NEW - Home Learning for Y6

From Monday 15th June, the way we set Home Learning has changed. Instead of a daily Purple Mash Blog, tasks for the week can be accessed by following the link below. All the resources shown posted on the class website are the ones we are using in school that week. 

You can still use Purple Mash though to tackle 2Dos, leave messages for your teacher or just have fun learning!

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School Closure - What can I do at home?

Although SATs will not be taking place this year, it is vitally important that you continue to work at home as much as possible. You must be continuing to read, work on your spellings, practise you maths etc. Below is a list of many different activities you can be working on to help move your learning forward. 

Here is a list of recommended activities we would like your child to complete at home.

Maths:

• All Y6 children have been given Maths Revision books which they can work through as well as their weekly homework;
• Log on to Times Table Rockstars and (your logins have been sent home);
• BBC Bitesize has fun maths games to play: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39;
• Log on to Purple Mash (your individual logins have been sent home). There are a variety of activities for you to complete on here;
• You can create your own worksheets and www.mathsisfun/worksheets/. Don’t forget to link them to the topics in your revision book (no point doing Y1 work!);
• Other good websites to use are www.topmarks.co.uk or www.twinkl.co.uk.

Reading:

• For a list of recommended reading books, join the CLPE website: https://clpe.org.uk/corebooks/key-stage-2. All books can be ordered from Amazon, WHS Smith or Waterstones etc;
• All Y6 children have been given Reading Revision books which they can work through. Some of the websites mentioned above also provide comprehension tasks (Twinkl, BBC, Top Marks);
• Continue to read your reading/library book every day and record this in your reading diary (or any other books you are interested in);
• For each book you read, write a book review (templates can be found online for you to copy if you are unsure of what to include);
• Log on to Purple Mash (your individual logins have been sent home) and use ‘serial mash’ to read texts and answer questions – just like Guided Reading in class;
• Here is a list of activities to complete about what you are reading:

• Write a diary entry as one of the characters;
• Write a new blurb for your story;
• At the end of a chapter, can you predict what will happen next? Maybe you could write a chapter of your own and compare it to what actually happens;
• Make lists of the adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs that have been used;
• Summarise a chapter in 15 words.

Writing:

• All Y6 children have been given Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar Revision books which they can work through as well as their weekly homework;
• Continue to practise all the spellings on your highlighted lists – make sure you know what they mean and use them in sentences.
• Practise handwriting using the joined script.
• Write, edit and copy in best 3 different texts (remember to include end of year standards):

• A short story of your choice (maybe inspired by a book you are reading);
• A persuasive advert to persuade someone to play your favourite game;
• Write a biography about your favourite celebrity (research about their early life, career, family and achievements);
• Write a diary about what you get up to during your time out of school. Maybe one day your work will be a historical account of an extraordinary time in history.

Other:

• Log on to Purple Mash and explore the different sections (there are lots of activities about all topics – science is particularly useful);
• Whether SATs will go ahead is uncertain. However, CGP, Letts and Rising Stars produce useful revision guides which will help prepare your child for work at secondary school.
• BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxsbcdm
• Watch TV!: CBBC has excellent programmes to help with your learning such as Newsround, Horrible Histories, Deadly 6o etc.
• Watch Films!: There are lots of great adaptations of children’s books which can be downloaded and watched (His Dark Materials, The Hobbit, Coraline, Harry Potter, Little Women, Holes, The Princess Bride, Hugo, Stardust plus may other Disney and Roald Dahl favourites).