Year 6 Weekly NewsletterHello Year 6!

This week I have been doing 6km walks, I have a big blister on my heel as evidence! My mam and dad loved their cuddles with Harry and Ella using the cuddle blanket I made last week. They look forward to using it again in the future. I have a new book too, it is about a lady who suffered during World War 2, she has a positive mindset about of the awful events and through her life always looks at how these experiences have helped her become the person she is.

Mr Thorogood

This week was very exciting because I asked my two best friends to be my bridesmaids for my wedding next summer! They came to sit in my garden and we had a lovely chat and ate pizza in the sunshine. I have also been going on lots of long walks in the countryside – I don’t think I have ever walked so much in my life!

Hope you are all well and keeping safe!

Miss Sutcliffe

English – Practice these high frequency words:

accommodate, accompany, according, achieve, aggressive, ancient, amateur, apparent, appreciate, attached

Can you read and spell these by the end of the week?

Remember the techniques we use in school to help us. You might highlight the tricky parts in the word, say them as they look or look for other words within them.

You could create your own wordsearch, have a speed writing competition with your family or complete some colourful Rainbow writing or pyramids!

Reading – Choose an ebook from https://readon.myon.co.uk/library/browse.html or www.oxfordowl.co.uk Send me your thoughts on staidansyear6@gatedu.org

Maths – Can you solve the 6 number challenge?

PE – Click on Miss Lishman’s exercise video in the news blog, can you complete it every day? https://vimeo.com/426162238

Have you designed any games that I can share on here? Are you an expert at throwing socks into a basket? Can you balance on one leg for over one minute with your eyes closed? How many pieces of dried pasta can you put into a cup using chopsticks in a minute?

Science – Classification

Take a walk around the local area and collect a range of leaves. Can you identify them using the picture below?Research the meaning of ‘Pinnate’ and ‘Palmate.’ They are terms which are used relating to leaves.

STEAM – Watch this video from ‘Bring it on’ It is really interesting! https://youtu.be/ThOUhSS7dhI

MFL – Can you circle the correct date in Italian on the next page?

History – Our topic this half term is ‘How does the local area and region meet the needs of people living there?’

You are going to learn how to use six-figure grid references on an Ordnance Survey map to describe the location of geographical features.

Read the information on this page about OS maps and grid references. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z3jbdmn/revision/2

Then answer these questions:

DT – In this unit, we will be researching fashion designers and find out how cotton is manufactured in order to make textiles. You will be designing your own pattern pieces to make a drawstring bag.

This week, your task is to research a range of drawstring bags made by fashion designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Cath Kidston and Alexander McQueen. Choose a fashion designer whose bags you are drawn to. Write a non-chronological report about the fashion designer. Include subheadings about their early life, career, design of the bag and materials used.

RE – Our topic this half term is Islam.

Can you find out the answers to the following questions?

1. What do Muslims believe in?2. Where do Muslims pray?3. What are the Five Pillars of Islam?4. What is the symbol of Islam and what does it represent?5. What is the name of the sacred text?6. How many Muslims are there worldwide? 

PSHE – This half term we are going to reflect on the last couple of months and

consider our future,Create a table to show what has stayed the same in your life and what has changed during lockdown.

Music -

Listen to your favourite piece of music.Get Arty! - listen to the piece all the way through, perhaps with your eyes closed. What images, colours or textures best match the music? How can you draw, paint, model or build these? Take a photo of the finished masterpiece.

You also have access to Music at home – Encore! Ages 10 – 11 to review work which you have completed this year. https://charanga.com/yumu/login?redirected_from_cmw=y