From ‘Trouble Half-Way’ by Jan MarkAmy’s father has died and her mother’s new husband has moved in.For a start, Amy never knew what to call him. She wold not, like

Y6 WorkSummer 1 Week 1

14.04.20 – 17.04.20

Reading Text for the Week:

Includes:ReadingWritingSPaGMaths

From ‘Trouble Half-Way’ by Jan MarkAmy’s father has died and her mother’s new husband has moved in.For a start, Amy never knew what to call him. She wold not, like

‘It twinged a bit this morning when I knelt down in assembly.’‘You be careful – you want it right for Thursday.Perhaps I ought to write a note and ask Miss Oxley to let you off games and that for the start of the week.’‘But I’ve got to practise,’ Amy said. ‘Anyway, Miss Oxley won’t let me do anything I shouldn’t.She says I’m the best chance we’ve got if Debra isn’t better.’‘What’s wrong with Debra?’‘She turned her ankle on the beam on Wednesday. She came down

‘It twinged a bit this morning when I knelt down in assembly.’‘You be careful – you want it right for Thursday.Perhaps I ought to write a note and ask Miss Oxley to let you off games and that for the start of the week.’‘But I’ve got to practise,’ Amy said. ‘Anyway, Miss Oxley won’t let me do anything I shouldn’t.She says I’m the best chance we’ve got if Debra isn’t better.’‘What’s wrong with Debra?’‘She turned her ankle on the beam on Wednesday. She came down

Reading: Tuesday 14 th April 2020 Refer to the text in your answer and use quotes when you can.

1. Why didn’t Amy want to call Richard ‘Step-Daddy’?

2. What reason did Amy’s mum give for ironing the nappies?

3. What is Amy’s sister called? 4. Which body part has Amy hurt?5. What was causing the stretchy part of

Amy’s socks to give way?6. What happened to Debra?7. What is Amy’s teacher called?8. Why does Amy’s mum suggest she

write a note to the teacher?

Reading: Wednesday 15 th April 2020 Write sentences to answer each question in your own words. Explain your answer as fully as you can.

1. Amy’s mum says ‘You never called your Dad Michael, did you?’ Was this unreasonable?

2. Why do you think Amy’s mum didn’t like Amy calling Richard by his name?

3. How old do you think Amy’s sister is?4. Why do you think Amy feels she should

add ‘thank you’ when she responds to Richard asking about her leg?

5. Why do you think it is important for Amy’s leg to get better for Thursday?

6. How does Amy’s mum feel about Amy’s injury?

7. Richard says ‘Hands-together-eyes-closed-Our-Father-which-art-in-heaven?’ Why do you think he says this?

8. Why might Amy’s mum find the situation at home stressful?

Reading: Thursday 16 th April 2020 1. Describe the character of Amy based

on what you learn in the extract.

2. Choose at least three words or phrases from the extract that show Amy’s mum being stressed.

3. Describe the character of Richard, based on what you learn in the extract.

4. How do we know that the conversation about ironing nappies does not happen at the same time as the rest of the scene?

Reading: Friday 17 th April 2020 Write a diary entry as if you were Amy, reflecting on her feelings about Richard and the rest of her life at the moment.

How is she feeling? What is important to her?

Year 6 Summer Term Week 1 Writing Task14.04.20 – 17.04.20

Perfect Picture!Can you design your own palace?Draw and describe your creation.

Question time!How big do you think the citadel is?

Who lives inside?Where do you think the palace will land?

What does ‘banished’ mean?Why do you think they have been ‘banished’?

How do you think the people inside the palace feel?

Story Starter!It was the moment they had been dreading. Chains had bound their citadel; link after link of brutal, cold steel. As they poked their heads out of their windows, they drank in the view through eyes squinted against they icy, punishing wind. The world they knew appeared as insignificant specks, hundreds of metres below. They had been banished. It was time to find a new home.

Can you continue the story? Who are ‘they’? Why has ‘they’ been banished?

Sentence Challenge!Can you include a complex sentence containing a main

clause and a subordinate clause?Can you separate the clauses using a comma?

Can you use one of the following conjunctions to link your clause: but, or, yet, so?

E.g. This has once been a happy place, but now everything had changed.

SPaG: Tuesday 14 th April 2020 We can use a thesaurus to find words with similar meanings. It can help us to find new or better words for what we want to say. Look up each of these words in a thesaurus. Find at least five different words with similar meanings and list them. One has been done for you.

1. Stale, sour, old, decayed, musty, fusty.2. Dull3. Clean4. Save 5. Look 6. Happy7. Skip8. Scary

SPaG: Wednesday 15 th April 2020 Read each sentence and look up the underlined word in a thesaurus. Copy out the sentence, replacing the underlined word with a more informal term. One has been done for you.

1. The pop star was inundated with fan mail when she finally returned from touring.The pop star was swamped with fan mail when she finally returned from touring.

2. The curious explorer, waiting patiently, wondered with anxiety what would emerge from the cave in front of her.

3. The old man realised his mistake and retracted his statement in court.

4. Old Major Faversham, who’s a friend of my Gran, inquired what my name was.

5. The full moon was luminous in the black, starry sky.

6. The pantomime we saw in London last Christmas was very diverting.

SPaG: Thursday 16 th April 2020

For each sentence, look up the underlined word in a thesaurus. Copy out the sentence, replacing the underlined word with different words of your choice. Then explain why you chose these words.

1. The old man’s coat, which he had worn in the storm, was soaked with rain.

2. The cute little kitten sat down and stretched out on the mat.

3. We went to the large amusement park and had a fun day.

4. The new teacher was great – he immediately told us lots of interesting facts about history.

5. I saw lots of new animals when we went on holiday this summer.

6. The smelly smell travelled around the room.

Maths: Tuesday 14 th April 2020

FluencyWrite these numbers in figures and then put them in order from smallest to largest.1. Two hundred and fifty-three thousand, four hundred and nineteen2. Nine hundred and four thousand, five hundred and sixty-eight3. Seven hundred and forty-eight thousand, three hundred and fifteen4. Six hundred thousand and twenty-two5. Sixteen thousand and seventy6. One million, seven hundred and sixty-seven thousand, two hundred and

one7. Two million, one hundred thousand and twenty-four

Reasoning Copy these pairs of numbers and write < or > between them.1. 253,670 261,984

4. 606,899 607,007

2. 427,094 416,940

5. 911,919 919199

3. 716,205 617,205

6. 787,878 787,787

Problem SolvingComplete these subtractions 1. 985,613 – = 905,613 4. 745,522 – = 740,5222. 410,763 – = 410,063 5. 601,304 – =13043. 826,495 – = 26,495 6. 520,482 – = 520,402

Challenge Using the digits 1 – 6 (only once), write a number as close as possible to 500,000.

LO: To read, write and compare 6-digit numbers.MISS DEAN AND MR NEEDHAM’S MATHS GROUPS

Star words: Ones Tens Hundreds Thousands Millions Place value digits

Maths: Wednesday 15 th April 2020

Re-visit

Fluency - Solve the answers to the calculations

LO: To read 1-place and 2-place decimals and multiply by 10, 100 and 1000.

MISS DEAN AND MR NEEDHAM’S MATHS GROUPSStar words: place value decimal multiply divide tenths hundredths

Reasoning - Complete the calculations

Problem SolvingComplete these subtractions and explain how you could solve them mentally.1) A number is divided by 100. The answer is 0.03. What was the number I started with.2) Billy thinks of a whole number less than 2000. When this number is divided by 100 the answer ends in the digits 0.6. What is the number Billy is thinking of?

Challenge

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Maths: Thursday 16 th April 2020

Fluency - Solve the answers to the calculations

LO: To read 1-place and 2-place decimals and divide by 10, 100 and 1000.

MISS DEAN AND MR NEEDHAM’S MATHS GROUPSStar words: place value decimal multiply divide tenths hundredths

Reasoning - Complete the calculations

Problem SolvingComplete these subtractions and explain how you could solve them mentally.1) The capacity of Manchester United’s stadium is 67,300. Harrogate Town’s stadium has a capacity 10x less than Manchester United. What is the total capacity of Harrogate Town’s stadium? 2) How many £10 notes would you get if you exchanged £5600?3) A PS4 is on sale at a tenth of its price. It usually costs £450.90. How much is it at the sales?

Maths: Friday 17 th April 2020

ARITHMETIC - MISS DEAN AND MR NEEDHAM’S MATHS GROUPS

1) 987 +100 = 10) 879 x 32) 46 + 304 = 11) 71 x 83) 326 ÷ 1 = 12) 50 x 70 =4) 468 – 9 = 13) 100 x 412 =5) = 936 + 285 = 14) 3.005 + 6.12 6) 95 ÷ 5 = 15) 486 ÷ 3 =7) 89,994 + 7,643 = 16) 15.98 + 26.3148) = 435 – 30 17) 125.48 – 72.3 =9) 96 ÷ 4 = 18) 122,456 – 11,999 =