West Cornforth Primary School WB: 23.3.20 Weekly Overview of Home School Learning Tasks- Year 6

Day Daily English Task Weekly Focus: Reading/ Year 6 English

objectives.

Daily Maths Task Weekly Focus: Fluency and reasoning

skills.

Other Subjects Keeping Active

Monday

Read a chapter from your home reading book or on the following website via a free account: https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/reader/worldbook/index.html#!/ Write a diary entry/newspaper report summarising the events from the day. Write this from your own perspective.

Daily Times Tables TTRockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/ Mathletics: https://login.mathletics.com TopMarks: https://www.topmarks.co.uk Complete a maths task from the work packs that were sent home.

Science Design a classification key based on the simple physical features of your family. You can then test out the keys on each member of your family. Only use ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions.

Joe Wicks 9am PE Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Kids Yoga: https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

Tuesday

Read something around the house that isn’t a book. Your family can then complete your reading record following this. Think about a member of your family who is a hero/heroine to you. Create an information report about your chosen hero/heroine. Why not interview that person and include some direct quotes from the interview?

Daily Times Tables TTRockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/ Mathletics: https://login.mathletics.com TopMarks: https://www.topmarks.co.uk Complete a maths task from the work packs that were sent home.

Geography/ History Research South America and Sao Paulo (Brazil) and create a poster with the information you have found. This will form the basis of our learning for the next few weeks. I have attached a PowerPoint to support you with your learning.

Joe Wicks 9am PE Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Daily walk: go for a walk around your local area, a cycle or a scoot.

West Cornforth Primary School WB: 23.3.20 Weekly Overview of Home School Learning Tasks- Year 6

Wednesday

Read a chapter from your home reading book or on the following website via a free account: https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/reader/worldbook/index.html#!/ What makes your family different to other families? What makes them the same? Write a poem about your family, you may even want to perform it too.

Daily Times Tables TTRockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/ Mathletics: https://login.mathletics.com TopMarks: https://www.topmarks.co.uk Complete a maths task from the work packs that were sent home.

Art or DT Cut out a picture from a newspaper or magazine and draw the body/ rest of the picture. Use an old nesspaper/magazine to create a picture.

Joe Wicks 9am PE Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Just Dance: https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=just+dance

Thursday

Note down any unfamiliar words from the chapter you have read. Explore the meanings of these words by using a dictionary or reading around the sentence. Children should only be allowed to watch TV for one hour a day. Do you agree/disagree? Write a discussion about this statement.

Daily Times Tables TTRockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/ Mathletics: https://login.mathletics.com TopMarks: https://www.topmarks.co.uk Complete a maths task from the work packs that were sent home.

Computing/ RE (Optional) Create a PowerPoint outlining the Easter story. Make sure you include ideas on:

• Why are Good Friday and Easter Day the most important days for Christians?

Common Sense Media You won’t believe this! https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital- citizenship/lesson/you-wont-believe-this

Joe Wicks 9am PE Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

GoNoodle: https://www.gonoodle.com

Friday

Following this, summarise the events from the chapter. You could bullet point what happened, create a comic

Daily Times Tables TTRockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/ Mathletics: https://login.mathletics.com

Music

Joe Wicks 9am PE Sessions: https://www.youtub

West Cornforth Primary School WB: 23.3.20 Weekly Overview of Home School Learning Tasks- Year 6

strip or present the information in your own creative way. Story Task Design a setting for a story genre of your choice. Think about any settings that you have encountered in stories before. You must then write a short description including expanded noun phrases.

TopMarks: https://www.topmarks.co.uk Complete a maths task from the work packs that were sent home.

Research music from the decade their parents, grandparents or other older family members were born. What were the most popular bands or singers during this time? Ask them to perform a song from this decade and create their very own dance routine. Encourage them to explain how they need to improve their performance in order to achieve their personal best.

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Just Dance: https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=just+dance