21.11.25

 Year 6,

This week you have been working on fractions in maths – it was great to see your confidence in multiplying and dividing fractions. In English, you have planned and written narrative poems inspired by ‘The Promise’. In science, you learnt about blood vessels and the composition of blood, and in geography you began our new topic all about how population can change over time by studying the global changes in population. In computing, you considered the features of a webpage and began designing one of your own.

Next week will be just as busy. In maths, you will be working on dividing fractions, solving problems with them and finding fractions of amounts. In English, you will begin writing a narrative based on your plans. In science, you will look at heart rate and how it can change based on activity, and in RE you will be looking at the foundations of Judaism.

 

 Home Learning pages:

Maths 34+35

Grammar 10+11

 

Half Term project– Super Sculptors

This half term I would like you to focus your project on a particular sculptor. These are artists who create sculptures. The sculptor you study could be a classic or modern sculptor. Your learning outcome should include a presentation section and a creative section. As some of you have asked, yes you could study a piece of architecture and the architect who designed it.

The presentation part could be Word processed or a handwritten project. It must give information on the sculptor that has inspired you and how you have tailored their work to create your piece. Please ensure that this is your own work and not copied directly from somewhere else (remember our learning on copywrite). This must be able to be shared offline, as you will be developing your public speaking skill by presenting to a small group about your sculptor and your piece.

The creative part could be a drawing, painting, model or sculpture but must be inspired by the sculptor you have researched.

This should demonstrate the research you have put in over the weeks before the deadline of Monday 15^th December, when you will share your learning with the class. 

 

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 10 of them into sentences (ensure that these are high quality and make sense) 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 😊

 

Spellings wc17.11.25

  Please put at least 10 of your spellings into sentences in your Home Learning Journal (or on lined paper if you need your Learning Journal in school. Your sentences will be checked on Friday. Please ensure you complete these with the focus you would have in class - avoiding spelling errors, making sure sentences make sense, and having the basics such as capital letters and full stops. 

Please underline the spelling in each sentence. 

Mrs Cresswell's group

 This week, you have words ending in -able.

applicable

tolerable

operable

considerable

dependable

comfortable

reasonable

perishable

breakable

fashionable

EXT:

adorable

valuable

advisable

believable

desirable

Mrs Stevenson's group

You are focussing on the prefixes im- and in-.

inactive

inconvenient

incredible

inverted

inaccurate

immature

immobile

impossible

improbable

impolite

14.11.25

 Year 6,

It has been quite a week. In English, you have revised modal verbs and figurative language and in maths you have added and subtracted fractions and mixed numbers. In science, you studied the different parts of the circulatory system and in history you explored crime and punishment in the early modern and Victorian periods. In Spanish, you began your new topic of school subjects. You also had the special visit from George the war veteran linked to our Remembrance learning, and a talk from Herts police about cyber safety. 

Next week, in English, you will be planning and writing a poem inspired by ‘The Promise’. In maths, you will be multiplying and dividing fractions by integers and other fractions. You will begin your new geography topic focusing on global population and in science you will learn more about the blood in the human body.

Home Learning pages:

Maths 7+8

Grammar 14+15

 

Half Term project– Super Sculptors

This half term I would like you to focus your project on a particular sculptor. These are artists who create sculptures. The sculptor you study could be a classic or modern sculptor. Your learning outcome should include a presentation section and a creative section. As some of you have asked, yes you could study a piece of architecture and the architect who designed it.

The presentation part could be Word processed or a handwritten project. It must give information on the sculptor that has inspired you and how you have tailored their work to create your piece. Please ensure that this is your own work and not copied directly from somewhere else (remember our learning on copywrite). This must be able to be shared offline, as you will be developing your public speaking skill by presenting to a small group about your sculptor and your piece.

The creative part could be a drawing, painting, model or sculpture but must be inspired by the sculptor you have researched.

This should demonstrate the research you have put in over the weeks before the deadline of Monday 15^th December, when you will share your learning with the class. 

 

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 10 of them into sentences (ensure that these are high quality and make sense) 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

I would also like to say thank you for having such an amazing response to the exciting news I shared with you today about our extra class member. I couldn’t have asked for more!

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Cresswell 😊

 

Spellings wc10.11.25

   Please put at least 10 of your spellings into sentences in your Home Learning Journal (or on lined paper if you need your Learning Journal in school. Your sentences will be checked on Friday. Please ensure you complete these with the focus you would have in class - avoiding spelling errors, making sure sentences make sense, and having the basics such as capital letters and full stops. 

Please underline the spelling in each sentence. 

Mrs Cresswell's group

 This week, you have words with hyphens to join compound adjectives.

man-eating

little-used

rock-bottom

wide-eyed

pig-headed

tight-fisted

cold-hearted

stone-faced

green-eyed

short-tempered

EXT:

well-known

narrow-minded

old-fashioned

quick-thinking

close-knit 

Mrs Stevenson's group

You are focussing on a/ad/af words.

alone

alright

adjective

admire

advantage

afford

affection

afraid

affluent

affirmative

7.11.25

 Year 6,

You have been very busy this week. You have found synonyms for promise, created noun phrases and learnt about semi-colons in English. In maths, you have revised what fractions are, simplifying them and finding equivalents. In history, you learnt about Norman, medieval and Tudor crime and punishment, and in RE you learnt about Synagogues. I have also received your school photographs but forgotten to give them to you – I will give you these on Monday!

Next week, you will cover more of fractions – comparing, ordering and beginning calculating with them. In English, you will continue to study ‘The Promise’ by Nicola Davies, and will recap figurative language and plan a poem inspired by the story. In science, we will begin studying the human circulatory system and you will be having a workshop set up by the local police team.

 

A message from the school for your adults - We would like to invite all parents and carers to attend a Cyber Safety Presentation led by the Police team next Wednesday between 2:00pm and 3:00pm. The presentation will offer valuable, practical advice on protecting yourself, your family and your data online. It will also explain how parents can help children make safe and responsible choices when using technology.

 

Home Learning pages:

Maths 22+23

Grammar 12+13

I have also set your project this week – please see below.

Half Term project– Super Sculptors

This half term I would like you to focus your project on a particular sculptor. These are artists who create sculptures. The sculptor you study could be a classic or modern sculptor. Your learning outcome should include a presentation section and a creative section. As some of you have asked, yes you could study a piece of architecture and the architect who designed it.

The presentation part could be Word processed or a handwritten project. It must give information on the sculptor that has inspired you and how you have tailored their work to create your piece. Please ensure that this is your own work and not copied directly from somewhere else (remember our learning on copywrite). This must be able to be shared offline, as you will be developing your public speaking skill by presenting to a small group about your sculptor and your piece.

The creative part could be a drawing, painting, model or sculpture but must be inspired by the sculptor you have researched.

This should demonstrate the research you have put in over the weeks before the deadline of Monday 15^th December, when you will share your learning with the class. 

 

 Reminders:

-        Odd Socks Day on Monday as part of Anti-Bullying Week

 

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 10 of them into sentences (ensure that these are high quality and make sense) 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 😊

 

 

 

Spellings wc3.11.25

    Please put at least 10 of your spellings into sentences in your Home Learning Journal (or on lined paper if you need your Learning Journal in school. Your sentences will be checked on Friday. Please ensure you complete these with the focus you would have in class - avoiding spelling errors, making sure sentences make sense, and having the basics such as capital letters and full stops. 

Please underline the spelling in each sentence. 

Mrs Cresswell's group

 This week, you have words using a hyphen to join a prefix to a root work beginning with a vowel.

co-operate

co-ordinate

co-own

co-author

re-enter

re-educate

re-examine

re-evaluate

re-energise

re-elect

EXT:

possession

occasionally

accommodate

communication

appreciate

Mrs Stevenson's group

You are focussing on more tricky plurals.

teeth

potatoes

tomatoes

echoes

heroes

puppies

beaches

wolves

thieves

dominoes

24.10.25

 Year 6,

WOW! How are we already at the end of the half term? You were shocked to realise it this week and it has definitely flown by. You have been incredibly busy and worked really hard. This week alone, you have: solved word problems and multi-step problems in maths, finished work on The Arrival and revised direct speech in English, developed your understanding of networking and Black History Month with a few cross-over sessions to research and create PowerPoints on influential black individuals, and created a photomontage on the same topic.

Home Learning

Reading – Poetry – pages 2-7 (all of the questions relating to ‘Lost Dog’).

Enjoy your half term and I will see you bright eyed and ready for another half term on Monday 3^rd November.

See you in November,

Mrs Cresswell 😊