Or you could work through this with your parent and discuss how you would approach each of the questions.

  2. This week we have looked at percentages. Please have a go at the following IXL strand to revisit your learning.

    T1 What percentage is illustrated?

  3. I am leaving the video up as a reminder of this strategy, should you need this during the arithmetic paper.

Spelling

This week your focus is words ending in ent, ence and ency. There is also a spelling quiz to complete on Purple Mash.

READING

  1. Please complete the guided read carefully and answer the questions. I think it would be lovely to work through this with an adult or discuss the text and any unfamiliar words before completing the comprehension.

Optional revision:

Why don’t use look at the pronouns sections in IXL English GG PRONOUNS. We have been doing this in class so it would be great to reinforce!

Year 6 Home Learning 17.3.23

Maths

  1. Please complete the following IXL strands:

    M10 Add fractions with different denominators using models

    M11 Add fractions with different denominators

    M12 Subtract fractions with different denominators using models

    M13Subtract fractions with different denominators

  2. Long division- Please complete the division questions using our long division strategy. This week our focus is just on 4 digits divided by 2 digits. Thanks to some more of our wonderful helpers who have prepared a short video to help you remember the strategy …

Spelling

This week our focus has been on plural noun endings. Can you complete the following IXL strands and you will be quizzed at random on Friday, so make sure you understand the different rules.

FF3 Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y

FF4 Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y

Grammar

  1. Please have a go at completing the SAT’s style grammar questions.

SAT’s

SAT’s folders have now come home, this is your chance to go through each of these with your parents. Celebrate your achievements, share your targets and practice those areas you found tricky!

Year 6 Home Learning 10.3.23

Maths

  1. Please complete the arithmetic sheet- think carefully how best to complete each question and the strategies you use.

  2. Long division- Please complete the division questions using out long division strategy. This week our focus is just on 3 digits divided by 2 digits without a remainder. Thanks to our wonderful helpers who have made a short video to help you remember the strategy …

Spelling

This week our focus is on abstract nouns- please complete the spelling quiz on Purple Mash and remember to keep coming back to the spellings throughout the week- ask someone to quiz you, write them out and stick them round your house- whichever strategy works best for you!

Grammar

  1. Please have a go at completing the SAT’s style grammar questions.

  2. This week we have been looking at possessive apostrophes of singular and plural nouns. Please complete the IXL strand FF 7 Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives

Year 6 Home Learning 3.3.23

Maths

Please complete the arithmetic sheet- think carefully how best to complete each question and the strategies you use.

Spelling

This week our focus is on doubling consonants- please complete the spelling quiz on Purple Mash and remember to keep coming back to the spellings throughout the week- ask someone to quiz you, write them out and stick them round your house- whichever strategy works best for you!

Reading

This week I have sent home a SAT’s paper from a previous year for you to have a go at- please make sure that you complete this and bring this back to school to go over in class on Thursday. This can either be completed alongside an adult or independently, you must choose how best to work through this for you to gain the most from it.

Year 6 Home Learning 23.02.24

Maths

Please get on TT Rockstars this week and speed up with your times tables- some of you are in desperate need! This will HUGELY help you with your fractions work!

Grammar

Many of us are making mistakes when using apostrophes in contractions within our writing- this needs revising and revisiting before lessons next week. Please complete the following IXL strands:

NN.Contractions

  1. Pronoun-verb contractions

  2. Contractions with 'not'

Reading

Please complete the reading comprehension- remember you can do this independently or alongside an adult to help you practice certain strategies.

Spellings

This week’s spelling focus are words ending with ‘ence’ ‘ency’ and ‘ent’. There is a quiz for you to complete on PurpleMash and flash cards if they help you. I have also put an ideas that may help you to learn your spellings below- just another staretgy that will help!

Mrs Barker’s Group

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Research (due next Thursday)

Can you research William Shakespeare - what information can you find out about him? Then bring back your research after half term please for our English lessons. Think about the following titles: Early life; education; how he became a playwright; late life and legacy


Year 6 Home Learning 10.02.23

Maths

Please complete the following IXL strands:

L4 Equivalent fractions

L5 Patterns of equivalent fractions

Reading

Please complete the reading comprehension sheet and questions- don’t forget to underline or highlight key information on the text.

Research

Can you research William Shakespeare - what information can you find out about him? Then bring back your research after half term please for our English lessons. Think about the following titles: Early life; education; how he became a playwright; late life and legacy

LET’S GET CREATIVE

Two creative tasks for you to do over half term:

  1. Can you design and make a special lenten box for your Reception partner. This needs to be a specially designed and decorated container that you can give to your partner the first week back after half term ready for them to take home and collect money during lent for our chosen charity. Think about what your partner likes and what their interests are, this may help you when planning what to do. You could make your box out of any plastic container, cardboard box, it is up to you- just make sure it is fully cleaned out first!

  2. Start thinking about what character you want to become on World Book Day! Be creative with what you have!

Year 6 Home Learning 3.02.23

Spelling

Spelling - please learn the following words from the statutory spelling list and complete the Purple Mash quiz.

Grammar

Please revise identifying nouns using the following IXL strands:

FF1 - Identify nouns – with abstract nouns

FF2 - Identify common and proper nouns

Maths

Please complete the long division calculations in your homework books. Follow the steps from the example below. Remember to lay it out correctly.

ENGLISH (last week to complete)

On a piece of paper, or typed up, please could you write a biography on an inspirational person of your choice. Please remember all of the tools we need to include in a biography:

Year 6 Home Learning 27.01.23

Spelling

Spelling - Homophones- words that are easily confused. Please check the meaning of each of the words. You may also want to use these word in sentences so that you fully understand the words meaning and when the correct spelling would be used. There is a quiz for you to complete on PURPLE MASH.


Reading

Please read the biography on Barack Obama and complete the questions ready to go over this in class on Thursday.

Maths

Please complete the conversion problems that are in your Maths book.

ENGLISH (two week homework)

On a piece of paper, or typed up, please could you write a biography on an inspirational person of your choice. Please remember all of the tools we need to include in a biography:

Optional Competition set by Mrs Gregan - to be in on Monday 6th February

Year 6 Weekly Home Learning 19.01.23

Spelling

Spelling - Silent letter spellings.

knowledge, psychology, psalm, receipt, aisle, island, castle, chimney, disguise.

Grammar

Please complete the IXL strand LL 3 Identify Prepositional phrases

Maths

Please complete the IXL strands on converting measures.

BB4- Compare and convert metric units of length

BB5 - Compare and convert metric units of mass

ENGLISH FOR TUESDAY

This needs to be in school on Tuesday, as the research you do will be used in class to aid your writing in class. I have set a Purple Mash to do for you and we can print this at school to go in your book.

Please research Rosa Parks ready to write a biography on her in English lessons next week. Think about the following titles:

  • Early life and family

  • Education and working life

  • Experiencing Injustice

  • Fight against persecution

  • Later life and legacy

Year 6 Home Learning 13.1.23

Spelling

Spelling - Silent letter spellings.

crumb, debt, plumb, scissors, scenario, plaque, design, foreign, reign, anchor, chemical

Maths

Please complete the IXL strands on comparing numbers.

J3- Multiply a decimal by 10, 100 or 1,000

K3- Divide a decimal by 10, 100 or 1,000

ENGLISH

Please complete the short mini test on Prepositions and then the worksheet in your homework books, to recap all of our work on prepositions.

History (last week to complete) on Purple Mash

Year 6 Home Learning 06.01.23

Spelling

This week our focus is on words with the ending ‘fer’.

  1. Refer

  2. prefer

  3. transfer

  4. offer

  5. infer

  6. defer

  7. differ

Maths

Please complete the IXL strands on comparing numbers.

H1- What decimal number is illustrated?

H2- Model decimals and fractions

ENGLISH

This week we have been identifying prepositions and looking at how we can use them within sentences. Please reinforce this learning by completing the following IXL strands:

LL 1: Identify prepositions

LL 2: Identify prepositions and their objects

History (Two Week to complete) On Purple Mash

Make sure you include the following:


Year 6 Home Learning

For homework over Christmas I would like you just to relax, make memories with your families and re-charge those batteries ready for another busy term.

However, the one thing we would ask is that you do lots of reading over the holidays!

It would be great if you could go to the library and borrow a couple of Biographies, as we will be writing our own when we come back! This will help you to gather certain vocabulary and get used to the style of writing, as well of course as being extremely interesting learning about the lives of others!

Here are some websites that you can download free biographies from incase you can’t get to the library:

https://freekidsbooks.org/subject/childrens-book-biography/

https://www.getepic.com/collection/37559/biography

https://www.ducksters.com/biography/

Year 6 Home Learning 9.12.22

Spelling

This week our focus is on the PREFIXES ‘sub’ and ‘mis’. Both of these prefixes are from Latin origins- can you tell us next week what the meaning of these prefixes are? How does that help you understand unfamiliar words? You will be quizzed on words with these prefixes next week.

Can you collect examples of them in your homework books?

Please complete the IXL strands U3 and U4.

Your quiz will be picked from random on words with these prefixes.

Maths

Please complete the IXL strands on comparing numbers.

A9- Compare numbers up to one million

A10- Compare numbers up to ten million

ENGLISH

It is all about Walt Disney next week. This weekend could you watch a NEW Disney film that you haven’t seen before or even one you have already watched and then go on to Purple Mash and write a film review all about it!

Christmas songs.

Keep practicing the songs for your Christmas Concert and your words- make sure you are speaking them slowly, clearly and loudly enough. Can you learn the sign language to the second verse of Silent Night, use the video below to help you:

Year 6 Home Learning 2.12.22

Spelling

This week our focus is on the PREFIXES ‘re’ and ‘pre’. Both of these prefixes are from Latin origins- can you tell us next week what the meaning of these prefixes are? How does that help you understand unfamiliar words? You will be quizzed on words with these prefixes next week.

Can you collect examples of them in your homework books?

Please complete the IXL strands U1 and U2.

Your quiz will be picked from random on words with these prefixes.

Maths

Complete the Missing Numbers Puzzles in your homework books to reinforce what we have been learning in class!

Christmas songs.

You should all have your singing booklets now with all our Christmas songs, this should come back and forth to school to ensure we learn all the words to each song. You also should now have learnt your lines/ scripture and should now be at the stage where you are practising speaking slowly, clearly and loudly enough. We will be going to church for the first time on Tuesday and I will expect all of you to know your words off by heart.

Please make it a real priority to learn your lines and the words to the next 3 songs we practiced this week. There are two videos below with all three songs you can sing along to at home. Two of the songs are KS2 signing but the other is of Andrea Bocelli and Céline Dion, singing The Prayer. Remember Year 6, that we are singing the English echo, not the Italian.

Year 6 Home Learning 25.11.22

Spelling

This week our focus is on SUFFIXES ‘less’ and ‘ful’ which form adjectives.

Please complete the IXL strands U6 and U7.

Your quiz will be picked from random on adjectives with these suffixes.

Maths

Please complete the following IXL strands:

A5 and A6- writing numbers up to one million

Christmas songs.

You have been given a booklet with all our Christmas songs and your lines to practise for our upcoming Christmas concert on Thursday 15th December. Please make it a real priority to learn your lines and the words to the first 3 songs we practised this week. There is a video below with all three songs you can sing along to at home. What a jolly homework! Learning points to those who know the words for our practice next Tuesday.

Year 6 Home Learning 18.11.22

Spelling

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

Maths

Please complete the Arithmetic and Reasoning questions in your books.

Reading

Please keep reading at home for at least 30 minutes every night.

Year 6 Home Learning 11.11.22

Spelling

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

Maths

Get on TT Rockstars and practice the speed of your multiplication facts!

Reading

Please complete the reading in 5 minute sheet- to help build on reading skills and comprehnesion.

History - The six wives of Henry VIII.

One more week to complete.

Remembrance Day Art

You can create some beautiful pieces of artwork digitally. Can you create a Poppy?