Class 6

Year 2021-22

The following is a brief list of things that the pupils will need to know this year.

PE outside on Monday.

PE outside on Thursday.

Spellings will be given on Friday and tested the following Friday.

Homework will be posted on Fridays. This will usually involve some form of reading, maths and on occasions a writing activity.

Also, there will be additional help posted during the week in the form of websites to visit for areas covered that pupils might want to consolidate or reassure themselves with.

Y6 Production of Star Warts

5th and 6th July 2022

Pupils are aware of what costumes/clothes they will need.

Year 6 Sports Week Activities

Each day this week we have completed several dance routines that we are going to showcase in our end of year production.

Monday:

Orienteering afternoon.

Y6 were involve in crossing the swap, being letters and words with their bodies, completing netball numbers and star events to culminate an an overall winner who were Team 3. Olivier, Ben, Jared and Belle, congratulations to you all.

Tuesday:

Sports Day:

In the morning pupils participated in standing long jump, seated throw, egg and spoon and bean bag throw. Later that day they completed track running events. The overall school winners were Blue (Fountains). Well done to all those who were in that team.

Wednesday:

Rounders:

A great session of rounders was played out between 3 teams with Team 1 winning overall. There were some fantastic catches and hits as well as periods of fielding. 

Thursday:

Boxersize:

Something a little bit different but quite a work out.

Badminton:

With the weather being so nice and windless we opted for a bit of badminton outside. It was great fun.

Boules:

To cool down between games of badminton pupils enjoyed games of boules in the shade.

Friday:

Golf:

We may have tried crazy golf, but what about real golf? Well today we tried and we were quite successful. Having practised putting and striking for distance we designed our own course and played it.

Badminton, Boxersize and volleyball:

Some of our favourites appeared again today by choice of the pupils.

Bug Hotels

Y6 spent the day with the mission of creating Bug Hotels for our wildlife area. First, they investigated what mini beasts were living around the school grounds and in what type of habitats. They recorded species and habitats to inform their ideas and choices later in the day. Back in class, they designed their ideal bug hotels and came up with some interesting names. The afternoon was spent making and adapting bug hotels with a variety of recyclable materials.

Creating bug hotels on Monday 23rd May

Y6 are going to be creating some bug hotels which will be situated on our school field to enhance Science topics. For this to happen, we are going to be visited by the energy team from Doncaster. They will deliver a workshop about mini beasts and habitats and then will work with Y6 to create the hotels.

You could support this by donating any of the following:

dead wood, twigs, bark or logs

leaves

straw or hay

old broken pot plant pots

pine cones

corrugated card board/ thick cardboard tubes

If you are able to help then you could drop items off at reception or at the bin area in front of school. Pupils should bring protective gardening gloves if they or you have any and suitable footwear if the weather is wet (wellies). Own clothes suitable for gardening work would also be acceptable for this day.

Many thanks in advance for your support.

Science website

Our topic is about light. Use the following to support your learning.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z3nnb9q

Need help with line graphs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z7rcwmn/articles/zqv8bqt

A huge well done to all pupils who sat their SAT tests this week. You have done your best and should be proud of your efforts.

SATS Timetable for next week

Monday 9 May

English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1: questions

English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 2: spelling

Tuesday 10 May

English reading

Wednesday 11 May

Mathematics Paper 1: arithmetic

Mathematics Paper 2: reasoning

Thursday 12 May

Mathematics Paper 3: reasoning

Ratio

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsq7hyc

2-D and 3-D shapes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt7xk2p

Residential in Lindisfarne

Excited pupils in year 6 set off on their residential on Tuesday. Their first stop was at Beamish. There, they explored the Victorian School, sweet shop, mine, fair ground, dentist and travelled on a tram. Things were very different in the past! 

After arriving on the island time was spent exploring and looking at the scenery. Next up was adventures on the water. Much fun was had! Time was also spent on the island finding out what happened there and who lived there.

Keep your mental maths sharp

Use Top Marks Daily 10

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Grammar games

https://www.arcademics.com/games/frog

Holiday Homework

Go through your test papers. Have a go at any you got wrong and make a note of what you would like to revise when we return.

Spellings to be tested Thursday 14^th April

Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a consonant letter

Partial, confidential, essential, substantial, torrential, sequential, potential, spatial, martial, influential

Words with a ‘soft c’ spelt /ce/

Cemetery, certificate, celebrate, necessary, deceased, December, sacrifice, hindrance, nuisance, prejudice

Spellings to be tested 8^th April

Statutory Spelling Challenge Words

Attached, available, average, competition, conscience, controversy, correspond, embarrass, especially, exaggerate,

Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a vowel letter

Official, special, artificial, social, racial, crucial, facial, beneficial, superficial, antisocial

Show case afternoon.

What a great afternoon we had in Year 6, sharing our work about the learning we have been doing on Natural Disasters. Parents and visitors were involved in numerous activities, spread out across the 10 disasters that the children had become experts in. Activities included a volcanic eruption demonstration, quizzes, word searches, picture puzzles, informative diagrams, putting labels on the correct parts and even a hurricane demonstration. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and from parents reactions, they did too. Thank you to those who were able to attend the event and to the pupils for their hard work.

Help, support and extra work needed on measures? Then try the following

Length and distance: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4nsgk7

Weight and mass: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9sfr82

Area and volume: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjbg87h

Spellings to be tested Friday 1^st April

Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning

Commit, committee, transmit, submit, commitment, emit, permit, intermittent, omit, unremitting

Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning

Interrupt, interfere, intercept, interject, intertwine, interim, internal, intersperse, interloper, interest

Crucial Crew

Y6 visited Crucial Crew this week to learn about keeping safe in the wider community and their responsibilities as they grow older. They worked through various scenarios such as; arson, road safety, bus travel, how a court works, the dangers of organised crime gangs, emergency first aid, fire safety and  knife and hate crime. I must say, that the amount of new knowledge learned was fantastic. The pupils were engaged, participated well and asked questions. Their behaviour was excellent. Thank you to the people at the venue and to those who helped on the trip and to Y6 for making it enjoyable.

Spellings to be tested Friday 25^th March

Words with a long /e/ sound spelt ‘ie’ or ‘ei’ after c (and exceptions)

Siege, niece, grief, chief, fiend, shriek, believe, achieve, convenience, mischievous

Words with the long /e/ sound spelt ‘ie’ or ‘ei’ after c (and exceptions)

Deceive, conceive, receive, perceive, ceiling, receipt, protein, caffeine, seize, neither

Need help with algebra try the following

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zghp34j/articles/z2qmrwx

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zghp34j/articles/zjs9whv

Spellings to be tested Friday 18^th March

Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer

Referring, referred, referral, reference, referee, preferring, preferred, preference, transferring, transference

Hyphens

Non-stick, non-stop, non-violent, co-education, co-operate, anti-clockwise, mini-beast

Practise you fraction, decimal and percentages using

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/120/match_fractions_decimals_and_percentages#.UCdcd2MsCEY

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znjqtfr/articles/zsgwq6f

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znjqtfr/articles/z8ws3k7

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znjqtfr/articles/zcfyw6f

Spellings to be tested Friday 11^th March

Creating diminutives using prefixes micro or mini

Minibus, miniskirt, miniscule, minibeast, minicab, minimum, microscope, microchip, microphone, microwave

Spellings ei or ie

Eight, weight, height, freight, fried, niece, piece, shield, grieve, thieves

Need help with relative clauses?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zkcd7sg

Spellings to be tested Friday 4^th March 2022

Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning

Suggest, digest, congestion, gesture, gestation, lightning, daylight, enlighten, twilight, limelight

Spell words with silent letters

Knuckle, knickers, knight, knife, gnomes, gnat, rhyme, rhubarb, whine, chemist, whirl, plumb,

24.2.22

More practise and help on 

Comparing and ordering decimals

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/zgn7wnb

Making a whole

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/z7sx7yc

Equivalent decimals of halves and quarters

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/zstqdp3

What is a percentage?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znjqtfr/articles/z8ws3k7

How to calculate percentage

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znjqtfr/articles/zcfyw6f

21.2.22

Need help on 24 hour clock?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zxqfp4j

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z44mqfr

Spellings to be tested on Friday 25^th February

Using the suffix –ful

Wishful, hopeful, sorrowful, painful, successful, hateful, forgetful, beautiful, resentful, pitiful, merciful

Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning

Temperature, temper, temperament, tempered, variety, vary, variation, varied, variable, variance

10.2.22

Year 6 Handball Competition

Following on from our unit on handball we finished with a mini tournament. 4 teams played each other once  in a league with points being awarded for wins and draws.  The contest was very close and there was plenty of skill on show.  After the event Team2 were crowned the winners.

The team consisted of the following: Dorian, Lauren, Cruz, Oliver, Mia, and Tayzer

Well done to all who participated.

For any extra support from this weeks work try the following:

Decimals

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsjqtfr/articles/zsbd7p3

https://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_Puppy_Chase_Decimals.html

https://www.mathplayground.com/galaxypalsdecimals.html

Spelling games

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

Spellings for Friday 11^th February

Suffix –ing

Overtaking, partaking, examining, painstaking, dragging, dropping, blasting, disgusting, dreaming, ploughing

Words ending in –ably

Adorably, valuably, believably, considerably, tolerably, changeably, noticeably dependably, comfortably, reasonably

For more help with co-ordinates

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgthvcw/articles/z96k9qt

https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/click-coordinate.html

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/469/Coordinates-Alien-Attack

Spellings to be tested Friday 4th February
Words ending in –ness
Fairness, tidiness, loveliness, silliness, nastiness, wickedness, worthlessness, willingness, carelessness, foolishness, absent-mindedness

Words ending in –able
Adorable, valuable, advisable, believable, desirable, excitable, knowledgeable, likeable, changeable, noticeable

Spellings to be tested Friday 28^th January 2022

-ious, -ous

Infectious, previous, obvious, tedious, serious, glorious, curious, poisonous, generous, prosperous,

Words ending in –able

Applicable, tolerable, operable, considerable, dependable, comfortable, reasonable, perishable, breakable, fashionable

Our New Topics this Term will include Electricity and Natural Disasters

For additional information and knowledge gathering try some of the following

Electricity

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2882hv

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zq99q6f

Natural Disasters

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvsfr82/articles/znm7vk7

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvsfr82/articles/zd4rmfr

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/z7dkhbk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/zvsp92p

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/zd9cxyc

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/zj89t39

Spellings to be tested Friday 21^st January

Hyphens: To join compound adjectives to avoid ambiguity

man-eating, little-used, rock-bottom, wide-eyed, pig-headed, tight-fisted, cold-hearted, stone-faced, green-eyed, short-tempered

Suffix – er

Teacher, reader, driver, farmer, Londoner, islander, villager, voyager, manager, teenager, baker

Spellings to be tested Friday 14th January

Suffixes –ing, -ed,-en

Write, written, hope, hoping, hum, humming, ride, riding, ridden, carry, carrying, carried, disgust, disgusted, train, training

Hyphens: To join a prefix ending in a vowel to a root word beginning with a vowel.

co-operate, co-ordinate, co-own, co-author, re-enter, re-educate, re-examine, re-evaluate, re-energise, re-elect

Spellings for Friday 10^th December 2021

Words that sound the same but are spelt differently-homophones

Beach, beech, grate, great, herd, heard, knight, night, peace, piece, right, write, steel, steal, cereal, serial,

Adjectives ending in -ent into nouns ending in -ence/ -ency

Innocent, innocence, decent, decency, excellent, excellence confident, confidence, existent, existence

Science we are covering in our topic

Microorganisms

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfxxsbk/articles/zsgtrwx

Animal classification

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zn22pv4

Need help?

Multiplying fractions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/z8fyv4j

Fractions quiz

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/zyrj7ty

Imperial measurements

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4nsgk7/articles/zwbndxs

Inverted commas - speech marks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/ztcp97h

Spellings to be tested on 3rd December 2021

-tion

inflation, vibration, dictation, temptation, education, expectation, conservation, creation, variation, pronunciation, punctuation, communication

Adjectives ending in -ant into nouns ending in -ance/ -ancy

observant, observance, expectant, expectancy, hesitant, hesitancy, tolerant, tolerance, relevant, relevance

Find out more about World War 1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqhyb9q

24.11.21

Need help with English?

How to use bullet points

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/z2yydxs

How to use brackets

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zg6xb82

Need help with Maths

How to simplify fractions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/zcdgxfr

Adding and subtracting fractions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/z9n4k7h

Spellings for Week ending 26^th November

-tion

Correction, construction, production, variation, resurrection, creation, pollination, examination, education

Year 6 words

Homophones & Near Homophones: Nouns that end in -ce/-cy and verbs that end in -se/-sy

Advice, advise, device, devise, licence(noun), license(verb), practice(noun), practise(verb), prophecy(noun), prophesy(verb)

17.11.21 

English support

Hyphens and dashes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zg8gbk7

Ellipses

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zpgjy4j

Maths support

Nets

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt7xk2p/articles/z247tv4

Unit and mixed fractions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/articles/zxcfjty

Order of operations

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zm982hv/articles/z4xnscw

Spellings to be tested on Friday 19th November

Suffix -tion

reaction, subtraction, electrocution, promotion, devotion, composition,

ambition,

Year 6 specific words

aggressive, hostile, awkward, obstinate, desperate, frantic,

disastrous, calamitous, marvellous, spectacular

10.11.21 If you want help with semi colons

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zshfdxs

Commas in sentences

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zc773k7

Square and cube numbers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zyhs7p3/articles/z2ndsrd

Multiples and factors

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/multiples-and-factors

8.11.21 Austerfield Trip

We travelled to Austerfield today to support our science work about adaptation and habitats.

First, we identified different habitats and sorted animals to where we thought they lived. We discussed why they were suited and how they had adapted to their habitats. 

Then we walked around the reserve, finding footprints of various animals, fur, and other signs of what creatures might live there. We turned logs to find mini beasts and looked in trees for nests. The reserve has different habitats, evergreen woods, deciduous woods, ponds, sandy areas and grassland.

Following this we went into the animal house to get hands on with some real life creatures. These included giant millipedes, toads, cockroaches, stick insects, and snakes. The pupils really enjoyed the visit and learned alot.

Thank you to all staff involved , both at the centre and at school.

Spellings for 12th November

Words ending in y

Most base words just add y. Example crisp - crispy

Some double the last letter and add y. Example run - runny

Some ending in e drop the and add y. Example grease - greasy

crispy, smelly, cheeky, watery, fussy, fully, furry, fatty, runny, nutty,

greasy, hazy, lazy, smoky, stony

3.11.21 Need help with contractions?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zcyv4qt

Apostrophes for possession?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zx9ydxs

Factors?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfq7hyc/articles/zp6wfcw

Prime numbers?

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

14.10.21 If you need any extra help or practice

Expanded noun phrases

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z3nfw6f

Fronted adverbials

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zp937p3

Division with remainders

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z36tyrd/articles/zcjh8mn

Short division

ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z36tyrd/articles/zgxdfcw

Spellings for week ending 5.11.21
-er and -est
quicker, quickest, nicer, nicest, riper, ripest, ruder, rudest, thinner, thinnest, happier, happiest, chillier, chilliest, crazier, craziest, luckier, luckiest

8.10.21

Spellings to be tested Friday 15^th October 2021

Suffix –ing

Spending, enjoying, leading, writing, driving, deciding, staring, hating, coming, amazing, raising, running, clapping, planning, slipping, winning, sitting

Read for 20-30 minutes each day.

We are looking at writing a newspaper report over the coming weeks so if you can read articles and look at the features used then that would be beneficial to you.

5.10.21 Need extra help and practice

Subordinating conjunctions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zqk37p3

Coordinating conjunctions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z9wvqhv

4.10.21 Basketball Competition.

Following a series of lessons practising various aspects of basketball including dribbling, passing and shooting we competed in a mini tournament. We split into 6 teams and played each other once. Each game was played in good spirit showing a good degree of fairness. Team members chose their own person of the tournament for their teams. They were as follows: Ollie, Luca, Dorian, Tayzer, Alisha, Anish and Kajus.

The winning team were Team 4: Adam, Anish, Jared, Akal and Ayten. Well done to you!

Spellings for 8th October

Adorable, adorably, applicable, considerable, considerably, changeable, forcible, dependable, comfortable, enjoyable, horrible, horribly, incredible, incredibly

Read for 20-30 minutes each day.

We are looking at writing a newspaper report over the coming weeks so if you can read articles and look at the features used then that would be beneficial to you.

29.9.21

Need extra practise?

Relative clauses

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zsrt4qt

Modal verbs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zps4pbk

Prepositions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zw38srd

Multiplication and division

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z36tyrd

24.9.21 Homework to be done for Wednesday 29th

Maths: Complete the Maths sheets.

English: Read through the word examples for different types of word and grammatical terms that we will be looking at this year.

Complete the Grammar Hammer sheet.

Read for 20-30 minutes each day if possible.

Science: Research one of the scientists, Anaximander of Miletus, Empedocles, Epicurus, Zhang Zhou, Augiustine of Hippo, Al-Jahiz, Tusi, Ibn Khaldun, Alfred Walace, Erasmus Darwin, Pierre Louis Maupertuis about their ideas on evolution. Record on your sheet.

Spellings to be tested on Friday 1st October

Independence, independent, innocence, innocent, obedience, obedient, observance, observant, substance, tolerance, tolerant

22.9.21

Revision for column addition.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy2mn39/articles/z3kmrwx

Revision for column subtraction.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy2mn39/articles/zc78srd

Revision for factors, multiples and prime numbers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfq7hyc

Revision of passive verbs verbs.https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zsx2b82

A reminder to find 10 facts about the Captain of the Titanic.

Read for 20-30 minutes per day.

Adverbs revision

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zgsgxfr

Spellings to be tested on Friday 24th September

Expectant, hesitant, hesitancy, decent, decency, frequent, frequency, confident, confidence, assistance, assistant

16.9.21 Maths Practice on negative numbers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znwj6sg/articles/zxthnbk

https://embed.mangahigh.com/minusminers?locale=en-gb&guestMode=true

15.9.21 Homework

Find out at least 10 facts about the Captain of the Titanic, Captain Edward John Smith to support our biography writing in English. To be handed in on 22nd September.

14.9.21 Maths support and practice: Rounding

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zh8dmp3/articles/zpx2qty

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/rocket-rounding

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/589/Rounding-Shoot-Out

14.9.21 English support and practice: Verbs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zpxhdxs

Homework 10.9.21

To be done for Monday

Find and record 10 interesting facts about Charles Darwin. 

Read for 20 to 30 minutes a day.

Spellings to be tested on Friday 17th September

Spelling Rule 38 - Endings which sound like /ʃəl/ (e.g. social, crucial... etc.)

official, special, artificial, partial, confidential, essential, beneficial, commercial, crucial, social, initial, potential

Homework 8.9.21 

Use BBC Bitesize

Have a go at pronouns 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z37xrwx

Review place value

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsjqtfr/articles/z9w3g82

Spellings to be tested on Friday 10th September
Spelling Rule 37 - Endings which sound like /???s/ spelt –cious or –tious

ambitious, cautious, conscious, delicious, fictitious, infectious, malicious, nutritious, precious, superstitious, surreptitious, suspicious, unconscious, vicious