Welcome Back!

Week Commencing 11th January.

Hello Year 6! How are you? We hope you had a wonderful weekend.

We are so proud of the way that you have all settled back into remote learning so quickly - you are superstars! It was great to speak to you all via School Cloud/phone call last week and we can't wait to speak to you again this week, please look out for an email link or phone call from us. Thank you for your lovely emails last week too, you have already produced some fantastic learning.

This week, following government guidelines, the amount of learning that we expect has increased slightly. You must complete at least 4 hours of learning per day:

1 hour English lesson

1 hour Maths lesson

1 hour Foundation Subjects lesson

1 hour additional tasks (daily CGP book, times tables, spellings, reading etc. as outlined on the main Y6 page).   

Don't forget to listen to the next chapter of Street Child every day too!

We also have additional PE videos (30 minutes) to be completed at least twice a week, and Joe Wicks is back so try to tune in on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Mrs Lee has also put lots of exciting additional tasks on the Aspiration Enrichment page for you to check out. 

We have got some great learning planned for you this week and we can't wait to see what you produce - don't forget to email us twice a week. 

Here is a weekly update letter for you where you can see what we have been up to over the weekend...

Friday 15th January 2021

It's Friday! We made it! Well done Year 6, another week of remote school done. We are so proud of how hard you are all working and how focused you are; you are smashing it! You have produced some fantastic learning this week, we hope you have enjoyed the tasks that we set. Have an amazing weekend everyone!

COMPETITION TME!!! This week's competition is... Fancy Dress Friday! We would like you to dress up in your craziest outfit today whilst you do your learning. Take a picture of yourself in your crazy clothes and email it to us by lunchtime. We are looking for the craziest outfits to crown our winners. Check back at the end of the day to see who has won. 

We decided to have a go too! Here we are on our zoom call (we had everything from scuba divers to witches wearing sunglasses, Mrs Thompson even managed to turn herself invisible!)...

WINNERS!!! Wow! We were so impressed by your fancy dress outfits today. We had a range of crazy costumes from dinosaurs and tigers, to cave men and monsters. The red wigs were also very popular. Well done to everyone who got involved, we hope it made you smile as much as us. It was such a hard choice today but we have chosen our winners.

Our top 6 remote winners are... Sam, Sophia, Jacob, Abdul, Finley and Jack. A big shout out too to Kian and Bella (and Mrs T and Mrs L) in school who are our key worker winners this week (they probably gave the school quite a shock this morning). Congratulations!

English (1 hour of learning):

Friday is spelling and grammar day, starting with your weekly spelling test on the prefix words you learnt last week. Then, after completing the next two pages in your CGP Spelling SAT Buster (if you haven't already done so), you can move on to today's grammar lesson, which focuses on determiners.

Please watch the spelling video lesson first and follow the instructions, before doing the same with the determiners video lesson.

Maths (1 hour of learning):

Today you will be learning about decimals as fractions, but first you will need to mark your arithmetic paper. There is also the place value chart which may help you with today's learning. Remember there are challenges at the end for you to try if you have time, good luck!

Art (1 hour of learning):

In Art today, you are going to continue to develop your skills with perspective drawing, learning how to create your own guidelines to help you add 3D buildings to a perspective landscape. Please watch the video and pause it when prompted, to allow you time to follow each step. Enjoy getting creative and don't forget to share your drawings with us!

Thursday 14th January 2021

Happy Thursday Year 6! Wow! We were blown away by your poetry performance videos yesterday - you did such an amazing job! We would like to give shout outs to the following children for their outstanding performances... Sophia, Jasmine, Leah, Lucas, Ben, Eva, Toby (including the outtakes), Isla S, Nyawah (with a PPT), Chloe, Kamile, Wiktoria, Chandria, Abdul (oscar-award-winner!), Joseph and Jack. Well done! We are so proud of you.

Enjoy your learning today...

For your English learning today, you will be applying your reading comprehension skills to demonstrate your understanding of the lyrics of one of Mrs Thompson's favourite Disney songs. Don't forget to follow the success criteria to ensure that your answers are full and complete. Let's see if the song gets stuck in your head all day!

Please watch the video first, then open and read the lyrics PDF when prompted. The answers to Tasks B and C are at the end of the slides, also attached below. Have fun!

Maths (1 hour of learning):

Today you will apply your division skills from yesterday to a variety of problems. Good luck and remember to use what you already know.

PSHCE (1 hour of learning):

Today we are starting our new topic of 'Diversity and Communities'. We are focusing on understanding identity and what can influence our identity. (P.S. Sorry for the video sound again today, I'm working on trying to fix it!)

Additional Tasks (1 hour of learning):

You must also complete 

- 20 minutes of reading                                          - 10 minute CGP book

- 15 minutes times tables practise (TTRS)            - 15 minutes spellings practise

Don't forget to listen to the next chapter of Street Child and complete the 30 minute PE videos. If you finish early or would like an extra challenge, visit the Aspirational Enrichment page for some exciting tasks. 

Wednesday 13th January 2021

Good morning Year 6! It's Wednesday, we made it to the middle of the week. How are you?

We haven't had any emails from some of you yet - please remember that you need to email us with pictures of your learning at least twice a week, this is in addition to our weekly calls. If you haven't emailed yet, please email today. 

Bill's worship has now been uploaded to the video resource centre so please take the time to watch it today. 

Weekly Calls: You should, by now, have received an email from School Cloud containing the link to your scheduled appointment (unless you have arranged a phone call instead). If you have not received this, please do let us know as soon as you can. Please ensure that you have emailed your learning to us prior to this meeting so that we can provide feedback on your progress. Children, please make sure that your parents read this message.

English (1 hour of learning):

Over the last 2 days, you have explored 4 different poems about the Windrush. Today, you are going to perform one of these poems! The video today is structured slightly differently - watch my video for the lesson input, watch the videos on how to perform poetry and then get started with the task. Have fun!

Maths (1 hour of learning):

We are dividing decimals by integers today. If you are feeling ultra confident with the first section (page 1 of the worksheet) then fast forward to the second part and aim to complete the challenges; you may even get on to the extra challenge. Remember to mark your learning along the way. Good luck.

PE (1 hour of learning):

Every week there will be 2 PE lessons uploaded onto the video resource centre. This week we will use a fitness video from Mr Minei from last year's book week, and a skills lesson by Mr Richardson (me!) Enjoy. These videos can also be accessed anytime throughout the week and repeated if you like. I'm also doing Joe Wicks' workouts; I wonder if any of you are? 

Additional Tasks (1 hour of learning):

You must also complete 

- 20 minutes of reading                                          - 10 minute CGP book

- 15 minutes times tables practise (TTRS)            - 15 minutes spellings practise

Don't forget to listen to the next chapter of Street Child and complete the 30 minutes PE videos. If you finish early or would like an extra challenge, visit the Aspirational Enrichment page for some exciting tasks. 

Tuesday 12th January 2021

Happy Tuesday Year 6! It was freezing yesterday. (Although we haven't seen any snow yet like other parts of the country). Fingers crossed it gets a bit warmer today. Thank you to those who emailed us yesterday and a big thank you for your positive comments/messages, they are really appreciated and make us smile. Here is your remote learning for today...

English (1 hour of learning time):

Today, we are looking at 2 more Windrush poems and seeing what we can learn from them. You wrote some great responses to the poems we read yesterday but today, you should focus more on finding poetry features and giving specific examples.

Maths (1 hour of learning):

We are multiplying decimals by integers today. If you are feeling ultra confident with the first section (page 1 of the worksheet) then fast forward to the second part and aim to complete the challenges; you may even get on to the extra challenge. Remember to mark your learning along the way.

Science (1 hour of learning):

In today's lesson, we are continuing our topic of light, focusing specifically on refraction. We will be completing some fun investigations as part of the learning so don't forget to take photographs of what you are doing to share with us. 

Additional Tasks (1 hour of learning):

You must also complete 

- 20 minutes of reading                                          - 10 minute CGP book

- 15 minutes times tables practise (TTRS)            - 15 minutes spellings practise

Don't forget to listen to the next chapter of Street Child and complete the 30 minutes PE videos. If you finish early or would like an extra challenge, visit the Aspirational Enrichment page for some exciting tasks. 

Monday 11th January 2021

Happy Monday Year 6! Here is your learning for today...

English (1 hour of learning):

Today, we are continuing with our Windrush topic from last week. In the lesson, we will read and explore 2 poems written about the Windrush, identifying features of the poems and seeing what we can learn from them. Enjoy!

Maths (1 hour of learning):

This week we will continue our learning with decimals. Remember you can download the place value chart if it helps you, also don't forget to mark your learning as you go along to see how well you're doing, you can also give yourself a star and a target.Good luck

RE (1 hour of learning):

In RE this half term, we are going to be exploring humanism and personal faith. We will compare how non-religious beliefs can both differ from and be similar to religious beliefs. The focus for this first lesson is 'Can I explore humanist thinking?'

Please click on the link to watch the video, then follow the task instructions. The accompanying slides and plenary quiz are also attached below.

Additional Tasks (1 hour of learning):

You must also complete 

- 20 minutes of reading                                          - 10 minute CGP book

- 15 minutes times tables practise (TTRS)            - 15 minutes spellings practise

Don't forget to listen to the next chapter of Street Child and complete the 30 minutes PE videos. If you finish early or would like an extra challenge, visit the Aspirational Enrichment page for some exciting tasks.