Dear Year 6,
Please complete the homework we have handed out today and practise the spelling patterns below:
Words ending in -tion, -sion and -cian.
completion invention
discussion action
extension comprehension
musician electrician
magician politician
Homophones:
profit prophet
stationary stationery
steal steel
wary weary
precede proceed
Our school has recently opened a brand new community hub to support our families and local community. Obsidian class have written letters to several companies asking them to support Heavers Community Hub by donating items and money.
You must agree with us that Obsidian class children are experts at writing to persuade.
Heavers Community Hub is open to all families every week day 3pm to 3.30pm. If you cannot come in at this time, call the school to arrange an alternative time.
Additionally, we are accepting donations of non-perishable food items, toiletries and money to enable us to continue growing our community hub.
We are here to help.
In our art lesson today, we started by recapping types of lighting for photography then learnt about different angles to consider for high quality digital photos.
After that, we practised what we have been learning about digital photography. We had lots of fun taking digital photos while carefully considering what our desired outcome was.
Children chose their favourite photo from their work. Have a go at identifying the type of light and angle used in their favourite photos.
Here we are at work…
In Art children have been studying digital photography and today they have started applying their knowledge of lighting, angles and composition, when you take a photo. Take a look at how concentrate they were and at some of their photos.
The children learned the link between food and seasons and how they are intimately connected, as they are going to create recipes using solely local and seasonal food. As part of their lesson, the children were involved in a tasting activity… Not everyone was blown away by radish and celery, but it was fun!
In music, the children have started developing new skills around singing, using the diaphragmatic breathing, voice projection and interpretation. The children began by understanding what muscles are involved in this type of breathing and, later on in the lesson, they started practising belly breathing. You cannot believe the fun they had during the lesson. Take a look and let us know what you think!
Good evening Year 6.
We hope you attended the tombola and won a toy!
For next week, please, continue consolidating the spelling below and make sure you also focus on the list of homophones you were given.
Adding the -ous suffix
poisonous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various tremendous, enormous, jealous humorous, glamorous.
i before e except after c.
Achieve, believe, convenience, mischievous, soldier, deceive, conceive, receive, perceive, ceiling.
Year 6 Team
Amethyst class has been locating countries on the map, but, to identify specific points, the children applied their skills using their knowledge of latitude and longitude, recording all the work in their books.
Win! Win! Win!
Are you lucky? Are you sure? Why don’t you come along and prove it! If you think you are unlucky, this might be your chance to change your fate and win the most appealing prize.
This Friday, 20th January at 3.15pm in our school studio.
We will cater for one and all. We shall run two tombolas concurrently, one for children at 25p per ticket and another for adults at £1 per ticket.
Spoiler alert!
…and much, much more!!!!!!!
Happy Sunday Year 6.
Have you completed all the homework we gave to you on Friday? Here is one more…
Adding the -ous suffix
poisonous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various tremendous, enormous, jealous humorous, glamorous.
i before e except after c.
Achieve, believe, convenience, mischievous, soldier, deceive, conceive, receive, perceive, ceiling.
Year 6 Team
Hello Year 6. Once again, Happy New Year.
We are keeping it simple this week. In addition to your daily reading and timetables homework, we would like you continue practising the spellings we gave to you on the last Friday of last term. Here they are – just to save you some time:
According
Attached
Criticise
Determined
Equipment
Equipped
Frequently
Immediately
Unnecessary
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 6 Team
The international organisation ‘Soroptimist’ for women is sponsoring a competition in the Croydon district to advance women’s human rights and status in society.
The competition aims at:
Girls must select one of the following topics and present a speech lasting a maximum of between 3-4 minutes. Please note that although cue cards are acceptable additional points will be awarded to those not using written aids.
The five selected topics are:
Next week, the speeches will be reviewed and edited by the children, with the support of their teachers, before they are presented to a panel of judges that will select the best ones for the competition.
We wish you all the best!
The Year 6 Team
Hello Year 6,
This week, we have given you some maths and writing activities to complete for your homework. These are due in on Wednesday.
Remember to:
1. Read every evening and write a comment in your reading diary. Use the questions on page 16 of your reading diary to guide your comments.
2. Continue practising your timetables on TTRS, as well as using the songs from the links we have previously given to you.
Here are your spellings for this week.
According
Attached
Criticise
Determined
Equipment
Equipped
Frequently
Immediately
Unnecessary
Sincerely
Enjoy the weekend.
Year 6 Team.
Hello Year 6,
This week, we have given you some maths and writing activities to complete for your homework. These are due in on Wednesday.
Remember to:
1. Read every evening and write a comment in your reading diary. Use the questions on page 16 of your reading diary to guide your comments.
2. Continue practising your timetables on TTRS, as well as using the songs from the links we have previously given to you.
You do not have the weekly 10 spelling words this week. We suggest that you use all the spelling rules you have been taught in KS1 and 2 to practise spelling to prepare yourself for next week’s spelling assessment.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 6 Team.
Hello Year 6.
For your homework this week, we would like you to continue practising your timetables on TTRS, as well as using the songs from the links we have previously given to you.
Read every evening and write a comment in your reading diary. Use the questions on page 16 of your reading diary to guide your comments.
We have also given you some maths and writing activities to complete while at home. These are due in on Wednesday.
Here are this week’s spellings:
Referred
Referral
Preferring
Preferred
Transferring
Transferred
Reference
Referee
Preference
Transference
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 6 Team.
Hello Year 6.
For your homework this week, we would like you to continue practising your timetables on TTRS, as well as using the songs from the links we have previously given to you.
Read every evening and write a comment in your reading diary. Use the questions on page 16 of your reading diary to guide your comments.
We have also given you some maths and writing activities to complete while at home. These are due in on Wednesday.
Here are this week’s spellings:
Cemetery
Convenience
Criticise
Excellent
Existence
Hindrance
Necessary
Prejudice
Sacrifice
Achieve
Enjoy your weekend.
Year 6 Team.
For your homework this week, we would like to write a short dialogue to consolidate the skills developed in English.
Remember to include a narrative frame where the dialogue takes place.
In maths, we would like you to focus on the following:
1) 382 + 499=
2) 645 – 297=
3) 1276 + 699=
4) 34583 – 9900=
3.005 + 6.12 =
15.98 + 26.314 =
10 – 5.4 =
2.7 + 3.014 =
Add and subtract fractions:
1) 3/5 + 2/5
2) 7/10 + 1/10
3) 4/5 – 2/5
4) 7/9 – 3/9
3/10+2/5=
3/5-2/15=
3/10-2/15-
4/5-2/3=
Remember to access your Time Tables Rockstar to become Rock Legend/Hero.
The spelling for next week is based on hyphenated words:
co-operate
co-ordinate
co-own
co-author
re-enter
re-educate
re-examine
re-evaluate
re-energise
re-elect
We hope the children had a restful break and are ready for another sprint until the Christmas holiday.
This week, we have been developing descriptive writing using similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, allusion and onomatopoeia. The children have created fascinating and catching setting descriptions; therefore, we believe their talent needs to be nurtured further.
We would like you to write another marvellous setting description using the language devices we have been learning so far. Remember the purpose of your writing: you are writing to entertain!
Please, continue revisiting your times tables, accessing Times Tables Rockstar.
Next Week Spelling: practise your spelling and create sentences with these words. If you are not familiar with their meaning, please, use a dictionary to help you. (Make sure you are revising previous spellings.)
accommodate
accompany
according
aggressive
apparent
appreciate
attached
committee
community
correspond
Dear Year 6,
You have worked very hard and we all wish you a lovely break.
For next week’s homework, we would like to continue practising your times tables by accessing Times Tables Rockstars. Please, make sure you log in daily and practise your times tables to become Rock Legends. You can also practise the times tables by accessing the following video songs on You Tube:
2 Times table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C4EN7mFHCk
3 Times table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uneATAeac7Q
4 Times table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QU_E0u-tP4
5 Times table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT7lVS9tBKo
6 Times table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7rYbk9PNuM
7 Times table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7rYbk9PNuM
8 Times table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_BJjR9rdwA
9 Times table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7LG16y6GHY
12 Times table song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5qrCGuLmfI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWvQ5F0nS8k
As you know, in the next term, the whole school will focus on the ‘Disability’ topic. We would like you to research the topic and present your findings in any way you prefer; you could create an interesting and catching poster, make a video or a PowerPoint, write a story or create a collage, etc. Use your imagination and do not be afraid to be creative!
Here are some questions that could inspire your research:
What is a disability?
How many types of disability exist?
Is disability always visible?
Are people with disability discriminated against?
Does society do enough to support people with disabilities?
Your spelling this week is about words that have unstressed vowels:
bruise
category
definite
desperate
dictionary
embarrass
environment
exaggerate
marvellous
We would also like you to recap all the spellings learned since the beginning of the year and high-frequency words in your diaries.
Finally, make sure you read daily and write wonderful comments in your diaries.
The Year 6 Team
For next week’s homework, we would like to continue practising your times tables by accessing Times Tables Rockstars. Please, make sure you log in every day and practise to become Rock Legends.
In addition, next week, you will be writing a story of your choice. Therefore, we would like you to start thinking about what the story will be about.
Who will your character be?
Where will your story be set?
What will your character’s dilemma be?
You can present your story plan as an incredible drawing or a storyboard. Label the settings and the character with marvellous and catching adjectives, adverbs, etc. (Thinks about ‘fronted adverbials’ and noun phrases.)
Your spelling this week is about words that have silent letters that might cause some trouble when we write them. The words that need to be learned for next week are:
solemn
Autumn
column
listen
whistle
fasten
castle
guitar
guard
guilty
Happy Friday everyone!
Regarding homework for this week, we would like everyone to spend at least 10 minutes a day playing Times Tables Rockstars, so we get even faster at our times tables. If you don’t have a login please speak to your class teacher. As part of this can everyone please complete a few soundcheck games?
Your spellings this week are all related to the tricky -ough letter string. This string can produce many different sounds. Here they are just in case you didn’t get to copy them down in class:
bought
nought
rough
tough
though
dough
through
borough
plough
cough
The Year 6 team
Many thanks
Year 6 Blog 