Brookfield’s Home Learning Pack

Year 6

Smashing Sixes, Hello how are you all? I hope you are keeping safe? Here are a few things to try at home to keep you

busy. Please just have a go, don’t worry if you can’t print, use the documents as a guide using your device and just do

what you can. These are unprecedented times, so stay safe and I really do hope to see you soon. Mrs McNally.

English

Read daily for 10 minutes

Read and answer comprehension questions below.

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Comprehension Questions

Retrieving Information

1) Use a dictionary to find the definition of:

a) fronds

b) intently

c) perplexed

2) Find and copy a word that shows the noise that Alfie hears is a sad one.

3) What is the relationship between Jim and Alfie?

Making Inferences

4) How do you know that Alfie spends a lot a time out on the coast?

5) Have Alfie and Jim just arrived, or have they been out for a while? How do you know?

6) Why do you think that Alfie whispers to his father at the end of the extract?

Writer’s choices

7) Why do you think the writer has started with the line, “It was a long while later that Alfie

first heard it.”? What mood does this create?

8) Why do you think the author describes the weed as “waving mockingly”?

Challenge question

9) Why might Jim think that is not possible for a child to be on the island?

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Complete ‘My Mind’ poetry reading comprehension.

Write and illustrate your own picture book for a younger child to read.

Write a book report about your favourite book.

Draw and copy the front cover, explain in detail what you liked about it and give it a star rating.

Find and identify the features of persuasive writing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snTxlSDNMSQ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/writing-to-persuade-full-lesson-powerpoint-6185004

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My Mind Comprehension Questions

Retrieving Information

1) What word does the poet use as a synonym for ‘hole’?

2) How does the poet say she must behave towards her mind?

3) The poet uses the word ‘mind’ in different ways so that it has different meanings. Give two

examples from the poem.

Making Inferences

4) Do you think the poet is a young person or an older person? Explain why using evidence from

the text.

5) Why do you think the poet wants their thoughts to “be mine alone”?

Writer’s choices

6) Why do you think the writer compares her mind to “paths and mazes”?

7) Why has the poet chosen to talk about “wolves” in her mind?

Challenge question (extended question)

8) Do you think the poet’s mind is a happy, sad or angry place? Support your answer with

examples from the text.

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Write and illustrate your own picture book for a younger child to read.

Write a book report about your favourite book.

Draw and copy the front cover, explain in detail what you liked about it and give it a star rating.

Find and identify the features of persuasive writing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snTxlSDNMSQ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/writing-to-persuade-full-lesson-powerpoint-6185004

Reading comprehension https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?e=reading01

Read and play poetry comprehension game. https://www.funenglishgames.com/readinggames/poem.html

Research narrative poetry.

What is it? How do we identify it? (Remember ‘The Highwayman’?). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4T7U2UARjY

Find and annotate a narrative poem.

Why did you choose it? What did you like/dislike about it?

Write your own narrative poem.

Perform the poem you have written to your family.

Consider the use of expression and the power of language and voice.

Grammar

Challenge yourself- word class game

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?e=spelling-grammar01

Challenge yourself at verbs and adverbs https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?e=spelling-grammar02

Lots of games and revision here for any grammar areas you want to brush up on. https://uk.ixl.com/ela/year-6 Websites: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhrrd2p https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar https://grammarsaurus.co.uk/portal/category/spag/games/

Mathematics

Access Times Table Rock Stars for at least 10 minutes a day.

https://ttrockstars.com/

Practise using the four operations (+, -, x, ÷).

Generate your own questions, explore how to answer them and challenge yourself. https://uk.ixl.com/math/year-6

Create a net for a cube.

Use this to make your own die.

Can you make nets for other shapes?

Create a revision information sheet about shapes and angles.

*Remember to include facts we need to learn to help us and units of measurements.

Try a new concept- Video tutorial and worksheet https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/

Arithmetic practise https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/486/Y6-Arithmetic-Practice

Find out and record in a table properties of different 3D shapes.

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Timed mixed times tables challenge.

How long will it take you to complete?

Word problem game https://uk.ixl.com/math/year-6/multi-step-word-problems

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Complete the maths beat that challenge, 100 seconds.

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Mathsbot Questions.

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Create your own secret code.

Use letters, numbers, shapes and pictures.

Extension:

Make a mathematics board game.

Use the die you have made and create question cards (with calculations and answers).

*Don’t forget you will need to write instructions on how to play the game.

Play your maths game with your family. Websites: https://nrich.maths.org/primary https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/22/most-popular https://uk.ixl.com/math/year-6 https://www.khanacademy.org

https://ttrockstars.com/https://www.timestables.co.uk/12-times-table.html https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/

Spelling/Handwriting

Use and practise the spelling of common exception words for year 5/6.

Spelling strategies-

You may want to use…

1. Rainbow writing

2. Tracing over spellings

3. Look, cover, write, check.

4. Draw your spelling

5. Vowels/consonants

6. Pyramid words

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Complete the spelling and handwriting activity sheets

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Science

Light- We are going to be studying light in science.

Investigate light. What is light?

What is reflection?

How does they eye detect light? https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbssgk7

Experiment and see how light creates shadows.

Take photographs or draw pictures of objects with the light shining from 3 different angles.

How does this change the shadow?

Draw a diagram of the eye.

Label the following parts: lens, optic nerve, pupil, iris, cornea, and retina.

Topic

Personalised learning

Research and find out about Atheism and Humanism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8yiEVJr6ao

https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/what-is-humanism/ https://www.truetube.co.uk/film/what-humanism

Write a non-chronological report about Atheism and Humanism.

(try and include the features we have looked at in previous lessons).

Outline the key elements/information about Atheism and Humanism.

Present your findings about Atheism and humanism.

Use the features and structure of a non-chronological report.

You could also present your research using Word, Publisher or as a power-point presentation on the computer.

Draw a view.

Look out of your window and draw what you see.

Junk modelling.

Collect and recycle materials such as yoghurt pots, toilet rolls and boxes and see what you can create with

them.

Design and make an obstacle course at home or in the garden.

How fast can you complete it?

Helpful Websites:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize https://www.twinkl.co.uk/ https://classroomsecrets.co.uk https://www.ictgames.com/ Cosmic Kids Yoga and Meditation https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga BBC Supermovers https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers Edinburgh Zoo Animal Cam https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/ Mindfulness meditation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5K3pP2IUQ Disney Relaxing Piano Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfhGUK13D3g Printable Maths Worksheets https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/maths-printables Topmarks Maths Games https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=year%206

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhrrd2p https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar https://grammarsaurus.co.uk/portal/category/spag/games/ https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?e=spelling-grammar02 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?e=spelling-grammar01 https://www.funenglishgames.com/readinggames/poem.html

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?e=reading01

Celebrity Home Learning

9.00am - PE with Joe Wicks https://youtu.be/6v-a_dpwhro 10.00am - Maths with Carol Vorderman www.themathsfactor.com 11.00am - English with David Walliams https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/ 12.00pm - Lunch Cooking with Jamie Oliver https://www.jamieoliver.com/features/category/get-kids-cooking/ 1.00pm - Music with Myleene Klass https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh2wgJ5tOrixYBn6jFXsXQ 1.30pm - Dance with Darcey Bussel https://twitter.com/diversedancemix/status/1241098264373592065 2.00pm - History with Dan Snow (free for 30-days) https://tv.historyhit.com/signup/package 4.00pm - Home Economics with Theo Michaels (Mon/Wed/Fri) https://www.instagram.com/theocooks Non-daily events include: Science with Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince & Guests https://cosmicshambles.com/stayathome/upcoming-schedule 9.30am Wednesday 25 March - Geography with Steve Backshall https://twitter.com/SteveBackshall/status/1242058846941712385