Year 6: Blog items
Today's Home Learning 05.03.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 5th Mar 2021 @ 9:36am
Good Morning Year 6,
Only one more day of home learning!! We can't wait to see you all back in school on Monday.
We hope you all had a lovely World Book Day and enjoyed the tasks Miss Flynn uploaded.
Watch today's video to find out what your activities of the day are.
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes 
Today's Home Learning Blog Thursday 4th March 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 11:18pm
Good Morning Everyone!!
Happy World Book Day!
Today's Online Learning will be a bit different. Instead of our ususal timetable, today we will be completing a number of World Book Day activities.
We have attached videos and activities for you to complete at home.
Below is a rough timetable of the day- whilst at home you can complete the activities in any order that you wish.
Don't forget to upload any work you complete and remember to show off your costume if you have decided to dress up! You can upload a picture to SchoolSpider or send them to the school office email!
World Book Day
9.30am-
Assembly and Quiz. (Uploaded to SchoolSpider) There is then a link for you to choose a story to listen to either by yourself or with your family.
10.30am
Bringing Books to life (30 minute live)
https://www.worldbookday.com/event/words-pictures-bring-reading-to-life/
11(ish) am
Break
11.30 until Lunchtime
Bookman introduction video
PowerPoint- 'Open a Book'
Powerpoint with the beginning of a poem written....can you write the rest? Complete Open Book Wksheet attached to SchoolSpider
1.30pm -
Watch Bookman Powerpoint uploaded to SchoolSpider
'Fiction Fusion'
Merge two of your favourite stories together to create a new one. Write short story and then create a front cover and blurb.
There are also lots of other events on the World Book Day website. See the whole school blog on our school website for links.
Have a great day everyone! :)
World Book Day 4th March 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 10:07am
World Book Day - 4th March 2021
World Book Day changes lives through a love of books and shared reading. Our mission is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own. Reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success – more than their family circumstances, their parents’ educational background or their income. We want to see more children with a life-long habit of reading for pleasure and the improved life chances this brings them. Designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, World Book Day is marked in over 100 countries around the globe.
Throughout the day, your child's teacher will upload activities to complete to SchoolSpider however there are also a number of free events being hosted throughout the day.
See below for further information and don't forget to send photographs in if you have dressed up!
Most importantly- keep reading!
Miss Flynn :)
4TH MARCH
In the morning…
BBC Breakfast: tune in to see Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo and Malcolm Donaldson sharing stories while dressed up as the book characters! If you’re inspired, check out our ideas on how to make your own book character costume to wear while you share your favourite stories.
9:15am: Join CBBC presenter Kenzie Benali and Football School authors Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton for a fun, free live event! Hosted in collaboration with the National Literacy Trust and the Premier League, the event will be an interactive quiz, including a round led by footballers from the Premier League, the English Football League, and Women’s Super League! Join the event here.
9-10am: Scala Radio’s Screentime with World Book Day. Scala will be playing music from films and TV shows that have been adapted from children’s books, including The Secret Garden, The BFG and Harry Potter. There will be exciting conversations about how to get involved with World Book Day, as well guest readings throughout the day.
In the Afternoon…
1:45-2:45pm: Fonetti’s World Book Day online extravaganza! Register in advance to hear stories from Clare Balding and Christina Gabbitas, who will answer questions from young readers. Fonetti are also launching a new competition, where the winners can become a published author. Register for the event here.
2-2.45pm: KS3 event with Robert Muchamore, in partnership with South West ASCEL schools/libraries and Authors Aloud
2.30pm – 3.30pm: Twinkl’s World Book Day Quiz! Twinkl are hosting a fun, quick fire World Book Day quiz. For children in the early years there will be the reading of a short story then asking some fun, quiz questions based on the book to practice children’s retelling and recall skills. Afterwards, there’s some further quiz fun as children can try to name that story with Twinkl’s PowerPoint and/or try another scavenger hunt for some further screen free, energy-burning fun.
Big World Book Day Virtual Book Bonanza with At Home 4 Indies: Two brilliant schools events for KS1 and KS2, featuring Konnie Huq, Andy Shepherd, Jonny Duddle, Julia Patton, John Kane and Chris Wakling. Email [email protected] for more information.
Become a RECORD SMASHER! In celebration of the upcoming publication of The Incredible RecordSmashers by Jenny Pearson, Usborne and Guinness World Records are encouraging as many children as possible to have at a book-based challenge this World Book Day! Book tower & topple, book stacks, balancing books on your head… Everyone who has a go gets an official certificate to prove they are INCREDIBLE – get involved here.
For older readers…
4-5pm: Spark Your Story with this free virtual Creative Writing Workshop. Aimed for ages 16-25, join Isabelle King, Norfolk Storyteller and children’s author, to explore the stunning landscapes of Alfred Cohen, to inspire your writing. At the end of the workshop you will have created a setting, character and the start of your own amazing story. Click here to book your place.
Today's Home Learning 03.03.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 9:27am
Good Morning Year 6,
Only three more days of home learning!!
Watch today's video to find out your activities for the day!
Brief Overview
Maths: Area of Triangles.
English: Fronted Adverbials
Science: Reproduction of Plants
Have a great day
Today's Home Learning Blog Tuesday 2nd March 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 1st Mar 2021 @ 3:30pm
Good Morning Year 6,
Watch today's daily video to find out more about your tasks today.
Brief outline
Maths - Calculating the area and perimeter of compound shapes
English- Reading Lesson comprehension activity -Author Study- David Walliams
Geography- Naming, locating and investigating the rivers of South America
Have a great day!
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning 01.03.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 1st Mar 2021 @ 9:27am
Good Morning Year 6,
Hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoy the sunshine.
One week left of home learning!! We can't wait to see you all soon.
Brief Overview
Maths - Area of compound shapes and finding shapes with the same area.
English - Comprehension uploaded onto the school spider with questions to answer.
History - Maya Transportation System
Today's Home Learning Blog Friday 26th February 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 26th Feb 2021 @ 9:17am
Good Morning Year 6,
Watch today's daily video to find out more about your tasks today.
Brief outline
Maths - Scale Factor - We use scale factor when we talk about increasing the size of a 2D shape. The size by which we make the shape larger is described by its scale factor. Today you will be drawing and then enlarging simple 2D shapes.
English - Reading Lesson- comprehension activity 'The Cave'- read the text, highlight any unfamiliar vocabulary and find the definition. Then answer the questions uploaded to SchoolSpider.
RE- Revisit what Lent is? What happens on Shrove Tuesday and why do we celebrate it? What happens on Ash Wednesday? Have you made a Lenten Promise?
Have a great day and enjoy your weekend!
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Year 6 Home Learning 25.02.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 25th Feb 2021 @ 8:38am
Good Morning Year 6,
Happy Thursday!!
Watch today's daily video to find out more about your tasks today.
Brief outline
Maths - Scale Factor - We use scale factor when we talk about increasing the size of a 2D shape. The size by which we make the shape larger is described by its scale factor. A PowerPoint and links to videos are on the school spider with a worksheet for you to complete.
English - Grammar Lesson: Exploring Complex sentences. This is an Oak Academy lesson.
DT - Investigate and explore traditional Mexican foods.
Well done to 6B (Miss Houghton's class) for winning the last TTRS class battles. There is a new battle running until 7pm on Sunday so make sure you log on and take part!
Have a great day!
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Blog Wednesday 24th February 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 3:24pm
Good Morning Year 6!
Today's Tasks
Maths - Calculating Ratio
English - Exploring Ratio
Science- Describe differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird.
Have a great day!
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes 
Today's Home Learning 23.02.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 22nd Feb 2021 @ 6:18pm
Welcome back Year 6!
We hope you all had a fantastic half term and a very well deserved break.
After a very strange start to 2021 and lots of homeschooling we really are looking forward to seeing you all back in school very soon.
The weekly timetable has been uploaded onto the school spider for you to take a look over and of course there is the daily video to explain your tasks for today.
Brief overview
Maths - Ratio and Proportion - This is a re-cap lesson from things you learnt during Spring 1. There is a video for you to watch and work through the questions.
English - You should have finished listening to 'Journey to the River Sea' if you have not yet finished please spend some time finishing the story. Don't forget you can listen to each chapter on YouTube. You are then going to be completing a book review. A PowerPoint has been uploaded onto the school spider to support you with this.
Geography - Today we are looking at the South American Country of Ecuador in more detail. Our focus will be on the Galapagos Islands.
Your challenge is to locate the islands on a world map.
Don't forget to send us a picture of your completed work and remember myself or Miss Flynn are here if you need any help.
Have a brilliant week.
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Friday 12th February 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 4:22pm
Good Morning Year 6!
We made it!! The last day of half term!!
To finish off this half term we would like you to complete the following;
Today's Tasks
Maths -
To name parts of a circle:
Key vocabulary:
- Diameter
- Radius
- Centre
- Circumference
Why is the centre important? What is the relationship between the diameter and the radius? If you know one of these, how can you calculate the other? Can you use the vocabulary of a circle to describe and compare objects in the classroom? There are more tasks oulined on SchoolSpider
English - Edit and improve your short story. You should have built up your story over the week and should now be ready to edit, improve and re-write. Once you have done this, you may wish to add a front cover and blurb!
RE- Continuing to look at the different parts of the Mass. Today will focus on 'The Gloria' and 'The Liturgy of the Word'.
Have a great day and enjoy your well deserved week off!
Happy Half Term!
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning 11.02.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 11th Feb 2021 @ 9:16am
Good Morning Year 6,
Hope you are all ok!
It's almost Friday and it's almost half term!!
Watch today's video where the tasks of the day are explained.
Overview
Maths - Reasoning and Problem solving - Line Graphs. There is a worksheet uploaded on the school spider for you to work through.
English - Listen/Read chapter 14 and 15 of Journey to the River Sea- you can read ahead if you like as we need to finish before we return from half term.
Please read ALL of the information below…..
Today you are going to put the last three days’ worth of work together to write your own short section of the story.
You will start from when Maia took off her mask…
Art -
Create a South American Landscape using a medium focus of your choice (paint, crayons, tissue paper, and coloured pencils).
Make sure your piece is bold and bright. Think about how it represents South America.
Use the internet to find some inspiration for your own piece.
Have a lovely day!
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Blog Wednesday 10th February, by Miss Flynn
Date: 9th Feb 2021 @ 3:56pm
Good Morning Year 6!
We hope you are all ok and enjoying the home learning.
Today's Tasks
Maths - Constructing Line graphs and plotting the data given (worksheet uploaded onto the school spider). Make sure you give your line graph a title and label the X and Y axis.
English - Carrying on from yesterday you are going to be carrying on with writing your story. There is a worksheet on the school spider for you to work through. There is also two new sentence types to include so please look at the examples on the attached document on SchoolSpider.
Science- We are continuing with electricity and different types of circuits. Today's task will focus on parallel circuits..
Have a great day!
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning 09.02.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 9th Feb 2021 @ 9:12am
Good Morning Year 6,
Happy Tuesday!
We hope you are all ok and enjoying the home learning.
Today's Tasks
Maths - Drawing Line graphs and plotting the data given (worksheet uploaded onto the school spider). Make sure you give your line graph a title and label the X and Y axis.
English - Carrying on from yesterday you are going to be carrying on with writing your story. There is a worksheet on the school spider for you to work through.
Geography - Today you will be focusing on 'What is Fairtrade?' there are some links to videos on the school spider for you to watch. You will be focusing on what Fairtrade looks like in South America and creating a poster. There is then a quiz for you to complete.
Have a great day!
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Blog Monday 8th February 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 7th Feb 2021 @ 7:04pm
Good Morning!!!
We hope you have had a lovely weekend! What did you get uptp?
Here is an overview of today's lessons....
Maths- interpreting line graphs
English-creating a dream-like/magical setting
History-end of half term quiz on the Mayas and you have a map to accurately label
Have a lovely day!
Don't forget to send in pictures of anything fun you get up to :)
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Mrs Worthington, Miss Rylance and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Blog Friday 5th February 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 9:35am
Good Morning!!!
Happy Friday!!
Here is an overview of today's lessons....
Maths- Please complete the algebra booklet attached to SchoolSpider- there is a PowerPoint to support.
English- Please read/listen to chapter 10 and complete the activity outlined on SchoolSpider
RE- Explore and understand the Penitential Act and complete the activities on SchoolSpider.
Have a lovely weekend!!
Don't forget to send in pictures of anything fun you get up to :)
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Mrs Worthington, Miss Rylance and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning 04.02.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 9:05am
Good Morning Year 6,
Happy Thursday!
Hope you are all ok and keeping safe!
A brief outline of today's tasks
English:
Listen again to the end of Chapter 9
The Plan.
In your own words explain the plan that Finn, Clovis and Maia have hatched.
You need to understand the plan – who is involved, what they are going to do and how this looks to others. Imagine you are Finn and you are faced with the task of explaining the plan to others.
Imagining you are Finn…write down the plan to send Clovis back to England so he can stay in the Amazon.
Maths:
Forming Equations - Algebra. A PowerPoint is uploaded onto the school spider for you to work through.
Art:
Today you will look at some of the work of Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo’s artwork.
On the PowerPoint attached you will find several images of her work.
Create a short factfile about who she was, note key information about her life and some key points about her style of artwork.
Have a great day!
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Blog Wednesday 3rd February 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 9:22am
Good Morning Year 6!
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
English today will be reading/listening to Journey to the River Sea- ensure you are up to chapter 8. The links for the chapters are on SchoolSpider and then there are some questions to complete.
In Maths we are continuing with algebra and forming expressions. There is a PowerPoint and worksheet on SchoolSpider to help you.
In Science you will be investigating what happens when certain changes are made to a circuit.
Don't forget to go on the rockstars website (just let us know on the school spider if you need your log in). https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning 02.02.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 1st Feb 2021 @ 3:19pm
Happy Tuesday Year 6!!
Hope you are all ok and keeping safe at home. Not long until half term!!
A brief outline of today's tasks
Maths - Two step function machines - a PowerPoint will be uploaded onto the school spider for you to work through with a focus on reasoning style questions.
English - Listren to chapter 7 of 'Journey to the River Sea' and complete the questions on the school spider. Once you have done this please listen to chapter 8 ready for tomorrow's learning.
Geography - You will be making comparsions between England and Brazil, South America. A document will be uploaded onto the school spider to help you with this.
This week is also Children's Mental Health week - keep an eye out for some extra activities realting to this.
There is a virtual assembly to watch here: https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/news/watch-our-children-s-mental-health-week-assembly-with-bafta-kids-and-oak-national-academy/
Have a lovely day and stay safe!
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Blog Monday 1st February 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 1st Feb 2021 @ 8:42am
Good Morning!
We hope you have had a lovely weekend!
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
English today will be reading/listening to Journey to the River Sea- ensure you are up to chapter 5. Today we would like you to listen to and make notes on chapters 5 and 6 and then complete the activities outlined on SchoolSpider.
In Maths we have set an activity on function machines. You need to problem solve to try and work out what has happened to the number as it has passed through the function machine.
HIstory will be researching the Maya's diet and what crops they grew. There is also a recipe for Hot Chocolate!
Don't forget to go on the rockstars website (just let us know on the school spider if you need your log in). https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Blog Friday 29th January 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 29th Jan 2021 @ 9:10am
Happy Friday Everyone!
Are you all looking forward to the weekend?
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
English today will be reading/listening to Journey to the River Sea- ensure you are up to chapter 5. Then I would like you to edit and improve yesterday's work ensuring you have used at least one 2A sentence, 1 relative clause, a rhetorical question and a simile.
In Maths we have set an arithmetic paper- give yourself aroung 20-30 minutes to complete this and then try and boost your class score on Times Tables Rockstars.
RE will be recapping what happened at the last supper and how it is replicated at mass.
Don't forget to go on the rockstars website (just let us know on the school spider if you need your log in). https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning 28.01.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 28th Jan 2021 @ 11:40am
Good Morning Year 6,
Hope you are all keeping well and safe at home.
We love seeing the work that you have been completing at home either through the online learning or home packs.
Brief Outline for today
Maths - Reasoning and mastery style questions focusing on volume and capacity.
English - Carrying on a story opening using the image we looked at on Tuesday.
Art - Create a skyline continuation of Liverpool - think about colours, shapes, materials you use etc.
Have a great day!
See you all soon
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Mrs Worthington, Miss Rylance and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning 27.01.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 26th Jan 2021 @ 2:51pm
Good Morning Year 6!
Half way through the week already!! Hope you are all keeping safe!
The daily blog is uploaded for you to watch outlining all of today's tasks.
Don't forget about the well being tasks to keep you busy at home! School work is important but so is staying happy and healthy so remember to keep active and spend some time each day doing something you enjoy.
Brief Outline for Today
English - There is a worksheet uploaded for you to improve some sentences using 2a sentences, relative clauses, similes, metaphors and personifcation.
Maths - Finding the volume of cubes and cuboids (worksheet uploaded onto the school spider).
Science - There is a video to watch all about circuits carrying on from the previous lesson. You need to watch the video and complete the task at the end.
We hope you have a great day!
We are all missing you here in school and hope to see you soon.
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning 26.01.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 25th Jan 2021 @ 3:33pm
Happy Tuesday Year 6!
Hope you are all keeping safe and managing to keep busy at home.
Yesterday we had a few issues with the internet in school so we will catch up on marking the home learning today.
Today's tasks are all explained in the daily blog that we have uploaded for you to watch!
A brief overview
English - There is an image uploaded for you to have a look at. We would then like you to use your imagination to asnwers the questions uploaded onto the spider.
Maths - We would just like you to complete page 1 of the worksheet on volume and then have a go of the challenge uploaded on the home learning weekly timetable.
Geography - It is thinking of biomes in South America and creating a survival guide.
Don't forget to said some pictures of completed work.
Well done to Miss Flynn's class who won the latest Rock Star Times Tables battle. There is another battle which is live until Sunday!! Good Luck!!
Have a lovely day.
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Blog Monday 25th January 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 22nd Jan 2021 @ 4:53pm
Happy Monday Everyone!
Have you had a lovely weekend?
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
English today will be reading/listening to Journey to the River Sea- chapter 4. Then please complete questions 8, 9 and 10 from the attached document on SchoolSpider.
In Maths we are starting a new topic on volume and capacity and there is a conversion activity to complete.
History will investigate the Mayan Number System. There is video and PowerPoint to support your learning and an attached activity to complete.
Don't forget to go on the rockstars website (just let us know on the school spider if you need your log in). https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes