The Smashing Sixes

 Here are some activities for you to enjoy on your last two days in year 6!

In school, we will be doing another sculpture activity  in the style of the sculptor Phillip King.You need a firm card base and pieces of coloured card to cut into shapes and attach to the base. We will be  using paper plates as a base and cutting slots in them to stick the coloured card through. Do send me a photo of your efforts!

I`ve also included a quiz and some puzzles for you to have a go at...

Here are all of the Maths sheets and answers for this week.

 Today  you are going to think about how the increase in ocean temperatures is affecting the people of the Marshall Islands and one of the proposed solutions.

Read the PowerPoint ,watch the first few minutes of the video clip and answer the questions on the first slide in your portfolio. You can begin next week`s work- to plan a new Marshall Island if you like.

 Read the PowerPoint and make your own design for a fish using wax resist techniques.

 After the Titanic sank , with  great loss of life, the Americans and British both held inquiries into why the tragedy happened. You are going to read the different theories  about who or what caused the sinking of an "unsinkable" liner.

Read the PowerPoint which includes information about the ship and about who was blamed and answer these questions on your portfolio.( The PowerPoint is inside the zip file.)

1.Who or what do you think was most to blame and why?Give your reason(s).

2. Lots of people did get the blame. Write who you think shouldn`t get the blame and give a reason.

 Today you are going to look at the different salaries that different people receive in different jobs.

1. Watch the video:  https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/teachers/resources-8-12s/topic-4-what-are-the-links-between-jobs-and-money/video/

2. Complete the activity sheet. Write a reason under each job for why you think the person receives that salary.Send me a photo of your work.

 https://www.derbyshiremusichub.org.uk/get-involved/music-at-home/junior/week-14.aspx

You need a strong plastic beaker to make music this week.

 https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/saying-how-you-feel-in-spanish-7cfd7d

 You will find all of the video links on the Y6 Week 10 Alternative Plan document.

 This week we will be finding out about life on the Marshall Islands and the reasons why they need to use boats.First , read the PowerPoint and find where they are on Google Maps. (Hint : somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.)Then you have a choice of 2 activities .You can do one or both but please send me some evidence.

Activity A   Answer the questions on the PowerPoint on your portfolio.

Activity B   Build a boat out of junk materials and make it float.Send me a photo.

Please continue your 3D pictures in the style of Bridget Riley .This week , I want you to experiment with shading as the teacher does on the video to finish your picture. Send me a photo of the finished results.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/optical-illusions-and-using-shading-to-show-form-07dac6

 We are going to complete our interviews from the day the Titanic was discovered on the seabed of the Atlantic Ocean on Sept 1st 1985.Hopefully, you are writing on your portfolio so that it is easier for me to read it. 

All the worksheets you will need can be found under Fri 26th June English , if you didn`t  print them off last week. You especially need the  writing frame  with the success criteria at the bottom.You  will find it helpful to watch the You Tube video of what they found on the seabed and also the noun phrases you wrote to describe the photos of the objects on Friday 12th June.

You will be writing:

1. the paragraph in which the reporter is describing what they can see on the cameras of the remotely -controlled submarine- the wreckage of the ship and the objects from it.
2. the paragraph where he changes to an interview style to ask  Dr Robert Ballard (leader of the expedition to find the Titanic) to comment on what he sees.
3. if you have time, ask Dr Ballard what he thinks should happen to the wreck now.
4. Hand back to the studio.     Try to include some success criteria . Send me your writing.

 This week  we will be thinking about how to plan a simple budget. This is important so that you don`t spend more money than you actually have!

Activity A Play the interactive activity.It has a quiz then a video to watch then another quiz.

https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/challenge/how-do-i-plan-a-simple-budget

Activity B Complete the worksheet. Either write the answers onto your portfolio or take a photo of your answers and send it to me to mark.

This week you have a chance to sing along to The Bare Necessities from The Jungle Book and to dance to a very fast Hungarian Dance.

 https://www.derbyshiremusichub.org.uk/get-involved/music-at-home/junior/week-12.aspx

This week, you are going to learn how to say the date in Spanish.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-to-say-the-date-in-spanish-a06223

 This work is only for children who are working at home.

Complete the activities on the PowerPoint all about why the weather in this country is so mild.You will also need to watch BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons Geography Oceans with Sue Venir once again.

You may want to write your answers straight onto your portfolio.

For children working at home

Oak National Academy - drawing an optical illusion .Start your picture this week- maybe draw it and shade it in next week.This activity will last  for 2 weeks.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/optical-illusions-and-using-shading-to-show-form-07dac6

 Today ,you are going to start writing your news broadcast about the discovery of the wreck of the Titanic.We will finish it next week so that you can take your time and do a really good job. You can either write in your portfolio if you are able to edit it or in your exercise book.

You will need:

• the colour -coded sample news report. Well done those of you who completed this task.I have included my version for those who didn`t .At the bottom are your success criteria for today`s writing
• the writing frame to guide you as you write
• the recount of the day Robert Ballard discovered the wreck of the Titanic beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
• First watch the Canadian news report where the newsreader hands over to the reporter at the scene of the discovery .He interviews Robert Ballard . Then watch the footage of what their cameras found. 
• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ctv+news+titanic+found      CTV news Titanic found
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHNFvtscjKA
•      Footage from 1985 Discovery of the Titanic
• Reread my model text. 
• Now write the first 3 boxes ONLY     Introduction, what has just happened and how Dr Ballard had been feeling that morning .Try really hard to include the success criteria.
• If you have time, colour code the success criteria that you have included so far.

 My Money Sense:What affects my choices about spending money?

Read the PowerPoint . Answer these questions straight onto your portfolio.

slide 2  Which of these things do you like to do with your money?

slide 3 What are the top 3 sorts of things you like to buy?

slide 4 Which 3 things on this slide influence you most?

slide 5 Why is it important to know who is trying to influence us?

If you want any extra activity on this topic, go to 12-16 yrs interactive:How do I stay in control of my money?

Have a go at the really difficult cup patterns! I challenge you to get to the end of the video without making a mistake.

Then try out the typewriter music.

https://www.derbyshiremusichub.org.uk/get-involved/music-at-home/junior/week-8.aspx

 At school we will be developing and reinforcing our work on numbers to 40 and birthdays.

At home , I would like you to look at the information sheet on numbers and notice how numbers in the twenties are made up is  different to numbers in thirties. Then you could:

1.Write out your twenties numbers in felt tips and your thirties numbers in a different colour or

2.Complete the Twinkl worksheet.

 This week we are going to look at a TV news report ready to start writing our own report about the Titanic next week.

Read my version of a Newsround news report. Colour code the language features on it, following the success criteria on the worksheet.

Keep your worksheet safe to use next week. Send me a photo to show you have done the work.

I will expect all the people that I will be teaching next week to have completed this exercise.

This week , we will once again visit the Nat West My Money Sense website.

Our topic this week is : Keeping Your Money Safe

I  have attached the links you need  although your parents may find it easier just to register as a teacher on the website so that you can look at the many free resources.We are using the 8-12 yrs section.

 Activity 1  Play  the interactive game :How can I keep my money safe? https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/challenge/how-can-i-keep-my-money-safe-uk/

Activity 2  Play the interactive game: Scambusters

https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/challenge/scam-busters-1/

Activity 3 Complete the activity sheet.Make sure you explain why you chose solution 1 2 3 or 4 in each situation.

Send me a photo of the completed worksheet.

 Have a go at playing the virtual boomwhackers this week . There is an activity using Lego and the song Somewhere Over the Rainbow to enjoy. No need to send me any evidence.

https://derbyshiremusichub.org.uk/get-involved/music-at-home/junior/week-7.aspx

 In this week`s lesson , you will be learning how to write your birthday .It is lesson 3 on the Oak National Academy website> year 6>foundation subjects>Spanish . You will need  your exercise book or you can write onto your portfolio.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/saying-your-birthday-in-spanish-323843

 In last week`s lesson , we looked at how currents in the oceans move things around the world- including our plastic rubbish. We learnt how this plastic can end up inside wildlife that lives in the oceans.

This week , we are going to think a little more about the advantages and disadvantages of plastic.

1. Watch  BBC Teach Blue Planet Live Lesson. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/blue-planet-live-lesson/zn7tkmn

The part you need is at  11:40 mins where the presenter is cutting up plastic and cardboard.However, the whole lesson is really interesting -it features Steve Backshall- and tells you lots about oceans, so you may want to watch it all and write to tell me in your portfolio what you found interesting. You may do this as an alternative activity to number 2. 

2. Once you have watched the part about plastic pollution (which ends when Steve starts talking about sharks), write down  some advantages and disadvantages of plastics on the worksheet .You will find more information to help you on the Powerpoint.

Send me a photo of the worksheet or write your answers straight onto your portfolio.

We are going to save the  last  Oak Academy lesson on  shading for next week.

This week , we have something completely different and potentially very messy ,so please ask your parents` permission -especially to borrow your Dad`s shaving foam! If you aren`t allowed to use it, this activity will work with just paint or food colouring on the surface of water.

We are going to create watery wavy pictures.

     See  :    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz1qkpomIeE     for water marbling.

https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/paint-draw/make-marbled-paper-foam   is the activity using the shaving foam.

A third idea would be to look at the painting called The Great Wave by Hokusai .Then copy one of the ideas for colouring in or drawing your own version , maybe with chalk , crayons, felt tips or paints if you have them. 

Send me a photo of your Art work.

 Over the next three weeks, you will be finding out about how the wreck of the Titanic was discovered on the seabed of the North Atlantic Ocean in 1985 by a team led by Dr Robert Ballard. You will write a news interview with him about the day that the ship was discovered. 

This week:

Activity 1: read the account of the discovery of the Titanic and write down some of the expanded noun phrases in it.

Activity 2 : look carefully at some photos of some of the artefacts that his team discovered on the ocean floor and write some good noun phrases describing them ,ready to use in your writing next week. Remember -the better your preparation, the easier it is to write a good piece of work.

It is probably better if you write your ideas in your exercise book ready to use next week.Send me a photo of your work.

 This week we begin an exciting new topic all about that very important subject -how we look after and spend our money.

Week 1  How Can I Pay?

In today`s lesson, you will be looking at ways to pay for items. This is changing all the time and there are two ways which are not even mentioned on the video and game -Google Pay and Apple Pay. Ask your Mum or Dad if they use either and what they are.The video mentions cheques but only a few people accept them now. 

Do as many of these activities as you are able but make sure you do activity 2. 

Activity 1 Watch the short  video which introduces the topic.

https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/teachers/resources-8-12s/topic-1-how-can-i-pay-for-things/video/

Activity 2 Play Meet Alex interactive game.

https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/teachers/resources-8-12s/topic-1-how-can-i-pay-for-things/interactive-uk/

Activity 3 Print out  and complete the worksheet :Help the Williams family pay their bills.

Send  me a picture of the worksheet or write me a comment on your portfolio about the most important things you think you have learnt about managing your money today.

 Another great lesson today full of different activities 

for you to choose  what  you`re interested in doing  from Derbyshire Music Hub   Junior Music at Home   lesson 6.

.https://derbyshiremusichub.org.uk/get-involved/music-at-home/junior/week-6.aspx

No evidence required but do send me any work you think I would like to see.

 Lesson 2 of our revision lessons on the work we have done this year as well as a few things that will be new to you.

The lesson is found on Oak National Academy > year 6> foundation lessons.>introducing yourself in Spanish .https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/introducing-yourself-in-spanish-7765f4

 This week we are going to investigate the mystery of how a plastic bag that you drop could end up inside a turtle on a beach in Greece....... You will need a small plastic sandwich bag and a bath or paddling pool.The whole lesson is on the PowerPoint :follow the instructions and answer the questions straight onto your portfolio or in your book.(Send me a photo of the page.)

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 Our second art lesson is called:

How can we use visual texture to add interest to our artwork?

This lesson from Oak National Academy builds on skills you learnt back in the Autumn Term.You will need a pencil, rubber, your sketchbook or a piece of A4 paper and last week`s work if you have it (not essential).

Find the lesson on the Oak National Academy website at year 6 >Foundation.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-can-we-use-visual-texture-to-add-interest-to-our-artwork-27f8af

Please send me a photo of your work.

 On Fridays ,we are going to do some activities all about one of the most famous ships in the world-  The Titanic !

This week , we will think about the sinking of the ocean liner in 1912. In the next weeks, we will be finding out and writing about how the wreck was found on the floor of the N. Atlantic Ocean in 1985.If you want to remind yourself about the story of how the ship sank, read the PowerPoint.

Another way in which we can look at the story of that dreadful night is by reading the wireless messages that the wireless operators sent out asking for help.  First, read my Word document telling you all about the messages. Remember- the messages were not people actually talking; they were sent in Morse Code.

You now have a choice of two activities. You may wish to do both. 

A  Imagine that you are Capt. Jack Phillips, chief wireless operator aboard the Titanic.

Upload a video to your portfolio of you sending the distress call below using the correct Morse Code symbols (see Word  document.) CQD were the letters used instead of SOS in 1912 but they also used SOS on the Titanic for the first time.

 CQD. Come at once. Have struck an iceberg.

B Watch  the You Tube video on which someone has recreated the actual Morse Code wireless messages that the Titanic sent out from 12:15am on April 15th 1912.

Titanic Text Messages - A Streaming Log of Distress Transmissions

Focus on :  0 mins -5 mins of the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxRN2nP_9dA

Answer these questions on your portfolio.

1. A passenger called George Simund sends a message to a friend.What kind of mood is George in and how do we know?

2. Why is his message suddenly cut off in the middle of transmission?

3. What is the Titanic asking the other nearby ships -the Frankfurt and the Mount Temple- to do?

4. Now scroll right to the end of the video. ( 51:30 mins   2:10am).

CQD  This is Titanic CQD  This is

Why does this message finish suddenly?

 This week , we will be finishing the White Rose unit that you started on Tuesday.

Next week, look forward to something completely new -some activities all about your money!

Download the teaching video as normal and complete and mark the worksheet.

Send me a photo of your answers or a note to say how well you managed or any difficulties you had.

https://vimeo.com/420691195  video for lesson 4- Percentages of an amount

 For this half term, I have found some interesting new activities produced by Derbyshire music specialist teachers. Have a go at any or all of the activities on :

Derbyshire Music Education Hub : Junior Music at Home  7-11 Week 4

It includes a Disney music quiz and African drumming!

https://derbyshiremusichub.org.uk/get-involved/music-at-home/junior/week-4.aspx

No evidence needed but you can send me a video of your drumming if you want to!

 I received some excellent sentences in Spanish from you at the end of last half -term.

This last half-term, I am going to let you revise everything you have done by following some lessons led by a primary teacher who is a Spanish speaker. 

Oak National Academy> Find Lessons> Subject >Year 6 >Foundation>Spanish lesson 1 

https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/foundation/el-alfabeto-y-los-numeros-year-6-wk1-2

Once you have done the starter quiz, you have to close the quiz window then click on the video to start the actual lesson.

No evidence needed.

 Our new topic this half term is all about  the oceans that cover most of our planet.

English lessons on Fridays will also be linked to the Blue Planet topic.

So let`s get started...

 Firstly, read the PowerPoint : Oceans of the World to introduce you to the topic.

You now have a choice of  three activities. You can do any or all of them.

A Answer the questions about oceans on the PowerPoint Oceans of the World Interactive Quiz. You need to read it in slideshow view. Send me a note to say how many questions you got right.

B Find out about The Mariana Trench. Watch a BBC News clip of a diving expedition to explore it - May 7th  2016 -on You Tube .  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSW2Z4A3nrc.

The trench is the deepest place on Earth : it is 7 miles down in the Pacific Ocean.

Work out how many lengths of your garden or drive that would equal .

Write your answer and how you worked it out onto your portfolio. (Hint: change it into kilometres first.)

C Make a model of one of the wonderful creatures shown in the video. You saw a  sea cucumber, a jellyfish and a ghost shark.You could make a video of it floating across the screen with a blue background. You can make the can of Budweiser or Spam you also saw if you really want! Upload your video.

 For the next  3 weeks, we are going to be tuning into some videos made by a teacher from another school showing  you some exciting art projects you can do at home. The first one is all about making pictures from rubbings of textures around your home and garden.

Use the link below or Google:Oak National Academy - find lessons- Year 6- foundation-  Art -texture treasure hunt.

Please upload a picture of your finished artwork for me to enjoy.

https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/foundation/texture-treasure-hunt-year-6-wk1-5

 Our final push to master apostrophes!

All the work is explained on the PowerPoint. Please write your answers either in your exercise book and send me a photo or write them straight onto your portfolio. There are three short exercises to do.

 This week`s game is the well - known  game of Countdown.

No evidence required- enjoy playing it!

https://nrich.maths.org/6499

For our final Music lesson of the half term, you are going to put to use all your experiments with sounds that you found in your home and what you found out about the Doctor Who theme tune last week.

I would like you to compose a repeated rhythm on a Doctor Who theme.

In music ,the name for a repeated rhythm is : a loop or a riff or an ostinato.

Choose a name from the programme that you think has a good rhythm.Or you could choose two or three and continually repeat them.

Ideas: Doctor Who   Jodie Whittaker  Exterminate! Regenerate   

Cybermen  Dalek   Tardis.  You may have  some other ideas.

Choose a suitable instrument or more than one from your home.Play the rhythm of your word(s) over and over again.Could you get louder until you come to a dramatic ending?

(Be careful not to get faster as you get louder.)Louder then softer again?Gradually faster? You could chant the words as you play.

If you prefer, make up some electronic music in Doctor Who style on your keyboard.

Please send me a video of your tune for me to enjoy .

 For our final lesson using the verb to have: tener, I would  like you to write me some sentences. Tell me all about your pets ,and how many brothers, sisters and cousins you have. 

The instructions are all on the PowerPoint slide 6. Look back at the other slides for vocabulary and to remind you how to write the verb :to have.

Please write your sentences on your portfolio or send me a photo of them

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 Our last piece of work on Prehistory.

Farmers really got going during the Iron Age: it is your task this week to find out why .What were the results of them growing much more food? You are going to make a cause and effect arrow diagram in your exercise books.

1. Read the information and instruction sheet carefully.

2. Cut out the pictures from the other sheet. Arrange them in your book -you may need a double page spread.Draw cause and effect arrows to link them. The finished effect should look more like a web than a chain: some pictures will have more than one arrow going to them and coming from them.  

Please send me a photo of your diagram.

 Design  and make your own Celtic -inspired object.The Pinterest website has a good range of examples using coloured paper, foil and cardboard. You could make a brooch, shield or sculpture. If you don`t actually want to make something, you could design a pattern for a new wallpaper or a design to go on a mug or T-shirt.

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/

Please send me a photo of your design or object.

 How well can I understand why Bronze Age and Iron Age people built hill forts?

Back to work on the Bronze Age and the Iron Age!

I am sending you quite a large PowerPoint. Slides 1-9 are helpful information that you may want to read.

I would really like you to do the written task deciding why they built hill forts using slides 9 to 15. Read the information carefully then write the correct sentences in your exercise book.

Take a photo of your work and put it in your portfolio.

However, I would also be happy with a photo of one of the optional activities on slide 16 -building a hill fort model or a model roundhouse. You can do the written and practical activities if you want!

 How well can I create Celtic inspired stone art?

Read through the step-by-step guide on the PowerPoint. Recreate your own Celtic stone art. You could do this as a large scale image with socks, Lego, towels or pebbles to represent the raised spirals if you do not have wool, string or glue available. You could also make a printing block using card and string.

Please send me a photo of your finished work.

How well can I add apostrophes to singular and irregular plural nouns? (revision lesson)

Some people found our last lesson on 1st May a little difficult and some of you didn`t send your answers in , so I thought it best to go over the topic again before we move on to plurals next week.

Please mark and  send me a photo of your answers.

  I have set you a game to play with your Mum, Dad or elder brother or sister.Can you beat them?

https://nrich.maths.org/10080

Factors and Multiples Game for Two

You can play online or print it off.

No evidence needed.

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/classical-music-delia-derbyshire-doctor-who-theme/zfh792p

How well can I learn about how the first electronic music was created?

1.Go on the BBC Ten Pieces Trailblazers  website and follow the link to Delia Derbyshire: Doctor Who theme.

2. Watch the video where Segun Akinola shows you how Delia Derbyshire developed the Doctor Who theme tune. (Watch the original 1963 black- and -white clip too if you want to.)

3. Answer these questions in your books or straight onto your portfolio .The text on the webpage is also useful.

A.In 1963 ,this kind of music was "out-of-this-world."! No-one had heard anything like it before.

How was music normally played?

B Look carefully at the machines with spools turning round (like wheels).People are carefully threading some thin plastic stuff onto them. What is this plastic stuff called?

C. The sounds were recorded onto the plastic stuff .Then what happened to turn the sounds into the Doctor Who tune?

Please send me a photo of your answers or  upload your portfolio page.

 How well can I learn the verb to have?

A quick practice today! 

Follow the instructions on the PowerPoint slide.

You don`t have to send me any evidence but you may like to impress me with a video of you speaking in Spanish!

 Instead of our usual lessons  on Thursday afternoon, all classes will be doing some activities ready for VE Day on Friday 8th May.

Evidence: a photo of some VE Day activity that you have been doing.

May 8th 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the day that World War II ended in EUROPE. V E stands for Victory in Europe.The Allies would continue fighting against Japan until 15th August 1945-VJ Day, the actual end of the war. One fascinating fact that I learnt this week is that ,on VE Day , the Channel Islands, which are part of the UK, were still occupied by the Germans!

For a lively introduction to VE Day, watch the Horrible Histories VE Day song.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/watch/horrible-histories-songs-ve-day-song

After you have sung along,  I would like you  to watch part of Mr T`s Primary History video about VE Day. You need to click on KS2 on the Home page. You may find the black- and -white newsreel of VE Day interesting to watch too. (No TV News during WWII - only newsreel shown in cinemas.)

https://www.mrtdoeshistory.com/75th-anniversary-ve-day

If you begin at 18 mins into the video, you will start at the task. This consists of comparing a photo of a VE Day party to what his grandparents told him about it.  Those of you who really love History will find the whole video helpful as it revises  the History timeline we have done this year and explains the causes of World War II.

 Art activity

You may like to print out some ready designed bunting to put up from the zip file (or many websites.)

You could print out the bunting to colour in.

If you fancy making a design of  your own, have a look at the two logos that have been designed for VE Day. I  think the lines are like the beams of searchlights in the sky that looked out for enemy aircraft.The lines have been used to block out areas of different colours. The VE Day lettering is another block of colour. Why not print out one of the colouring designs and experiment with your own colour schemes or copy one of the logos and change the colours?

Dance your way through VE Day!

If you would like an alternative to Art, why not have a go at teaching yourself and a partner some Lindy Hop moves! Open the PDF file from English Heritage below. You can scan some 1940s music from it and follow the steps for the Lindy Hop swing dance style.Or just download your own music from Spotify -Glenn Miller`s In the Mood is ideal. 

I look forward to watching the video......

 How well can I explain why the invention of the wheel in the Bronze Age was so important?

All of this week`s activities are explained on this PowerPoint.

Evidence required: see PPT

How well can I draw a Celtic knot pattern? 

Read  through the step-by-step instructions on the PowerPoint for drawing a Celtic knot pattern .Those of you who took home your sketch books should do your drawing in that.When you have completed your outline, decide whether you want to use the shading techniques you have already learnt to shade it in e.g. cross- hatch, dots and marks,straight lines or lines following the curves. Alternatively,you could use colour to decorate it. 

No evidence required but you are welcome to send me a photo of your picture so that I can admire it!

We are asking everyone in the class to make a short video at the end of each week lasting no longer than 30 seconds. You should make it using Dojo and upload it to your portfolio.

On next week`s video ,we would like you to talk about a piece of work that really challenged you during the week and that you were really proud of yourself for completing.Why was it a challenge?

If you feel a bit shy about talking to the camera, why not get your Mum or Dad to come on as well and interview you. Then you can look at them, not at the camera.

This video must be uploaded by Friday 8th May at the latest .(As Friday is a Bank Holiday, you may want to have it done by Thursday.) We want everyone to do this blog as it will give us a better idea of how you are getting on with your work than our Zoom meetings do.

 How well can I use and apply the rules for using the apostrophe of possession?

singular nouns and irregular plurals

I have attached the same PowerPoint as last week - but with this week`s lesson added to it. 

Read the PPT then do the work in your books.

Evidence required: a photo of your answers -marked.

This Friday , there are no worksheets to do- just a logic game!  I think this one could become addictive....

Click on the link to NRich. -Seeing Squares for Two.

Either print off the blank squared grids and find someone to play with or play online by clicking on :Seeing Squares Interactivity . On this version, you can play against the computer.

Notice the suggestion for making the game harder:make the grid larger.

https://nrich.maths.org/10071

No evidence needed -just have fun and practise using logic and thinking ahead.

How well can I use pulse and rhythm?

Last week , some of you played some fabulous rhythms of familiar tunes using anything you could find in your house. This week , we are going to have a closer look at two of the important elements of music- pulse and rhythm.This is in preparation for our exciting musical project coming up in two weeks time after the Bank Holiday...

1.Watch the video on BBC Bitesize : What are pulse and rhythm? to find out why they are important when making music.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcbkcj6/articles/z2mqw6f

2. Use the Twinkl PowerPoint to practise using pulse and rhythm.

No evidence needed

How well can I write plurals in Spanish?

Before you can start writing and saying sentences starting : I have

you need to check that you know how to add plural suffixes in Spanish.

Look at lesson 2 on the PowerPoint  and write the 6 missing plurals in your exercise book.

The table is a bit small on the PPT ,so I`ll recap here:

el =the    singular male nouns       los= the    plural male nouns

la= the      singular female nouns      las= the     plural female nouns

plural nouns usually have the  suffix   -s

Evidence needed : a photo of the 6 answers in your books

 How well can I order the three ages of Prehistory and tell you why they were called by those names? This period is called Prehistory because it comes before people started to write events down.

Activity 1 Look at the photos that I have sent you of artefacts that archaeologists have dug up from Prehistory.Find a way of making a replica of one of them. You could use: modelling clay, Plasticine, heavy clay soil, card, foil. Maybe you could stick torn-up pieces of paper over a plastic beaker and then paint it and decorate it with patterns in felt tip pen. 

Activity 2 Use the timeline to revise your Prehistoric dates. Write the answers to these questions in your exercise book.

1.What is the correct order for the :Iron ,Stone and Bronze Ages?

2.When did the Middle Stone Age begin?

3. When did Prehistory end and History begin?

Extra help  You may like to look at these BBC Bitesize videos.

What happened in Prehistoric Britain?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z82hsbk/articles/zpny34j

This video goes even further back into Prehistory -to the Ice Age.

How to make a  (real) Bronze Age Sword

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z82hsbk/articles/z874kqt

BBC Teach The Story of Britain has an animation about the Stone Age and the Bronze Age

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-the-story-of-britain/zj4r7nb

Evidence :Please send me a photo of your answers. I would love to see a photo of your artefact too!

 How well can I use different sources to research ?

What do you know about Celtic art already? Read through the PowerPoint to find out more.

Look at the website to find out about the 3 main Celtic patterns used.

https://www.dltk-kids.com/world/celtic/celtic_art.htm

Activity: Draw the three main patterns .Write one important piece of information about each pattern. Try to write in your own words, rather than just copy what the website says word for word.

Evidence:Please take a photo of your page of work.

How well can I remember the rules for forming plurals of nouns?

1. Read the information on the PowerPoint.

2. Complete the *** pages on the Twinkl worksheet (pages 2 and 3) Page 1 * is very easy but you can do it if you wish as well.

Evidence required: Please mark your own work and show me a photo in your portfolio.

And to finish the lesson... a nonsense poem all about spiders for you to enjoy!

 This week you have been revising angles in triangles .Today`s challenges test a mixture of skills from all areas of your Maths knowledge. Challenges 1 to 3 should be easy. I am not sure they have given you enough information to solve question 4, but I may have missed something- see if you can do it!  You will be able to solve challenge 5  .Challenges 6 and 7 are definitely harder!  Do as many as you are able.

Hint for ques 7: look carefully at the intervals marked along the edges of the square. Use a pencil and ruler to box -up the square.

The answers aren`t up on the website yet but I will add them as soon as they appear.

Evidence required: send me a photo of the hardest one that you got right.

 How well can I use objects from around my house to play the rhythm of a familiar tune?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zfjn34j

Watch Weapons of Sound playing sounds on instruments recycled from rubbish.

Decide on a well- known tune. It could be a nursery rhyme, a chart hit or a chant such as a football chant. Find some objects in your home- look in the kitchen, shed or garage. Play your rhythm on them. Choose the one that makes the best sound.

Evidence: not required but it would be great if you were to record a video of you playing your tune and upload it to Class Dojo portfolios. I will try to guess which tune it is!

 All the lessons for the next few weeks are on the PowerPoint.I will send out the same PPT each week with the dates of the lessons on them but you can practise your skills whenever you want.

No evidence required

How well can I revise the names of different verb forms?

1.Colour in one of the verb form mosaics.

2.Complete the present perfect/ simple past forms worksheet.

Evidence: please mark your own worksheet in a colour and self-assess. Either send me a Dojo message telling me how many you got right and how well you think you have remembered verb forms  or send me a photo of the marked worksheet.

How well can I revise how to calculate co-ordinates?

Remember what will help you to succeed:

• The y axis goes up to the sky.
• The other axis is called the x axis.
• The x co-ordinate comes before the y co-ordinate because x comes before y in the alphabet.
• When you are calculating co-ordinates, you cannot estimate what the co-ordinates are and try to draw them on the axes.. You have to use your Maths methods e.g. calculate differences between the two x  co-ordinates or  y co-ordinates.

• Have a go at any of the co-ordinates challenges on the attachment.

  Choose ones that you can do but challenge yourself to do a harder question.

  You do not have to answer all the questions on the sheet.

  Discuss the answers with an adult. (sorry – can`t find any answers.)

  Play the co-ordinates game ( reasoning about position and shapes).
• Evidence:please send me a Dojo message to tell me how well you have remembered how to calculate co-ordinates.
• You can send me a photo of the questions you answered, marked right or wrong if you prefer.

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1rpRf1Q7cK683F9LlwqTb5x/in-the-hall-of-the-mountain-king-by-edvard-grieg

How well can I Identify instruments of the orchestra?

1. Find the webpage: BBC Ten Pieces:In the Hall of the Mountain King and download the poster of the instruments of the orchestra (see below).

2. Watch the video :Dan Starkey introduces....

3.Now watch the full performance with your pen and notebook ready. How many instruments can you identify playing this piece of music?Write a list.

Challenge: What is the special way in which the violinists play their violins  to give the impression that Peer Gynt is creeping around, trying to hide from the trolls?

No evidence needed but you are welcome to send me a photo of your list of instruments.

 Download and make the Spanish weather paper fortune teller in time for your Easter holiday weather!

Try it out on members of your family.

Remember the correct pronunciation and the meaning of the words.

hacer : to do/make   hace : he/she/it does/ makes (h) ath-ay

Que- kay     tiempo - tyehm-po

Que tiempo hace? What is the weather doing?

https://www.spanishdict.com/pronunciation  is a great website -just type in the word you want to check and click on the Spanish pronounciation of the word, not the S. American version.

No evidence needed.

And finally!

A poem for all you football lovers who are having to put up with watching repeats and the Premier League in Belarus...

You Tell Me  by Michael Rosen

Maths Assessment

 How well can I understand how a river changes from its source to its mouth?

I would like you to show that you understand the meaning of these words:source, stream, tributary channel, bank, flow and mouth and to notice some of the changes that occur to the river itself and the countryside around .

Use:the glossary of river words and the illustration of a river to help you do your task.Also use clues on the photos themselves.

The task

1. Cut out and place the photos of the River Ure in Yorkshire in the correct sequence.Start at the source and finish at the mouth.
2. Stick them into your blue exercise book and label: source ,stream, tributary, channel ,bank. flow, mouth.
3. Extra Challenge:Write about a change that happens to the width of the river.Write about a change that happens to the landscape around the river.

Note: the labelled illustration of a river (Twinkl) has a task where you can just label the worksheet. You can do this task if you prefer.However, I have sent it mainly for you to refer to.

Evidence: Please take a photo of the sequenced photos in your book and upload it to your portfolio.Check and mark whether they are in the correct order before you send the page to me. 

 It should be Art lesson but I feel that you surpassed yourselves when you made those wonderfully creative sculptures last week.So I think we`ll declare that the final art lesson for this half term! If anyone didn`t get around to making one, now is your chance.The full details were on Class Dojo last week. In brief: make a sculpture in the style of Barbara Hepworth out of any medium: boxes ,Lego, plasticine, Playdough, natural materials like heavy clay soil or even cake!(That way you get to eat it when you have finished.) The extra challenge is to make a sculpture that reminds you of some place in Yorkshire.Remember not to add too much detail- Barbara Hepworth was an abstract artist.

Evidence:Please upload a photo of your sculpture to your portfolio for me to admire!

 Geography game - for all of you who have completed your sculpture

How well can I appreciate how the cities of Sheffield, Bradford and Leeds are different to the Yorkshire Dales and Moors?

Leeds and Bradford are big cities in W.Yorkshire and Sheffield is a large city in S. Yorkshire. 

Sheffield used to be called "Steel City" because of all the foundries making steel. Some are still open ,like Sheffield Forgemasters near the Arena. But in Sheffield now , most people work in other occupations.

You need the worksheet with the photos of some of these jobs.You have a choice of two games!

1. Guess Who? Print out and cut out 2 packs. Gradually eliminate the cards in the same way as Guess Who?- only try to use questions connected with their jobs rather than the colour of their  hair or eyes! e.g. Do they use computers as a main part of their job?

2.Give Us a Clue Only one person has a pack of cards. They secretly select one. They mime or draw something connected to the job until the other person guesses what it is.Easier version: both players have packs of cards to refer to.

No evidence needed on your portfolio

Here is the Maths and the answers 

 Here is everything you will need for Science

Here are the resources for English (Reading), Maths and RE.

 Friday March 27th Lesson 1  English  

Lesson objective: How well  can I learn about the differences between direct and indirect (reported) speech?

1.Read the attached Twinkl PowerPoint and do the exercises on it to practise indirect (reported) speech.

2. Choose the main or harder worksheet to practise the lesson objective. You can either print it out and stick it in your blue exercise book or write the answers straight into your exercise book.

Don`t forget that you will also be practising full speech punctuation when you write in direct speech.

e.g.  Tom said , " That`s my football ! "

         "No it isn`t - I bought it yesterday, " Sam replied indignantly. (New Speaker,new line.)

3. The answers come with the worksheet. With your parent if possible, mark them right or wrong.Do any corrections.

Dojo me  a message in your portfolio to tell me if you understood this really well, quite well or really didn`t understand it at all. Please make it clear in your message that it is lesson 1 - direct/ indirect speech you are talking about.

 Lesson objective: How well can I read and interpret line graphs?

Remember what will help you to succeed:

• Y axis goes to the sky. The other axis is the X axis.
• Read the title of the graph and the labels on the axes carefully so that you know what information the line graph is telling         you.
• Fill in some of the missing values on the x and y axes until you are certain what intervals (steps) each axis goes up in.
• Use a sharp pencil to rule lines from each axis to the point on the line.
• Read the question carefully! Is about the time? Distance? Temperature?
• Do you need to calculate a difference? If so, use the axis as a number line.

1. Choose to do holiday problems *  ** or *** or more than one of the sheets if you want to.
2. With an adult to help if possible, mark your work right or wrong .

   3.Discuss why you went wrong and do any corrections.3.Write a Dojo in your portfolio telling me which worksheet you         attempted, whether you understood it well, quite well or telling me anything you found difficult. Make sure you label your Dojo  Fri 27^th Mar Line Graphs.

 Don`t panic ,parents! I am a Spanish beginner myself as I have already told the children .

I will keep the sessions short and simple and provide as much support as I can.Hopefully ,we can all enjoy learning or revising some basic Spanish together .

https://www.spanishdict.com/pronunciation  is a great website -just type in the word you want to check and click on the Spanish pronounciation of the word, not the S. American version.It does the job much better than my attempts to write out how to pronounce a word!

Lesson objective:How well can I teach my parents some sentences to introduce yourself to someone?

A few pronunciations to get you started. Thechildren  should know many of them already.

bienvenido- byehm-beh-nee-doh  (The v in Spanish is a very soft sound almost like a b.)

gracias -Grath- ias  I tell the children to stick their tongues out when they say the th sound.

de  -day   (not like in French.)

donde  nombre -always pronounce  the -e   ay

 accents on letters - means -stress this syllable. e.g. estas   es TAS

Have a go at writing some conversations on the worksheet. get your parent or sibling to speak them with you.

No need to upload evidence for this lesson

 How well can I listen to and appreciate a famous piece of classical music?

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/tenpieces/grieg.mp3 : In the Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg

You need a blank page in your exercise book and a pen or pencil.

Listen to the download. As you do so, make drawings and doodles that express how the music makes you feel and what you think is happening.  The  music is background (incidental) music for a play called Peer Gynt.

Afterwards, you can colour your squiggles to make a picture if you would like to.

On your picture, write what you felt and your ideas about what is happening in the play at this point.

Challenge: can you explain how Grieg ,the composer, has made us feel like this by the way he has written the music?

Now read the introduction to Peer Gynt and see if your ideas were correct.

 As there are quite a few files for Science this week, I'm putting it on here rather than bombarding you with Dojos.  Just do what you can with it. There are some instructions but you can also just choose the activities that you are able to do.

Attached is the PowerPoint that we used in Science yesterday.  I'm just seeing if this is a better way of getting PowerPoints to you.

We used World Book Day to launch our new Reading Challenge in Year 6.  Children have been given a book list and the challenge to read 3 of the books on the list by May half term in order to receive a games session on the field.  We started by looking at some of the books to see which we might be interested in reading.

Happy Reading! 

The Smashing Sixes

Spring II Newsletter

It’s hard to believe that we are already half way through Year 6! 

Last term, many of the children started to come in early to work on the computers in the morning. This was great to see and we will continue with this up until the SATs in May

READING TARGETS

SCIENCE TARGETS

Homework

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.  Weekly homework will be as follows

As you can see, we will be setting a writing task this term.  This will be given over two weeks.  Mathletics will be given also for those 2 weeks in order to cut down on the amount of written homework.

Spellings will be handed out on a Wednesday to be tested the following Monday.  Children can then take their books home so that you can see their results but they must have their book in school every Monday. 

Water Bottles

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

PE

This half term PE will be on a Tuesday and Friday afternoon. Please ensure your child has appropriate kit in school on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed. 

Diary Dates

27 Feb                             Dance Festival at EIS

28 Feb                             Stand up to bullying day

5 March                 World Book Day

6 – 9 March

The Smashing Sixes

Spring II Newsletter

It’s hard to believe that we are already half way through Year 6! 

Last term, many of the children started to come in early to work on the computers in the morning. This was great to see and we will continue with this up until the SATs in May

READING TARGETS

SCIENCE TARGETS

Homework

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.  Weekly homework will be as follows

As you can see, we will be setting a writing task this term.  This will be given over two weeks.  Mathletics will be given also for those 2 weeks in order to cut down on the amount of written homework.

Spellings will be handed out on a Wednesday to be tested the following Monday.  Children can then take their books home so that you can see their results but they must have their book in school every Monday. 

Water Bottles

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

PE

This half term PE will be on a Tuesday and Friday afternoon. Please ensure your child has appropriate kit in school on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed. 

Diary Dates

27 Feb                             Dance Festival at EIS

28 Feb                             Stand up to bullying day

5 March                 World Book Day

6 – 9 March            London Trip

31 March                Trip to the Mosque in Sheffield (details to follow)

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help, please come and see one of us.

Mrs Biggin & Miss Parsons

The Smashing Sixes

Spring I Newsletter

Happy New Year!  We hope that everyone had a good break and is feeling refreshed and ready for the year ahead.

Last term, some children achieved their sapphire reading award.  We looking forward to more children achieving it this term and then moving on to their diamond award.

From Monday 13 January, the hub will be open from 8.30am for Year 6 children to come and do some revision for SATs.  They will be able to use the computers to revise or bring in any revision books (books can be ordered at the meeting on Mon 13^th)

READING TARGETS

SCIENCE TARGETS

Homework

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.  Weekly homework will be as follows:

Spellings will be handed out on a Wednesday to be tested the following Monday.  Children can then take their books home so that you can see their results but they must have their book in school every Monday. 

Water Bottles

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

PE

This half term PE will be on a Thursday and Friday afternoon. Please ensure your child has appropriate kit in school on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed. 

Diary Dates

13 January                       SATs meeting for Y6 parents

24 January                       Chinese New Year celebration

11 February                      Safer Internet Day

TBC                                 Chinese food tasting for parents

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help, please come and see one of us.

Mrs Biggin & Miss Parsons

 Year 6 organised a brilliant Science Fair for their parents.  

They showed the parents some of the work that we have been doing this term on changing materials and demonstrated some of the experiments.  They explained the science behind what we have done and even sold some delicious bread.

Parents said that they were impressed with "How well everyone explained the experiments." and "loved the practical demonstrations" that the children did.

Well done Year 6!

Everyone made such a great start to Year 6 last half term so we’re looking forward to another good few weeks in this exciting term.

Don’t forget the Reading Reward system.  Some children are making excellent progress towards their Sapphire Award.  Keep it up!  Remember you don’t need to hear your child every night, just sign the Reading Record when you know they’ve read.

READING TARGETS

SCIENCE TARGETS

We will be showing you some of the Science work we’ve been doing this term in our Science Fair – see Diary Dates.

Homework

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.  Weekly homework will be as follows:

Spellings will be handed out on a Wednesday to be tested the following Monday.  Children can then take their books home so that you can see their results but they must have their book in school every Monday. 

Water Bottles

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

PE

This half term PE will be on a Thursday and Friday afternoon. Please ensure your child has appropriate kit in school on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed. 

Diary Dates

Week beginning 11 Nov       Anti Bullying Week

3 Dec                               Year 6 Science Fair (2.45pm for parents)

11 Dec                             Panto in school

12 Dec                             Children’s Christmas stalls

13 Dec                             Christmas Jumper Day

17 Dec                             Trip to Derby Panto

18 Dec                             Christmas Dinner

20 Dec                             KS2 Christmas Party!

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help, please come and see one of us.

Mrs Biggin & Miss Parsons

Take a look at the fantastic bridges we've been making in DT.  We looked at examples of bridges and then designed and made our own, developing our measuring, sawing and joining skills.

Welcome to The Smashing Sixes!  It’s lovely to see everyone back and so keen to learn.

Year 6 is set to be a challenging but (hopefully) fun year for us all!  The children will be expected to Aim Higher all year but we’re sure they will rise to the challenge.

We will be continuing with the reading reward system to encourage the children with their reading at home.  As a lot of children have already achieved their bronze, silver and gold medals, we will, instead, be trying to achieve sapphire, diamond and platinum badges.  Again, the children will get a tick each time they have read 3 times in a week and had their Reading Records signed.  Then, when they have achieved enough ticks, they will get their next reward.  Go for it Smashing Sixes, you can do it!

READING TARGETS

SCIENCE TARGETS

Homework

Your child will receive homework every Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.  Weekly homework will be as follows:

Spellings will be handed out on a Wednesday to be tested the following Monday.  Children can then take their books home so that you can see their results but they must have their book in school every Monday. 

Water Bottles

Children are encouraged to bring drinks bottles to school with water so they can have a drink in class.

PE

This half term PE will be on a Thursday and Friday afternoon. Please ensure your child has appropriate kit in school on these days.  Long hair must be tied back and earrings should be removed.

If you have any questions or if there is anything we can do to help, please come and see one of us.

Mrs Biggin & Miss Parsons