Year 6 Home Learning

Homework is now due back on Wednesdays

Maths

In Maths this week we have focused on converting mixed fractions and improper fractions- please reinforce this learning with these IXL strands.

L8- Mixed numbers

L9-Convert between improper fractions and mixed numbers

Spellings

This week’s spelling focus are words where you need to double the consonant. There is a quiz for you to complete on PurpleMash.

Maybe you could have a go at completing these sentences in your book- not compulsory but to check your undertsanding!

Mrs Barker’s Group

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Reading

Well done - many of the children have already starting making progress towards their reading target this half term. When was your last 100% score? Have you made it into our 100% club yet?
Please continue reading at home for 30 minutes each night, it really does make a difference!

Kindness Homework

Now we have swapped lenten boxes with our Reception partners, what can you do at home this week to add money to our box? All money collected this year will go to CAFOD.

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

move must need page picture point

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 9.02.24

Maths

Long division- Please complete the division questions using our new 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 …

You may need extra practice with short division and you will have a sheet for this, but if you would like to have a go at the long division over the holidays then please do!

Please complete the following IXL strands:

L6 Write fractions in lowest terms

Reading

Please do lots and lots of reading over half term- read independently and read with an adult! Some of us are very behind on our quizzing!

Spellings

We have reflected and the spellings last week were tricky! We are going to give you over half term to learn these …


Mrs Barker’s Group

large learn letter listen men mother

Research (needed for 2nd week back)

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- refer to your partners card they wrote for you. 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 2.02.24

Spelling

Spelling - this week our focus is on words with a silent ‘t’. There is a Purple Mash quiz set for you annd the flascards should you wish to use them.

Mrs Barker’s Group

large learn letter listen men mother

Reading

Some children have not quized since being back at school after Christmas- please make sure you are reading every night for at least 20 minutes!

Maths

Please complete the TWO practise Maths sheets- one is to consolidate our multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 and the other for long multiplication- we have found we need much more practise as we are forgetting the method!

ENGLISH (final 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 26.01.24

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.

Mrs Barker’s Group

hand high home house kind land

Reading

Some children have not quized since being back at school after Christmas- plese make sure you are reading every night for at least 20 minutes!

Maths

Please complete the IXL strand L1: Fractions and go on TT Rockstars a lot this week! Be good if you could try for 10/15 minutes a day.

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:

Year 6 Weekly Home Learning 19.01.24

SPELLING: This week our focus is on words ending with ‘cial’. Once you have practiced there is also a Purple Mash quiz set for you to test yourself at home. I have also set a 2Do on Purple Mash, where you will find some downloadable flash cards, that may help you if you want to print them off:

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

tell end England even found hand

MATHS:

Complete the worksheet in books practicing your multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.

GRAMMAR:

Please complete the semi colons sheet in your books.

Rosa Parks

This needs to be in school or on Purple Mash for Monday please as we need the research for our writing.

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 Weekly Home Learning 12.01.24

SPELLING:This week our focus is on words ending with ‘cious’. Once you have practised there is also a Purple Mash quiz set for you to test yourself at home. I have also set a 2Do on Purple Mash, where you will find some downlaodable flash cards, that may help you if you want to print them off:

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

Answer away because change different does

MATHS:

Complete the following IXL strands on adding fractions with the same denominator:

M2 Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator using number lines

M3 Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator

ENGLISH

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

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 15.12.23

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? Next week we will be asking each of you for three words with each of these prefixes.

Please complete the IXL strands U3 and U4.

Your quiz will be picked from random on words with these prefixes so just do your best!

Library books …

On Monday I will be asking you if there are any books for series that you would like to see in our school library- have a think over the weekend what books you want and we will try to get them!

Maths

Please complete the IXL strands on comparing numbers.

A 11 Put numbers in order: up to one million

A 12 Put numbers in order: 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!

OPTIONAL : If you want to write want to write a film review of this and add it to our working wall then please do!

Christmas songs.

Keep practicing the songs for your Christmas Concert and your words- make sure you are speaking them slowly, clearly and loudly enough.


Year 6 Weekly Home Learning 8.12.23

SPELLING:Another week of CONSOLIDATING the spellings that we have previosuly learnt. This should be easier and give you another chance of getting any incorrect ones another try! We will only quiz you on 10 random ones from this list. Once you have practised there is also a Purple Mash quiz set for you to test yourself at home. I have also set a 2Do on Purple Mash, where you will find some downlaodable flash cards, that may help you if you want to print them off:

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

work year again air animal another

Science

Please complete the ‘Animal Habitats Adaptations’ quiz on Purple Mash.

It’s that time of year again …

URGENT- Please continue to practise and know your lines off by heart. Remember to ensure your speak clearly, loudly and with expression.

Also, please practise and learn this final song for our Chrsitmas Concert…

Year 6 Weekly Home Learning 1.12.23

SPELLING: this week we are CONSOLIDATING the spellings that we have previosuly learnt. This should be easier and give you another chance of getting any incorrect ones another try! Once you have practised there is also a Purple Mash quiz set for you to test yourself at home. I have also set a 2Do on Purple Mash, where you will find some downlaodable flash cards, that may help you if you want to print them off:

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

thing think three through very want

MATHS:

Let’s practice our place value skills with the short quiz on Purple Mash- please find the 2Do!

Continue practising speeding up your recall on halving and numbes bonds to 100 or decimals- such a vital skill we need to approach deeper learning- keep trying to beat your score!

Science (two weeks to complete for our display)

This week we have started our topic on evolution, inheritance and adaptations. Next week we will be looking at inhetited characteristics that we get from our family. For homework, I would like you to please find a photograph of a family member or members who show these inherited characterisitcs… this photograph will be displayed in class so make sure we are ok to use this! Could you also write a few sentences/ paragraph on what inheirted characteristics you have from parent or grandparents!

It’s that time of year again …

URGENT- Please could you learn your lines that you now have- would be great if you knew this off by heart for next week’s rehearsal! Also, please practise and learn the next three songs off by heart for our Chrsitmas Concert…

Year 6 Weekly Home Learning 23.11.23

English - Please complete the short comprehension sheet on the DEFORESTATION.

SPELLING: this week we are continuing to focus on words ending in ‘ough’. Once you have practised there is also a Purple Mash quiz set for you to test yourself at home. I have also set a 2Do on Purple Mash, where you will find some downlaodable flash cards, that may help you if you want to print them off:

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

Same Sentence show small sound take

MATHS:

Let’s practice our reasoning skills with a short quiz!

Also, there are many children in class we have spotted this week that need to practise recalling half of numbers, especially odd numbers. Please can we spend a bit of time throughout the week on the game ‘hit the button’

OR are you one of the children that needed to practise their number bonds to 100 or decimal frations…if so please practise 10 minutes a day on Hit the Button…

Science (two weeks to complete for our display)

This week we have started our topic on evolution, inheritance and adaptations. Next week we will be looking at inhetited characteristics that we get from our family. For homework, I would like you to please find a photograph of a family member or members who show these inherited characterisitcs… this photograph will be displayed in class so make sure we are ok to use this! Could you also write a few sentences/ paragraph on what inheirted characteristics you have from parent or grandparents!

It’s that time of year again …

Please could you next learn the next two songs off by heart for our Chrsitmas Concert…

Year 6 Weekly Home Learning 17.11.23

English - Please complete the short comprehension sheet on the Tudors.

SPELLING: this week we are continuing to focus on words ending in ‘ible’ and ‘ibly’. Once you have practised there is also a Purple Mash quiz set for you to test yourself at home. I have also set a 2Do on Purple Mash, where you will find some downlaodable flash cards, that may help you if you want to print them off:

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

Name New old only our place

MATHS:

Let’s practice our arithmetic and reasoning skills with a short quiz!

Also, there are many children in class we have spotted this week that need to practise recalling half of numbers, especially odd numbers. Please can we spend a bit of time throughout the week on the game ‘hit the button’

It’s that time of year again …

Year 6 have all come home with song booklets now (please take good care of them) and they will have a number of songs to learn and practise each work, ready for their final Our Lady’s Chrsitmas Concert! Next week children should also recieve their script, as they will be leading the prayer and reflection on the night. Here are the songs to practice below:

HISTORY: The six wives of Henry VIII.

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?

Year 6 Weekly Home Learning 10.11.23

English - Grammar- Please complete the sheet on adverbs.

SPELLING: this week we are focusing on doubling consonants. Once you have practised there is also a Purple Mash quiz set for you to test yourself at home. I have also set a 2Do on Purple Mash, where you will find some downlaodable flash cards, that may help you if you want to print them off:

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

line little live mean Most much

MATHS:

Let’s practice our arithmetic skills with short quiz!

HISTORY: The six wives of Henry VIII.

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?

Year 6 Weekly Home Learning 3.11.23

English - Reading - Read, read, read, read every single day for AT LEAST 30 minutes.

Please complete the comprehension sheet on ‘gaming’, remembering to aswer in as much detail as you can.

SPELLING: this week we are focusing on adding the suffix ‘er’. Once you have practised there is also a Purple Mash quiz set for you to test yourself at home. I have also set a 2Do on Purple Mash, where you will find some downlaodable flash cards, that may help you if you want to print them off:

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

Follow form give good great just

MATHS:

Let’s practice our arithmetic skills with short quiz!

SCIENCE:

Please research and create a one A4 page on the following, which can either be printed off or emailed to myself. Please make sure this is not stuck in homework books as it will be put in our Science books at school…

Year 6 Weekly Home Learning

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.

SPELLING: this week we are focusing on words from the Year 6 statutory list. Once you have practised there is also a Purple Mash quiz set for you to test yourself at home:

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

could should would because maybe further people

MATHS:

Let’s practise our rounding skills using IXL:

A14 Rounding: up to thousands place

A15 Rounding: up to millions place

GEOGRAPHY OVER TWO WEEKS:

Can you create your own 3D mountain from the template provided and fill it with information about about about the Andes, the mountain ranges in South America which we were learning about in class. Here are some ideas to include on your mountain of information:

•The size and location of the Andes

•How the Andes were formed

•The various climates of the Andes

•How the Andes differ in different areas

•The volcanoes of the Andes

•How people live in the Andes

•Why people visit the Andes

•The animals and plants of the Andes

When you have written all your information, fold your mountain up and glue it together. Can you add any other features like information flaps?

Year 6 Weekly Home Learning

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.

GEOGRAPHY OVER TWO WEEKS:

Can you create your own 3D mountain from the template provided and fill it with information about about about the Andes, the mountain ranges in South America which we were learning about in class. Here are some ideas to include on your mountain of information:

•The size and location of the Andes

•How the Andes were formed

•The various climates of the Andes

•How the Andes differ in different areas

•The volcanoes of the Andes

•How people live in the Andes

•Why people visit the Andes

•The animals and plants of the Andes

When you have written all your information, fold your mountain up and glue it together. Can you add any other features like information flaps?

Year 6 Home Learning

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.

PLEASE complete the comprehension short paper on Malala Yousafzai. Look at the questions carefully and don’t forget to highlight or underline key information in the text that can help you answer. If you need help, please feel free to work alongside an adult.

Maths- Please can you have a go at the reasoning page- if you need to work alongside an adult do or you can come and ask a teacher BEFORE the day it is due in.

Grammar- 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

Do not spend any longer than 10 minutes on each of these IXL strands, even if you don’t get to 100!

Spellings - this week we are focusing on words with the ending ‘able’ and ‘ible’

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

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Year 6 Home Learning Friday 22nd September

Priority is to make sure we know all our lines off by heart and exactly when we come in. Could we also make sure we know our song off by heart, ready for our practice on Monday- not long now!

English - Reading - Read, read, read, read every single day! Verbs have been a big part of our learning this week, maybe whilst you are reading you could collect verbs and look at the different ways they have used them within a sentence?

Maths- Please can you have a go at the reasoning page- if you need to work alongside an adult do or you can come and ask a teacher BEFORE the day it is due in.

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.

we have also 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

Spellings - this week we are focusing on homophones…

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

Like make more number other over people

Year 6 Home Learning Friday 15th September

Homework should be completed and brought back to school for the following Thursday

 ASSEMBLY- MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR LINES OFF BY HEART AND THE SONG READY FOR MONDAY WHERE POSSIBLE. Watch the video with the lyrics to help you:

English - Reading - Read, read, read, read every single day!

Geography- Can you complete the flags of South America homework- think about your presentation please.

Maths- Please complete the following IXL strands under A Place value and number sense.

A2 Place values

A5 Writing numbers up to one million in words: convert words to digits

A6 Writing numbers up to one million in words: convert digits to words


Spellings - this week we are focusing on recapping the word list from Year 5

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

which said word about first could down made