Year 6 Blog Thursday 8th February 2024

Date: 7th Feb 2024 @ 3:33pm

A great week of learning, well done Year 6.

Home Practice

Reading

Please read for up to 30 minutes every night, this will improve the speed at which you read and your understanding of the text. If you come across any new words that you don’t understand, ask an adult or look it up in the dictionary. Building up your vocabulary knowledge is really beneficial.

Spelling

We managed to do the spelling test today, fantastic effort everyone. This means we can take new spellings home for the half term holiday. Please practise these spellings (Y5/6 Word List) for your test on the first Friday back after half term. A sheet will go home every Thursday/Friday with the spelling list on. 

Spellings (08.02.24 – 23.02.24):

excellent                      forty

existence                     frequently

explanation                  government

familiar                         guarantee

foreign                          harass

Maths

Counting

Which of these numbers would you come to when counting in sixes from zero?
How do you know?

Would you get to some of these numbers if you were counting in sevens from zero? Which ones?
Can you explain how you arrived at your answers?

Could some of these numbers be reached if you were counting in nines from zero? Which ones?
Again, how do you know?

Would your answers be the same if you counted in the same step sizes but down from 350 in each case?
How do you know?

Looking at the image above and this time counting in 25s from zero, which numbers will you land on?  
If you were counting in 25s from 10, which numbers would you land on this time?  How can you work this out without actually counting?

Sumdog

You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog to complete by Friday 23.02.24.

Log in at www.sumdog.com

If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.

Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Reminders

Remember to sign up for Parents' Evening on Tuesday 20th February or Tuesday 27th February.

World Book Day is on Thursday 7th March. Get your costumes ready!

Year 6 have been given a revision pack to work through over the half term holiday. 

In English, we continued typing up our stories and spent valuable time proof-reading and editing our work. We also enjoyed reading a few of the stories out loud to the class.  Another great session by Gareth from Literacy Kicks about live blogging. Unfortunately, it was the last session, but Year 6 have thoroughly enjoyed being sports journalists and their writing has been fantastic!

In Maths, we worked hard on arithmetic and place value. We learnt about partitioning large numbers up to 10 000 000 and numbers with up to three decimal places. We also practised rounding whole numbers and decimal numbers. Other maths work included: solving calculation problems, simplifying and ordering fractions and adding/subtracting fractions.

In RE, we researched and prepared a presentation about The Dead Sea Scrolls and The Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem.

In PE, we worked on our hockey skills and played mini games.

In French, we described ourselves and a friend using the correct french vocabulary for height, age, hair/eye colour and accessories.

In Music, KS2 had a lovely afternoon sharing all the things they had been learning in a special Music Showcase.

Year 6 Team.