Year 6 Archive

Year 6 Home Learning

Monday 6th - Friday 10th July

 

Hi, Year 6! 

Can you believe that this is the penultimate (look it up!) week of home learning? You are all doing so well. We know what a strange situation this is, it's certainly not something that we ever experienced when we were your age! Take a look at the Year 6 Blog to see the learning you've shared with us. Keep going and keep trying your best. 

 

Remember, when your working at home book is full, you can drop it off at the office and we will have a look at all the great work you have done. We will also give you a new one. 

 

 

 

 

Daily Tasks:

  • Reading (at least 30 minutes). Make sure you are reading regularly. Have you changed your book recently? Have you tried a book from a different genre? Read a poem? Looked up some non-fiction?
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise different topics in a variety of subjects. 
  • Maths 5-a-day On Monday, start with July 6th and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site; ask an adult to mark it for you. Check you are still doing the right level for you. It shouldn't be too easy, nor too hard!

 

Tasks to complete over the week:

Spelling: Try the word wheel challenge below.


Reading Challenge: Attached below is an extract from a new book called Pets and their Famous Humans. Think about how this approach enables children to learn about famous people in a different way. Can you find other famous people who had interesting pets?


Science: How important is custard? Cambridge Science Centre have made their shows free to watch. See the pdf below to see how you can join in and watch the Materials Science show called Stronger by Design. And more importantly... discover how important custard is!


Personal topic: Please bring your topic to an end this week and send it in. Remember, we would like everyone to do this topic (final hints on what to do are below). To look at these topics, see the Year 6 Closure Personal Topics page on this blog.


Music: Here is the link. The instructions are below. You will need to go to PurpleMash: Busy Beats.


PE: Sock wars! Here is the link. Read the pdf below for guidance.


Art: A mashup of close observational drawing and the bright and bold colours of Pop Art. See the task below for details.


English: Listen to the podcast for your English task. Although there is a competition element to it, we would still like everyone to have a go and send in your efforts to us. Year 6, we know you are talented, creative and thoughtful. This is the perfect chance to show off what you can do! 

 

Maths: Click here to watch and take part in a daily maths session every day this week. Scroll down the link to find the video for today's date.

 

Here are two other websites offering daily maths sessions covering different topics:  

  1. Click here for NCETM daily maths lesson videos. These are still up so if you haven't completed them they are still available.
  2. Click here the White Rose lesson worksheets video links and answers are saved below. There are 2 sets this week in case you have done the angles work before (first set). If you have, you can try the calculation work sheets which are new. (Second set) The video links are for the angles work.

At the bottom of the page there we have uploaded a variety of extra challenges, from reasoning puzzles to using a calculator ready for secondary school. Try some of these activities. 




Remember year 6 standards - neat work, joined handwriting, careful and thoughtful presentation. 
We would rather you do a few things each day well than rush through all of them.

Year 6 Home Learning

Monday 29th June - Friday 3rd July

 

 

Hi, Year 6! 

 

We hope you are well. As ever, try your best with the tasks this week.

 

If you have something you are particularly pleased with or proud of, please send us a photo of it - we love seeing what you've been doing and achieving! 

 

If you have a completed book or work folder of the things you've been doing in lockdown, please drop it off at the office - we would be delighted to see what you have been doing!

 

Thank you for joining in with our picnic and our podcast - we love hearing from you!

 

 

 

Daily Tasks:

  • Reading (at least 30 minutes). Make sure you are reading regularly. Have you changed your book recently? Have you tried a book from a different genre? Read a poem? Looked up some non-fiction?
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise different topics in a variety of subjects. 
  • Maths 5-a-day On Monday, start with June 29th and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site; ask an adult to mark it for you. Check you are still doing the right level for you. It shouldn't be too easy, nor too hard!


Remember year 6 standards - neat work, joined handwriting, careful and thoughtful presentation. 
We would rather you do a few things each day well than rush through all of them.

 

Tasks to complete over the week:

Spelling: Try the word wheel challenge below.

Reading Challenge: To accompany our science work, take a look at this guide to birds in the attachment below - check you know what to look for when bird watching. Look at all the different ways the information is presented.

 

Science: Observational drawings. Draw the three UK birds shown in the PDF. Through your observational drawings, compare the birds. How are they similar? How are they different? If you need any help with your drawing, Mr Preston has done a guide.  

 

Personal topic: You have already started this, but see the reminder below to check the things you should be doing. Remember, we would like everyone to do this topic.

 

Music: Click here for the resource. Instructions in the pdf below.



PE: Click here for a training session with Marcus Rashford. Have you got the stamina to complete it?

Art: Pop Art - All About Primary School! See the attachment below with all the details on.


English: Look at the attachment below titled 'Primary School List'.

 

 

Maths: Click here to watch and take part in a daily maths session every day this week. Scroll down the link to find the video for today's date.
 

Here are two other websites offering daily maths sessions covering different topics:  

  1. Click here for NCETM daily maths lesson videos. Follow on from the one you did last.
  2. Click here the White Rose lesson worksheets video links and answers are saved below.

At the bottom of the page there we have uploaded a variety of extra challenges, from reasoning puzzles to using a calculator ready for secondary school. Try at least one of these activities. Make up your own balloon bursting puzzle. 



PSHE: Click here for BBC Bitesize resources on going to Secondary school. Check out your new school's web site this week.

 

 

Year 6 Olympics/ Sports Day - There are some results on the blog and an amazing memory performance. If you wanted to do the events this week, then great and please send in your achievements. 

 

 

Take a look at the Year 6 Blog to see more of the learning you've already shared with us. Keep up the good work everyone! We will add more as we go through this half term.

 

 

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Year 6 Podcast

 


We would really like to have as many of you contributing to the podcast as possible.

Please share with us your favourite memories of being at ESJ. Ask an adult to email us your message or voice recording to y6@elystjohns.cambs.sch.uk 

Also, please keep a watchful eye out for Ms Fellows - who knows where she'll end up if she's not careful! 

 

Below is this week's podcast. New jingles provided by Yasmin and Tawana. 

Year 6 Home Learning

Monday 22nd June - Friday 26th June

 

Hi, Year 6! 

 

We hope you are well. As ever, try your best with the tasks this week.

 

If you have something you are particularly pleased with or proud of, please send us a photo of it - we love seeing what you've been doing and achieving! 

 

If you have a completed homework book or work folder, please drop it off at the office - we would be delighted to see what you have been doing!

 

 

 

Daily Tasks:

  • Reading (at least 30 minutes). Make sure you are reading regularly. Have you changed your book recently? Have you tried a book from a different genre? Read a poem? Looked up some non-fiction?
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise different topics in a variety of subjects. 
  • Maths 5-a-day On Monday, start with June 22nd and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site; ask an adult to mark it for you. Check you are still doing the right level for you. It shouldn't be too easy, nor too hard!


Remember year 6 standards - neat work, joined handwriting, careful and thoughtful presentation. 
We would rather you do a few things each day well than rush through all of them.

 

Tasks to complete over the week:

Spelling: In the Year 6 bubble at school, we made over 170 words from the letters in the word parliament. Could you make that amount, get close to it or even beat it? Try your best.


Reading Challenge: Use the pdf or the link below to find out about Birds of Prey. You could draw a picture of a bird of prey in the style of the illustrations here.

 

Science: Nature Scavenger Hunt - can you complete this scavenger hunt by the end of the week?

 

Personal topic: You have already started this, but see the reminder below to check the things you should be doing. Remember, we would like everyone to do this topic.

 

  

PE: Join in with this dance routine with Swoosh from Flawless. Please take notice of health and safety advice and follow the warm up first. The link is in the pdf below.


Art: See the attachment below for guidance for this week's Pop Art task. We are really looking forward to seeing your finished pieces so please send them to us.

 

English: See the pdf below with instructions and the pdf with an extract from The Funny Life of Teachers. This week we would like you to write a funny guide to getting to school.

 

 

Maths: Click here to watch and take part in a daily maths session every day this week. Scroll down the link to find the video for today's date.
 

Here are two other websites offering daily maths sessions covering different topics:  

  1. Click here for NCETM daily maths lesson videos. Follow on from the one you did last.
  2. Click here the worksheets video links and answers are saved below.

At the bottom of the page there we have uploaded a variety of extra challenges, from sudoku puzzles to using a calculator ready for secondary school. Try at least one of these activities.

 

 

Year 6 Olympics/ Sports Day:

  1. Read the attached 'Olympics: Past and Present'.
  2. Look at the explanation for the Year 6 Sports Day.
  3. Design a logo and a motto for our Year 6 Sports Day. Use the 'Design your own Olympic Logo' worksheet but do it for our sports day.
  4. Carry out the activities for our Year 6 Sports Day and complete your own personal sports day chart - it would be good if we could all do the activities on Wednesday 24th June!  

 

 

 

Take a look at the Year 6 Blog to see more of the learning you've already shared with us. Keep up the good work everyone! We will add more as we go through this half term.

 

 

 

 

 

Year 6 Podcast

 

Thank you for all your fantastic contributions. Listen below to this week's episode to find out about weird sandwiches flavour combos and learn the truth: did Ms Fellows manage to escape from the broom cupboard? 

Year 6 

Monday 15th June - Friday 19th June

 

Hi, Year 6! We hope you are well. As ever, try your best with the tasks this week.

If you have something you are particularly pleased with or proud of, please send us a photo of it - we love seeing what you've been doing and achieving! 

 

 

 

Daily Tasks:

  • Reading (at least 30 minutes). Make sure you are reading regularly. Have you changed your book recently? Have you tried a book from a different genre?
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise different topics in a variety of subjects. 
  • Maths 5-a-day On Monday, start with June 15th and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site; ask an adult to mark it for you. Are doing the right level for you? It shouldn't be too easy, nor too hard!


Remember year 6 standards - neat work, joined handwriting, careful and thoughtful presentation. 
We would rather you do a few things each day well than rush through all of them.

 

Tasks to complete over the week:

Spelling: See the spelling task below (the answers are on the second page of the document). If you want to practise other spellings, try the games on the year 6 weblinks page.

 

Reading Challenge: Click here for some non-fiction maps about cities from a book called Big City Atlas by Maggie Li. When we are stuck at home, we can travel by map! Have a look at the facts about the different cities. If you can't look at this, grab an atlas at home (if you have one) and browse the world. Find London, Mexico City, Cairo, Istanbul, Tokyo and New York. Where would you like to go and why?

 

  

Art: This week's Pop Art task (see below) is again inspired by Roy Lichtenstein. It builds upon the Ben Day Dots you tried doing last week. Send us in your finished pieces for the year 6 blog.

 

 

PSHE: Take a look at the instructions below. You'll also need the rucksack template (or you can draw your own).

  

 

Personal topic: We started this last week. See the reminder below to check the things you should be doing. If you didn't choose this last week, please start it. We would like everyone to do this topic.

 

 

History: There is an activity sheet to complete about the history of Ely Gaol - now the museum building. Choose one of the activities; you don't have to do them all (but you can if you'd like to). 

 

 

PE: We know lots of you have been taking part in the PE with Joe Wicks daily videos. If you haven't already, try them out! They're about 30 minutes long and are a real workout!

 

 

English: This week we want you to write a letter. Check out the pdf below. You need both the extract and the instructions.

 

 

Maths: Click here to watch and take part in a daily maths session every day this week. Scroll down the link to find the video for today's date.
 

Here are two other websites offering daily maths sessions covering different topics:  

  1. Click here for NCETM daily maths lesson videos. Follow on from the one you did last.
  2. Click here to do 'week 8' from White Rose Maths.

At the bottom of the page there we have uploaded a variety of extra challenges, from sudoku puzzles to using a calculator ready for secondary school. Try at least one of these activities.

 

 

Take a look at the Year 6 Blog to see more of the learning you've already shared with us. Keep up the good work everyone! We will add more as we go through this half term.

 

 

 

ALSO...


This week sees the start of the Year 6 Podcast!

 

As well as completing the learning tasks on offer, we want as many of you as possible to contribute to the Year 6 Podcast! You can send your contributions to Y6@elystjohns.cambs.sch.uk

 

We will listen to and read everything that is sent in, but this email address is one-way only and we won't be able to reply from it. 

 

Happy listening!

Year 6 Home Learning

Monday 8th June – Friday 12th June

 

Hi Year 6! We hope you are well. As ever, try your best with the tasks this week.

If you have something you are particularly pleased with or proud of, please send us a photo of it - we love seeing what you've been doing and achieving! Have a look at the Year 6 work page - we have started a new one and it is filling up nicely.

 

 

Daily Tasks:

  • Reading (at least 30 minutes). Make sure you are reading regularly. Have you changed your book recently? Have you tried a book from a different genre?
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise different topics in a variety of subjects. 
  • Maths 5-a-day On Monday, start with June 8th and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site; ask an adult to mark it for you. Are doing the right level for you? It shouldn't be too easy, nor too hard!



Remember year 6 standards - neat work, joined handwriting, careful and thoughtful presentation. 
We would rather you do a few things each day really well than rush through all of them.

 

Tasks to complete over the week:


Spelling: See the spelling task below. If you want to practise other spellings, try the games on the year 6 weblinks page! 

 

 

Grammar: See the grammar task attached below about using punctuation for speech.  Watch this clip to recap using inverted commas for speech. 

 

 

Reading Challenge: Ask someone to recommend a book to you (e.g. a book of someone else's in your house). Read the first chapter. Tell the person about their recommendation. Do you want to read the rest of the book? Which parts did you like? Which parts were you unsure of? Make sure you explain your thoughts thoroughly and try and use examples from the book to support your views. You could let us know the book you've read a chapter of (or have continued reading) on Purple Mash!

 

 

Science: Is the weather forecast accurate? If it is, can you predict what the weather outside your window will look like? How much will the trees sway in the wind? Which clouds would you see in the sky?

 

 

Art: Pop Art! Read through the PowerPoint (below) which gives you an insight into the art we're looking at over the next few weeks and one of the artists that we are using as our inspiration - Roy Lichtenstein. Your task is on the last slide. Send us in your finished pieces!

 

 

English: This week we want you to write a short extract from a story. Look for the 'English task - Kid Normal' attachment below.

 

 

PSHE: A fun way to think about moving to secondary school. See the attachment below titled 'PSHE task'. You may find it useful to complete the English task first. 

 

 

Maths: Click here to watch and take part in a daily maths session every day this week. Scroll down the link to find the video for today's date (I See Maths by Gareth Metcalfe).

 

Did you find the daily maths session okay? If so, here are two other websites offering daily maths sessions covering different topics: 

  1. Click here for daily sessions on Number, Addition and Subtraction. There are 9 videos in total so spread them out over the week (NCETM).
  2. Click here for home learning fractions beginning to revise algebra and equations (White Rose Maths).There is  pdf with video links below and 4 work sheets

For an extra challenge try the algebra sheets below - they are a bit tricky. Also, check out Maths Corner for some fun with circles. 

 

The Calculator Crunch activity  below is designed to get you ready for Secondary school and ready to use a calculator in maths lessons. Any calculator will do.

 

 

Personal topic: This half term in Year 6 we would be asking you to research a topic of our choice. Instead, we would like you to find out about someone who inspires you. The attachment below (titled 'Personal Topic') gives you all the information you need to complete the task.

 

Computing: (continuation from last week) Look at the computer games other children have created. Which games have really impressed you. Can you identify the reason or reasons for this? With this in mind, can you improve your game? I've (Mr Preston) played some of the games. There have been some great designs. I have also liked the use of title pages to introduce them. Not all the games had multiple levels. This maybe something that could improve your game: multiple levels that get harder as you move through them. 

 

Take a look at the Year 6 Blog to see more of the learning you've already shared with us. Keep up the good work everyone! We will add more as we go through this half term

 

Year 6 - Weekly Tasks

 

Tuesday 2nd June to Friday 5th June 

 

We hope you had a good rest last week and are feeling refreshed and ready to jump back into the year 6 activities.

 

Keep checking in and look at the Year 6 Blog to see more of the learning you've already shared with us. Keep up the good work everyone! We will add more as we go through this half term.

 

  

Daily Tasks:

  • Reading (at least 30 minutes). Also, see below for this week's reading task.        
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise different topics in a variety of subjects. 
  • Maths 5-a-day - each gives you 5 questions (arithmetic and problem solving). On Monday, start with June 1st and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site; ask an adult to mark it for you. Are doing the right level for you? It shouldn't be too easy, nor too hard!


You don't have to do everything all at once - you do have all week! 
Lots of you have made yourselves a timetable to help you to plan your mornings and afternoons. It may help to have a set routine so you get into the working habit again. 


Remember year 6 standards - neat work, joined handwriting, careful and thoughtful presentation. We would rather you do a few things well than rush through all of them.

 

Tasks to complete over the week:

Reading: Read the extract from The Tale Of Angelino Brown by David Almond. There are questions and answers on the same pdf below.

 

Also, more famous actors are reading chapters of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone! 

The previous chapters are on our archive

Chapter 6 read by The Cursed child Broadway cast

 

Spelling: 

Word Wheels

The aim of a word wheel is to make as many words as you can of two letters or more from the letters in the wheel, using each letter in each word only once, and always using the letter in the centre of the wheel. No proper nouns allowed! Each wheel will also contain one word which uses up all the letters.

Each day choose at least one word from the Statutory Year 5 and 6 spelling list and create your own word wheel e.g. average

 

g

r

a

 e

 

v

e

a

How many words can you make? E.g. age, agree...

Try putting different letters in the middle. Does it make a difference?

 

The ultimate challenge: which word in the statutory year 5 and 6 list creates the most words!

 

 

Grammar: Each day, pick a paragraph from your reading book. Record yourself reading it, or ask someone to listen to you. Really focus on how you use punctuation in your reading. Can you hear the punctuation when you listen back to it, or can the listener hear it? There is often a variety of punctuation in dialogue so picking a section of dialogue would be good.  

 

Science: Try this paper hovercraft experiment at home. We would like you to carry out the extra challenge: These little hovercrafts are so easy to make, it doesn’t take long to build some out of different materials (newspaper, cardboard, aluminum foil) or different sizes see which ones drive the straightest, go the fastest, or take the most breath to get moving.

 

How can you prove which one goes the fastest, straightest or takes the most breath to get moving?

 

Create an experiment to answer these questions, test your different hovercrafts and then record the data. Finally write a short evaluation of your experiment. In your evaluation try to answer these questions: What did you do? What have you found out? What can you do to improve your investigation?

 

Title: Paper Hovercraft

Subheading: the question you are answering e.g. Which hovercraft drives the straightest? 

Your evaluation should be a paragraph of around 3 to 5 sentences.

Look at the science poster PDF to help you plan and carry out your experiment. 

 

 Start by testing one thing e.g. which one goes the straightest. If you want to do more, that's great but you don't have to.  

 

 

Computing: On Purple Mash find the 2DIY3D app on the tools section of the home screen. We would like you to design your own game to share with your classmates. You can choose the theme of the game and decorate the floor and baddies accordingly e.g. you might want it to be an underwater theme and you turn your baddies into sharks. You can decorate the sky too, so your sky could have pictures of fish to give the impression of being under water. Your game needs to be rated 'U' so no weapons or gore! Once in the app, there is a video tutorial next to the exit button (white arrow on a red square). Use this to find out how the app works. Please use the My Game versions of the app and not the My Simple Game version. Save your work in your own folder but also in the Computer Game folder which you will find in the 2020 folder. Have fun and be creative. We will be evaluating the games next week. 

 

Art: You probably noticed the photo of a doodle on this page. Ms Fellows had a meeting and it was a long one and she found herself doodling along as she listened in. Lots of people like to doodle - it helps them to concentrate or it helps them to relax. Why not make a Lockdown Doodle? You can use colour or just a pen or pencil and you can include shapes, letters, cartoon pictures - it is really up to you. You can doodle in a book or on a sheet of paper. Try to keep your doodle going; come back to it when you have a few minutes to spare. 

If you really like drawing and doodling , you might like to join Mo Willems, an American author and illustrator who does lunchtime sessions. He is a funny guy and takes a bit of time to get going in video 1 but he is worth a look. click here

 

Music: Lots of people are making playlists right now. These are lists of songs that you play because they make you feel good. What is on your playlist? Find some time this week to play a song and listen to it all the way through. Take some time to enjoy it and remember why you like it and why you chose it. Maybe share it with someone else. You could make a family playlist - what are the songs you play to keep your family happy? Share if you want to - you could sing along to a video, send the list in to us or just have a chat at home about it. Most of all, listen to something you like.

 

History:

Listen in to a new  podcast for children on Florence Nightingale, following up the work we did on the Ely cannons.

Click here for home school history

 

PE: Watch this Sweatbox video Click here The PE teacher shows you how to build up a short sequence of moves around a square. Each time you go around he square, you add another repetition. Take the advice seriously to keep safe. Choose a time when it isn't too hot and keep hydrated.

 

Maths: We've listed lots of different resources here. We don't expect you to do them all at once, but we want you to try working through them as best you can. 

 

  • Here are some worksheets for finding percentages
  • step 1 percentage work sheet with answers
  • step 2
  • step 3
  •  
  • Here is the White Rose work for Year 6 for this week.
  • Here is a logic game. Rearrange the numbers in the square so they are in order.
  • Here is a logic game Cubilus. work out the minimum number of moves. You could get hooked!
  • Here is an interesting maths puzzle about blowing up balloons. the solution is listed at the top left of the screen.
  •  
  • Here is a resource from Mr Barton Maths. Scroll down to the KS2 SATS Youtube videos  and go to where you left off last week.
  • Here is a link for this week's fraction lessons.  You need to do them in order. If you feel you need to start with revision, you could look at these Lower Keystage 2 resources.
  • Here are daily lessons for Year 5/6 from Gareth Metcalfe. If you didn't try these last week, please take a look.

  •  NRICH page for interactive games.see pdf below
  • Check out the Maths Corner page 

English: We would like you to listen to a live radio blog online called Radioblogging. Daily shows are broadcast everyday, at 9.30  but you can catch up at other times. Click here

We would like you to listen, join in with the activities. Try to listen to at least one show this week.Use your homework book for your jottings and ideas.

 

 

This is what they say about Radioblogging.net on line:

 

RadioBlogging.Net is a daily radio programme that teaches literacy and is aimed at families and schools. It is interactive so that children write and their work is published during and after the show. Each day there are spelling, grammar and vocabulary games, followed by creative writing and responding to reading. The show features a poet of the day and author of the week. All posts are moderated and there is a team of teachers that respond to the children’s writing. It is an innovative project combining education radio and blogging to enhance and support continuous learning provision at this critical time

 

 If you cannot listen to this show on a computer or phone then there is a pdf below for you to try.

Year 6 - Weekly Tasks

 

Monday 18th May to Friday 22nd May 

  

Well done to everyone for all the fantastic work you are doing! Have a look at the Year 6 Blog to see some of the learning you've shared with us. Keep up the good work everyone!

It's half-term at the end of this week! We hope you all enjoy a well-earned rest.

  

Daily Tasks:

  • Reading (at least 30 minutes). Also, see below for this week's reading task.        
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise different topics in a variety of subjects. 
  • Maths 5-a-day - each gives you 5 questions (arithmetic and problem solving). On Monday, start with May 18th and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site; ask an adult to mark it for you. Are doing the right level for you? It shouldn't be too easy, nor too hard!

You don't have to do everything all at once - you do have all week! 
Lots of you have made yourselves a timetable to help you to plan your mornings and afternoons. It may help to have a set routine so you get into the working habit again. 
Remember year 6 standards - neat work, joined handwriting, careful and thoughtful presentation. We would rather you do some of the things well than do lots of them half-heartedly.

 

Tasks to complete over the week:

Reading: Read "The Girl Who Walked On Air" text and questions together and then answers separately in the pdf resources below.

Also, more famous actors are reading chapters of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone! 

Chapter 1 read by Daniel Radcliffe The boy who lived 

Chapter 2 read by Noma Dumezweni  The Vanishing Glass 

Chapter 3 is Eddie Redmayne The Letters from no one

 

Spelling: See below for the weekly spelling list which contains another 10 words a day to learn/revise. Get an adult to test you each day. If you make any errors, practise those words again. Learn them how you like: draw pictures around the words to help you learn them, write them out in different colours or write them out as a pyramid (as shown in previous weeks). Below is an example of Scribble Spelling - another way for you to try to learn your spellings! How interesting can you make it to learn your spellings?  

 

Grammar: Like last week, the grammar sheet (attached below) has 3 groups of questions on it. Try one every other day (e.g. Monday, Wednesday, Friday). The questions cover all of what you have learnt this year. The answers come at the end of the sheet. If you're not sure about something, have a look at this Bitesize Revision Guide for some help.

 

Science:  This week, all of the tasks have been put into a PowerPoint (see bottom of the page). You will be able to work through it at your own pace and look up anything you're not sure about. You may want to print out Activity 4 (attached below).

 

Activity 1 requires you to think back to last week. You were asked to think about how offspring might vary depending on parental features. To understand what variation means in more detail have a look at this website. It is aimed at secondary school pupils, but the text is manageable and the video may help you understand more (also, it is all about puppies so if anything, enjoy looking at puppies!). Read the page, then try the mini quiz at the bottom. 

 

Continue through the PowerPoint slides until you've completed all 4 activities. 

 

History: When finding out about the past, historians use pictures and photographs to compare the past and the present. At the bottom of the page is a resource pdf called History photos of the cathedral. Take a look at the pictures of the cathedral from different times in the past. How has that part of Ely changed since the photos were taken? What do you notice about the buildings, the roads, the people? In your homework book, write a paragraph about the differences you notice. You could start, "In the first picture, I notice that the bridge is different in size and shape to the bridge that is over the river now. I also notice that...

 

Art: In contrast to last week, this week is a mathematical drawing activity. You will need a sharp pencil and a ruler. Attached below is a template to use and instructions to guide you. 

 

Music: Last week, you used Chrome Music lab. This week, have a look at this Piano roll option.

As the music plays, see if you can work out how the lines change length, position and colour. What do you notice? Which of the pieces do you like best? Do you think they sound best as a piano or as the other voice?  Now you have tried piano roll, have another go at the song maker from last week. You might find you do things differently. For example, make more lines play at the same time.

 

PE: This week, we would like you to think about small games you can play outside. Check out these short videos with ideas you could try. The idea is to use every day things to make PE fun. 

Throw tennis;  bowling;  Right way, wrong way 

Make sure you are in a safe space - preferably outside if you can. You could come up with challenges to adapt and extend these ideas. Share your ideas with us - we could have a Mini Small Games Olympics!

 

Maths: We've listed lots of different resources here. We don't expect you to do them all at once, but we want you to try working through them as best you can. 

 

  • Here are some different sheets for calculation. This week, you will be revising adding decimals to help remember place value. Click on the links here for questions and answers: 
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  • Remember pie charts? Attached below is an activity to draw a pie chart.
  • Here is a BBC lesson on Multiplying fractions by whole numbers. There are 2 worksheets and 2 answer sheets (attached below) to go with this activity.
  • Here is the White Rose work for Year 6 for this week.
  • Here is a resource from Mr Barton Maths. He is a secondary school teacher and maths specialist and always worth watching! Have paper and pencil ready to join in (he goes through SATs revision questions here so you need to be able to mix it up a bit!) Scroll down to the Youtube videos at the bottom of the page and go to where you left off last week.
  • Here is a link for this week's fraction lessons.  You need to do them in order. If you feel you need to start with revision, you could look at these Lower Keystage 2 resources.
  • Here are daily lessons for Year 5/6 from a really good mathematician and maths teacher: Gareth Metcalfe. If you didn't try these last week, please take a look.

  • For those of you who like to play maths games on the computer, there is a pdf attached below that links you to the NRICH page for interactive games. Some of these games were listed in week 1 but you may have forgotten about them. There is a long list on the NRICH page so we have sorted out 10 to get you started.
  • Check out the Maths Corner page - it's all about hexagons this week focusing on drawing and pattern making.

English: Look at the poetry pdf below. Everything you need is on the sheet.

Year 6 Weekly Tasks 

Monday 11th May to Friday 15th May 


  

Well done to everyone for all the fantastic work you are doing! Have a look on the Year 6 Blog to see some of the artwork you've shared with us. Keep up the good work everyone!

  

Daily Tasks:

  • Reading (at least 30 minutes). Also, see below for this week's reading task.        
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise topics in Maths, Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Science and more
  • Maths 5-a-day - Here are daily maths worksheets. Each gives you 5 questions (arithmetic and problem solving) for every day of the year! On Monday, you'll start with May 11th and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site so you can check your work (ask an adult to mark it for you). Make sure you check your level - are doing the right level for you? It shouldn't be too easy, nor too hard!


Remember, you don't have to do everything all at once - you do have all week! 
We would rather you do some of the things well than do lots of them in a half-hearted way. Remember year 6 standards - neat work, joined handwriting, careful and thoughtful presentation.



As well as the above ‘Daily Tasks’, please ensure you complete the following tasks during the week: 


Reading: Here is non-fiction text about the Titanic in a pdf below. There are questions and answers.

BIG NEWS for Harry Potter fans! Daniel Radcliffe can be heard reading the first chapter of Harry Potter and there are all manner of Harry Potter gems on this website. Harry Potter at home here

 

Spelling: See below for the weekly spelling list. It contains 10 words a day to learn / revise. Get an adult to test you each day. If you make any errors, practise those words again.

Learn them how you like: draw pictures around the words to help you learn them, write them out in different colours or write them out as a pyramid. 

 

E.g. 

p

py

pyr

pyra

pyram

pyrami

pyramid

 

 

Grammar: The grammar sheet (attached below) has 3 groups of questions on it. Try one every other day (e.g. Monday, Wednesday, Friday). The questions cover all of what you have learnt this year. The answers come at the end of the sheet. Do you mark it yourself at the end or do you ask an adult to mark it for you? 

 

Maths: There are a lot of resources listed here - you don't have to do them all! More and more things are being published and we want you to know about the good stuff.

  • The BBC is publishing daily tasks for KS2 children on their Daily Lessons page. Here is  a lesson on order of operations click here.  The work sheet and answer sheet set at the end of the pages are downloaded as pdfs at the bottom of this page.

  • Here is the White Rose work for Year 6 for this week. It is all about simplifying fractions with Friday challenges too. click here (If you find this work too challenging, you could try the equivalent work for year 5 and year 4 on the same site.)

  • Here is a resource from Mr Barton Maths. Ms Fellows's maths group used these quizzes a lot so you will remember these. Mr Barton teaches you here, using these quizzes and goes through the answers with you to check the worst answered questions. He is a fabulous secondary school teacher and maths specialist and always worth watching! Have paper and pencil ready to join in.  (He goes through SATs revision questions here so you need to be able to mix it up a bit!)  Click here Scroll down to the You tube videos at the bottom of the page and  go to where you left off last week.
  • As with last week, here are the NCETM links for fraction lessons.  You do need to do them in order. If you feel you need to start with revision, you could look at the Lower Keystage 2 resources. All the links are here:playlist for NCETM maths lessons    lower key stage 2 fraction lessons here 
  • There are new daily lessons for Year 5 /6 from Gareth Metcalfe here. If you didn't try these last week, please take a look. He is a really good mathematician and maths teacher. Click here

  • Here are some sheets for calculation - practising division this week. If you are not sure what to do, take a look at the Ely St John's Calculation policy on the website as it takes you through the steps for Division. Remember, we teach you how to do long division but short division will work just as well - it's just a bit more tricky to set it all out. Remember your coin card to help with the multiplication part. And most importantly, never stress about it! 
  • For those of you who like to play maths games on the computer, there is a pdf below that links you to the NRICH page for interactive games. Some of these games were listed in week 1 but you may have forgotten about them. There is a long list on the NRICH page so I have sorted out 10 to get you started.

 

Science: Inheritance and Variation

 

“I don’t know what that means!” we hear (some of) you say! Well, it’s all about why we look like what we look like. Complete these four activities to learn more!

  • Activity 1: Look up each of these terms (if you think you know some of them, make a prediction and see if you’re right!) and write a short sentence or two for each word.
  • Activity 2: Watch this clip about Inheritance (it was one of the clips provided for you to watch last week). After watching the video, try the interactive quiz by filling in the gaps (underneath the video).
    You may now understand a little better about how inherited characteristics lead to both similarities and differences between parents and offspring. If not, re-watch the clip and if you’re still unsure, ask an adult. The next activities may also help your understanding become more secure.
  • Activity 3: Sort the cards on Activity Sheet 3 based on whether the characteristics can be inherited or not (you could print these and sort them, or just write them down into ‘inherited’ or ‘not inherited’). Ask an adult to check your answers. Do they think you’ve sorted them successfully? This is when you work out if intelligence is inherited or not! Hehe!
    Once you’ve sorted them and discuss with an adult why some characteristics are inherited and others are not.
  • Activity 4: Using Activity Sheet 4, try your best to draw more than one example of how the offspring might look based on the characteristics of the parents, identifying the inherited characteristics from each parent. There is more guidance on the sheet.

So, why do we look like what we look like?!

 

History: At the bottom of the page is a resource called Topographical map of Ely and questions. This is a pdf with two maps showing Ely and the surrounding area. The maps show the height of the land above or below sea level. Read through the information and have a go at answering the questions at the end.

 

Art: Here, in Spot the B, in the pdf below,  is a cartoon drawn by Spike Gerrell for the Football School Activity Books series by Alex Bellos . Here you have to find all the things beginning with B.

Choose a letter of the alphabet (some are a lot easier than others, so don't choose x or z!), make a list of items and then see if you can come up with a busy picture in the same style. Ask a grown up or sibling to see if they can find all the items. 

 

 

Music:

Here is a great idea for making music. Thank you Mrs Turner for showing it to us ( Have you had a look at Mrs Turner's singing page?) Go to this link and see one I made earlier  Ms Fellows's song 

You can have a go here. Music songmaker When you make your song, save it and then copy and save the link and send it to us and we can all have a listen.

 

 

PE:

Here is a dance warm up. Click here   Join in and see if you can copy the different moves used. Do it everyday so you can begin to remember what comes next. Maybe you could do a family routine! If you are so inspired, make up your own dance moves. If you want to film it and send it in, we could all join in!

 

English: (based on Science Topic)

See PDF below

 

RE:

These Images have come from the National Gallery website. They are paintings that show different stages of Jesus’s life.

Year 6 Weekly Tasks

 

Monday 4th May to Thursday 7th May 
(No school work on Friday!)

 

Well done to everyone for all the fantastic work you are doing and thank you to all the parents and carers for all the help and support you are giving! 

 

Keep up the good work everyone!

  

Daily Tasks:

  • Reading (at least 30 minutes). Also, see below for this week's reading task.        
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise topics in Maths, Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Science and more
  • Maths 5-a-day - Here are daily maths worksheets. Each gives you 5 questions (arithmetic and problem solving) for every day of the year! On Monday, you'll start with May 4th (be with you!) and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site so you can check your work (ask an adult to mark it for you). Make sure you check your level - are doing the right level for you? It shouldn't be too easy, nor too hard!


Remember, you don't have to do everything all at once - you do have all week! 
We would rather you do some of the things well than do lots of them in a half-hearted way. Remember year 6 standards - neat work, joined handwriting, careful and thoughtful presentation.


As well as the above ‘Daily Tasks’, please ensure you complete the following tasks during the week: 

Reading: Read the extract from "Fizzlebert Stump and the Bearded Boy" and then try the questions. Warning - it is decidedly odd!

 

Spelling: Like last week, the weekly spelling list contains 10 words a day to learn / revise. Learn them how you like: draw pictures around the words to help you learn them, write them out in different colours or write them out as a pyramid.

E.g. 

p

py

pyr

pyra

pyram

pyrami

pyramid

 

For those of you who took part in the WordShark online trial - thank you! Hopefully you found it useful to practise your spellings using this program - we will be asking for your feedback about it in the future. In the meantime, look on the year 6 weblinks (towards the bottom) at the spelling games and activities on there to try!

 

Grammar: Synonyms and antonyms! Can you remember which is which? There are questions attached (see below) which will see if you can use them accurately. There are also some fun synonym and antonym games on the year 6 weblinks (to find them, scroll towards the bottom of the weblinks page).

 

Maths: There are a lot of resources listed here - you don't have to do them all! More and more things are being published and we want you to know about the good stuff.

  • The BBC is publishing daily tasks for KS2 children on their Daily Lessons page. Here is multi-step problem to work through.Click here for multi step problem BBC bitesize
  • Here is some work on angles in special quadrilaterals: white rose maths click here
  • Here is a resource from Mr Barton Maths. Ms Fellows's maths group used these quizzes a lot so you will remember these. Mr Barton teaches you here, using these quizzes and goes through the answers with you to check the worst answered questions. He is a fabulous secondary school teacher and maths specialist and always worth watching! Have paper and pencil ready to join in.  (He goes through SATs revision questions here so you need to be able to mix it up a bit!)  Click here Scroll down to the You tube videos at the bottom of the page and  go to where you left off last week.
  • As with last week, here are the NCETM links for fraction lessons.  You do need to do them in order. If you feel you need to start with revision, you could look at the Lower Keystage 2 resources. All the links are here:playlist for NCETM maths lessons    lower key stage 2 fraction lessons here 
  • Here is another great resource - you can watch and join in. Gareth Metcalfe is a great maths adviser and teacher and has developed these home lessons. Click here
  • There is a set of worksheets below which have multiplication calculations - just for practice. Choose the right level - from 2 digits multiplied by 1 digit to 4 digits multiplied by 3 - tricky! The answers are with each sheet.
  • Here is a live lesson (well, it was live! It is actually recorded) from the BBC Supermovers which revises area, perimeter, symmetry and coordinates. There are sheets to use in PDF form below. It has a football theme and features maths supremo Bobby Seagull! Click here

 

Science: How were your food diaries? Did they give you 'food for thought'?! What conclusions did you come to about the food and drink you'd had last week? Are you eating a balanced diet? Remember, it's absolutely fine (AND DELICIOUS!) to eat cakes, chocolates, sweets, ice cream (the list is endless!) as long as your diet is balanced - not too much of these sugary treats! How many of your 'five a day' did you have each day? Perhaps have conversations with people at home about what you could do as a family to make sure you try to eat a healthy and balanced diet.

 

This week... We are starting to look at Adaptation, inheritance and evolution.

You will find it useful to look at these BBC clips about the topic first. 

 

To kick-start this topic, we want you to watch this interactive Live Science Lesson which features a real-life camel and snake!


It would be useful to have Activity Sheets 1-4 (attached at the bottom) ready before watching the lesson.

  • Pause the video at 2:48 to do Activity Sheet 1. Once you've completed it, press play and find out the answers.
  • Pause at 6:35 to complete Activity Sheet 2 about the camel.
  • Pause at 16:45 to complete Activity Sheet 3 - Spot the snake! If you think you've found Albert, press play and find out the answers!
  • Pause again at 22:50 for Activity Sheet 4.

 

History: To help with our work in history and art, it is useful to take this virtual tour of the cathedral. Click here for virtual tour

 

We are going to take a virtual walk to the centre of Ely and have a look at the cannons. We can link the cannons to the cathedral and to main events in history with a bit of historical detective work. Use the resources given to follow the clues. Use the pdf below.

 

Art: (See the tour above).

In keeping with our work on the cathedral in history, we are going to look at stained glass pictures. The windows in the cathedral are famous worldwide as they are beautiful and huge! Some have survived a very long time and some are much more recent. Stained glass windows were put in churches and cathedrals originally to show the congregation images from Bible stories at a time when they could not read the stories for themselves. Now, windows are used for praise, memorials and for art to inspire and decorate.

There is a pdf below with some smaller pictures for you to look at. Have ago at designing your own picture. You could use collage, tissue paper, paints or any coloured pencil or felt tip to create your own design. Make sure you have a picture you can draw and make into sections with darker, thicker lines. Take your time to do a careful piece of work. You may need to return to it a few times. If you have a great one, send us a copy so we can display it on our Year 6 pages.

 

English: This week we thought we would take a look at a poem. Poems are great to read as they are full of pictures and ideas but they are often quite short, so if you are short of patience, you can devour a poem and not feel too full. Poems often follow patterns and the pattern can help you organise what you want to say. A poem can be a good way to say what you feel. Have a look at the poetry writing pdf (poem by Allan Ahlberg) below and have a go at writing the poem suggested. If you are pleased with the outcome, send it into the office and we will publish it or save it on Purple mash and we will find it.

 

E-Safety

Look at the poster from Safer Internet Day 2020. I'm sure it would be hard to disagree with the messages from this poster.  If we where in class and having a discussion about how we should use the internet, I'm sure these are the messages we would come up with too. However, is the poster useful? If we gave it to you at the beginning of Year 6, would it have made an impact on how you used the internet this year? 

Challenge

Design a poster and write a list of advice that we could pass onto the upcoming Year 6. We want to use your work in class next year. We want you to make a difference and make an positive impact on others.

  • Please design your poster and write your list on separate pieces of paper.  
  • Your list should have at least 5 pieces of advice.
  • In your list, if you give a general piece of advice, please give specific examples after it e.g. stay safe: don't give away personal details and report any worries to a trusted adult.
  • Remember, think about your audience. Although teachers will see your work, your poster and list should be designed for children (the next Year 6 children)
  • If you have learnt any lessons or been given any good advice this year, how could you pass that on?

PE

Learn how to juggle. Follow this link Learn how to juggle

  • Learn outside.
  • Ask your parents what you can use for juggling. You could make juggling balls with scrunched up pieces of newspaper that are covered with sellotape.
  • Be careful

Or

Learn how to spin a ball on your finger. Follow the link Spin a ball on your finger

  • Learn outside.
  • Be careful

Or

Learn how to do kick ups. Follow this link Kick ups 

  •  Learn outside.
  • Be careful
  • If you can already do kick ups - can you set your own personal record. Can you do over 100? Can you do 20 on your weaker foot. Can you alternate feet? Can you do them while you're sitting on the floor?

Or, if you want to exercise your mind rather than your arms, feet or finger, try learning a card trick Simple card trick. 

Year 6 Weekly Tasks

Monday 27th April to Friday 1st May

 Please see below the Year 6 tasks for this week.

 

Daily Tasks:

  • Reading (at least 30 minutes). Also, see below for this week's reading task.        
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise topics in Maths, Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Science and more
  • Maths 5-a-day - Here are daily maths worksheets. Each gives you 5 questions (arithmetic and problem solving) for every day of the year! On Monday, you'll start with 27th April and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site so you can check your work (ask an adult to mark it for you). There are 4 levels - choose a level to suit you (you might need to try a couple of levels to check which is right for you - platinum is tricky!)


Remember, you don't have to do everything all at once - you do have all week! 
We would rather you do some of the things well than do lots of them in a half-hearted way. Remember year 6 standards - neat work, joined handwriting, careful and thoughtful presentation.


As well as the above ‘Daily Tasks’, please ensure you complete the following tasks during the week: 

Reading: Click here to read the extract Our Castle by the Sea. Below are some questions (and a version with answers too).

 

Spelling: As you'll see, the weekly spelling list looks different this week. There are 10 words a day to learn / revise. Learn them how you like: draw pictures around the words to help you learn them, write them out in different colours or write them out as a pyramid.

E.g. 

p

py

pyr

pyra

pyram

pyrami

pyramid

 

Grammar: Word class colouring in (see below). Use this link to help you if you have forgotten what some word classes are.Some people may be able to use an editing tool on their electronic device to colour this in; some people may be able to print it out; some people could trace over it carefully. Don't worry if you can't. 

 

Maths: There are a lot of resources listed here - you don't have to do them all! More and more things are being published and we want you to know about the good stuff.

  • The BBC is publishing daily tasks for KS2 children on their Daily Lessons page. Here are the challenges, as devised by the People at White Rose with the BBC Bitesize. The challenges start easy and get harder. BBC Bitesize maths challenges.
  • Here is some work on angles in shapes: White Rose Home Learning Year 6
  • Here is a resource from Mr Barton Maths. Ms Fellows's maths group used these quizzes a lot so you will remember these. Mr Barton teaches you here, using these quizzes and goes through the answers with you to check the worst answered questions. He is a fabulous secondary school teacher and maths specialist and always worth watching! Have paper and pencil ready to join in.  (He goes through SATs revision questions here so you need to be able to mix it up a bit!)  Click here Scroll down to the You tube videos at the bottom of the page and start with Week 1.
  • You might like to try maths in a games format - the BBC has a game called Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica click here The ratio and Proportion area is interesting and makes you think. Some of the other areas will just be revision for most of you. But fun nonetheless.
  • Here is an interesting web site we came across this week. It is the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. In January, the RSPB invited people to count the birds in their gardens and send in their totals for the week. They then worked out the top ten birds in people's gardens based on the results received. There is a short film where you can find out which birds made the  top ten. Results of the bird watch click here
  • Look at the sheet below with maths activities based on the data in the video. ( numbers in hundreds of thousands)
  • If you would like to practise simpler calculation, there are 4 worksheets attached below for addition subtraction multiplication and division.
  • There is a fantastic resource available, made by the National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Maths  (NCETM) on YouTube which has lessons on fractions and you can work along with the teacher as they take you through the topic. The first lessons are on fractions for Upper Key stage 2 and the films take about 10-20 minutes to complete. You do need to do them in order. If you feel you need to start with revision, you could look at the Lower Keystage 2 resources. All the links are here:playlist for NCETM maths lessons    lower key stage 2 fraction lessons here

 

Science: Last week you designed an exercise routine for you and your family (we really enjoyed seeing the ones emailed in and hearing about how you've been trying to stay active).This week is all about a healthy, balanced diet.

The human body needs a balanced diet to work properly. Good health involves drinking enough water and eating the right amount of foods from the different food groups. Watch this clip then try the interactive activity (underneath the clip) where you have to sort the foods into the right groups. 

Once you've reminded yourself of the different food groups, you are ready to find out how healthy and balanced your diet really is!

Write a food diary for the week, Monday-Sunday. Attached below is an example of how you may set out your daily diary. By the end of the week, you'll hopefully be able to see whether your diet is healthy and balanced. Maybe have a chat with the adults at home to discuss your findings by the end of the week.  

 

Art: Watch the clip (the link is on the resource attached below) about the Australian Artist Ken Done and use it to help you with a drawing of Ely Cathedral. Use the link below.

 

History: Look at the History of the Cathedral sheet from last week and use it to place important events on a time line. There is a pdf file below to help you. There is a timeline divided into centuries with dates and a list of 10 events. Place the events in the correct centuries n the timeline. Remember, centuries do not match the year number. e.g the nineteenth century starts 1800, the 20th century starts 1900... This can be confusing. You can use the timeline on the pdf or draw your own.

 

Revision: 10 Minute SAT-Buster books - make sure you are doing at least 1 of each subject every week (do more if you are able).

 

Computing: Can you create a simple quiz on 2 Code? Use a fact you have learnt about the Cathedral as your question. Look here for an example I (Mr Preston) have done:

English Overview

 

Tasks (There is a summary of this work at the bottom of the list)

 

  1. Read your amazing place writing from last week to an adult at home. Before you do this, read it a couple of times out-loud to yourself in front of a the mirror. When you hear it for yourself, does it flow nicely? If it doesn't, you need to change it so that it does. When reading, pick a good speed to go at. Each word needs to be clearly heard. Also, remember to take pauses to give time for your listener to take in your description. Try and get a nice tone and rhythm in your voice. Your aim is to deliver your writing to the adult in the best way possible. It should be enjoyable to listen to, and that will come from interesting writing but also skillful reading. Ask your adult to comment on three things they really liked about your writing and one thing they liked about your reading. Then talk together and think of one thing you could do to improve either your reading or writing. Try and make that improvement. If you can, I think you deserve a high-five and the chance to stay up for an extra 60 seconds! (The small print: this is only a suggestion - don't blame me if this doesn't happen!) Finally, ask your adult if they would like to visit your amazing place and give reasons for their choices.     
  2. Imagine you go to stay in your amazing place for a holiday. Half way through, you decide to write a postcard home.  Please design the front of this postcard. There is a postcard template PDF at the bottom of the page, a postcard template on Purple Mash or you could draw one in your homework book. Some of you might even want to make one. Ideas: are you going to do several images or just one? Which style are you going to use in your design? Realistic, cartoon, illustrative or black and white? What is your font going to look like? Big and bold, swirly handwriting or arty?  
  3. Don't write on your postcard straight away. Do your first draft in your homework book or on a piece of paper. This postcard is going to be quite informal so please use contractions (can't, won't, couldn't and dashes to add afterthoughts or additional information e.g. Today, I hiked through the jungle - it took all day and my feet really ached. For dinner, I had roasted pineapple, a local delicacy, and it was very interesting - I say interesting, but I actually mean it tasted really weird. Use exclamation marks when you are expressing strong emotions about your place (e.g. I loved swimming under the waterfall!) and punctuate questions correctly when interacting with your family back home e.g. I'm having a great time here. I really miss you. Do you miss me? BTW I'm not talking to you Alex, the worst little brother ever. You don't have lots of words to use because it is a postcard. You have to use your words carefully and make each sentence count. Let your family back home know what you have been up to: give a general overview of what's been happening (use a list) and talk about one highlight in greater depth. Explain how you feel about your holiday too. Make sure you interact with the reader; imagine how they would have felt about the holiday e.g.   Mum, if you were here, you would have loved the elephant ride. Dad, do you still like traditional music? If you do, this is the place for you. Very finally, make sure your writing is lively and engaging.
  4. Once you have finished, read and reread your writing. Read it out-loud. Find ways of improving your writing. Don't forget to check your writing for errors. A dictionary is always helpful to correct spellings. Ask someone else to read it. Can they give you any advice on ways to improve it? 
  5. Finally, present your improved and perfectly corrected writing on to your postcard template of choice.     

Summary

  1. Read your amazing place writing from last week to an adult. What works well? Is there one thing that you could improve on?
  2. Design the front cover of a postcard which you would send home from your amazing place.
  3. Write a postcard in your homework book, describing a pretend holiday at your amazing place. Learning outcomes: look at the red words above.
  4. Improve and correct your writing.
  5. Copy out your writing on your chosen postcard template. Share the finished postcard with an adult at home. 

Year 6

Monday 20th April – Friday 24th April

 

Please see below the Year 6 tasks for this week.

As well as the ‘Daily Tasks’ listed below, please ensure you complete the following:

  • 5 Maths tasks
  • 5 English tasks
  • Grammar tasks
  • At least 2 broader curriculum tasks - please complete the history task as it introduces our new topic
  • the 10 Minute SAT-Buster books - make sure you are doing at least 1 of each subject every week (do more if you are able)

Ongoing Daily Tasks:

  • Reading time (at least 30 minutes). Also, see below for the reading tasks.        
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables
  • Spelling activity (Silent letter words - there are lots of these words so you have two weeks to learn these. Perhaps start with one box, then move to another when you have mastered those words)
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise topics in Maths, Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Science and more
  • Corbett Maths 5-a-day - Use this link to take you to a website where there are daily maths worksheets. Each gives you 5 maths questions (arithmetic and problem solving) for every day of the year! Start on Monday with 20th April and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site so you can check your work (ask an adult to mark it for you). There are 4 levels - choose a level to suit you (you might need to try a couple of levels to check which is right for you - platinum is tricky!)

    Remember, you don't have to do everything all at once - you do have all week! We would rather you do some of the things well than do lots of them in a half-hearted way. Remember year 6 standards - neat work, joined handwriting, careful and thoughtful presentation.

Maths Overview: Keep your skills up to scratch. Below, in the list of links, are some arithmetic and word questions with solutions. These are the kind of questions we have been practising for SATS.

Here is a link to a mental maths trainer site. It is free in April. See if you can be super quick. It starts easy but gets harder! Click here.

 Here is week 3 of the White Rose home maths for Year 6

Here is a set of addition questions

Here are the answers

Here is a set of subtraction questions

Here are the answers

 

DT: Tiny Hideaways

(Look on our Year 6 pages on the website for Year 6 work during closure and you will see a fantastic example of a tiny hideaway.)

Are your brothers or sisters getting on your nerves? Are you wanting a change of scene? Or, are you in the need to be creative? Well, Tiny Hideaways could be for you! Take a moment to look at Ms Fellows's Tiny Hideaway - there is a picture slideshow at the bottom of this page. It's very groovy! We want you to make your own Tiny Hideaway, position it somewhere in your house or garden, and if you are able to, email a photo of it to school. How could you make it? You may be an expert with cardboard. You could be a master Lego builder. These would be two good ways of building one. Using every day items from in the house (e.g.books, boxes, dominoes) or natural objects from the garden (e.g. twigs, leaves, petals) would also allow you to create a temporary tiny structure.You may have your own thoughts on what to use...

For the purposes of this activity, we all need to agree that we have the ability to shrink to a tiny size. Please go with it! 

Task

  1.  Think of the reason for your Tiny Hideaway. Is it a chill-out space? Or a super-villain-type base which will be used to plot against your enemies? Could it be a science lab? Or even an art studio? A tiny sweet shop sounds an appealing choice, and the sweets would be so tiny you could pig-out and still not spoil your appetite for dinner.
  2.  Draw the entrance to your Tiny Hideaway. Then in a separate picture, draw the interior too*. This is your chance to be as ambitious and imaginative as you can be. Please add labels and captions. This writing will give you a chance to explain your ideas in greater depth e.g. you may have a chest of drawers in your interior, and you could use captions to explain the different things that were in the drawers e.g. top drawer: 12 dancing scorpions; middle drawer: a study for a mouse who enjoys writing poetry; and the bottom drawer: spare socks.
  3. If you have the resources, build your Tiny Hideaway. Then take a photo of it and ask an adult to email it to school. If you don't have the resources, you can send in a photo of your drawing.
 *In your interior, please include a mystery doorway.
     
   
English Overview:
 
Where does the mystery door in your Tiny Hideaway take you? This shouldn't be to another room but to an amazing place. You might get some inspiration for your amazing place from this this web-page Amazing Places. We would like you to write a description of your amazing place.
 
Steps
 
Thinking about your amazing place
Your place should have a wow-factor! It needs to be special to you and a place where you would enjoy spending lots of time. You would want to protect it: you wouldn't want anything or anyone to change it.
You could get inspiration from looking at books, magazines, safe online searches or films.
 
Writing a description of your amazing place
 
Paragraph one
Imagine you are in a hot air balloon, and you are high above the ground. You can see for miles around. Paragraph one will be a description of what you can see from this level. Using a list with semi-colons may be a good way of offering description and giving a general overview e.g. To the west of my amazing space are sharp, pointy mountains that look like the toothy jaw of an enormous crocodile; tiny lakes to the south give the grassy plains a polka-dot design; and sweeping along the east coast are the most beautiful sandy beaches you could ever imagine.
 
Middle paragraphs
Each middle paragraph should be a detailed description of each of the areas listed in paragraph one. In my example above, this would be the mountains, the grassy plains and the sandy beaches.Using adverbial phrases, expanded noun phrases and hyphens could be helpful when you are describing the features.
Example
At the base of the cracked and rusty mountain spikes, live herds of wild goats. These magnificent creatures have been part of this landscape for centuries. When travelling in large groups, they give the impression of a moving rainbow as their fleeces are kingfisher-like in colour - a truly magnificent sight! 
 
Final paragraph - a summary of how you feel about the amazing place.
Example
After each visit to my amazing place, I feel energised. The images of the beautiful landscapes and the many wondrous animals that roam my place stay with me for hours. When I'm home and having my tea, my family are talking about TV shows, but I'm still thinking about the golden-striped horses, the skyscraper-high waterfalls and the sweet smell of the thumbnail-sized purple flowers that hang from trees on tiny silver threads.     
    
Final sentence
Your final sentence needs to bring your description to a definite stop. Perhaps, write a final thought that tries to sum up the whole place. 
 
Example
I wish I could share this world with everyone, but I'm afraid that not everyone would appreciate it like I do - so for that reason, I will keep it as my secret, my amazing place. 
 

Grammar task:
Can you correctly identify a noun? Can you write a noun phrase? The questions attached below will see if you can! Answers will be put up on Friday.
 
Reading task:
There is a short reading comprehension attached below called 'Robot Revenge'. 


We'd also love to know know all about the book are you currently reading! Find a way to publish (perhaps using 2Publish!) a review of your book on Purple Mash. It doesn't matter if you haven't finished it, or if you've only just started it - we still want to know the following things:
      - What book are you reading? Who is it written by?
      - What has just happened (in the latest part).
      - What do you expect to happen in the next chapter or two?
      - Who are the main characters? Do they make good choices? Can you relate to them? 
      - If you've just finished it, tell us all about it!

 

Science:
You've all had a go with the electrical equipment at school - now it's time to see what you've learnt! Try your best with the questions (attached below). Think logically about what conducts electricity and why some of the circuits you see may not work. Answers are at the bottom too.

The next Science topic is staying healthy. We have seen how the heart works hard to keep pumping the blood around the body. We need to exercise our muscles to stay and the heart is a muscle too.

Design an exercise routine for you and your family. Make sure there is a warm up and a warm down phase. Make sure there is a section where you are able to build up the exercise so you can feel your heart beat is increased as the heart needs to pump the blood around the body faster, and your breathing rate is also increased as your body needs more oxygen. You could include music to keep a steady beat and a time element; you could dance, jump, run on the spot etc. Make sure you are safe and in a good space when you try it out!  You should list the activities in order and give a set of instructions so someone could follow your plan. (There are lots of people doing this on-line at the moment so you could have a look at what other people have tried e.g. Joe Wickes.)

 

History:
We are starting a new History Topic this term! Bye Bye Egyptians, hello....drum roll, please... local history topic! Ta da!

This is new to the Year 6 curriculum and we are excited to tell you about it. Most of us live in Ely or come into Ely a lot to come to school and we pass the Cathedral and it's surrounding buildings all the time. The skyline is dominated by the cathedral and it can be seen for miles across the Fens. So we thought we ought to find out a bit about it and link it to any major events or important people in history.

To begin with, we need you to know a bit about the history of the place. Please see below for some resources: Facts and Figures; Map of central Ely; History of Ely Cathedral and What is a monastery? These are all here together as you may need one document to help you understand another.

This week, we would like you to find out about Etheldreda, the foundress of the cathedral. List 10 interesting things about her. You should use the resource sheet: History of Ely Cathedral to help you. You could make a poster; write 10  bullet points, make 10 speech bubbles ... it's up to you.

 



Computing:

If you are a pupil who is taking part in the online WordShark trial, you will be able to access this until 2nd May. Please continue to spend time on this for at least 30 minutes a week (more often will help improve your spellings!).

French: Here is a short film where you can join a group of children on a school trip to the coast. Click here. See if you can spot what they can hear (un bateau, le vent, la mer) and see if you can work out where they have to look when the teacher tells them to  "Cherchez les animaux!" When the boys go off on their own , which way do they go - "a droite" or "a gauche" ?

 

RE:

Information about Buddhism

What is Buddhism? If a family member asked you this question, could you speak on the subject for a short amount of time, making sure you deliver key facts about the religion?

Steps:

Make a list of key facts (at least 3).

Practise putting them into sentences - don't write your sentences down but try to memorise them.

Decide which order your facts should be in. 

Hand over your notes to a family member. Get them to ask you the question "What is Buddhism?"

Recall your memorised sentences in the order you wanted. Get your family member to tick off each key fact as you mention them. You may need to have a couple of goes, but that is OK!

Once you have completed the task, ask your family member to ask you any question about Buddhism. Either use your knowledge or research the answer to their question.    

 

PSHE: how many secret acts of kindness can you do this week? Remember, don't get caught! 

Year 6

Monday 30th March – Friday 3rd April

 

Please see below the Year 6 tasks for this week.

As well as the ‘Daily Tasks’ listed below, please ensure you complete the following:

  • 5 Maths tasks
  • 5 English tasks
  • Grammar tasks
  • 2 of the ‘Curriculum’ tasks from the selection
  • the 10 Minute SAT-Buster books - make sure you are doing at least 1 of each subject every week (do more if you are able)

Ongoing Daily Tasks:

  • Reading time (at least 30 minutes)   There is a new set of comprehension questions, based on the book Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell, in the resources below.     
    If you are running out of books to read you can access a small selection of free e-books on Oxford Owl. Log into the class login page and the password: 6zesj and login: MOBILE  Choose from the ages 9-11 books. Click here for Oxford Owl class log in page.
  • If you like listening to a story  then try The World Book Day site - it has several full books to listen to in instalments.Stories to listen to here
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables
  • Spelling activity (see 'Week 2 List' below)
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise topics in Maths, Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Science and more
  • Corbett Maths 5-a-day - Use this link to take you to a website where there are daily maths worksheets. Each gives you 5 maths questions (arithmetic and problem solving) for every day of the year! Start on Monday with March 30th and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site so you can check your work (ask an adult to mark it for you). There are 4 levels - choose a level to suit you (you might need to try a couple of levels to check which is right for you - platinum is tricky!)
  • We have added some new subjects to the list this week. Remember, you don't have to everything all at once - you do have all week! We would rather you do some of the things well than do lots of them in a half-hearted way. Remember year 6 standards - neat work, joined handwriting, careful and thoughtful presentation.

Maths Overview:
This week there is a new maths menu to try. Work on  the menu for 45 minutes to 1 hour each day.

As an extra treat, there are a couple of Barvember puzzles for you from last year's month of Bar Model puzzles (remember, a bar model is where you draw a bar to represent parts of a whole to help you to work out  problem). See how you get on! The answers will be posted at the end of the week!

Solutions added at the bottom of the page.

Year 6
 
Curriculum Archive
 
Week beginning Monday 23rd March
 

Please see below the Year 6 tasks for the week Monday 23rd – Friday 27th March.

As well as the ‘Daily Tasks’ listed below, please ensure you complete the following:

  • 5 Maths tasks
  • 5 English tasks
  • Grammar tasks
  • 2 of the ‘Curriculum’ tasks from the selection
  • the 10 Minute SAT-Buster books - make sure you are doing at least 1 of each subject every week (do more if you are able)

Ongoing Daily Tasks:

  • Reading time (at least 30 minutes)                                
  • Times Tables Rockstars -  if you need to learn multiplication tables   www.ttrockstars.com
  • Spelling activity   (-ant -ent  words attached below)
  • Use the year 6 weblinks to learn, play and revise topics in Maths, Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Science and more
  • Corbett Maths 5-a-day - Use this link to take you to a website where there are daily maths worksheets. Each gives you 5 maths questions (arithmetic and problem solving) for every day of the year! Start with March 23rd and complete one every day for the rest of the week. The answers are on the site so you can check your work (ask an adult to mark it for you). There are 4 levels - choose a level to suit you (you might need to try a couple of levels to check which is right for you - platinum is tricky!)

Maths Overview:

This week there is a maths menu below. Work on  the menu for 45 minutes to 1 hour each day. There are links to games and interactive activities on NRICH.

English Overview:

Read and write a narrative text.

See The Dragon Machine links resources below. The book is available to read and there is a list of activities (PDF)

Day 1: Read the story and draw a story map.

Day 2: Complete the character sketch for George.

Day 3: Write the description of the scene in the Sweet shop

Day 4-5: plan and draw the machine which will transport your character and the creature back home.

Grammar tasks:

  • Change the active sentences to passive. There's an example of how to on the sheet (below).
  • Identify the subject and objects in the sentences (below).
 
If you are a pupil who is taking part in the online WordShark trial, you will be able to access this until 2nd May. Please continue to spend time on this for at least 30 minutes a week (more often will help improve your spellings!).

 

Other curriculum:

  • Ancient Egypt: Select at least two tasks from the Ancient Egypt 'Menu of Activities' (see below) to complete. This 'menu' will be used over the next few weeks to select tasks from.
  • Spring term artwork to be presented on A4 paper to go in your Record of Achievement (see the attachment below for more information). 
Extra Maths challenge
For those of you who like an extra challenge try the "factors and multiples" interactive in the link below.