Year 6: ‘My Learning Newsletter 6’

A message from your teachers... Other curriculum focus… PSHE

Hello Year 6, Welcome to the fourth week of the Summer term. The week that that would have been

SATs week! Crazy eh? We still miss you all terribly but, as always, we have loved hearing your bright, chirpy voices on the phone over the past week. Thank you to all of

those children who have been logging on to Reading Plus. We have been keeping an eye on your progress and have seen lots of combos being achieved! Keep up the good work! We hope you enjoy the work we have set for you this week , remember to try

your best when completing it. Continue to make use of the answers on the website for previous newsletters you have completed.

With love, Miss Doughty, Miss Reddington, Mrs Godfrey, Mrs Wear and Mrs O’Doherty x

We are living through a very unique time in history! Imagine how interesting it would be for you to remember in the future all the things you did during this time. Get together with your family members to create your 2020 family time capsule or create one just for yourself!

Instructions: 1. Find a jar, an empty shoe box or any empty container. Print or draw the

label from Resource Card One (pg 8) and attach it to your time capsule. 2. Decide which objects you want to include in your time capsule e.g.

photos, art work, newspaper clippings, things you have made.3. You may choose to include a letter to your future self including some

of the things you have experienced/learned during this time. 4. Using the template on Resource Card Two (pg 9), interview members of

your household about their time in lockdown. 5. Once you have everything inside, seal your time capsule. As time passes

by, open the capsule to remember this historic time!

English

Complete the activities on the slides, consisting of a writing task, a reading comprehension and some grammar and spelling activities. Please remember to also keep logging onto Reading Plus for 45 minutes each day to keep improving your reading comprehension.

Maths

Complete the challenges on the slides. There are a range of arithmetic, problem solving and reasoning style questions that may take you longer to solve as they require

lots of thinking time!Try your hardest to have a go!

Remember to Keep Active! See our Useful Links Page for more details

Remember to check the newsletters that have been saved on the school website and facebook site detailing the art and music projects. We would like as many of

you take part as possible!

Maths Challenge One

Arithmetic

1. 11 x 4 x 10 = 2. 34 + 459 = 3. 12.4 + 2.56 = 4. 2568 - 1352 = 5. 80 + 897 = 6. 246 x 45 =7. 5.67 x 10 = 8. 19 x 3.3 = 9. 0.25 x 81 =

10. 95% of 400 =11. 14 x ___ = 22112. 200 x 0.8 = 13. 44 x 144 = 14. ___ = 237 - 1915. 25% of 600 =

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Problem solving and Reasoning

Maths Challenge Two

Arithmetic

1. 3987 - 754 = 2. 4.51 x 1000 =3. 75% of 850 =4. 8² + 36 + __ = 2905. 3 x 5 x 8 = 6. 961 + 3926 = 7. 70 x 30 = 8. 2896 - 999 = 9. 38 x 954 =

10. 54.6 ___10 = 5.4611. 11² x 8 = 12. 87 + 9 x 5 = 13. ____ x 1000 = 4278.914. 100 - (2 x 6) = 15. 60% of 900 =

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Maths Challenge Three

Arithmetic

1. 8 x 783 = 2. 8273 x __ = 0 3. 85% of 900 = 4. 8.88 - 2.34 = 5. 87965 - 3981 = 6. 1058 - ___ = 4897. 6384 14 = 8. 100 x 56.4 = 9. 9² - 6² =

10. 874 + 4567 = 11. ⅘ + ¾ + ⅗ = 12. 24.56 + 8.1 = 13. 974 - ___ = 25814. ⅘ - ¼ = 15. 12² + 100 =

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Literacy Activity One - Reading Comprehension

Read the extract and answer the following questions.

1. What impression do you get of the character ‘Mum’?

2. What does mum think the number 7 means?

3. Find the word which means ‘to pull a miserable face’.

4. Why do you think mum looks disappointed?

5. Find the synonym for ‘look’

6. Can you expand the noun phrase, ‘a coffee shop’?

7. Find and copy an example of a subordinate clause.

8. Expand the contraction ‘we’re’

Literacy Activity Two - Creative Writing - PoetryActivity: ‘I opened the magical door and saw…’This is an idea inspired by Kit Wright’s poem ‘The Magic Box’ (you could search for this on the internet to read his poem). In the poem, Kit imagines what may be contained inside a magical box. We can use this idea to connect to what could be behind the magical door. ★ Before you begin, brainstorm a list of ideas for what might be behind the door. Let your imagination run wild as there is no wrong answer. Once you have your list, have a go at writing a poem, using the repeating opener: I opened the magical door and saw …

Here’s an example to help you get going:I opened the magical door and saw shadows dancing.I opened the magical door and saw a rainbow leading to another world. I opened the magical door and saw people crying.I opened the magical door and saw a magical fairground flooded in lights.

Once you have got your ideas, go back and see if you can add to them. You could add more description or bring the thing to life through action, e.g.

I opened the magical door and saw a shoal of hungry shadows, tangoing through busy streets.

Have fun adding to your ideas and let your imagination run wild. Have a read of this poem to help you get ideas:

Have you ever looked at a door and wondered what might be on the other side? Where it may lead? What may be hiding within? At first glance, a door is just a piece of wood, glass or metal that is opened and closed so that people can get in and out of a room, a vehicle or a space. But in the hands of a writer, a door represents a world of possibility, a world where things are not only hidden but often closed off and restricted. Complete the following tasks to explore the potential that a door offers to you, the writer.

The Magical Door I opened the magical door and saw … A world turned upside down: The sea, now a floating ceiling, The clouds, an inviting carpet.

I opened the magical door and saw … The reflection of myself:Standing, searching, staring, Questioning how this was possible.

I opened the magical door and saw … A sweet-treat paradise: Clouds of candy floss,Drifting across a bubble gum sky.

I opened the magical door and saw … A forest of mirrors, Surrounding me in dazzling white light, Leading me into a world of mystery.

I opened the magical door and saw … The image of a street I used to know,But as I entered, everything changed; As I reached out, everything had gone.

I opened the magical door and saw… The future.

Literacy Activity Three - Grammar and Spelling

Can you correct these spellings that are taken from the Year 5 and 6 spelling list.

1. acommodate2. interupt3. secratary4. vegitable5. anchient6. goverment7. neccessery8. reccommend9. reconise

10. restauraunt11. pregudice12. leishure

What’s the difference between active and passive voice?

Active voice: When the subject of a sentence performs the verb’s action, we say that the sentence is in the active voice. Sentences in the active voice have a strong, direct, and clear tone. Here are some short and straightforward examples of active voice.

● Monkeys adore bananas● The cashier counted the money● The dog chased the squirrel.

Passive voice: A sentence is in the passive voice, on the other hand, when the subject is acted on by the verb. The passive voice is always constructed with a conjugated form of to be plus the verb’s past participle. Doing this usually generates a preposition as well. That sounds much more complicated than it is—passive voice is actually quite easy to detect. For these examples of passive voice, we will transform the three active sentences above to illustrate the difference.

● Bananas are adored by monkeys.● The money was counted by the

cashier.● The squirrel was chased by the

dog.

Whilst studying the story ‘The Giant’s Necklace’ and writing our newspaper articles, we looked at using active and passive voice. Can you change the following sentences so that they are written in the passive voice?

1. The cat ate the mouse.

2. The boy sang a song.

3. Somebody took my book!

4. I will cook dinner tonight.

5. A lot of people built this church.

6. The school is organising a big party for when lockdown

is over.

7. The dog was chewing the shoe.

8. Miss Doughty was drawing a picture.

9. Miss Reddington walked her dog along the beach.

10. The man ate five hamburgers.

Resource Card One: PSHE

Resource Card Two: PSHE

Interviewing my household

Use the template as a guide for how to structure your interview. You can choose to present it in any way you like. It might be nice to do a large portrait of your family member with the answers to your questions around the side.

Other questions you may wish to ask could be:

● How are you feeling?● What are your top 3 moments

from this experience?● What has been the biggest

challenge?● How are you finding home

schooling?● What message would you give to

your future self?