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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!
Welcome Visitor! This is 6Wi's class webpage. Keep and eye out for updates on all that we have been learning about this year and the fun and exciting activities taking place in Y6...
Silly Squad, the Summer Reading Challenge 2020, will celebrate funny books, happiness and laughter. Children taking part in the Challenge will join the Silly Squad, an adventurous team of animals who love to have a laugh and get stuck into all different kinds of funny books!
To take part, you will need to sign up and create a profile at sillysquad.org.uk. You can then set your own challenge to read any amounts of books during this time. You can read anything that makes you happy – comics, joke books, poetry, fiction or non-fiction; in digital or print format: from e-book lending through the public library service or from what you already have at home.
Each time you finish a book, add it to your profile and write a review. Along the way you will be rewarded with activities and incentives such as badges, games and videos. You will also receive a downloadable certificate once you’ve completed the challenge!
Good luck and happy reading!
This is just a reminder that tasks for you to complete appear every day on the 6Wi PurpleMash Blog. There is a range of activities provided to keep up your skills and knowledge in order to prepare you for secondary school.
You also have your homework to do, to be finished by Tuesday each week.
In addition, the document at the top of this page contains all the learning you would have done during this half term. Open it up and take a look; it will give your parents a good idea of what they can do with you to help you at home.
V.E. Day Design Project Information Pack
Great news! 6WI are invited to design a series of special silk banners for display in the Barking & Dagenham Council Chambers, as part of the celebrations to mark the 75th Anniversary of V.E. Day. We are very excited to have been chosen by Kinetika (the design company who are running the project) and really need your help.
What Do You Have to Do?
Draw two pictures. Do them lightly in pencil then go over them in a black felt tip so that they are clear. Do them on A4 blank paper but MAKE THEM BIG! If you are not able to colour them, don’t worry. But if you can colour them, please do.
One should link to V.E. Day. The other should be inspired by one of the following questions:
- How did families support each other during the war? How are you and your family supporting each other now - what activities are you doing together?
- How did communities come together during the war/How are communities coming together now?
- When the virus has gone, and we can be together again, how will we celebrate?
What Help Will You Get?
You parents will be sent an email with an information pack that tells you all you need to know. It is also attached above this post:
- Part One is about World War II and V.E. Day. There are lots of questions, links and further learning ideas. Read it through and explore, preferably with an adult, to give you some ideas about what to include in the design.
- Part Two is gives step-by-step instructions on what to do. There are examples and suggestions about what you might draw. There is also a list of useful websites for further learning opportunities.
How Do You Give Your Work In?
When the two pictures are finished, take a photo of each one following the instructions in the pack. An adult should email them to: clare@kinetika.co.uk as soon as they can. We need them to be there by FRIDAY 3RD APRIL so that the designs can be put onto the banners in time.
Will I Get Any Other Home Learning Tasks?
You will still need to do your homework, read and exercise. You can still go on Purple Mash/TTRS and your teachers will still set 2Dos. But, for next week, this should be your focus.
Thank you for your help. We’re really looking forward to seeing the final products. Have fun!
Mr. Wilding
During the school closure, if you are at home and need help, the numbers below may well be of use:
- NHS Direct: 111
- Emergency Services: 999
- Godwin: 0208 270 4150
- Childline: 0800 11 11
We now know that SATs aren't happening. Even though that is the case, you will still need to prepare yourself for secondary school and make sure that you are able to do what is expected when you leave primary school. The activities listed below will help.
PLEASE ALSO VISIT THE 6WI BLOG ON PURPLE MASH FOR DAILY TASKS:
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).
We were fortunate enough to receive a visit from West Ham Community Foundation who delivered workshops from Show Racism the Red Card's schools' programme. Heading the group was ex-QPR, Fulham and West Ham striker Lerou Rosenior who spoke to each class about the racism and prejudice he faced as a player. We also learnt about other types of discrimination and the importance of treating people equally.
It was really cold, so it must have been Duxford! Every year it's the same!
This time though, the class were really grateful to meet Robert - who grew up in East London during The Blitz. He attended a different Godwin school in Forest Gate and he was able to tell us many stories about life as a child during the war.
Mr. Wilding took our class School Councillors to Dagenham Heathway to meet with Jake Cosgrove from the company Sustrans. They have been commissioned by Barking & Dagenham council to meet with local stakeholders to plan changes which will make the Heathway a more pleasant place to visit. We looked at how to make the community safer for motorists, cyclists, pedestrians and other road users. Jake is due back in the spring so why not pass your ideas for any improvements on to Aize and Faheedat?
Continuing our topic on rivers, we visited Goresbrook Park to look how the Gores Brook has shaped the land around it. We found a huge variety of plant and insect life as well as spotting a few birds and mammals. We were able to explore different ways that seeds are dispersed and discussed the reasons why adults plants need to ensure their seeds get spread out over a wide area. We also looked at different types of native tree and the fruit that they produce.
And we went in the playground too - couldn't resist!
Darwin
AUTHOR FOCUS: Cressida Cowell
The first of this year's focus authors is the current Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell. She is the author and illustrator of the bestselling The Wizards of Once and How to Train Your Dragon books series, and the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton. The Wizards of Once series has been translated into 37 languages and has been signed by DreamWorks Animation. How to Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million books worldwide in 38 languages and is a major DreamWorks Animation film franchise, as well as being made into a TV series on Netflix and CBBC.
Cressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency, a Trustee of World Book Day and a founder patron of the Children’s Media Foundation. She has won numerous prizes, including the Gold Award in the Nestle Children’s Book Prize.
