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Home Learning Guidelines:

Use the grid below to help structure your child’s home learning. We would encourage children to complete at least 2 activities from each column and record their learning experience in their challenge book. This could be done in a variety of ways. For example, writing a few sentences about what they learnt, drawing a picture, sticking in a photograph, completing a thought bubble etc.

To support your child at home with reading we ask that your child reads at least 4 times a week. Remember there are lots of resources to support reading on our website.

There is no expectation that your child completes the home learning challenges if they are unwell or if circumstances at home are such that the completion of the tasks cause unnecessary stress and anxiety to the household.

The highlighted activities on the learning grid show which activities the children will complete in school.

Year 6 Week 10 - Home Learning Grid – Week Commencing 15.06.20Weekly theme: Cultural DiversityReading English Expressive Arts

Using words, poetry, drawing, painting and other mediums to describe our inner and outer responses to the word around us.

STEMScience, technology, engineering and mathematics.

People & CommunitiesPersonal and social development, well-being and religious education.Understanding the world in which we live.

What book are you reading at the moment? Do you think the title of the book is appropriate for the plot of the story? Think of 3 alternative titles and write them in your home learning book.

After reading the story Ol’Fella by Paul Stewart, (A story inspired by William Shakespeare’s Othello) can you re-create the story as a comic strip using the template attached.

Complete the BBC Bitesize lesson on singing with feeling. In this lesson you will learn techniques to develop singing with confidence. It includes a video about melody and pitch and a video to help you understand how to sing with

Use a web browser (such as Google) to search Hour of code Course 4. Click on the link Course 4 – Studio code.orgClick on lesson 16: Bee: Functions with parameters, puzzle 1.Complete puzzles 1 to 8.

Complete the BBC Bitesize French lesson on school and hobbies. Learn how to talk about your hobbies and your school in French.

BBC Bitesize French lesson - school and hobbies

BBC Bitesize - Singing with feeling

ORPick a lesson from Course 3 or Course 4 that you found challenging and have another go.

Why not try one of the practice activities and build your very own Eiffel Tower.

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Read the story below entitled Othello: Ol’Fella by Paul Stewart. You can hear this on BBC School Radio, read by David Gyasi on:https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/english-ks2-shakespeare-retold-ol-fella/z6vmwty

This story is part of the Shakespeare retold stories for children - in this case – Othello.

If you would like to watch a summary of Shakespeare’s story of Othello, please watch the link here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocJqxiqfwpQ

Using the document attached compare and contrast the two stories:Othello and Ol’Fella.Summarise your thoughts on the success of this modern retelling for children.What do you think are the central themes of these stories?

Iago/ Jags is a truly evil and manipulative character with absolutely no redeeming features. How did he get this way?

Create a backstory or ‘prequel’ to ‘Ol’ Fella’ telling the story of how Jags became so jealous.

Or you could write a diary entry for Jags telling the development of his evil plot throughout the story.

The characters in the Ol’fella story all use the (fictional) social media site KoolsKool. Jags takes incriminating photos on his mobile phone and he anonymously uploads the photos, using a bogus username to create a fake ‘relationship’ story which results in Mona losing followers on KoolsKool. The repercussions are massive for all concerned – the cyberbully Jags is discovered and punished, Mona and Caspar lose ‘followers’ and ultimately Olly loses his reputation and exposes himself as a ‘LOSER’ on KoolsKool.1. What methods of online communication do you know of?2. What would you do if you were in Mona’s shoes and saw an online post or message that upset you?3. Do we always know who we are speaking with or interacting with online?4. If you wouldn’t say something to someone’s face

We know that you love working with Roman Numerals! Below you will find mathematical challenge sheets using Roman Numerals to work out facts about Shakespeare. We have attached some useful notes to remind you how to work with the Roman Numeral figures.

Christians believe that we are called to be ourselves… that we all have different gifts, are made differently and are totally unique and God thinks that we are totally awesome.Unique finger print:Did you know that no-one in the world has the same finger print as you? You are TOTALLY unique! If you have paint or ink stamps at home you could make a finger print book mark with the words ‘I’m unique and special’ written on it. As you put your finger prints on your bookmark, reflect about how unique you are. You could say a ‘thank you’ prayer for being you. Or you could draw your own ‘I am unique’ fingerprint and then write lots of information about yourself in different coloured pens (look at the example and template below to help). If you would like to, you could also add a cross to your finger print, as Christians believe that God thinks our uniqueness is amazing!

then don’t say it online. Discuss your views on this statement with a family member.

Based on the story Ol’Fella can you create a ‘KoolsKool’ e-safety poster giving users of the fictional site some rules and tips about how to stay safe online.

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Discuss the following extracts below (resources 4 & 5) Bengal Tiger and Cannon, what Othello says about himself in the play: “I’m not afraid of anything” • What impression do you think Othello is trying to convey to others? How would he like others to see him? • When Desdemona first sees Othello he is telling Brabantio (her father), Iago and Cassio a number of stories about his past. Read through the script extracts of Othello telling the stories. (Resource 4 & 5) • Discuss: Why does Othello tell these stories? What impression of himself is he trying to give others? Has he been successful? How do you know?

Read resource 6 – Baby:This story, that Othello tells, really affects Desdemona. After hearing it, Desdemona speaking to herself following the story says this:“[Lost in her thoughts] What a moving story. Really affecting. (to Othello) You returned a child to its mother. That’s a beautiful story. (to herself again) That’s the sort of story that would make you fall in love with someone...”• Discuss: What was it about this story that appealed to Desdemona and caused her to respond as she did?Read resource 7:Othello describes how Desdemona fell in love with him as a result of the stories he told her. Try and put the speech into your own words, in contemporary language?

Have a go at creating an artwork that celebrates cultural diversity. You could paint a picture incorporating symbols as shown below or create a collage depicting the many different people who live on Earth. You may want to combine painting and collage to get an interesting effect.

During lockdown lots of rainbows have been displayed in people’s windows because they are a sign of hope. This week we would like you to complete a science experiment to make a rainbow using the instructions below.

In The tempest, when King Alonso and his crew come across the magical feast in the enchanted glade, the weather is good-blue skies and sunshine. However, as the Harpy comes down the weather turns quickly-rain and thunder descend! When there is sunshine and rain you will often be able to see a rainbow.

If you get some good results from the experiment, take a photograph and send it to your teacher.

The play “Othello” and the story “Ol’Fella”, both show characters who experience a range of very strong emotions, and at times these emotions take over. To examine where our emotions come from and how they can lead people to behave in a way that hurts themselves and others around them, we would like you to explore emotions by:• Begin by discussing what an emotion is: How would you define an emotion, and what different examples of emotions can you give? •Come up with as many emotions as you can for different letters of the alphabet. Write these up and add to the list as you develop your work around emotions. You could discuss the way in which emotions are connected; you can see that the strength of the emotion leads to different definitions, for example; surprise, astonishment and

amazement. • Play a game of emotion charades. Choose an emotion and show it physically, using body and facial expressions. The rest of the class/ your family have to guess what the emotion is. When you have guessed try to articulate what you did physically that helped others to guess those emotions. • Can you remember a particular experience you have had that helped you act out the emotion? Were you able to identify what the emotion felt like in your body and can they describe it? For example: fear can give us shivers, goose-bumps, hair standing on end, make us feel sweaty, frozen with fear.Choose any emotion you know enough about and write how it feels to experience that emotion.

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First News, the children’s newspaper, has a number of articles about the recent unrest and protests that have been taking place all over the world. The newspaper has given three pages over to the story with a very thought provoking front cover and title headline. The articles are copied below for you to read and understand the

Using the list of facts about Iago and Othello imagine what the relationship between these two men might be at the start of the play. Create a short speech in which Othello and Iago each explain how they feel about the other. Their speeches should not be long, but should try to imagine all the things that they would feel. In Shakespeare’s

Create your own “World of Kindness” artwork listing all the things you think people should do to make the world a kinder place. Keep in mind all that you have read about racial and social inequality. Use the artwork below to inspire your thoughts.

Below, you will find a set of step-by-step origami instructions for making a dove of peace. It seems fitting at this time of unrest and uncertainty that we reflect on peace and maybe alongside making this dove you could write a pray for peace.

If you enjoy making origami

As we continue to think about what God is like, this week we would like you to think about Justice and what it means.

Many of us are struggling to find the right words to respond to the global outpouring of pain and anger following the death of George Floyd.

reasons behind these demonstrations. What do you think of the headlines?

plays speeches like these, called Soliloquies, are often used to help the audience understand how the character feels and in this play both Othello and Iago use Soliloquies.

figure there are many on line that you can try:http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-for-kids .html

However, our God is a God of Justice and we are called to "walk justly" in this world.Below is a resource exploring what the Bible says about Justice which I hope can be a helpful starting point for you.

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Physical DevelopmentMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Cool Catcher ChallengeExplore different throwing and catching techniques with a variety of objects.Throw a tennis ball (or a balled-up pair of socks or something else) in the air. Touch your head, shoulder, tummy and toes then take the catch. Start with just your head and catch, then head, shoulders and catch etc.Coaching Tips:- Watch the ball all the way into you

hands- Keep a big surface area to catch (think

about having your hands like an open book)

Go to Joe Wicks’ website and join in his daily workout activities.Joe Wicks

Challenge Card 12Using the challenge card below see if you can complete all the challenges 6 times.

Try this Avengers themed HIIT workout:

Avengers HIIT Workout

Dancing – Try out this ‘Just Dance’ video. See if you can copy the moves.

Just Dance - Move Your Feet

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I Am Unique

Ol’ Fella Comparing and Contrasting with Othello

This retelling is quite different from the original in some ways but the themes are very similar. After the children have listened to the story once give them the following ten point summary of the original Shakespeare play. Read through it together.

1. Othello is a general in the Venetian army and his closest advisor is Iago, who secretly hates Othello but pretends to be a loyal servant.2. Othello returns from war and secretly marries Desdemona.3. Othello is sent to Cyprus to fight the Turkish army, joined by Iago and Othello’s new young lieutenant Cassio.4. Iago is jealous that Othello has promoted Cassio and encourages Cassio to get into a fight with another soldier.5. Othello is furious with Cassio and takes his promotion away from him.6. Iago gets hold of Desdemona’s handkerchief (a gift given to her by Othello) and gives it to Cassio.7. Iago persuades Desdemona to ask Othello to give Cassio his job back.8. Othello sees Cassio with the handkerchief and becomes obsessed with the idea that Desdemona and Cassio are together.9. Othello murders Desdemona in jealousy.10. Iago’s evil plot is discovered just as Desdemona dies. Iago is arrested, but it is too late for Othello, who kills himself, full of shame and grief at

what he has done.

Ask children to listen to the story a second time. Can they match the Shakespeare character to the Ol’ Fella character? Can they identify the similarities and differences in plot and theme between the two stories? (eg Caspar doesn’t get into a fight, but Jags prevents him from getting to training on time and Olly sacks him from the team) etc.

Create your own “World of Kindness” artwork listing all the things you think people should do to make the world a kinder place. Keep in mind all that you have read about racial and social inequality.