Year 6 Home Learning - Friday 22nd January 2021

Date: 21st Jan 2021 @ 3:48pm

Friday 22^nd January 2021

Good morning Year 6. Congratulations - you made it to the end of another week! Thank you once again to those who have sent in their work via Seesaw. I am happy to see any work, whether you are celebrating or needing support, I do not mind.

This Friday is the start of my weekly ‘Friday Catch-up’ videos so please check your Seesaw for my message.

Here are the final tasks of the week:

Reading

Read for 30 minutes. Now is the time to build up reading stamina by reading for longer. Some of you do this already, which is great, but it is important that we all do it every day.

Reading activity for today:

• Write about a memory or experience of your own that is similar to something you’ve read in the book.

English (split into three parts: Handwriting, Spellings and Writing)

Handwriting

Every day this week we are going to focus on our number 1 class target, Handwriting, which must be joined. Each day, I will give you a poem to copy in your neatest handwriting. This week focus on having clear spaces between words.

The soldiers (Yesterday’s lesson = Matchsticks)

Who were the soldiers

tall and erect

who came to your door

while you still slept?

Who were the soldiers

pale and thin

who never knocked

to be let in

but stood on guard

with hats of tin?

(Answer is at the bottom of the blog)

Spellings

There is a spelling file attached at the bottom of this blog which covers the spellings for this week – fer

• Today is the spelling quiz. Hopefully you can get someone to quiz you on the 15 spellings, in random order. Then ask them to come up with 3 sentences for you to write for your dictation.

Writing task

Yesterday’s great example of reported/indirect speech (past tense and third person)

Tom and Hatty had an argument. Tom had accused Hatty of being a ghost but she didn’t take it very well. Tom punched her trying to prove she was a ghost. Hatty ended crying but then Tom took back what he had said and put his arm around Hatty to comfort her. She carried on with her jobs, sniffing every once in a while.

Can I write a report, as Tom, explaining why Hatty is from the past (and which part of history)?

Read chapter 14

In this chapter, Tom is researching information on how Hatty must be from the past and therefore a ghost.

As you read this chapter, make notes on the information Tom finds that secures this. Make bullet point notes (which we have done many times) to help. Some of the following sub-headings can be used to give you a start:

• Monarchs (Kings and Queens of England) – page 110
• 17^th, 18^th or 19^th Century? – page 110
• Trousers – page 111
• Skirts – page 112
• First World War - 112

With this information, your task is to write a report detailing why Hatty is from the past and therefore a ghost.

Success criteria. Explain each of your reasons with:

• Formal language (no contractions – don’t, can’t)
• Use modal verbs (could, should, might, will, does mean)

I have sent a video explaining how to work through each task of making notes and using them to create a report.

Maths – Percentages Week

1. Warm up your brain: Counting back in 0.01s.

1024, 1 843, 24 626, 274 763, 1 847 265

 With each number count back in 1s, 10 times.

(1024, 924, 824, 724, 624, 524, 424, 324, 224, 124, 24)

2. Sumdog – two challenges (both with 200 answer targets for this week):
   1. Mix of 7 and 9 times tables
   2. FDP – converting between fractions, decimals and percentages
3. Main lesson. The objective for today is:
   1. Can I find percentages of amounts?

Today’s lesson is about finding percentages of amounts. There is a video for the lesson here, Percentage of amounts, which works through a few strategies to solve a range of questions.

I have also sent you a video of me explaining how we solve percentages of amounts in class. I work through multiples of 10%, 5% and 1% so please watch as it should jog your memory.

Complete the attached ‘Percentage of amounts sheet’ at the bottom of this blog.

4. Maths challenge – Percentage of amounts is attached at the bottom of this blog. My video should help you in solving both the ‘challenging’ and ‘very challenging’ sections.

Art

Following yesterday’s History lesson, we learnt about 6 of the Mayan gods that they worshipped over a thousand or more years ago. One of the main gods that they worshipped was Kukulkan. Kukulkan was a powerful snake god whose name means ‘feathered serpent’. He was the primary god of the Itza people in the latter part of the Maya civilisation. They even built a temple, which is called the Kukulkan, with a huge serpent guarding the temple with a gaping mouth. Have a look at the PowerPoint, Kukulkan Images, which show some jewellery, coins and artwork that show Kukulkan.

As you can see in the images, Kukulkan is often drawn to look like a dragon. This god was not unique to the Maya civilisation as he was also known as Quetzalcoatl to the Aztecs (another ancient civilisation who ruled in the same country, Mexico, just after the Mayan ended). For you to sketch the Kukulkan, follow the video, How to draw a double headed Aztec Serpent (Kukulkan).

Keep your sketch as well as your other pieces as we will put them together for a final art piece in the future.

Handwriting answer = Milk Bottles

Have a super weekend everyone!

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