Year 6 –Distance Learning – 27.04.2020 – 01.05.2020

Maths Times Tables Rock Stars Supermovers

We will set daily Maths activities. Please check the class blog.

English Last week, we asked you to find out about the life of Floella Benjamin. Keep these notes safe for next week.Your life so far…This week we would like you to write your autobiography. We have popped a ‘Features of an Autobiography’ on the blog to help you. Think carefully about entertaining your audience as you write. Hand write or type your work and use the class email to send your work to your teacher

Reading Bug Club Read lots of books! Audible Stories

Weekly Reading comprehension. Please see the class blog.

Science Now you are experts about the circulatory system, let’s find out more about the blood that travels through it!Watch these videos on BBC Bitesize:https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwdr6yc/articles/zqv4cwxChallenge: Can you make models of the different components that make up our blood? What are their jobs? Why are they important?

Year 6 –Distance Learning – 27.04.2020 – 01.05.2020

History We would like you to watch these four videos of archive footage filmed in London.

Can you spot differences and similarities between what the city was like in that time and now? How did London change over the years? In which time do you think you would most like to live? Why?We will post the links to the videos on the blog.

Music What sound does London make when it sings? Watch the video about a composer who recreates the sounds of cities using instruments. https://vimeo.com/144788502Think about a busy street in London (before lockdown). What can you remember hearing? Make a list of everything you ‘hear’? Can you recreate these sounds with your instrument(s), your voice, your body, and other objects? Can you link the sounds together to compose a piece of music? Can you record it?

Art See details of this week’s art task on the blog. Look for ‘Art Competition’ post.

DT Continue your bridge design fact file by researching these two designs – Suspension Bridge and Truss Bridge. Don’t forget to include diagrams and labels.

Are there any bridges of this type in London?

SpellingLearn and practise this week’s spellings:community, individual, develop, exaggerate,

government, parliament, vehicle, foreign

Write the words in your handwriting book. What do the words mean? Write sentences using the words.Challenge: Can you create a crossword using these words?

Wellbeing Sit back, relax and watch this beautiful video ‘Intermission’ which was filmed in London during the lockdown.https://vimeo.com/411103765Every day, we would like you to take ten minutes to sit still, quietly and just watch the world going by.Which animals can you see and hear? Can you hear any sirens like in the video? Challenge: Make your own video inspired by ‘Intermission’. Share it with the rest of the class so that we can watch it next week

Geography London has many well-known landmarks. Using Google Maps, can you locate all of these landmarks?The Gherkin, the London Eye, Big Ben, the Cutty Sark, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, the Shard, the O2. Challenge: Draw your own map of London including all of these places.