THE BISHOPSWOOD SCHOOLS FEDERATION

Year 6 Home Learning Plan – Week beginning 18.5.20 Please be aware this is a list of suggested activities for the week ahead. Don’t forget to continue reading at home regularly, both reading to an

adult and enjoying books together. On the school’s website is an additional list with a range of website you can access for further ideas.

English Maths Other

This week we are creating a Non-chronological report on your own new creature

Pandora vocabulary Watch the video of Pandora taken from the movie Avatar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBGDmin_38E Write down all the different nouns you hear eg behemoth, cornucopia Watch it again and write down the different adjectives- particularly those that describe the animals eg diverse, bioluminescent Create a glossary of some of these new words.

Coordinates Lesson 1 https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/maths/to-solve-practical-coordinate-problems-year-6-wk4-4

The Oak National Academy are producing lessons for every year group every day.

Last week, on Seesaw, a number of children got the coordinates question wrong on the 5-a-day reasoning sheet. Oak Academy have produced a week of lessons on how to solve coordinate problems. Attached is a link to lesson 4- Coordinate problems (however if you want to start on lesson 1 you can).

Lockdown Olympics Unfortunately the Tokyo Olympics have been postponed until next year. So we would like you to take on Olympics planning and create your own ‘Lockdown Olympics’ at home. It could be as simple as who can throw a piece of scrap paper in a bin from the from furthest (and with the most style) to shuttle runs and squat thrusts outside. They have running and throwing events, gymnastics, basketball, cycling, rowing, etc, etc! There should be multiple events. Create a design, have a go and have fun.

Pandora- design and label your own creature. Today we would like you to create your own creature that has been discovered on Pandora. Draw the creature (carefully) and then label with expanded noun phrases. Take direction from the creatures that have already been discovered on Pandora and how they are described

Coordinates Lesson 2 https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/maths/to-solve-practical-coordinate-problems-year-6-wk4-5 This is a link to lesson 5 of the Oak National Academy Year 6 lessons on coordinates.

Art : Picasso style water bottle Watch the following video on how to create a cubism style drawing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V15rXg1nJ6w Have a go at doing your own water bottle (or a different object of your choice) cubism piece following the techniques in the video. Remember the key steps are:

1. Draw the outline of the bottle 2. Pick sections of the bottle and redraw them around

the page 3. Add shading/colour to your image

Try and avoid faces as this is what your final piece will be!

Pandora non-chronological report- double page spread- Day 1 Complete your first page of a double page spread on your newly discovered creature on Pandora. Introduction- Introduce Pandora and your new creature Appearance- what does your creature look like? Describe detail all the different features of your new animal. This paragraph should be 5-7 sentences long Habitat- where does it live on Pandora? Why does it live there?

Arithmetic day! Arithmetic Test! We have not done one of these for ages. Let's see what you can remember. Give yourself about 30 minutes to do this. If you need a bit longer, then that is fine. Please check for silly mistakes. We all make them so see if you can find yours. Think of it as an editing exercise and use a different pen. The answers are on the last page so see if an adult can check them afterwards. Post your scores and let us know which ones you got wrong and would like more work on.

Art Picasso Self portrait- 2 days This activity will probably take you two afternoons. You are going to be creating your own Picasso style self-portrait (picture of yourself). We usually do this project in school and we pick some of our favourite portraits to go into the Yearbook. We want you to create the best possible version you can for us to use in this year’s yearbook! In the resources section you can see some examples of last year’s self-portraits that went into the Yearbook for ideas and inspiration. Here is the breakdown of how to complete the task:

1. Take a photo of yourself to use as a guide 2. Draw your face outline and main facial features

(eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows etc..) 3. Box up the background using straight or diagonal

lines 4. Pick features from your face and add them to the

background or into different places on your face. They can be different sizes or overlap in places (just like the sections of the water bottle.)

5. Pick a colour scheme to add colour to your picture. Try and stick to two or three colours or various shades of one colour

6. Go over all your outlines in black to make it pop! 7. Upload your finished piece to seesaw or email it to

the school office adminoffice@bishopswood-jun.hants.sch.uk with the subject ‘Year 6 Picasso’

8. Keep hold of your drawing and bring it into school when you are next in

Coordinates- Independent Tasks After watching the Oak Academy Video Lessons on how to solve coordinate problems, we have provided you with some independent coordinate problems to see how you have got on. Remember x coordinate first and then the y (along the corridor and up the stairs). (x, y) Annotate on the axis the information you know. These are tricky so give however give it a go. Do not feel like you need to do all the questions. We will post the answers later on today so you can check how you have done.

Pandora non-chronological report- double page spread- Day 2 Complete your non-chronological report double page spread. Diet- what does your creature eat? Where does it get its food from? How much does it digest? Favourite food? Food that is poisonous to it? Etc- 5- 7 sentences long Attacking/ Defensive abilities- How does it attack creatures? Why does it have attack creatures? What are its predators? How does it defend from these predators. 5-7 sentences long Other interesting facts and conclusion 3-4 sentences long Edit- check for spellings, capital letters, higher level punctuation (have you included brackets, semi-colons and dashes, rhetorical questions), different sentence openers. Could any vocabulary be improved? Use a thesaurus

Spellings:

Play Spelling Shed- complete activities for the Stage 5 and 6 Words.

Friday Challenge- How Much Did It Cost Dan bought a packet of crisps and an ice cream. The cost of both of them together is in one of the boxes in the table attached. Below the table are a number of clues Please show all your workings out showing how you got to the final answer. Think about how you are recording your thinking (for example, crossing out numbers which can be ruled out, having a systematic approach). Tip- It might help to make a list of all the coins first, just to remind yourself. Which clues might be immediately useful and which might have to be left for a while. Which clue could you use first? Are there any amounts which you can definitely rule out using some of the clues?

Federation Activity - Environment Pledges

What can you do to help the environment? Turn off lights and appliances? Turn the tap off while you brush your teeth…. Watch this video for some Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OasbYWF4_S8 Decide what you will do as a family. Write a pledge, draw it in pictures, plant something, make a hedgehog home, recycle more. whatever works for you as a family… How long can you keep it up for?!

WAGOLL – Non-chronological report

The Tongo Lizard

The Tongo lizard belongs to the reptile family: there are over 4,500 species of lizard in the

wild. They are very rare as they are an endangered species due to poaching, which was most

prevalent in the 1990s. They only live in hot countries such as; Mexico, Somalia and India.

They are very much like the Komodo dragon, the reason being is because they are in fact

related.

What does the Tongo lizard look like?

This unique creature has chameleon-like qualities and can change its scaly skin to match its

surroundings: this camouflage is its main defence mechanism. Its long tail, which can grow

to be a foot long, has a single spike protruding from the end. Its eyes, which are sensitive

to UV light, are lilac in colour with its pupils varying from green to red (depending on its

mood). The male lizard, which is smaller than the female, is brightly coloured most of the

time in order to attract a mate for breeding. They have four webbed feet, which have

suction cups underneath so that they can climb trees.

Where does the Tongo lizard live?

The Tongo lizard lives in a multitude of habitats due to its adaptive qualities: as long as the

temperature is hot the Tongo lizard will survive. In tropical areas it will create burrows in

the undergrowth: shielding it from predators. In sub-Saharan regions it will cover itself in

sand. This means most countries will be inhabited by these amazing creatures!

What does the Tongo lizard eat?

The Tongo lizard is omnivorous (meaning it eats both plants and meat). It mostly feasts on

small grubs found on forest floors and within sandy dunes: this supplies the lizard with most

of its protein. It has sharp talons, which are great for tearing apart its prey. It will also

munch on fallen, decaying leaves. Before being an omnivore it was in fact a herbivore and so

it actually adapted to its environment over hundreds of years. It has an acidic tummy which

sucks all the nutrients it needs out of its food. In addition to this, its tummy can adapt in

size for when food is in short supply.

Why is the Tongo lizard endangered?

The Tongo lizard is endangered for a multitude of reasons but the most prolific reason is

poaching. In recent years, the Tongo lizard population has declined in Africa and India,

mostly due to its skin being sold on the black market. Whereas in Mexico, the numbers are

soaring as the government have launched an initiative to protect the species and encourage

breeding within zoos. The female Tongo can lay an average of 8 eggs, when they’re fully

grown and often live in groups of 10-25. It takes around 3 years until they are an adult

however they only have a lifespan of 10 years.

How does the creature defend itself?

The lizard is very adept at defending itself against its predators: which include mammals

such as tigers and also snakes. As aforementioned it is able to change its skin to camouflage

itself: which enables the lizard to travel for miles without being spotted. It has a

protruding spike at the end of its tail, which it will move from left to right if threatened.

Because of its aerodynamic body it is able to run extremely fast: being able to reach 10mph

in just 3 seconds. If a predator does capture a Tongo lizard, it will release its tail from its

body: hoping the predator will then be distracted by the severed limb in order for it to

escape. Not to worry though as the lizard has regenerative genes and can grow its tail back

within a few short months.

Other features of the Tongo lizard

A little known fact about these incredible animals is that it is a very graceful and agile

swimmer: it’s able to reach a speed of 15mph whilst in water as it skims the surface for

bursts at a time. As they are reptiles and therefore cold-blooded: this species need to

spend hours basking in the sun to maintain their body temperature. If you want to find out

more about the Tongo Lizard then you can visit the Tongo Lizard Society website at

www.tongolizardsociety.com