All homework is due to be completed by Wednesday 22nd November (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.

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

  • IXL (https://uk.ixl.com/):

    English

    GG. 3 Replace the noun with a personal pronoun

    GG. 6 Use possessive pronouns

    (Please refer to pronoun chart at the bottom of the page if you need help)

    Maths

    H. 4 Place values in decimal numbers

    H. 13 Convert fractions to decimals

  • Spellings:

    To begin with, I am going to set all of Year 6 the same spellings. After a few weeks, if I can see that there are some that have mastered the spellings I have been giving and some that need more practice, I will start to set spellings in Groups (Group 1 and 2). Spelling test will be the following Friday.

    Spellings for this week:

    accommodate

    apparent

    awkward

    committee

    definite

    environment

    government

    interfere

    marvellous

    persuade

    shoulder

    variety

Lower KS2 Spellings

Upper KS2 Spellings

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AuthorCatherine Slater

All homework is due to be completed by Wednesday 15th November (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.

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

  • IXL (https://uk.ixl.com/):

    English

    II. 1 Use the correct subject or verb

    MM. 1 Identify coordinating conjunctions

    Maths

    W. 5 Objects on a coordinate plane - all four quadrants

    W. 6 Graph points on a coordinate plane - all four quadrants

  • Spellings:

    To begin with, I am going to set all of Year 6 the same spellings. After a few weeks, if I can see that there are some that have mastered the spellings I have been giving and some that need more practice, I will start to set spellings in Groups (Group 1 and 2). Spelling test will be the following Friday.

    Spellings for this week:

    according

    ancient

    excellent

    harass

    individual

    lightning

    necessary

    occur

    physical

    recognise

    rhythm

    system

Lower KS2 Spellings

Upper KS2 Spellings

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AuthorCatherine Slater

All homework is due to be completed by Wednesday 8th November (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.

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

  • IXL (https://uk.ixl.com/):

    English

    JJ. 2 Form and use the regular past tense

    JJ. 3 Form and use the irregular past tense

    Maths

    W. 2 Objects on a coordinate plane

    W. 3 Graph points on a coordinate plane

  • Spellings:

    To begin with, I am going to set all of Year 6 the same spellings. After a few weeks, if I can see that there are some that have mastered the spellings I have been giving and some that need more practice, I will start to set spellings in Groups (Group 1 and 2). Spelling test will be the following Friday.

    Spellings for this week:

    achieve

    available

    bruise

    competition

    curiosity

    disastrous

    especially

    familiar

    guarantee

    language

    muscle

    privilege

Lower KS2 Spellings

Upper KS2 Spellings

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AuthorCatherine Slater

All homework is due to be completed by Wednesday 18th October (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. You could win a Chromebook laptop or a £10 voucher this half-term! You need to earn 140 Bedrock Learning points by Sunday 22nd October 2023 to be put into the draw!

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

  • IXL (https://uk.ixl.com/):

    English

    KK 1. Identify adjectives

    KK 3. Identify adverbs

    Maths

    M. 11 Add fractions with different denominators

    I. 2 Add decimal numbers

    Here is a video recapping adding fractions with different denominators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDQipFjAoT8

  • Spellings:

    To begin with, I am going to set all of Year 6 the same spellings. After a few weeks, if I can see that there are some that have mastered the spellings I have been giving and some that need more practice, I will start to set spellings in Groups (Group 1 and 2)

    Spellings for this week:

    breathe

    circle

    imagine

    interest

    mention

    peculiar

    popular

    possession

    regular

    special

    various

    women

Lower KS2 Spellings

Upper KS2 Spellings

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AuthorCatherine Slater

All homework is due to be completed by Wednesday 11th October (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. You could win a Chromebook laptop or a £10 voucher this half-term! You need to earn 140 Bedrock Learning points by Sunday 22nd October 2023 to be put into the draw!

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

  • IXL (https://uk.ixl.com/):

    English

    HH. 3 Use the correct modal verb

    JJ. 1 Is the sentence in the past, present or future tense?

    Maths

    B. 2 Add and subtract whole numbers: word problems

    M.3 Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator

  • Spellings:

    To begin with, I am going to set all of Year 6 the same spellings. After a few weeks, if I can see that there are some that have mastered the spellings I have been giving and some that need more practice, I will start to set spellings in Groups (Group 1 and 2)

    Spellings for this week:

    actually

    arrive

    caught

    earth

    experiment

    February

    heard

    medicine

    opposite

    quarter

    straight

    therefore

Lower KS2 Spellings

Upper KS2 Spellings

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AuthorCatherine Slater

All homework is due to be completed by Wednesday 4th October (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. You could win a Chromebook laptop or a £10 voucher this half-term! You need to earn 140 Bedrock Learning points by Sunday 22nd October 2023 to be put into the draw!

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

  • IXL (https://uk.ixl.com/):

    English

    NN. 1 Pronoun-verb contractions

    NN. 2 Contractions with 'not'

    Maths

    G. 6 Prime and composite numbers: up to 100

    G. 8 Highest common factor

    Recap prime numbers https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfq7hyc/articles/z2q26fr

    Recap common factors https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6j2tfr/articles/z72r97h

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

  • Spellings:

    To begin with, I am going to set all of Year 6 the same spellings. After a few weeks, if I can see that there are some that have mastered the spellings I have been giving and some that need more practice, I will start to set spellings in Groups (Group 1 and 2)

    Spellings for this week:

    address

    build

    century

    complete

    disappear

    famous

    height

    island

    medicine

    naughty

    particular

    thought

Lower KS2 Spellings

Upper KS2 Spellings

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AuthorCatherine Slater

All homework is due to be completed by Wednesday 27th September (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. You could win a Chromebook laptop or a £10 voucher this half-term! You need to earn 140 Bedrock Learning points by Sunday 22nd October 2023 to be put into the draw!

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

  • IXL (https://uk.ixl.com/):

    English

    GG. 9 Identify relative pronouns

    MM. 2 Identify subordinating conjunctions

    Maths

    B. 1 Add and subtract whole numbers up to million

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

    (You will need a paper and pen to do working out for these maths units)

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

  • Spellings:

    To begin with, I am going to set all of Year 6 the same spellings. After a few weeks, if I can see that there are some that have mastered the spellings I have been giving and some that need more practice, I will start to set spellings in Groups (Group 1 and 2)

    Spellings for this week:

    accidentally

    answer

    business

    calendar

    difficult

    favourite

    guide

    length

    occasion

    possess

    pressure

    through

Lower KS2 Spellings

Upper KS2 Spellings

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AuthorCatherine Slater

All homework is due to be completed by Wednesday 20th September (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. You could win a Chromebook laptop or a £10 voucher this half-term! You need to earn 140 Bedrock Learning points by Sunday 22nd October 2023 to be put into the draw!

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

  • IXL (https://uk.ixl.com/):

    English

    FF. 1 Identify nouns with abstract nouns

    LL 1. Identify prepositions

    Maths

    A. 2 Place Values

    A .10 Compare numbers up to ten million

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

  • Spellings:

    To begin with, I am going to set all of Year 6 the same spellings. After a few weeks, if I can see that there are some that have mastered the spellings I have been giving and some that need more practice, I will start to set spellings in Groups (Group 1 and 2)

    Spellings for this week:

    believe

    bicycle

    enough

    grammar

    knowledge

    library

    occasionally

    reign

    separate

    strength

    surprise

    weight

Lower KS2 Spellings

Upper KS2 Spellings

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AuthorCatherine Slater

Revise over all your past papers and use your CGP books for extra revision of anything that you are finding tricky. Make sure you also look over your statutory spelling list/key spelling rules for Tuesday’s GPS test.

Remember to take breaks!

You’ve got this Year 6!

See you Tuesday for brekkie :)

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AuthorCatherine Leahy

Spelling

Group 1

  1. physical

  2. prejudice

  3. privilege

  4. profession

  5. programme

  6. pronunciation

  7. queue

  8. recognise

  9. recommend

  10. relevant

  11. restaurant

Group 2

  1. imagine

  2. increase

  3. important

  4. interest

  5. island

  6. knowledge

  7. learn

  8. length

  9. library

  10. material

Maths

Power Maths

Problem solving - four operations (2)

Pages 57 - 59

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English

CGP SAT Buster: Punctuation

Section 1 - Basic Punctuation

Mixed Practice (Pages 9 - 10)

Section 2 - Apostrophes and Inverted Commas

Mixed Practice (Pages 19 - 20)

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AuthorCatherine Leahy

Spelling

Group 1

  1. lightning

  2. marvellous

  3. mischievous

  4. muscle

  5. necessary

  6. neighbour

  7. nuisance

  8. occupy

  9. occur

  10. opportunity

  11. parliament

  12. persuade

Group 2

  1. forward

  2. fruit

  3. grammar

  4. group

  5. guard

  6. guide

  7. heard

  8. heart

  9. height

  10. history

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Six - Geometry

Mixed Practice (Pages 80 - 81)

Section Seven - Statistics

Mixed Practice (Pages 88 - 89)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Six - Spelling

Homophones (Page 63)

Silent and Unstressed Letters (Page 64)

Mixed Practice (Pages 68 - 69)

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AuthorCatherine Leahy

Spelling

Group 1

  1. lightning

  2. marvellous

  3. mischievous

  4. muscle

  5. necessary

  6. neighbour

  7. nuisance

  8. occupy

  9. occur

  10. opportunity

  11. parliament

  12. persuade

Group 2

  1. forward

  2. fruit

  3. grammar

  4. group

  5. guard

  6. guide

  7. heard

  8. heart

  9. height

  10. history

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Practice Test (Pages 90 - 95)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Six - Spelling

Practice Test (Pages 70 - 75)

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AuthorCatherine Leahy

Spelling

Group 1:

  1. government

  2. guarantee

  3. harass

  4. hindrance

  5. identity

  6. immediate

  7. immediately

  8. individual

  9. interfere

  10. interrupt

  11. language

  12. leisure

Group 2:

  1. eight

  2. eighth

  3. enough

  4. exercise

  5. experience

  6. experiment

  7. extreme

  8. famous

  9. favourite

  10. February

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Seven - Statistics

Bar Charts and Line Graphs (Pages 84 - 85)

Pie Charts (Page 86)

The Mean (Page 87)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Five - Vocabulary

Word Families (Page 54)

Synonyms and Antonyms (Page 55)

Mixed Practice (Pages 56 and 57)

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AuthorCatherine Leahy

Spelling

Group 1:

  1. equip

  2. equipment

  3. equipped

  4. especially

  5. exaggerate

  6. excellent

  7. existence

  8. explanation

  9. familiar

  10. foreign

  11. forty

  12. frequently

Group 2:

  1. early

  2. earth

  3. circle

  4. complete

  5. consider

  6. continue

  7. decide

  8. describe

  9. different

  10. difficult

  11. disappear

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Six - Geometry

Angle Rules (Pages 68-69)

Angles in Shapes (Page 73)

3D Shapes (Pages 74 and 75)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Six - Spelling

Prefixes (Page 58)

Suffixes and Word Endings (Pages 59 - 62)

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AuthorCatherine Leahy

Group 1:

  1. embarrass

  2. environment

  3. convenience

  4. correspond

  5. criticise

  6. curiosity

  7. definite

  8. desperate

  9. determined

  10. develop

  11. dictionary

  12. disastrous

Group 2:

  1. calendar

  2. breath

  3. breathe

  4. build

  5. busy

  6. business

  7. caught

  8. centre

  9. century

  10. certain

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Four - Ratio, Proportion and Algebra

Ratio, Proportion and Unequal Sharing (Pages 42 - 43)

Section Five - Measure

Mixed Practice (Pages 66 - 67)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Four - Punctuation: Mixed Practice (Pages 50 - 51)

Section Five - Vocabulary: Prefixes (Page 52) and Suffixes (Page 53)

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AuthorCatherine Leahy

Spellings:

Group 1

  1. category

  2. cemetery

  3. committee

  4. communicate

  5. community

  6. competition

  7. conscience

  8. conscious

  9. controversy

  10. awkward

  11. bargain

  12. bruise

Group 2

  1. accident

  2. accidentally

  3. address

  4. answer

  5. appear

  6. arrive

  7. believe

  8. bicycle

  9. actual

  10. actually

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Five - Measure

Area (Page 60)

Perimeters and Areas (Pages 61 and 62)

Areas of Triangles and Parallelograms (Page 63)

Volume (Pages 64 and 65)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section One - Reading: ‘Mixed Practice - Non-Fiction’ (Pages 20 and 21)

Section Four - Punctuation: ‘Punctuating Sentences’ (Page 42)

‘Commas’ (Page 43)

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AuthorCatherine Leahy

Spellings:

Group 1:

  1. accompany

  2. according

  3. achieve

  4. aggressive

  5. amateur

  6. ancient

  7. apparent

  8. appreciate

  9. attached

  10. available

  11. average

Group 2:

  1. disappoint

  2. disagree

  3. disobey

  4. inactive

  5. incorrect

  6. illegal

  7. illegible

  8. immature

  9. immortal

  10. imperfect

  11. impossible

  12. impatient

Make sure you also continue to practise your individual target spellings.

Maths

Power Maths:

Problem solving - area

Problem solving - perimeter

English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section One - Reading: ‘Mixed Practice - Poem’ (Pages 18 and 19)

Section Three - Sentences and Tenses: ‘Mixed Practice’ (Pages 40 and 41)

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AuthorCatherine Leahy

Spellings

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

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section One - Number and Place Value

Negative numbers (Page 4)

Mixed Practice (Pages 8 and 9)

Section Three - Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages (Page 39)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section One - Reading: ‘Comparing’ (Pages 14 and 15)

Section Three - Sentences and Tenses: ‘Standard and Non-Standard English’ (Page 39)

Section Four - Punctuation: ‘Apostrophes’ (Page 44)

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AuthorCatherine Leahy

Spellings

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

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Three - Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Mixed Practice (Pages 40 and 41)

Section Four - Ratio, Proportion and Algebra

Formulas and Combinations (Pages 48 and 49)

Number Sequences (Page 52)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section One - Reading: ‘Mixed Practice - Story’ (Pages 16 and 17)

Section Three - Sentences and Tenses: ‘Sentences’ (Page 31)

Section Four - Punctuation: ‘Inverted Commas’ (Page 45)

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AuthorCatherine Leahy

Spellings

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

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Four - Ratio, Proportion and Algebra

Percentage Problems (Pages 46 and 47)

Finding Missing Numbers (Pages 50 and 51)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - ‘Structure’ (Pages 10 and 11)

Word Types - ‘Determiners’ (Page 28)

Sentences and Tenses - ‘Active and Passive’ (Page 35)

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AuthorCatherine Leahy