Week beginning 1st February

Hello Year 6! Thank you for your hard work last week - you are continuing to make me very proud. I have loved catching up with lots of you and seeing all of your great remote learning. Please remember to join our story time on Wednesday at 11:30am and also make a 1:1 Bookings appointment. If the lessons are light blue, it means that you can click on them and it takes you to a video for the lesson.

Here is your suggested timetable for this week. Please make sure that you get fresh air each day, time away from screens and spend time with your family (board games are always good fun!).

	Morning lessons			11.30am -12pm	Afternoon lessons		2-3pm
Monday 1^st	Maths 1	Spelling	English 1	Reading for pleasure	SPaG 1	History	From 2-3pm each day. Mr Hawkins is available for phone calls, emails and Microsoft Bookings/Teams catch ups.
Tuesday 2^nd	Maths 2	Spelling	E-safety workshop	Reading 1	SPaG 2	P.S.H.E
Wednesday 3^rd	Maths 3	Spelling	English 2	TEAMS story time with Mr Hawkins	SPaG 3	P.E
Thursday 4^th	Maths 4	Spelling	English 3	Reading 2	SPaG 4	Art
Friday 5^th	Arithmetic	Spelling test	Big Write	Reading for pleasure	SPaG 5	Science

Mr Hawkins will be available from 11:30am-12pm every day, as well as 2-3pm, for phone calls, emails and Microsoft Bookings/Teams catch ups.

Children’s Mental Health Week

On Monday at 9am there was an assembly for Children’s Mental Health Week – you can watch it by clicking here.

On Wednesday please view Mrs Hodgson's assembly which can be found in the Video Resource Centre.

E-Safety workshop

If you were unable to join our e-safety workshop on Tuesday, please view the resources below.

Maths

You can find this week’s Maths resources below. This week’s learning is focusing on decimals, including their place value and multiplying & dividing them. There is a video in the Video Resource Centre for these lessons.

Arithmetic – there is a video in the Video Resource Centre to discuss some of this week’s trickier questions. Please complete the calculations in your grey Maths books, marking your work afterwards.

English

After conducting our research last week in English, we will now start to write our Anne Frank biographies. This week will focus on the first few paragraphs, including an introduction, Anne’s early life and what life was like for Jewish people during WW2. The video in the Video Resource Centre discusses the tasks and some example writing.

Big Write

For your Big Write, Miss Lineker has set us an exciting writing challenge! Have a watch of Miss Lineker’s video in the Video Resource Centre – further details are in the resource below. Use the story starter on there and show off how good your imagination is!

Reading

Reading for pleasure: read a book, e-book, magazine or comic of your choice.
Reading 1: KS2 English Comprehension p8-9 – Hostages to Handheld Devices. The video in the Video Resource Centre talks through this task and helps you to understand the questions. Answers are below.
Reading 2: KS2 English Comprehension p18-19 – Lord of the Rings. Answers are below.

SPaG

Your SPaG this week is focusing on commas. You all made fantastic progress last term exploring commas for different purposes. Please complete the following pages in your KS2 English Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling CGP book:

SPaG 1: p40 SPaG 2: p41 SPaG 3: p42 SPaG 4: p43
SPaG 5: mark your work by using the answers on p106.

Spelling

This week’s spellings are based on words beginning with acc-. Please complete one activity each day – don’t forget to practise on Spelling Shed too.

History

This week’s lesson is focusing on evacuation. This was a key part of helping to keep children safe in World War Two. The resources below give all of the necessary information and they explain today’s tasks – they do not need to be printed. Please view Mr Hawkins’ video in the Video Resource Centre.

P.S.H.E

Our P.S.H.E lesson is focusing on challenging stereotypes. Please explore the information resource, which also contains your tasks for today’s lesson. If you can’t access the link to the YouTube video, Mrs Duncan has put the images on the second resource for you to explore.

P.E

Please complete the activities on the resource below - we will be doing this on two separate days to see how our fitness improves.

Mr Johnson from Elite Sports has also kindly sent some additional P.E which you could complete at home. The resource is below.

Art

Our Art this week is adding the finishing touches to your art work – including the light beams. Be creative with the media and materials which you choose. Mrs Duncan has made a video in the Video Resource Centre to help.

Science

Science this week is focusing on the impact of exercise on your circulatory system. Have a look at the video in the Video Resource Centre as well as the PowerPoint information and resources below for your task this week – you may need your trainers ready!