Good morning Year 6! I hope you are safe and well.

I'd firstly like to say a huge thank you for all of your fantastic hard work last week.  I am so incredibly proud of you all and everything you are doing.  You are all wonderful!  It is now our fifth week of home learning.  Hopefully it won't be long until we are all in the classroom together again.

This week, we will follow the same timetable as last week. I have planned the Morning Tasks, Maths and English for the week.  Please follow the instructions and complete the tasks set.  I will set the afternoon sessions daily.  I really hope you enjoy all of the work that I've planned for you.  I can't wait to hear about all you are doing :-)

Like last week, I will produce a video daily, explaining what we are doing every day.  It is so lovely to hear how much you are enjoying these and how much they help you to understand what I'd like you to do each day.

Please remember to only do what you can.  I know how hard you are all working.  You are all superstars and I am very proud of everyone of you.

You can send me work or questions you may have to the Year  mailbox: year6@st-jo-st.dudley.sch.uk

I promise I am looking at everything that is coming in but I might not reply to each of your emails as I am also in school most days teaching key worker children. However, I will try and respond once a week at a minimum! 

Adam and Awa and their friends were delighted to receive their shoe boxes.  St Joseph's sent over 150 shoe boxes to the Gambia to children who attend Half Dye, Hanne Vibe and Spring of Life schools.

Adama and Awa have written to St Joseph's to thank the children for sponsoring them.  The money helps to pay for their schooling and uniform.  They love their Christmas and birthday gifts too.

Children's Mental Health Week 2021

There is a presentation, assembly and activity ideas to support you with this year's Children's Mental Health Week. The theme is "Express Yourself!" 

Have a look at the presentation for some ideas. 

Welcome Year 6, please click on the video links below for Monday's message. There are two videos today.  I'm afraid someone came to the door as I was starting what you are doing in English today, :-) so Maths is on part 1 and English, Music and Picture News activities are on part 2.

Don't forget to watch Mr Carry's Monday Gospel Assembly back out on the main Remote Learning Page

Good morning Year 6, please click on the link below for today's learning.  I hope you have a great day!

Good morning Year 6.  Hope you're all safe and well.  Please click on the link below for Wednesday's video.

Good morning Year 6.  Please click on the link below for Thursday's video :-)

Good morning Year 6.  Happy Friday :-) Please click on the link below for Friday's message.  Thank you for all your hard work this week.  I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Morning Task

I know how much you all enjoy our morning task activities, especially the word of the day, so I would like you to complete a morning task sheet every day this week.  They are on the document below and clearly labelled for each day.  Please continue writing your fanastic, opening paragraphs and even stories (if you'd like) including the word of the day.  It would be wonderful if you could email me these so I can read them.  You always make me so proud with the incredible way you use these words and your wonderful imagination!

Hello Year 6,

This week in Maths we are starting a new topic called position and direction. I've included the White Rose support video to help you.  Don't pause the video half-way through when it says.  Let it play all the way through like we sometimes do in class :-)

Please try and complete the first sheet on each day and if you feel confident try the challenge question :-) I've also included the answers so you can mark your work like we do in class.  All of the work for the week is on the power point below.  Please remember not to worry if you're unable to fully complete, we will revise all of these topics when we return to school.

Mr Peniket has set some fraction work on Education City.  Please log in using the link below and you will find it under: 

Year6 Position and Direction WC 01/02/21

Tasks:

Lost in Translation

Positional Play

Time to Reflect

Match Day

Reflecting in the Axes

Return of the Quack.

Hope you enjoy!

English

We are continuing with 'The City of Silence' this week.  It has been wonderful to see how much you are enjoying using your imaginations again.  The poems you are writing absolutely blew me away!  Your ideas and creativity are superb!  Well done to you all and remember to keep up your incredible hard work :-)

The same as last week, there is a power point for you to follow and the booklet is attached below.  

Everyday I will let you know in my video which activties I'd like you to complete.  So please listen carefully!

The City of Silence

Monday 1st February -  Activity 9 - Extending our ideas to write our own.

A.  Adding in more detail.

Complete the task on adding adjectives to your abstract nouns and place.

For example, The City of Silence, The forgotten City of Silence or The City of frozen Silence.

B.  Add character.

Complete the task adding character.  This could be you or someone else.

For example, The Ocean of Truth - I sailed The Ocean of Truth and met a Truthful Turtle.

C.  What it is like in your place.

Tell the reader what might be in your place, what could happen if you went there or how it gets it's name.

For example, The Castle of Curses.

The Castle of Curses is home to all the evil in the kingdom.

The Castle of Curses looms over the city forever watching.

Activity 10 - Try some juxtoposition.

Juxtoposition means having two opposite or contrasting ideas next to each other.

For example, Sun of Darkness or Dungeon of Love.

Task - Come up with your own ideas.

Tuesday 2nd February  

Activity 11 - A poem with a repeating pattern. 

Read the example on page 15, then write your own poem with a repeating pattern.  Each verse should have a different theme and have four lines.

Wednesday 3rd February - Activity 12 - Writing a descriptive paragraph.

Look back at your favourite combinations from activities 5 and 6.  Write a descriptive paragraph.

- Describe the setting.

- Write about how the character reacts to what they see.

Use the example on page 16 to help.

Thursday 4th February - Activity 13 - Artistic challenge.

Choose one of your ideas and bring to life by drawing/painting.

Activity 14 - Performing one of your pieces of work.

Choose either your poem from activity 11 or paragraph from activity 12.

Perform to either yourself or your family.

Friday 5th February - Reading Activity - Swallows and Amazons.

Read up to page 7 - Answer questions using evidence from the text.

Reading, Punctuation and Grammar Activities

Please look at the power points below and choose an activity from the reading and the punctuation and grammar section to complete each day.

I have also attached a separate power point with extra SPAG actvities this week.  Take a look and try if you'd like!

Other Reading Activities this week

-Ask your child to read a chapter from their home reading book.

-Following this, ask your child to summarise the events from the chapter. They could bullet point what happened, create a comic strip or present the information in their own creative way.

-Encourage your child to note down any unfamiliar words from the chapter they have read. Explore the meanings of these words by using a dictionary, reading around the sentence or using print conventions.

-Challenge your child to read something around the house that isn't a book. They can then keep a record of all these. 

MORE READING INFO! 

Oxford Owl have some eBooks to read. Stage 16 onwards are suited to Upper Key Stage 2. 

If you want to read some online stories or if you have run out of your own to read, click the Magic keys link below (scroll down to "Books for Older Children" or "Books for Young Adults")

Monday 1st February - Afternoon session

Music Whole School Project

This week you will be learning about John Williams.

1. Go through the "Find out about John Williams" Slideshow and there is a link to find out even more information! 

2. Then, you need to complete the Creative Response Tasks. 

3. After that, there is a Quiz and word search for you to complete too! 

A busy, musical afternoon for you! Have fun! 

Extra optional tasks:

-Write a summary about everything you have learnt in today's music lesson. 

-Create a poster/fact sheet/biography about John Williams.

Monday 1st February - Afternoon session

Picture News

Have a look at this week's Picture News resource and what has been going on this week. There is a link to a virtual assembly and there are some ideas for optional follow up activities.

Tuesday 2nd February - Afternoon session

PSHE

Topic: Be Yourself

Lesson: Let it out!

The Lesson Presentation below is for you to work through.

Today you will learn about why it is important to share our thoughts and feelings with those around us and how we can communicate our thoughts and feelings to others. 

There is also an extra support sheet if you ever have strong feelings and what to do. 

Please look at the Friendly February Action for Happiness Poster.

Wednesday Word 

Please share the Wednesday Word together. It is the Gospel message for this coming Sunday. There are always very good questions, discussion points and activities on there.

I will attach the link each week when it is available. 

Wednesday 3rd February - Afternoon session

PE

Please try and stay as active as you can during lockdown. You may already be doing lots like: walking with your family, having a kick about or a run around your garden, practising your gymnastics or Martial Arts at home etc. But we have lots and LOTS of things to keep you moving this half-term. 

Here are some suggested activities from RB Sport who work with us in school. 

Youth Sports Trust

Have a look at the fun PE activities from the Youth Sports Trust. They can be done individually or in pairs/small groups with your family members! 

Choose one or two to do today and you can complete more as the days/term goes on. There are even videos to help you along if you can't visualise the game from the activity card.

Joe Wicks

Joe Wicks is back to get our heart rates pumping this lockdown. He will be online every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 

They will be broadcast live on his YouTube channel The Body Coach TV at 9am.

If you miss any session, they will be saved so you can work out to them at any time, especially if you are working on your maths and English in the morning. They are 20 minutes each so please try to these these! 

Wednesday 3rd February - Afternoon session

Humanities  - The Maya Civilisation

Today we are continuing our learning about The Maya Number System.

The Maya had a good understanding of numbers and they developed a complex number and counting system which was advanced for their time.

Read the power point of The Maya Number System.

Answer the activities on slides 11-16.

Thursday 4th February - Afternoon session

Bonjour! Topic - Les Vetements (Clothes) Lesson 4

In this lesson you will revise colours in French and will also learn/ revise the concept of adjectival agreement and word order in sentences. 

Please visit the Language Angels Home School 

https://www.languageangels.com/homeschool/ 

Username: StJose1970

Password: lahome

-Click dashboard

-Intermediate Challenge

-Unit 7 - Les Vetements (Clothes)

-Lesson 4

There is a worksheet and word puzzle to complete and once again, you can choose your level.

There is a choice between Standard Challenge, Less Challenge and More Challenge. The answer sheets are there too.

You can go to the "Games Arcade" to play games too! 

"S'amuser" - Have fun! 

Thursday 4th February - Afternoon session

Evidence for Evolution

Read through the slides about fossils.

Complete tasks on slides 15-19.

Have fun :-)

Friday 5th Febraury- Afternoon session

KS1 & KS2 Art Project

Art from Everyday Objects and Materials

Over the next few weeks, we will be exploring the work of artists who use very ordinary objects and materials to make exciting and imaginative pieces of artwork.

This week are are looking at the work of Swiss artist Ursus Wehrli.

Ursus Wehrli likes structure and order.  He is also very funny!  He takes collections of everyday objects and tidies them up.  I know you are going to have lots of fun reading about his artwork and completing the tasks set in the power point.

Task 1 - Make your own 'Tidy-Up-Art'.

Task 2 - Think about an artist that you have studied.  Choose a piece of their artwork and tidy it up.

Friday 5th February - Afternoon session

RE - The Sacrament of Confirmation

Read through the power point about The Fruit of The Holy Spirit.  Complete the attached booklet.

The God who Speaks - Year of the Word

Please use this PowerPoint to use as a family for the Month of January to mark the New Year. The aim of the Year of the Word is to be a special year of focus on the Bible. During this year we are called to explore and celebrate the Word of God through the Scriptures, share the Word with others and respond to the "God who speaks" in the way that we live.

The focus is St. Mark's Gospel, but you can read any passage you wish! The Wednesday Word is an instant way to share Scripture and the meaning together each week. 

Please use the slideshow below together, read the Bible, discuss the message and maybe how we can use it in our own lives. It's up to you if you want to share a Bible story every day or once a week. There are also activity ideas for you to complete also! 

There is a link to the CAFOD website that has lots of extra resources for children that you can use for the Year of the Word too! 

EXTRA LEARNING

If you are managing to finish all the set work for the week, here are some extra websites for more challenges/lessons/projects if you want to. Feel free to do your own and take responsibility for your own learning. Don’t forget you have your Education City Logins and you can free play through the subjects without me setting any. Hope these websites help a little bit! 

If you are looking for more...

English writing and grammar:

https://www.pobble365.com/

https://www.literacyshedplus.com/en-gb/browse/free-resources

Maths Challenges/Revision:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10 

https://corbettmaths.com/5-a-day/primary/

https://myminimaths.co.uk/year-6-mini-maths/

Maths games:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html

All subjects:

BBC Bitesize Learning from home: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/this-terms-topics

Oak National Academy: https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-6

Black Country Rainbow Booklet

What is the Rainbow Booklet?

This Rainbow booklet has been designed as part of the Black Country Rainbow Hour Campaign which seeks to provide all children and young people with access to one hour of wellbeing and physical activity each day.

This booklet provides a range of wellbeing and physical activities. 

Each colour of the rainbow represents a different activity. 

Red = Games Activities
Orange = Health and RSE Activities
Yellow = Move More Activities
Green = Outdoor and Nature Activities
Blue = Mental Wellbeing and Mindfulness Activities
Indigo = Personal Challenges and Competition Activities
Violet = Themed Celebration and Creative Activities