Wednesday 15th September

 Good morning! 

I hope you're all okay! Not long to go now! 

Here are your tasks for today! 

Maths

WALT: Round to any number 

Begin with Day 7 of Flashback 4 

The video you need is here 

The worksheet is here 

And here are the answers 

English

WALT: Use accurate speech punctuation 

Today we are going to be practising using speech in our writing. Begin by looking at this PowerPoint and then have a look at this video

Using these rules, I would like for you to write a conversation between Albert and his father. It can be about anything you like: Joey, the war, Albert's mother, the farm...anything! 

When you have finished, use the rules in the PowerPoint again and check all of your speech to make sure that you have punctuated it properly! 

CPSHE

WALT: Be assertive 

Most people, at some point, have felt under pressure to do something dangerous or unhealthy. Something that makes them feel uncomfortable, anxious or that they believe is wrong.

Most people overcome this pressure most of the time. They do this by being assertive.

Being assertive means - When someone stands up for themselves but they don’t use force, hurt people or hurt their feelings.

Assertive behaviours include making sure that you: 

• Stand firm
• Speak clearly
• Be friendly and polite
• Stay calm
• Look confident (relaxed body and arms)
• Negotiate
• Repeat your ideas ('stuck cd' technique)
• Relaxed body language
• Make eye contact when you speak
• Walk away if necessary - but as a friend
• Smile
• Don’t get personal

Your task today is to make a being assertive advice poster. Choose some of the things you think are the most important on the list above and then include them in your poster! make it big, bright and bold to help remind you and others to be assertive but to be nice while you're doing it! 

History 

WALT: Order the events of the Greek Empire on a Time line 

To begin with, we are going to order the events of the Greeks on a timeline. The Ancient Greeks were around for a very long time and before Jesus was born. 

All of the years before Jesus was born are called BC or Before Christ. If we count when Jesus was born as the year 0, the further back in time we go, the bigger the number gets. For example: The year before Jesus was born is 1BC (1 Year Before Chris) 10 years before Jesus was born is 10BC. The further back in time you go, the bigger the numbers get. 

When looking at your timeline, you need to begin with the biggest number BC and travel forward in time getting smaller.

When you have finished that, choose one of the events and research it on the internet, taking notes on what happened. 

Tuesday 14th September 2021

 Good morning! 

Here are your tasks for today! 

Maths: 

WALT: Round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000

Begin with Day 6 of Flashback 4.

Here is the video for today.

Here is the worksheet. 

And here are the answers. 

English

WALT: Predict what might happen in a story 

Think back on chapters one and two of War Horse and the characters that we have met so far: 

Albert

Albert's Father 

Joey 

Zoey 

Albert's Mother

At the beginning of the story, Albert mentions that war might be coming. I would like to know what you think might happen to the characters in the story? 

Does Joey go to war? What happens to Albert? Will his father have to fight too or is he too old? What about old Zoey? 

Write a paragraph where you predict what will happen to each of the characters through the course of the story. 

Reading

I can see that you haven't had a chance to complete the Reading Assessment on Reading Plus from yesterday again. That' okay! Have a go today if you can! 

Art

Today in Art the children are completing their self portraits. 

You need to complete this in your art sketch book so here is a lesson from the Oak National Academy for you to do instead.

Computing

WALT: Understand Brute Force Hacking 

Today we are looking at hacking and why it's important to have long and secure passwords. 

Here are some slides to read through 

Here is a game where you have to try and crack the code using Scratch - Look at the Guidance section on the slides to help you to understand what to do and how to change the code to help you to solve the problem. 

Monday 13th September

 Good morning! 

I hope that you had a good weekend! 

Here's what we're up to in school today!

Maths: 

WALT: Compare and order numbers 

Begin with Day 5 of Flashback 4 

Here is today's video

Here is the worksheet 

Here are the answers 

English

WALT: Write a character description

From your reading of chapters 1 and 2 of War Horse, I would like for you to choose a character and write a description of them. 

There are lots of things that you need to think of when writing a character description such as: what you can see, hear, smell and touch; powerful adjectives and phrases; and adverbs and adverbials to help you to describe something with a lot of detail. 

Here is an example of one written by someone in Year 6 two years ago. 

Now have a go at writing your own! 

Here are some questions to help you to plan your description: 

Who are you describing? 

Who is looking at your character? 

Where are they? 

Powerful adjectives and phrases 

Reading 

We are continuing with Reading Plus this year.

Could you please complete your initial assessment on this website. 

I will email you your login details so that you can access it. It can take up to an hour so make sure you have some quiet space to work in! 

PE 

Here's another Joe Wicks workout to keep you fit and healthy 

French

This term we're going to be learning about places. Like Music and PE, this is really hard to put on the blog but I have found an Oak academy lesson which will help! 

This is all about places in a town: You can find it here

Friday 10th September 2021

 

Good morning! 

I hope you had a good day yesterday - and you managed to get to the work in time 🙈

Here are your tasks for today! 

Maths: 

WALT: Use numbers up to 10, 000, 000

Begin with the next day of Flashback 4

Here is the video for today's lesson 

Here is the worksheet 

Here are the answers for you 

English: 

WALT: Use commas correctly. 

Today we are going to apply what we learned about yesterday. 

Have another read of this PowerPoint and here is a video that you might find useful. 

I would like for you to write 3 sentences for each of the following: 

• 3 sentences with commas for a list 
• 3 sentences with commas to mark clauses (think conjunction and verb) 
• 3 sentences with fronted adverbials 

You can write these sentences about anything at all. 

RE

WALT: Consider first Chapter of the Bible. 

We are going to be thinking about the story of creation today. We are going to be detectives to see if we can understand the message of the Christian story of creation. 

Begin by reading this passage from the Bible. 

What did you think of it? Make notes at the side explaining what you think is happening. 

Next, watch this video - compare it to the written version. Which one did you prefer and why? 

Finally, I would like you to think about these questions: 

How does this part of the bible make you feel? 

What do you find interesting about it? 

Is there anything puzzling about it? 

Note down your responses to these questions 

Music: 

WALT: understand pulse and rhythm 

We are going to be thinking about pulse and rhythm in school. This is hard to put on a blog so I have found a lesson from the Oak National Academy that will give you an idea of what we're up to! 

Follow the instructions on this lesson

I hope you have a great day and a good weekend - even if you do have to stay indoors 😞

Thursday 9th September 2021

 Good morning! 

I'm so sorry it's late today! I'll do the morning bits for you now and then update the blog later with afternoon lessons! I'm so sorry again. 

Maths: 

WALT: Reason with numbers up to 1,000,000

Begin with day 3 of Flashback 4 

Watch this video to tell you what to do

Here is the worksheet 

And here are your answers! 

English 

WALT: Identify the use of commas 

Today we're looking at the use of commas. 

Start by reading this PowerPoint which tells you all you need to know about commas (the numbers don't go in order because I cut a couple of pages out that you don't need to worry about today) 

Then use page 7 of these resources. You need to say why the commas have been used in each sentence. 

Science

WALT: sort and Classify animals 

Today we are going to be thinking about how scientists classify animals into different groups. 

Begin by having a look at this PowerPoint 

Your task today is to sort groups of animals like a scientist might. 

Here are the animals that you need to sort. 

Here is an example of how to complete the work. Notice that you always start with a question: 

For example: Land or Not Land 

Then from all the land animals you might say: 4 legs or Not 4 legs. This way you gradually make the groups smaller and smaller until you have just 1 animal. 

PE 

Like Monday, PE is difficult to do at home so try another Joe Wicks workout to get you moving and your heart rate up! 

Mr Hayden

Wednesday 8th September

 Good morning! 

I hope you're both doing okay!? 

If there are any problems at all with the work, please do get in touch with the school and I will help where I can! 

Here's what we're going to be working on today: 

Maths 

WALT: Reason with numbers up to 100,000 

Begin with the second Flashback 4 

Then there is a video to watch here

Here is the worksheet 

Here are the answers 

If you would like a further challenge, you can find them here. 

English

WALT: Write a recount of an event during the Summer Holidays

We didn't get as far as you might have done in class and so we need another lesson on writing a chapter summary. If you need more time on this activity, then please do go ahead and finish it like we are in class. 

If you need something new, then I would like for you to choose something that you did during the Summer Holidays and write a recount text about it. 

Tell me everything about it including: What you did; what you could see; what you could feel/touch/smell; what you thought about the day/event; how you felt during your chosen time. 

Make sure you write in the past tense, in chronological order (time order) and use paragraphs. 

History 

WALT: Locate the Ancient Greek Empire and explain why the Empire expanded 

Begin by watching this video . There are a lot of complicated words in here but I would really like for you to focus on the part from 1 minute to 1 minute and 24 seconds. This will explain why the Greeks needed to expand. There are some more tricky words in here so I will try to explain them

arable land - land that you can easily grow crops on 

maritime trade routes - trade routes across the sea to other countries and cities 

The first thing that I would like you to do is to write a very short explanation about why the Greeks needed to expand their empire. 

Next, I would like for you to look at this Map (use the 1 star map) of the Greek Empire. Compare it to this map where you can see all the names of the places and seas. See if you can label the place names correctly. Then shade the part in Green. This is the Greek Empire conquered by Alexander the Great. 

CPSHE 

WALT: Solve friendship problems 

People sometimes call into television programmes or radio shows or write into magazines or websites with problems that they’d like some help or advice with. Today we’re going imagine that we’re working on an advice show on the radio.

Activity

We’re going to look at some friendship problems and think about what advice to give. For each problem we need to think about these things. Here are the problems.  

1. Does this sound like a positive, healthy friendship?
2. Does it sound like a balanced friendship?
3. What advice can we give that is respectful and assertive? 

Choose three of the scenarios. Can you write some advice for the person with the problem? 

Tuesday 7th September

 Good morning! 

I hope you had a good day yesterday and maybe managed to get out into the garden and into the sun? 

Today we're going to be starting English and Maths.

Here are your first tasks: 

Maths: WALT: Know numbers up to 10,000

This is going to be a recap and a reminder of place value - therefore, it might be a bit easy to start with to help us get going again. 

First, complete the first day of Flashback 4. You can find the answers here. 

Then watch this video 

There is a worksheet here

You can check your answers here 

If you need a further challenge have a look at the first 2 slides of this PowerPoint

English: WALT: Write a chapter summary 

We are beginning our unit on Historical Stories. Our focus to begin with is going to be on Michael Morpurgo's famous book - War Horse. You may have seen it at the theatre on at the cinema (or at home on DVD) but I films and plays are often slightly different to the book. 

Begin by reading Chapter 1 of War Horse to get into the story.

Then read chapter 2, making notes as you go about what is happening. 

I would like for you to take these notes and write a couple of paragraphs giving a summary of what happened in Chapter 2. 

Make sure that you tell me about the characters and what happened to them. It has to be in the past tense and in chronological order (the correct order of events). 

Art: WALT: Draw people in action. 

Begin by having a look through this document. In it you will be asked to look at pictures and watch a video to think about what people look like when they're moving. 

You will also see some art that has been made using people in action. 

To help to get all body parts the right size, you use ovals to help which you will also see on the sheet. 

When you are ready, have a go at drawing people in action for yourself using this sheet. 

Computing: WALT: Know there are lots of different secret codes 

Begin by watching this video

Then have a look at this document to give you some more information about codes. 

When you are ready, have a go at cracking these codes. 

The answers are here

Monday 6th September

 Good morning Audrey and Siana! 

I hope you've had a good summer (apart from the Covid at the end). I can't wait to hear what you got up to on your break! 

I'm sorry to hear that you have to isolate for the start of term! We will certainly miss you in school until you are able to return. 

While you're away, I will put some work on the blog for you so that you know what we're up to and you don't miss out. If you're not very well, you don't have to do it!! But it's here if you're feeling up to it. 

So today we're going to be settling back into school and talking about our summer holidays and setting some class rules. 

The first thing we are going to do is to do is think about the end of the year and set ourselves some targets and things to work towards. You've just had your report from Mr Smith for the end of Year 5. What I would like for you to think about is what would you like me to say about you at the end of Year 6!

Here is an example of one I might write for myself My Report

And here is one for you to fill in. If you can, I would like you to bring this into school with you so that I can make a display out of them! 

Then we are going to discuss our class rules. We need to remember that children in Year 6 are role models for the rest of the school. So we are going to create some Rules for Role Models. Although we are going to discuss the rules in class, they generally end up being mostly the same every year. Here is an example from last year. 

I would like for you to make your own poster with our class Rules for Role Models. Bring this in too because I want to display some. 

This afternoon we are going to be doing some PE. I'm going to be looking at everyone's fundamental movement skills which I can't do for you while you're at home 🙈. So instead, you could stay active with a Joe Wicks workout that you can find here.

Finally, we are going to do a team building exercise to work on effective communication. Our task will be to build a bridge using materials that we find in the classroom. You can do the same at home. We are going to see how much weight our bridges can hold! If you manage to make a bridge, send in a picture so that I can see it! 

So that's what we're up to today. We'll miss you both here in school but we'll be in touch every day! 

Hope you have a good one. 

Mr Hayden