Hello Year 6! I hope you had a great half-term!

You are all fantastic at home learning now and know what to expect.  We are starting lots of new topics this week so I know you are going to have lots of fun!

Please try your best to have a look at the Maths and English lessons at a minimum for each day of the week. Remember: you choose your challenge. If you want to do a few questions or ALL of them, that's fine.

Like last half term, I will put a video on the home learning page to explain what the lessons are for the day.  Please don't worry if you don't finish all of them.  All I ask is that you do your best!  You're all super stars and I'm very proud of all you are doing.

Afternoon sessions are on there the same as before half term but you can do them in any order if you want.

Don't forget to scroll to the end of the page to see some extra projects and activities like Times Tables/Mental Maths websites and other extra learning websites too! 

You can send me work or questions you may have to the Year 6 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 lovely individual emails that you send during the week but I will try and respond once a week at a minimum! 

Why not take a moment in the day to share a prayer with your family, friends or by yourself, especially during the season of Lent. Have a look at the document to guide you through. 

You could also write your own Lenten promise

Welcome Year 6, please click on the video links below for Monday's message.

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 video.

Good morning Year 6! Please click on the link below for today's video.

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

Good morning Year 6, please click on the video for Friday's video.  I hope you have a great 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 continuing with our topic on decimals. 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: 

Year 6 W/C 22/02/21 - Decimals

Tasks:

Undercover Sten

Divisible me

Nature Calls

Hope you enjoy!

English

We are continuing our topic 'Monsters' this week.  This week you are going to be writing an information text about your made-up monster or beast.  It's going to be another opportunity to be inventive and creative.  It's lovely to see how much you are already enjoying this topic and great to see the amazing work you are producing:-)

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!

Monsters

Monday 22nd February - Activity 8 - Planning

It's time to plan your explanation text on your swamp monster.  Look at the table on page 14 and use the titles to help you plan your text. You don't just have to use habitat, appearance and diet.  You can add your own ideas for paragraphs also. Remember to look at your ideas from activity 6 to help you.

Tuesday 23rd February - Activity 9 - Talk plan through

Read your ideas from activity 8 to a member of your family.  This will help you to make sure it makes sense.  Ask if they have any suggestions to improve it.

Activity 10 - Writing your explanation text.

Write your explanation text about your swamp monster.  Remember to use:

- original text about monsters

- toolkit for reporting information

- ideas page

- labelled diagram

- exciting vocabulary

- your planning sheet.

Wednesday 24th February - Activity 11 - Draw a map of your monster's land

Draw and label a map of where your swamp monster lives.

Thursday 25th February - Activity 12 - Give feedback

Read the paragraph on page 17 and give feedback (like a teacher).  Use the toolkit from activity 3 to help.

Activity 13 - Extended writing choices

Choose 1 or 2 of the activities and enjoy!

Friday 26th February - I've got a dream - Tangled

A reading activity with a difference!

Listen to the song, I've got a dream.

Answer the questions using evidence from the song.  I've included the lyrics on the lesson presentation to help.

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 22nd February - Afternoon session

Music Whole School Project

This week you will be learning about Benjamin Britten.

1. Go through the "Find out about " Slideshow. 

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

3. After that, there is a Quiz 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 this week's musician. 

Monday 22nd 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 23rd February - Afternoon session

PSHE

Topic - Be Yourself

Lesson - Do the right thing

This is the last session of this unit. You will have a look at some tricky situations, think of strategies you could use to help make positive choices and how you can apply them to your life. 

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Wednesday Word

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

This week's Wednesday Word is SACRED.

“The invitation at the Transfiguration is to listen to Jesus and to follow him, laying down our lives as a gift of love for one another.” - Pope Francis

Wednesday 24th February - Afternoon session

Please try and stay as active as you can during lockdown. 

PE Challenge

Why don't you try as many activities as you can from the PE Lockdown Challenge sheet?

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 do these! 

Wednesday 24th February - Afternoon session

RE - The understand the important tasks undertaken by Priests and Bishops

Look at the attachedlesson presentation on the roles of Priests and Bishops.  Follow the link on slide 2 about the role of Priests and slides 3-5 about the role of Bishops.

Task - Write about the main responsibilities and Bishops and Priests and answer the key questions on slide 7.

Thursday 25th February - Afternoon session

Bonjour! Topic - Le Weekend

In this unit you will learn to talk about what you do in your own time in French.

Please visit the Language Angels Home School 

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

Username: StJose1970

Password: lahome

-Click dashboard

-Super Challenge Level - Le Weekend - Lesson 1

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 25th February - Afternoon session

NEW TOPIC  - Classification of Living Things

Living things are divided into 5 Kingdoms.

Read the attached lesson presentation and answer the quick catch up questions on slide 14 and then summarise all you have learnt using slide 15.

Friday 26th March - 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, we're going to take inspiration from an American artist called Paula Scher.  She focuses on words to create images.  This is called Typography.

Task 1 - Option 1 - Make a full size map of yourself.  Draw an outline of yourself and fill with words that describe yourself.

Task 1 - Option 2 - Complete a map of yourself on an A4 piece of paper.

Task 2 - Follow the link to make a word cloud creater.

Choose something or someone to write about.  Be creative with your letter font and shape!

Task 3 - Design your own Calligram.  Create an image of a word that links to the meaning of the word or words.

Go through the Lesson Presentation and have fun! 

Friday 26th February - Afternoon session

Humanities 

NEW TOPIC - Amazing Americas

Read the lesson presentation below.

Task - Label on the map the countries in North and South America.  Then play the game and see how many of the 50 states of America you can name.  Hope you have lots of fun! 

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 Activitie