Year 6 Weekly NewsletterHello Year 6!

With the weather being awful this week I have been playing lots of board games with Harry and Ella, our favourite is Monopoly. I have also been helping Ella with her Year 8 homework which has been interesting! Harry has been completing his transition booklet for St Thomas Moore so we have been making sure he has completed each task to the best of his ability. I hope you are all well!

Mr Thorogood

Even though the weather has been horrible this week, I have still tried to go outside to exercise every day. Miss Lishman finally convinced me to go for a run and I am really enjoying it – perhaps it is easier to run in the rain than in the heat! I have also been reading lots, snuggled up on the sofa with a hot chocolate. I sent your letters to Armstrong House last Friday… I am still waiting for a response but I will let you know when they reply.

Hope you are all well and keeping safe!

Miss Sutcliffe

English – Practice these high frequency words:

available, average awkward, bargain, bruise, category, cemetery, community, committee, communicate

Can you read and spell these by the end of the week?

Remember the techniques we use in school to help us. You might highlight the tricky parts in the word, say them as they look or look for other words within them.

You could create your own wordsearch, have a speed writing competition with your family or complete some colourful Rainbow writing or pyramids!

Reading – Choose an ebook from https://readon.myon.co.uk/library/browse.html or www.oxfordowl.co.uk Send me your thoughts on staidansyear6@gatedu.org

Maths – Can you solve the 6 number challenge?

No one was able to solve this last week so I am hoping someone can send me the solution via email or on ClassDojo.We have a TTRockstars battle against Year 3 so play as much as you can.PE –Each week I go on as many walks as I can, I have a route which starts with a 15 minute hill climb! Can anyone match or beat my stats, or walk for longer than 5.6km?

Science – Plastic challenge

Can you order each of the pictures above to show how a plastic bottle is made? You may have to complete some research on this website https://practicalaction.org/schools/plastics-challenge/

STEAM – Watch this video from ‘Bring it on’ This week it is about people who make power cables which go under the sea, it is really interesting! https://youtu.be/EDRaltor07U

MFL – Unscramble the words to show when the child’s birthday is.

Geography – Our topic this half term is ‘How does the local area and region meet the needs of people living there?’

Read the information on this page about OS maps and grid references. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z3jbdmn/revision/2

Then answer these questions based on Holy Island of Lindisfarne:

1. What is the six-figure grid reference of the Castle?2. What is the six-figure grid reference of the Chapel?3. What is the six figure grid reference of Keel Head?4. What is the six-figure grid reference of Plough Rock?

DT – In this unit, we will be researching fashion designers and find out how cotton is manufactured in order to make textiles. You will be designing your own pattern pieces to make a drawstring bag.

This week, your task is to draw the different kinds of stitch that are used to join materials together when making textiles. Can you draw and label a running stitch, a backstitch, a whip stitch and a blanket stitch on this dotted paper?

RE – Our topic this half term is Islam.

Can you find out about these important features of a mosque?

shoe rack prayer mats washroom Qur’an tasbih beads minaret mihrab

 

PSHE – This half term we are going to reflect on the last couple of months and consider our future. Make a list of any worries that you might have at the moment. Think about how you could deal effectively with these worries.

Remember that this is a very strange time and it is completely normal to feel worried about things. Your loved ones and teachers are there to listen and to support you.

Music -

Compose! – Can you make your own instrument at home? Once you have one can you play a repeating pattern or melody, or a sense of quietness or busyness and then create your own short piece of music based on this idea. Give your composition a title. You also have access to Music at home – Encore! Ages 10 – 11 to review work which you have completed this year.

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