Year 6- Oswald
Welcome to Year 6
Home Learning
Whilst we are not at school, work will be posted each Monday morning. If you have any questions regarding the tasks set, please email your child's class teacher using the following email year6@st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk Teachers will endeavour to reply to every parent as soon as possible. These are unprecedented times so please continue to be patient if we are unable to respond immediately to any questions about home learning activities set. It is very important that you contact your class teacher at least once a week by Thursday morning to let them know you are OK and how your child is coping with the work set.
Thank you for your continuous support.
Mrs Poynton
Take a look at LPDS TV
This has been devised for teachers, parents and children, offering short and simple tips, games and activities to keep children engaged with home learning.
Each episode lasts around 10 minutes and will be available for free on the Learning Excellence YouTube channel and Facebook page on a weekly basis.
Some useful documents about COVID-19 you may want to share with your family:
Summer Reading Challenge 2020
Sign up for ‘The Digital Summer Reading Challenge’ on Friday 5th June.
You can find out all about this Summer’s challenge and how to sign up on the link below.
Although library buildings are closed, libraries will deliver the Challenge through virtual services and e-lending platforms.
In order to complete the Reading Challenge, you must read six books. Remember to share your certificate with your class teacher to receive a prize.
Activities to be completed week commencing 1st June:
Maths
We are going to be using the White Rose Maths home learning lessons again this week. Please follow the link below and complete one lesson a day. You do not need to print out the activities you can just write your answers in your exercise book. This week we will be completing week 5 (w/c 18th May on the website).
Additional activities:
- Maths Revision Guide (pages 66-67 mixed practice)
- Daily practice on TTrockstars
English
This week’s Read and Respond unit is Climate Change (Part 2). It focuses on calculating your own carbon footprint, exploring how climate change affects the Arctic and how this is impacting polar bears.
Please use your exercise books to respond to tasks.
Additional activities:
- Access Read Theory daily
- GPS Revision Guide (mixed practice pages 60-61 )
- The Etymology (origin) of Words (Biscuit Byron) on Sirlinkalot.
Visit the Digital Library below, where you can access comics and magazines for free.
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/digital-library/?page=4
Science
We will continue our work on Electricity this week. We will be exploring circuits. Visit the website below and complete the ‘Insulators and Conductors’ unit before taking the quiz to assess how much you have learned over the last four weeks.
http://www.learningcircuits.co.uk/
PE
Select and carry out your daily physical challenge and take part in PE with Joe (YouTube 9.00-9.30 every morning).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8
Try ‘Yoga with Adrienne’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td6zFtZPkJ4
Music
This week complete the next two lessons in the ‘Songs for ages 9-11’ unit (YUMU online Music lessons). Listen and appraise ‘Happy’ before learning the song.
History
Your task this week is to explore Viking writing (Runes) using the link below before using Viking Runes to write your own short message (worksheet below).
Art
This week we are going to work on improving our drawing skills. Visit the website below and complete the following exercises:
- Basic Tips
- Geometry in Art
- Shading stage 1
https://www.paulcarneyarts.com/foundation-drawing
French
Spend 10 minutes each day on Duolingo practising your French. Begin with ‘Basics 1’
https://www.duolingo.com/learn
RE
In May, as part of your RE home-learning you researched Christian pilgrimage. This half term we will be researching pilgrimages made by people of different faiths. Your task this week is to research a pilgrimage made by Muslims (use the links below). Consider and write the answers to the questions below:
Why do people of faith want to visit that place?
What is particularly special/holy about that place?
What made it become a place of pilgrimage?
What is the story of this place?
What do people do when they are there?
Do they need to wear anything in particular?
Do they say special prayers?
Do people visit at all times during the year?
Are there acts of worship which take place in these places at particular times of year?
PHSE
Read this week’s Picture News (below) all about jobs and discuss the key questions with your family.
Activities to be completed week commencing 18th May:
Maths
We are going to be using the White Rose Maths home learning lessons again this week. Please follow the link below and complete one lesson a day. You do not need to print out the activities you can just write your answers in your exercise book. This week we will be completing week 4 ( w/c 11th May on the website). This week's lessons involve calculating with fractions.
Additional activities:
- Maths Revision Guide (60, 61 & 62)
- Daily practice on TTrockstars
English
This week’s Read and Respond unit focuses on what climate change is, what we can do to combat it and how Greta Thunberg has become so influential in addressing this issue.
Please use your exercise books to respond to tasks.
Additional activities:
- Access Read Theory daily
- GPS Revision Guide (54, 55 & 56)
- Level 5 spelling bundle words (Medieval Milne) on Sirlinkalot.
Visit the Digital Library below, where you can access comics and magazines for free.
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/digital-library/?page=4
Science
We will continue our work on Electricity this week. We will be exploring circuits. Visit the website below and complete the units:
- Switches
- Changing Circuits
http://www.learningcircuits.co.uk/
Computing
Complete at least one lesson this week from ‘Programming 201 lessons’ on Tynker (instructions and passwords have been emailed)
https://www.tynker.com/parents/#/sign-in-student/
PE
Select and carry out your daily physical challenge and take part in PE with Joe (YouTube 9.00-9.30 every morning).
You may also want to try the Virtual Golf Challenge (below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8
Music
This week complete the next two lessons in the ‘Songs for ages 9-11’ unit (YUMU online Music lessons). Listen and appraise ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ before learning the song.
History
Visit the BBC Bitesize website below and read/ watch the following sections:
- Where did the Vikings Settle in Britain?
- Life in the Danelaw
Then complete the Viking Place Names worksheet below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztyr9j6/articles/zjcxwty
RE
Following on from last week’s lesson on climate injustice, we will focus on the Canticle of the Sun by St Francis.
Canticle of the Sun
Be praised, my Lord,
for all your creatures,
and first for brother sun,
who makes the day bright and luminous.
He is beautiful and radiant with great splendour
he is the image of you,
most high.
Be praised, my Lord,
for sister moon and the stars.
You placed them in the sky,
so bright and twinkling.
In this canticle, St Francis praises God for some of the wonders of the natural world. St Francis believed that everything in the natural world deserves to be valued.
Your task is to write a prayer, thanking God for the wonders of the natural world. Remember to include figurative language (simile, metaphors, personification or alliteration). You may also want to decorate your prayer with images of the natural world.
Next Thursday is Ascension Day. Watch the video below which focuses on Jesus' ascension after his resurrection and the message that he gave to his disciples right before he was taken to heaven. It also tells of the coming of the Holy Spirit as promised by Jesus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcFw8pLBSIo
In addition to these activities, you may want to share the Family Prayer Adventure podcasts below. There is one following each daily theme of Thy Kingdom Come, and they are about 10-12 minutes long. They feature a game, an interactive Bible story, a chance to pray and great music.
https://www.thykingdomcome.global/resources/digital-family-prayer-adventure-map
Useful links:
https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/
https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login
https://readtheory.org/auth/login
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
https://www.themathsfactor.com/
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth
https://charanga.com/site/log-in/
A Birthday Message From Mr Fielding
Year Six Learning at Home
Spellings to practise
Class Teacher: Mrs E. Poynton
Teaching Assistant: Mrs L. Woodward
If you have any concerns, please come to speak to either myself or Mrs Woodward.
Reminders
- P.E. kit should be in school at all times.
- Homework should be returned on Tuesday (Spring Term 2)
- Number facts and spelling tests every Thursday
- Children need to read as much as possible at home. Books are changed each Wednesday.
Click on the 'Curriculum Map' document to see an overview for the academic year.