Year 6: Blog items
Today's Online Learning 22.01.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 3:28pm
Happy Friday Year 6!!
We can't believe we are already at the end of week 3 of online learning! Thank you for all the fantastic work that you have sent in this week.
The daily video explaining today's tasks is uploaded below so make sure you watch that! Don't forget to send us any pictures of your work to us through the school spider.
A brief outline for today
English - Today you will use similes and metaphors to form a descriptive piece of writing. You will be imagining you are Maia from our text 'Journey to the River Sea.'
Maths - Intepreting negative numbers on a line graph and answering questions alongside this.
RE - Following on from last week looking at our topic 'Exploring the Mass' there are some questions uploaded onto the school spider for you.
There is also the home well-being activities for you to complete at home with your families. We have loved seeing some pictures of some of you baking at home so please do send us any pictures of what you get up to.
Also don't forget to take part in the Rockstars Times Tables battle.
Have a great week everyone and we will see you Monday ready for week 4 of online learning.
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes 
Today's Home Learning Blog Thursday 21st January 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 20th Jan 2021 @ 3:14pm
Happy Thursday Everyone!
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
English today will explore metaphors and how we can use them within our writing to paint a picture to the reader.
Maths will continue with negative numbers and will have links to temperatures around the world.
Art will involve finding definitions to key vocabulary linked to our current topic. You will also be expected to re-create a piece of South American art work.
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
You also need to ensure you have read/listened to chapter 1, 2 and 3 of Journey to the River Sea. You may begin Chapter 4 if you are have.
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes 
Home Learning 20.01.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 19th Jan 2021 @ 3:01pm
Good Morning Year 6,
We are half way through the week already!!
We hope you are all ok and getting on with your home learning.
We have uploaded the blog for today outlining what we would like you to do at home and there are some worksheets on the school spider for you to complete.
There is also a battle set up on Rockstar Times Tables for you to compete in! Just let us know through the school spdier if you need your log in details again.
We hope you all have a great day and look forward to seeing you all soon!
Stay Safe!
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Blog Tuesday 19th January 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 18th Jan 2021 @ 4:21pm
Happy Tuesday Everyone!
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
English today will involve a new poem called 'Rainforest Phantoms'- you will need to read, annotate and explore the poem in detail noting any unfamiliar vocabulary and researching meaning/definitions.
Maths today will continue with Roman Numerals
Today's Geography will investigate trade and the economy within key South American countries. You will need to label and colour a map and complete the attached worksheet.
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
You also need to ensure you have read/listened to chapter 1, 2 and 3 of Journey to the River Sea. You may begin Chapter 4 if you are have.
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Home Learning 18.01.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 17th Jan 2021 @ 2:31pm
Good Morning Year 6,
We hope you have all had a lovely weekend and are staying safe at home with your families.
We can't believe it is already week 3 of online learning, we can't wait to see you all soon!
We have uplaoded a video briefly outlining today's lessons for you and there will be worksheets on the school spider for you to complete at home.
Don't forget we have also uploaded some well being ideas for you to do with you families while you are stuck at home (don't forget to send us some pictures).
We hope you all have a great week and don't forget if you have any questions you can send us a message through the school spider.
Take care and stay safe!
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Blog Friday 15th January 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 5:22pm
Happy Friday Everyone!
We hope you have found this week's Online Learning enjoyable - we have really enjoyed looking at what you have uploaded!
We hope you are all ok and staying safe at home. We have uploaded a video below that briefly outliness today's activities for you.
We have also uploaded your lessons for today onto SchoolSpider. We have provided you with step by step instructions and links to any videos that may support your learning.
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
Maths today will involve using adding, subtracting and multiplying decimals.
English today will be completing your persuasive letter on deforestation and then you have a comprehension task to complete
RE will be recapping the story of the feeding of the 5000 and will then be looking at an image of the story and will explore symbolism.
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
You also need to ensure you have read/listened to chapter 1 and 2 of Journey to the River Sea before Monday- the link is on SchoolSpider.
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning 14.01.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 13th Jan 2021 @ 2:55pm
Good Morning Year 6,
We hope you are all keeping safe and enjoying some time with your families.
We have uploaded a daily video explaing the tasks we would like you to complete today.
A brief overview
English you will be completing your final letter to Boris Johnson perusading him to help you slow down deforestation and the impact it is having on our country. We would like you to edit the work from yesterday and then write your final piece.
Maths is multiplying decimals (there is a PowerPoint for you to work through on the school spider).
Art is to research a famous South American artist and create a fact file including information about his early life, his work and what inspires his artwork (more information on the school spider).
We really do love seeing your work that you have completed at home so please do send us some pictures of your work through the school spider.
We have also added some at home well-being ideas for you to complete throughout the next few weeks to keep you busy and bring some enjoyment to you and your families through this very strange time.
We hope you have a great day and we can't wait to see you all soon!
Take care
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
x
Today's Home Learning Blog Wednesday 13th January 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 12th Jan 2021 @ 3:22pm
Good Morning Year 6 ,
Happy Hump Day- we are half way through the week!!
We hope you are all ok and staying safe at home. We have uploaded a video below that briefly outliness today's activities for you.
We have also uploaded your lessons for today onto SchoolSpider. We have provided you with step by step instructions and links to any videos that may support your learning.
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
Maths today will finding equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages.
English today will be exploring persuasive language and persuasive devices and then you will be drafting out a letter to persuade either Boris Johnson or the President of Brazil to take more action against deforestation.
Science will be learning about electrical circuits and the components needed to make a complete 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
You also need to ensure you have read/listened to chapter 1 and 2 of Journey to the River Sea before Monday- the link is on SchoolSpider.
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Flynn, Miss Houghton, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning 12.01.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 11th Jan 2021 @ 3:58pm
Good Morning Year 6
Hope you are all keeping safe and managing to keep active at home. We have really enjoyed seeing your work that you have been sending in.
We have uploaded a daily video to explain each activity and uploaded the day's tasks onto the school spider.
Brief overview of today
English-
Watch the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEbKmH8fAsc
Activity 1:
Find 3 pieces of quality evidence on the impact of deforestation to include in your letter- use the internet to find these or the videos watched last week. The video above explains this.
Activity 2:
Write three sentences that use repetition in each to reiterate an important point. The video above explains this.Activity 3:
Write 3 sentence about the impact of deforestation using interesting adjectives and adverbs. The video above explains this.
Activity 4:
Write one sentence about why we should reduce/stop deforestation
Maths: It is following on with addition and subtraction of decimals. There will be a worksheet uploaded onto the school spider. There is a silver and gold challenge! How many can you do?
Geography: Understand the geographical similarities and differences between Brazil in South America and USA and Russia. More information will be on the school spider.
Have a lovely day everyone and we look forward to seeing the work you produce.
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Blog Monday 11th January 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 11th Jan 2021 @ 7:49am
Good Morning Year 6 ,
Happy Monday!!
We hope you've had a lovely weekend!
We hope you are all ok and staying safe at home. We have uploaded a video below that briefly outliness today's activities for you.
We have also uploaded your lessons for today onto SchoolSpider. We have provided you with step by step instructions and links to any videos that may support your learning.
Here is a brief overview of today's lessons;
Maths today will be adding and subtracting using decimals.
English today will be exploring persuasive language and persuasive devices.
History today will be finding information about Mayan Gods and exploring the differences between ancient religions.
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 08.01.21, by Miss Houghton
Date: 7th Jan 2021 @ 2:58pm
Good Morning Year 6 ,
Hope you are all ok and staying safe at home. We have uploaded a daily video explaining the activities further for you.
Maths - We have uploaded a worksheet onto the school spider for you to complete at home carrying on with BIDMAS.
English - Is to imagine you are going on a protest about deforestation and create a poster to take with you.
RE - We have also uploaded a word document with some links to websites/videos that you need to watch about the Epiphany. We would then like you to draw a picture to represent the Epiphany.
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
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes
Today's Home Learning Blog Thursday 7th January 2021, by Miss Flynn
Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 4:56pm
Good Morning Year 6,
Hope you are all keeping safe and keeping busy at home
We are now going to upload a blog and a video daily, explaining the tasks for each day. If you go onto the school spider to ask any questions you might have and you can also upload your completed work here.
Today in Maths we are going to be looking at BIDMAS - this is the correct order to complete an equation when there are different operations. We have uploaded a worksheet for you to complete, you will be able to find this on the school spider. On the weekly timetable of work you will be able to find some links to videos.
English - Is looking at deforestation and the impact this can have. If you go onto the school spider you will be able to find the links to the videos and further information.
In the afternoon you will be doing Art which is starting to look at some pieces of South American art and starting to recreate some pieces of art of your own using inspiration from your research.
Don't forget to take plenty of breaks and maybe try to do some excersise or get some fresh air.
Miss Houghton, Miss Flynn, Miss Rylance, Mrs Worthington and Mrs Hayes 
Reading at Home, by Miss Flynn
Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 2:10pm
Happy New Year to all of our Pupils, Parents and Families!
Just a quick reminder that there is a wide range of Reading Books available for you to read at home.
There are books to read as a family and staged reading books which are pitched at all ability levels so that the children can continue to practise their reading at home.
All eBooks are tablet-friendly. Just register using the above link (for free) to start reading. New users: please activate your registration by clicking the link in your confirmation email.
Keep reading!
Miss Flynn
Accessing Online Learning, by Miss Flynn
Date: 6th Jan 2021 @ 1:50pm
Wednesday 6th January 2021
Good Afternoon Year 6!
We hope you are keeping well at home!
Just a quick reminder of how to access your Online Learning Tasks via the school website....
Click on the 'Classes' tab on the school website homepage
Select 'Year 6'
Scroll down to the bottom of the page, you will see a message updated daily...videos will start from tomorrow! (Thursday 7th)
You will also find the weekly plan of lessons and activities- there are links to videos and information that will help you on here too.
To upload your work, you will need to log in to our SchoolSpider using your own login. Please contact us via the school office if you need your login.
You can either attach a file or upload a picture of your work.
We will then provide feedback for your work as quickly as possible via SchoolSpider.
Miss Flynn and Miss Houghton
Year 6 Leavers 2020, by Miss Houghton
Date: 17th Jul 2020 @ 3:00pm
Hi Year 6,
This really is the final goodbye... for now...
We have made your leavers video which is attached below (there is a PowerPoint with a couple of embedded YouTube videos - click on the link to watch). There are a few little surprises for you in there which we think you will love and possibly have a good laugh at.
You have been an amazing year group and we know that you all have sparkling futures ahead of you. Remember us when you are successful!!!!
Good Luck with High School and remember to let us know how you are getting on.
Lots of Love
Mrs Parry, Miss Houghton, Mrs Hayes, Miss Rylance & all the staff at Our Lady's
xxx
Year 6 Home Learning Week 12, by Miss Houghton
Date: 26th Jun 2020 @ 3:34pm
Hi Year 6,
Hope you are all keeping well! It was lovely to see even more of you this week, we hope you have enjoyed your time back in school with us.
Thank you for all the pictures that have been sent in this week you were all super cute. Please could you get pictures into us in the next week as we are currently making the leaving PowerPoint and don't want to leave anyone out!!
Watch the vlog for this week's challenges from myself and Mrs Parry.
Keep well, Keep safe and keep smiling.
Love from
Miss Houghton & Mrs Parry XX
Year 6 Home Learning Week 11, by Miss Houghton
Date: 19th Jun 2020 @ 3:27pm
Hi Year 6,
It has been really lovely to see some of you this week and we hope to see you a few more of you in the coming weeks. We hope everyone at home is safe and well.
Myself and Mrs Parry are starting to think about creating a virtual leavers assembly and would really love to include all of you once we've worked out what to do!!
Watch our video to see what activities we are setting you this week and please try to send some photographs into us.
Keep smiling, Keep safe & Keep busy!
Love from Miss Houghton, Mrs Parry & the rest of the Year 6 team.
Year 6 Home Learning Week 10, by Miss Houghton
Date: 5th Jun 2020 @ 9:54am
Hi Year 6,
Hope you are all keeping well. We really are all missing you here in school.
We are here again with more activities for you to complete at home. This week we need to start thinking about creating you a leaving memoir that you can all look back on for years to come. Unfortunately, this year we can't celebrate in our normal way but we still want you to have the send off that you all deserve.
Watch the video to find out what this week's actvities are, we really would love you all to join in.
We are also attaching an end of Primary School booklet to create for you to keep.
We hope you enjoy this week's activities.
We might see some of you next week but for the one's who are staying at home kepp safe!!
Love from
Miss Houghton & Mrs Parry xx
Year 6 Home Learning Week 9, by Miss Houghton
Date: 4th Jun 2020 @ 12:26pm
Hi Year 6,
We hope you have continued to enjoy the lovely weather we have had again this week. We certainly have been enjoying the lovely sunshine.
Last week we set you the task to send us any questions you have for your High School, we didn't recieve any questions from you. It's absolutely fine if you don't have any questions but please don't be afraid to send a question in if you do think of one.
We have set more tasks for you so please watch our video. This week it involves lots of writing and using those brilliant imaginations of yours.
We hope you are all staying safe and we will speak to you next week.
Love from
Miss Houghton & Mrs Parry
Year 6 Home Learning Week 8, by Miss Houghton
Date: 4th Jun 2020 @ 12:21pm
Hi Year 6,
The weeks are really starting to fly by!! We hope you have been enjoying the lovely weather we have been having and spending lots of time outside.
Your challenges this week involve you to start thinking about your transition from Primary School to High School. Please have a think about any questions you have for your new school and ask your parents to email them over to us. These questions can be about absolutely anything but don't worry if you don't have any questions at this point.
We will try to answer as many questions as possible.
Please watch the video attached and have a go of the challenges.
Love From
Miss Houghton & Mrs Parry xx
Year 6 Home Learning Week 7, by Miss Houghton
Date: 4th Jun 2020 @ 12:16pm
Hi Year 6,
Hope you are all keeping well. Here are next week's challenges for you to complete at home. This week's challenges have a 'Healthy Living' theme for you to think about. It even involves you designing your very own sports kit which we know lots of you will love!
We have loved seeing lots of pictures of you all and hearing that you are all keeping safe so keep them coming!
Keep safe, keep smiling and keep busy.
Love from
Miss Houghton & Mrs Parry
Year 6 Week 6 Home Learning, by Miss Houghton
Date: 8th May 2020 @ 1:49pm
Hi Year 6,
Hope you are all keeping well and have been enjoying the lovely weather we have had again this week.
Myself and Mrs Parry have created some more tasks for you to complete over the next week with a VE day theme.
Just a little reminder that you should still be completing the work in the CPG books that we sent you home with just to keep your amazing brains working ready for High School.
Have a lovely weekend with your families and hopefully we will see you very soon!
Keep Safe, keep smiling and keep busy!
Love from
Miss Houghton and Mrs Parry XX
Home Learning Week 5, by Miss Houghton
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 5:39pm
Hi Year 6,
We hope you are all keeping well and staying safe with your families in these very strange times!
Myself and Mrs Parry have thought of some more challenges to keep you busy over the next week. One of your challenges is a really important one as it is the time of year when we need to start thinking about you leaving us to go to your new High Schools. All the information has been included in a word document for you.
Thank you for all the pictures of work and activities you have been doing at home. We really do love seeing all your pictures and knowing how you all are so keep them coming! Sorry we don't get to reply to them all but don't worry we do recieve them all.
Keep Safe and Keep Smiling Year 6!
Hopefully we will see you all soon.
Love from
Miss Houghton & Mrs Parry XX
Home Learning Week 4, by Miss Houghton
Date: 24th Apr 2020 @ 2:01pm
Hi Year 6,
Hope you are all keeping well and have been outside enjoying all this lovely weather.
We have thought of some more activities to keep you busy over the next week. We have attached a PowerPoint with all the information on and don't forget to watch the blog!!
Try and have a go at some of the challenges we have given you and don't forget to ask your parents to send some pictures in to our school Facebook/Twitter.
We hope you and your families are all keeping safe and we can't wait to see you all very soon.
Love from Miss Houghton & Mrs Parry xx
Year 6 Week 3 Challanges, by Mrs Parry
Date: 17th Apr 2020 @ 7:47pm
Dear Year 6
Hope that you are all safe and well and managing to enjoy the sunshine.
Here is your weekly Happy news update - looking at some of the happy news around at the moment and celebrating the moments of joy in our country today.
Please try and do some of the challanges and keep those awesome brains ticking over. We miss you all terribly and cannot wait to see you all again really soon.
With love from
Mrs Parry & Miss Houghton XXXX