Spellings

Continue to practise the Y5/6 statutory word list. Pay particular attention to any words you found tricky this week. Make sure you are using your individually highlighted target words.

Maths

Power Maths

‘Percentages of 2’

‘Percentages of 3’

English

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - ‘What Happens Next?’ (Pages 8-9)

Word Types - ‘Prepositions’ (Page 26)

Sentences and Tenses - ‘Tenses’ (Pages 36 and 37)

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Spellings

Continue to practise the Y5/6 statutory word list. Pay particular attention to any words you found tricky this week.

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Number and Place Value - Decimals (Page 6)

Calculations - ‘Written Multiplication’ (Page 13 - 14)

- ‘Written Division’ (Page 15 - 16)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - ‘Summarising’ (Pages 4 - 5)

Sentences and Tenses - ‘Formal and Informal Writing’ (Page 38)

Punctuation - ‘Adding Extra Information’ (Page 48)

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Spellings

Continue to practise the Y5/6 statutory word list. Pay particular attention to the words we found tricky this week:

  • parliament

  • thorough

  • exaggerate

  • embarrass

  • definite

  • conscious

  • mischievous

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Calculations - Order of Operations (Pages 20 - 21)

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages - Equivalent Fractions and Decimals (Page 37 - 38)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - ‘Retrieving Information’ (pages 2-3))

Sentences and Tenses - ‘Conjunctions’ (page 34))

Punctuation - ‘Hyphens and Bullet Points’ (page 49)

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Spellings

Today you have all received a Y5/6 Word List Checklist. Please learn these for your next spelling tests.

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Calculations - Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 (Pages 17-18)

- Multiplying and Dividing with Decimals (Page 19)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - ‘Word Meaning’ (page 1)

Sentences and Tenses - ‘Clauses and Phrases’ (pages 32 and 33)

Punctuation - ‘Colons, Semi-Colons and Dashes’ (page 46 - 47)

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Group 1 spellings:

  1. lead

  2. led

  3. morning

  4. mourning

  5. past

  6. passed

  7. precede

  8. proceed

  9. principal

  10. principle

  11. profit

  12. prophet

Group 2:

  1. completion

  2. expression

  3. discussion

  4. confession

  5. admission

  6. expansion

  7. extension

  8. comprehension

  9. electrician

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Fractions - ‘Multiplying Fractions’ (page 32) and ‘Dividing Fractions’ (page 36)

Geometry - ‘Coordinates’ (page 76) and ‘Reflection and Translation’ (page 78)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - ‘Making Inferences’ (page 6)

Word types - ‘Mixed Practice’ (page 29)

Spelling - ‘Spelling Tricky Words’ (page 65)

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Group 2:

  1. advice

  2. advise

  3. device

  4. devise

  5. farther

  6. father

  7. guessed

  8. guest

  9. heard

  10. herd

Group 2:

  1. mountainous

  2. obvious

  3. outrageous

  4. poisonous

  5. serious

  6. spontaneous

  7. tremendous

  8. various

  9. vigorous

Maths:

CGP SATS Question Book

Fractions - pages 29, 30, 31, 34 and 35

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English:

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - choice of language, page 12 and 13

Word types - pronouns, page 27

Spelling - homophones, page 63

- Silent and unstressed letters, page 64

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Group 1 Spellings:

  1. doubt

  2. island

  3. lamb

  4. solemn

  5. thistle

  6. knight

  7. limb

  8. tomb

  9. whistle

  10. plumber

  11. column

Group 2 spellings:

  1. dangerous

  2. famous

  3. enormous

  4. humorous

  5. glamorous

  6. courageous

  7. curious

  8. hideous

  9. courteous

IXL Maths:

L. Fractions

4. Equivalent fractions

6. Write fractions in lowest terms

IXL English:

Reading strategies

H. Inference

3. Draw inferences from a text

Grammar and Mechanics

JJ. Verb tense

5. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

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Group 1

  1. ought

  2. bought

  3. thought

  4. nought

  5. brought

  6. fought

  7. rough

  8. tough

  9. enough

  10. dough

  11. through

  12. thorough

  13. borough

  14. plough

  15. bough

  16. though

Group 2

  1. division

  2. invasion

  3. confusion

  4. decision

  5. collision

  6. television

  7. erosion

  8. fusion

  9. passion

  10. pension

IXL Maths:

Q. Mixed operations

7. Evaluate numerical expressions with brackets in different places

8. Missing operators

IXL English:

Writing strategies

K. Editing and revising

  1. Use the correct frequently confused word

U. Phrases and clauses

6. Combine sentences using relative clauses

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Group 1

  • legible

  • noticeable

  • possible

  • possibly

  • reasonable

  • reliable

  • sensible

  • terrible

  • terribly

  • tolerable

  • tolerably

  • understandable

  • visible

  • visibly

Group 2

  • redo

  • refresh

  • return

  • reappear

  • redecorate

  • subdivide

  • subheading

  • submarine

  • submerge

  • misbehave

  • mislead

  • misspell

Don’t forget your statutory word list! (See below)

IXL maths:

F. Division

11. Divide 4-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers

12. Divide 4-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers: word problems

Grammar:

Grammar and Mechanics

GG. Pronouns

3. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun

LL. Prepositions

1. Identify prepositions

Daily reading - remember to bring in your Reading Diary each day

Bedrock

Older:Homework 30/0

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Group 1:

  • adorable

  • adorably

  • applicable

  • considerable

  • considerably

  • changeable

  • forcible

  • dependable

  • comfortable

  • enjoyable

  • horrible

  • horribly

  • incredible

  • incredibly

Group 2:

  • irresponsible

  • irrelevant

  • intercity

  • interact

  • international

  • interrelated

  • anticlockwise

  • antiseptic

  • antisocial

  • autobiography

  • autograph

IXL maths:

D. Multiplication

13. Multiply 2-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers

14. Multiply 2-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers: word problems

Grammar:

KK. Adjectives and Adverbs

1. Identify adjectives

3.Identify adverbs

Daily reading - remember to bring in your Reading Diary each day

Bedrock

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Group 1:

  • independence

  • independent

  • innocence

  • innocent

  • obedience

  • obedient

  • observance

  • observant

  • substance

  • tolerance

  • tolerant

Group 2:

  • disappoint

  • disagree

  • disobey

  • inactive

  • incorrect

  • illegal

  • illegible

  • immature

  • immortal

  • imperfect

  • impossible

  • impatient

From now on, I will also ask you to spell a random selection of words from the Year 5/6 statutory word-list so have a look over this each week too!

IXL Maths:

B. Addition and Subtraction

1) Add and subtract whole numbers up to millions

4) Fill in the missing digits

IXL English:

Vocabulary

Z. Homophones

1) Use the correct homophone

Grammar

Pronouns

2) Choose between subject and object personal pronouns

Daily reading - please remember to bring your Reading Diary in each day

Bedrock

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Head boy/Head girl speech

If you are interested in putting yourself forward for this role, please complete your speech by Monday 26th September. You will then present this to the school during assembly on Tuesday 27th September, after which there will be a vote. Remember to think carefully about our values: Care - Learn - Respect.

Good luck!

Spellings - group 1:

  • expectant

  • hesitant

  • hesitancy

  • decent

  • decency

  • frequent

  • frequency

  • confident

  • confidence

  • assistance

  • assistant

Spellings - group 2:

  • country

  • young

  • touch

  • double

  • trouble

  • couple

  • courage

  • cousin

  • rough

  • tough

IXL - maths:

A - Place values and number sense

1) Convert between standard and expanded form.

3) Convert between place values

Remember your login details are in the front of your school diary

TT Rockstars times tables

IXL - English

Grammar and Mechanics

Adjectives and adverbs

4) Use relative adverbs

5) Choose between adjectives and adverbs

Remember login details are in the front of your school diary

Bedrock - Literacy

Login details are in the front of your school diary

Daily reading - please bring your reading diary to school each day

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Homework must be completed by the following Thursday.

Spelling tests will be completed each Friday.

Spellings - Group 1:

  • official

  • special

  • artificial

  • partial

  • confidential

  • essential

  • beneficial

  • commercial

  • crucial

  • social

  • initial

  • potential

Spellings - Group 2:

  • myth

  • gym

  • Egypt

  • pyramid

  • mystery

  • dynasty

  • symbol

  • synagogue

  • mysterious

  • mystical

IXL - maths:

A - Place values and number sense

2) Place Values

6) Place value word problems

Login details are in the front of your school diary

TT Rockstars times tables

Login details are in the front of your school diary

Bedrock - Literacy

Login details are in the front of your school diary

Daily reading - please bring your reading diary to school each day

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Spellings w/c 12/09/22: words ending -cious and -tious for a test on Friday

Grammar: CGP SATS Question Book, pages 46 and 47 (colons, semi-colons and dashes) for Friday

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All homework is due to be completed by Wednesday 4th May (I check that homework has been completed on Thursday Morning, so it must all have been completed by then)

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All homework is due to be completed by Wednesday 27th April (I check that homework has been completed on Thursday Morning, so it must all have been completed by then)

  • Bedrock (https://app.bedrocklearning.org/) Please complete at least one lesson. Remember the more lessons you complete, the more points you earn and will be entered into the competition!

  • TT Rockstars (https://ttrockstars.com/)- practise regularly. Next Thursday, you will be tested on your times tables.

  • IXL (https://uk.ixl.com/):

    English

    GG.4 Compound subjects and objects with 'I' and 'me'

    X.4 Find antonyms in context

    Maths

    Y.5 Create line graphs

    Z.8 Find the mean (To find the mean/average you need to add all the values together and divide by the number of values)

    REMINDER: you should be spending at least 15 minutes on each IXL unit, unless you achieve 100 in a shorter time than this.

  • Spellings:

    GROUP 1

    You will now be tested on 20 random spellings from Year 3,4,5 & 6 statutory spelling lists. The checklists for both of these sets of spellings are below:

    Year 3 & 4 Spellings

    Year 5 & 6 Spellings

    GROUP 2

    You will now be tested on 20 random spellings from the Year 5 & 6 statutory spelling lists. The checklist is below:

    Year 5 & 6 Spellings

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All homework is due to be completed by Wednesday 6th April (I check that homework has been completed on Thursday Morning, so it must all have been completed by then)

  • Bedrock (https://app.bedrocklearning.org/) Please complete at least one lesson. Remember the more lessons you complete, the more points you earn and will be entered into the competition!

  • TT Rockstars (https://ttrockstars.com/)- practise regularly. Next Thursday, you will be tested on your times tables.

  • IXL (https://uk.ixl.com/):

    English

    FF.6 Form and use plurals: review

    FF.9 Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

    REMINDER: you should be spending at least 15 minutes on each IXL unit, unless you achieve 100 in a shorter time than this.

  • *NEW* Maths

    (https://www.maths.co.uk/)

    This week, I have set the class a test named ‘SATs Buster - Decimals and Percentages’. All of the class have their user name and logins in their reading records, and the test will come up on their profile as soon as they login.

  • Spellings:

    GROUP 1

    You will now be tested on 20 random spellings from Year 3,4,5 & 6 statutory spelling lists. The checklists for both of these sets of spellings are below:

    Year 3 & 4 Spellings

    Year 5 & 6 Spellings

    GROUP 2

    You will now be tested on 20 random spellings from the Year 5 & 6 statutory spelling lists. The checklist is below:

    Year 5 & 6 Spellings

  • MUSIC

    This week the class were set homework by Miss Benson. This needs to be completed and returned to school by Tuesday 5th April.

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All homework is due to be completed by Wednesday 30th March (I check that homework has been completed on Thursday Morning, so it must all have been completed by then)

  • Bedrock (https://app.bedrocklearning.org/) Please complete at least one lesson. Remember the more lessons you complete, the more points you earn and will be entered into the competition!

  • TT Rockstars (https://ttrockstars.com/)- practise regularly. Next Thursday, you will be tested on your times tables.

  • IXL (https://uk.ixl.com/):

    English

    K.1 Read fantasy with illustrations

    K.2 Read realistic fiction with illustrations

    REMINDER: you should be spending at least 15 minutes on each IXL unit, unless you achieve 100 in a shorter time than this.

  • *NEW* Maths

    (https://www.maths.co.uk/)

    This week, I have set the class a test named ‘SATs Buster - Fractions’. All of the class have their user name and logins in their reading records, and the test will come up on their profile as soon as they login.

  • Spellings:

    GROUP 1

    You will now be tested on 20 random spellings from Year 3,4,5 & 6 statutory spelling lists. The checklists for both of these sets of spellings are below:

    Year 3 & 4 Spellings

    Year 5 & 6 Spellings

    GROUP 2

    You will now be tested on 20 random spellings from the Year 5 & 6 statutory spelling lists. The checklist is below:

    Year 5 & 6 Spellings

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