Year 6 Blog - 13th December 2024

Date: 12th Dec 2024 @ 2:06pm

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have continued learning about the novel 'A Christmas Carol'. We have learned all about the features of a persuasive speech, so we could write in role as Scrooge at the end of the story. We wrote some amazing speeches encouraging wealthy Victorians to donate money to the poor and close the workhouses. 

Maths 

This week, we have started our new topic all about angles. We have learned how to draw angles accurately using a protractor. 

RE

In RE, we have shared the story of Ruth and Naomi from the Old Testament. We have thought carefully about this quote from Pope John Paul II: “The women of the Old Testament were true protagonists of salvation history" and discussed the role of women in salvation history together. 

Topic 

In DT, we have been working hard to make a felt Christmas tree decoration. We have created prototypes out of paper and begun to stitch and create our final designs! 

In Computing, we completed our work on Tinkercad by designing and creating our own 3D models of a house. You can see some of our creations on the galleries! 

We also had our final Literacy Kicks session this week! The children wrote some fantatsic articles about the question: 'Is winning the most important thing in sport?'

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Next week, there will be no spelling test as the children worked hard on their spelling test of the Year 5 and Year 6 words this week. If you would like additional spelling practise, please continue to practise the Year 5 and Year 6 words. 

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: 

Have a go at the game below.

This game is for two players.
You will need to draw a number line from -13 to 13 on a piece of paper, and find a counter and two 1-6 dice to use. 

Decide who is Positive and who is Negative.
Positive moves the counter from left to right and Negative moves the counter from right to left. (Why do you think we have suggested this way round?)

Place the counter on 0.

Take it in turns to throw the two dice and add the scores then move the counter that number of places in your direction.
If the counter reaches -13, Negative has won. If the counter reaches 13, Positive has won.

Is it better to play a game where you have to reach the end exactly, or where you can go over the end? What do you think and why?

Now change the game. This time, when you throw the dice, you can decide whether to add, subtract, multiply or divide the numbers on the dice. You must reach -13 or 13 exactly to win.

Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!

Maths Task: This week's practise is revision of the topics we have learned about over the Autumn Term. 

Have a fantastic weekend Year 6!