29.11.24

 Year 6,

It has been yet another busy week. In English, you have written narrative poems inspired by your version of ‘The Promise’. In maths, you have calculated with fractions and found fractions of amounts. Science this week was a chance for you to investigate the impact of exercise on heart rate, and in RE you completed learning on the festival of Wesak. This week, 4 of you had the amazing opportunity to visit 10 Downing Street to ask questions of the Prime Minister for Newsround. What an amazing experience! I was very impressed to hear that you behaved impeccably and asked fantastic questions of him. I was also incredibly proud of the rest of you as you handled the situation with great maturity. The way you decided whether or not you wanted to participate, and the way those of you who did handled the disappointment of not being selected – you were amazing!

This week your home learning pages are:

-        Maths (dependant on book type) – 26 and either 34 or 35 – it should be the final ‘patterns and sequences’ page

-        Grammar – 36 and 37 

Next week, you will be given the opportunity to write your narrative inspired by ‘The Promise’ as a narrative, rather than a poem. In maths, you will continue to find fractions of amount and then begin looking at converting measures. In science, you will consider the impact of diet and exercise on the human body, and in geography you will study birth and death rates and how they impact population.

 

Half term project - Amazing Authors!

This half term’s task requires you to become an amazing author. You are able to free-write on a topic of your choosing or using the picture that I have provided. Your writing can be typed or handwritten but must be your work. You can write fiction or non-fiction (e.g. a biography on your favourite footballer), 1^st or 3^rd person, past or present tense – depending on what you prefer. This is all about you writing in a style that you like!

I do however, have some expectations: minimum 500 words, maximum 3 pages, writing that has been edited in the same way that we do in class – spellings, varied sentences, vocabulary choice and I’ll say it again - it must be your own work!

Your project is due on Monday 16^th December 2024 where you will have a chance to enjoy each other’s stories in small groups.

 

Reminders

Please see the link https://youtu.be/EimYlUz0vb4   for the Christmas songs so that you can practise (apologies for forgetting to add this on Friday!)

 You have PE on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday so make sure you have your kits in on these days.

  You should be:

 -        Reading 5 times a week and completing a reading journal activity once a week

 -        Practising spellings each week between the pre-test and test; writing spellings at least 5 times and writing them into sentences in your Home Learning Journal (set on Monday and completed for Friday)

 -        Completing the piece of English and piece of Maths set each week (set on Wednesday and completed for Monday)

 -        Practising maths on Sumdog

 

Have a lovely weekend. 

Mrs Cresswell 😊