Good Morning! I do hope you managed to take advantage of the glorious weather we had, last week. I must say, since the beginning of lock down, we have been very lucky with the weather…let’s hope this doesn’t mean we’re in for a rainy August!
I hope you found the new Oxford Owl resource useful last week-I have been using it with many of the children in school and I really do rate it. The spelling activities are the same format as the spellings we do in class, and the books you have access to are a great way to fulfill the ‘20 minutes daily reading’ activity on your timetable! I also hope you found the Transition Project useful- I had some great feedback from parents and a few pictures of a couple of children completing one of the daily tasks (see below).
Note about Sumdog - Our subscription to Sumdog is ending this month so I have not set any home tasks on Sumdog this week. However, you will still be able to use Sumdog for basic access, but once the subscription ends, you will find that some premium access/games will disappear.
Instead, I will be putting a Maths & English focus, from Education City, in the ‘expected work’ and I will be asking you to access a spelling activity from Oxford Owl and practice your times tables through TT Rockstars (see details below of a TT Rockstars battle between Yr5 & Yr6, this week!). This way, you will still be timetabled to completed the same learning, just through different online resources (the new suggested timetable will reflect this).
Suggested Timetable- please click here to view a suggested timetable for this week’s learning. I have amended it this week, to reflect the changes mentioned above.
Here are week 12’s learning expectations and resources….
Expected work:
English:
At least 2 Bedrock Lesson (you can access a Bedrock lesson daily, so feel free to do more!)
Education City-English Focus (Summarising a Text-homework task) (https://www.educationcity.com/)
IXL English Focus-20 minutes, twice a week (https://uk.ixl.com/)
Oxford Owl-Spelling (https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/) Click onto the Spelling activities and choose ‘Year 6’ from the drop-down box. I would like you to complete the activities on ‘Rule Breakers’ and ‘Silent letters’ (they are both on the first page of activities)
Romeo and Juliet Lesson 9
Please click here for lesson 9 on Romeo & Juliet. This week, the focus is on the ending of the play. As part of this lesson, you may want to use this comparison template.
You will also need to refer to the Romeo & Juliet text for this week’s lesson. Refer to ‘Scene 21’ pages 25-27:
Daily reading-at least 20 minutes a day
Maths:
White Rose Maths-click on the link below and I would like you to complete as many of the lessons as possible on: Summer Term – Week 5 (w/c 18th May). This week it should be Week 10’s lessons, however, they are repeated lessons on Ratio, that we completed at the beginning of term. I have gone back and chosen a week that we missed, due to our two weeks half term-you will need to scroll down the website page, to find Week 5 videos and lessons.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/
Each lesson has a video and an activity sheet, there are 4 lessons and a ‘Friday Challenge’.
Please find below each lesson’s activity sheet and mark scheme. I would encourage your child to mark their own work and self-correct.
Lesson 1 Activity Lesson 1 Mark Scheme
Lesson 2 Activity Lesson 2 Mark Scheme
Education City-Maths Focus (Converting Fractions-Homework task) (https://www.educationcity.com/)
IXL Maths Focus-20 minutes, twice a week (https://uk.ixl.com/)
TT Rockstars- https://ttrockstars.com/ Practice your times tables regualrly!
On Wednesday, we have a Times tables battle scheduled, on TT Rockstars, between Year 5 & Year 6. The battle will start at 9am and finish at 3.30pm. The winning class will be the one with the most questions answered, between those times. Come on Year 6, we need to beat Year 5…so get on there and answer as many questions as possible. And remember, you’ve got to work together to be victorious, so make sure you all play your part!
Science:
Complete Science activity set on Education City (Effects of Micro-organisms-Homework task) (https://www.educationcity.com/)
Transition Project 29th June
Below is a link to this week’s transition project-the theme this week is ‘Being a Problem Solver’.
Year 6 Transition Project 29.06.20
Additional resources:
Pie Corbett Talk for Writing Pack, Unit 4. This week, you can continue with the Writing Pack from last week:
Talk for Writing Year 6 Pack Unit 4
Talk for Writing Year 6 Greater Depth Pack Unit 4
I highly recommend the Pie Corbett materials-they really are very good, and I have had great feedback from those parents/children who have been using them!
Oxford Owl reading & Spelling Resources. If you click on your age group, there are lots of books you can read online. This week, I have set a Spelling task in ‘expected work’. See parent guide for support.
Oddizzi (Geography)-https://www.oddizzi.com/schools/login/
Click here for an Oddizzi week 12 activity pack on Global Knowledge
If you have any questions for Father Jim, please look at the Children’s page on the Church Website. https://www.olablackpool.org/children-s-page He’s looking forward to all your questions.
Fr Jim is also putting together a mass (as he did for Ascension), for the Feast of St. Peter & St.Paul, which we celebrate today. It features readings, drawings and hymns from children across all Blackpool Catholic Schools, and will also have children from our school doing some of the readings. You can view this on the Church website today (or tomorrow):
R & J work from last week’s lesson:
Sport’s Day 2020
This week, Miss Dixon is providing all of the details of this year’s Sport’s day (from home)…that’s right, no pandemic is going to stop us from going ahead with Sport’s Day!! This will be taking place between Monday 6th July-Wednesday 8th July. To view the details of this, you need to click on the 'Parents’ tab on the school website, and the click on ‘ PE & Sports’.
Keep up the great work, Year 6! Not a week has gone by, when you haven’t made me incredibly proud. I know some weeks will be more challenging than others, but don’t forget all of the work we have done on ‘Growth Mindset’. We will encounter struggles and challenges in so many different aspects of our lives, some more unexpected than others (like a world-wide pandemic!).But it is all about how we respond to these. We can choose to admit defeat, and give in, OR we can overcome these challenges and not allow ourselves to succumb to them-please always choose to do the latter! Just remember that you have so many people around you, that care so much and want you to do your best and achieve-your teachers and parents, to name a few. On that note, please do reach out to me, if you want to talk or need help with your learning. You can email me, through your parents, to year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk. I WILL get back to you!
Have a great week & take care,
Miss Slater, Mrs Murray & Miss Evans x
