Home learning for Year: Six

Week Beginning: Monday 1st June 2020

Spelling:This week for your spelling activity, we would like you to revisit some of your Year 6 WOW words. We have attached a crossword puzzle, using some of the WOW words listed below.

Accommodate  Attached  Cemetery  Criticise   Harass  Neighbour  Profession  Twelfth Accompany  Available  Committee  disastrous  Hindrance  Nuisance  Pronunciation  Variety According  Awkward  Conscience  Existence  Leisure  Opportunity  Queue  Vehicle Amateur  Bargain  Conscious  Familiar  Marvellous  Physical  recognise  yacht Apparent  Bruise  Controversy  Foreign  Mischievous  Prejudice  Recommend Appreciate  Category  Convenience  Guarantee  Necessary  Privilege  Sufficient 

ChallengeCan you create your own crossword, using some other words in the list? Remember, the clue at the bottom of the crossword is key in helping the person identify the word! Think carefully about its definition.

Reading:For your Reading task this week, we thought it would be a good idea to go back to some Reading Comprehension. Attached as a separate document is the text and questions for you to have a go at.

The extract is called “The City of Secret Rivers”What do you already think it could be about? What genre do you think the text is? Why?

ChallengeCan you create 3 of your own questions about the text? It would be great if each question had a different focus. E.g. vocabulary, inference, retrieval (Use your VIPERS to help you).

Remember to continue to read at home. You can read alone, to parents or to anyone in your house!

Grammar:This week for Grammar, we have uploaded a 10-minute style test for you to have a go at! Why not get someone to time you? Once you have completed the test, use the opportunity to revise any areas you weren’t confident with or lost marks on.

We would also like you to use this opportunity to revise main clauses and subordinate clauses, an area many of you aren’t confident with!

Use the following links to support you:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1HhMcB8aw https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-is-a-clause (The video on this link refers to main clauses as ‘major clauses’. This means the same thing).

Once you have a clear understanding, please have a go at the Grammar activities (see separate attachment on the blog). Please choose the level you wish to complete; we are not expecting you to do them all!

Maths:This week we would like you to have a go at ‘Magic Vs’, an Nrich maths investigation. This investigation will require a bit of trial and error. Think carefully about how you could work this out…

ChallengeWhat can you discover about a V that has arms of length 4 using the numbers 1−7?

PE/Active lesson:Why not have a go at some of Kids Zumba workouts at home. Get the family involved!

https://family.gonoodle.com/channels/zumba-kids

ChallengeCould you create your own Zumba work out and get your family and friends involved?

Computing:This week, we thought we would give you an opportunity to apply some of you fantastic computing skills! We would like you to visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6n7xyc where you learn about what makes a good computer game.

We would like you to work through the videos and complete the two activities at the bottom.

ChallengeOnce you have completed this, why not visit Scratch online and have a go at creating your own game! Remember to have a go at applying the helpful suggestions from the videos!https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted

10 top tips for staying safe on the internet

1)      Don’t post any personal information online – like your full name, email address, mobile

number, etc.

2)      Think carefully before posting pictures or videos of yourself.  Once you’ve put a picture

of yourself online, most people can see it and may be able to download it, it’s not just yours

anymore.

3)      Keep your privacy settings as high as possible!

4)      Never give out your passwords.

5)      Don’t befriend people you don’t know.

6)      Don’t meet up with people you’ve met online.  Speak to your parent or carer about

people suggesting you do.

7)      Remember that not everyone online is who they say they are.

8)      Think carefully about what you say before you post something online.

9)      Respect other people’s views, even if you don’t agree with someone else’s views

doesn’t mean you need to be rude.

10)   If you see something online that makes you feel uncomfortable, unsafe or worried:

leave the website, turn off your computer if you want to and tell a trusted adult immediately.