Year 6 Virtual School

15 June 2020

Daily Message

Welcome back – it’s Monday! A feast of flavoursome educational morsels await your delectation today. Guided reading, maths, science, dance and a delicious dose of class book are on the menu. The mouth waters, the mind marvels…so get cracking!

Important Hoodie Information
Here is a link to the children’s hoodie size list

Here is a link to the adult’s hoodie size list

Please email us to let us know your preferred size. If you would like to change your size based on the lists above, let us know. If we do not hear from you, we will order a child’s 9-11 hoodie. The deadline is Friday, 19th June.

History Competition!
The Historical Association have launched a writing competition for Years 5 and 6. We hope lots of you will enter…the winner receives a cash prize, a paper weight and eternal glory! What more could you want?!

Find out more about the competition here

Click Historical Fiction Competition 2020 for further entry details and the all important entry form.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, 26th June.

Monday’s instalment of your class book is here


This week’s suggested Year 6 timetable is here

Maths

Maths

From now on, every Monday, we will do Mixed Maths Monday – yeah! So put your thinking caps on, and let’s head to today’s practice and challenge.

Click here to watch the video.

You can find Friday’s 3D shapes answers here .

English

English

English today is guided reading. Listen to the text being read here

Find a copy of the text here.
Here is a copy of the questions
For the task sheet, which includes your vocabulary list, click here.

Year 6 Virtual School

16 June 2020

Daily Message

Terrific Tuesday is back. We wish you a lovely day of learning, should you be at school, or at home.

Important Hoodie Information

here is a link to the children’s hoodie size list

Here is a link to the adult’s hoodie size list

Please email us to let us know your preferred size. If you would like to change your size based on the lists above, let us know. If we do not hear from you, we will order a child’s 9-11 hoodie.

The deadline is Friday, 19th June.

History Competition!

The Historical Association have launched a writing competition for Years 5 and 6. We hope lots of you will enter…the winner receives a cash prize, a paper weight and eternal glory! What more could you want?!

Find out more about the competition here

Click here for further entry details and the all important entry form.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, 26th June.

Find Tuesday’s class book here


This week’s suggested Year 6 timetable is here

Maths

Maths

Have you ever played battle ships? Then you’ll love this lesson on coordinates.

Click here to watch the video.

Click here for the extensions.

Here is the link to the coordinates interactivity.

Click here for the worksheet if you don’t have yours.
Click here for the answers.

Click here for the Coordinates Grid.

English

English

Today, in English, you have the opportunity to be the voice of the minotaur. Finally, it is his chance to defend himself and put his point of view across. Here is the film – watch out, it may blow your mind!

Here is a video explaining your guided reading answers.

A PDF copy of the answers is available here

Ready for your spelling lesson? We are looking at ‘a+ double letter words’ today, like ‘apple’ – yum

Click here to watch the video.

Year 6 Virtual School

17 June 2020

Daily Message

Welcome to Wednesday, Year 6! Today, you are expanding your repertoire of Ancient Greek myths, getting to grips with conjunctions in grammar, showing off your skills of reflection and translation in maths and learning about the artist Jean -Michel Basquiat. There is the opportunity to reflect on your time capsule work over the last 7 weeks and we have some very important deadlines coming up this week. Get ordering those hoodies!

Important Hoodie Information

Here is a link to the children’s hoodie size list

Here is a link to the adult’s hoodie size list

Please email us to let us know your preferred size. If you would like to change your size based on the lists above, let us know. If we do not hear from you, we will order a child’s 9-11 hoodie.

The deadline is Friday, 19th June.

History Competition!

The Historical Association have launched a writing competition for Years 5 and 6. We hope lots of you will enter…the winner receives a cash prize, a paper weight and eternal glory! What more could you want?!

Find out more about the competition here

Click here for further entry details and the all important entry form.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, 26th June.

Ready for our class book? Click here


This week’s suggested Year 6 timetable is here

Maths

Maths

Reflection. Shapes. Translation. This summarises today’s lesson: Click here to watch the video.

Your extensions are waiting for you here.

Click here for the worksheet if you don’t have yours.
Click here for the Coordinates Grid
Click here for the answers.

English

English

Let’s learn about another Greek myth today – the story of Bellerophon and the Chimera. Exciting times! Click here to watch the video.

Your grammar work today is all about conjunctions. Mr Windle slurps his tea and weeps during the lesson – so watch it. Click here to watch the video.

You’ll need pages 34 and 35 of your Grammar Revision book. You can find them here.

Click here to watch a video that runs through your history quiz answers from yesterday’s lesson.

You can find a PDF copy of the answers here.

Year 6 Virtual School

18 June 2020

Daily Message

Once you’ve completed your maths, English, handwriting, French and Yoga today, check out the Summer Reading Challenge – you can win prizes just for reading books! Here is the film

Important Hoodie Information

Here is a link to the children’s hoodie size list

Here is a link to the adult’s hoodie size list

Please email us to let us know your preferred size. If you would like to change your size based on the lists above, let us know. If we do not hear from you, we will order a child’s 9-11 hoodie.

The deadline is Friday, 19th June.

History Competition!
The Historical Association have launched a writing competition for Years 5 and 6. We hope lots of you will enter…the winner receives a cash prize, a paper weight and eternal glory! What more could you want?!
Find out more about the competition here

Click here for further entry details and the all important entry form.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, 26th June.

Get your BFG listening ears out! Class book is here


This week’s suggested Year 6 timetable is here

Maths

Maths

It’s Mixed Practice today, so we will revise everything we have learnt in geometry in the past two weeks. Make sure you have a sharpened pencil and ruler before clicking here

Here is the link to the online program if you do not have a protractor at home:

Your challenge, if you dare, is here

Click here for the worksheet if you don’t have yours.
Cartesian Puzzle Grid
Coordinates Grid
Click here for the answers.

English

English

Your English lesson today is a bit of a long one! You’ll be thinking about how the gods punish humans in Greek myths and then reading another myth.

Click here to watch the video.

Our handwriting lesson today looks at antonyms. Find out more about the lesson here

Click here for a copy of your worksheet

Here is an example of some modelled handwriting

Year 6 Virtual School

19 June 2020

Daily Message

Happy Friday, Year 6. We hope you are looking forward to the weekend as much as we are! Today, you will be learning about the wrath of the gods in English and you’ll be covering statistics in maths. RE is all about Jerusalem and you’ve got your wellbeing lesson too. Don’t forget to tune into the class book today and good luck with your spelling test!

Remember that today is the deadline for paying for your Leavers’ Hoodie and choosing the size you would like. Don’t miss out! See the information below:

Important Hoodie Information
Here is a link to the children’s hoodie size list

Here is a link to the adult’s hoodie size list

Please email us to let us know your preferred size. If you would like to change your size based on the lists above, let us know. If we do not hear from you, we will order a child’s 9-11 hoodie.

The deadline is today!

History Competition!

The Historical Association have launched a writing competition for Years 5 and 6. We hope lots of you will enter…the winner receives a cash prize, a paper weight and eternal glory! What more could you want?!

Find out more about the competition here

Click here for further entry details and the all important entry form.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, 26th June.

Listen to Friday’s instalment of the class book here.

Don’t forget to check out the Summer Reading Challenge here


This week’s suggested Year 6 timetable is here

Maths

Maths

Can you read a timetable? Do you know what a pictogram is and how to use it? Click here to find out more about statistics.

In today’s challenge, you’ll have to draw a line graph from a table. Will you dare? Click here to watch the video.

Click here for the worksheet if you don’t have yours.
Click here for the answers.

English

English

Time to put all of your thinking together in English as you compare the three myths you have now read and write a short essay. Remember, you don’t all have to have the same ideas – let your thinking run free! Here is the film

And here is a link to yesterday’s long lesson again as it helps you with today’s writing – look back if you need to.

Time for your spelling test Year 6! Click here if you dare…good luck!

Today's English

English

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Today's Maths

Maths

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Humanities

Humanities

History

In today’s history lesson we are looking at Ancient Greek gods and goddesses and thinking about how they were presented in Greek myths. Click here for an overview of the lesson.

Your booklet pages are here .

Your task sheet, which includes your glossary and your quick quiz, is here.

Click here for a virtual tour led by Mr Bakas. He introduces the town of Olympia and talks more about the importance of the Greek gods and goddesses

Time Capsule Project!

Thank you so much to everyone who took part in the Time Capsule Project over the last 7 weeks. Your future selves will thank you! Take some time to reflect on the activities you have completed and remember that you can still add to your capsule as the weeks go on and record your personal histories.

You might want to think back to your ‘Everyday Heroes’ activities, record new skills you are learning and interview family members and friends from different households.

Click here to watch the video.

Art & Music

Creative

Art

Inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s painting ‘red rabbit’ we’ll be creating our own super brave rabbit.

Like Basquiat we’ll be combining it with writing too, a lot like a sketchbook, layering oil pastels over felt tip pens.

Click here for this week’s art lesson with Mr Yusuf, and follow along with the help sheet!

Click here to watch the video.

Music

In this weeks lesson you’ll be listening to bathroom band, problem solving with rhythms, singing a well known song with a twist and watching a very special performance by your peers. Enjoy!

Click here to watch the video.

Science

Science

In Science this week, we will learn about the human enhanced greenhouse effect, and how it affects climate change. Here is your lesson video.

Click here for the worksheet if you don’t have yours.

Active

Active

This week we take a deeper look at some of the animal inspired yoga poses. Watch the video here.

Thank-you everyone for sending in your yoga photos and videos. Please enjoy the yoga celebration video here.

Click here for the yoga pose worksheet if you don’t have yours.

Click here for this week’s Dance lesson with Delene.

French

French

Bonjour Year six!

Make sure to click here to watch our Star Francaise video to see all the amazing work I have received and a special treat this week with a little bit of accordeon!

This week’s activity is learning how to use possessive adjectives. Click here for our lesson.

When you have finished our lesson, click here to listen to the family song and listen out for which possessive adjectives you can hear!

Au revoir! :)

Wellbeing

Wellbeing

This week we are learning about feeling grateful. How we can show others that we are grateful and help support them in feeling thankful and happy.

Click here for this week’s lesson.

RE

RE

This week in RE we are venturing out for our first trip into the Old City of Jerusalem.

We are going to go and look at some of the landmarks in this city that are very important to people of the Jewish faith.

Click here to watch the video.

Click here for the worksheet if you don’t have yours.

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