Believe ~ Learn ~ GrowLydiard Millicent CE Primary School
Day Session Teaching & Learning
MO
ND
AY
1 English – To understand what the passive voice is
We shall talk about this during our Zoom session and there will be some support videos available on Purple Mash.
Watch the video on this page about the grey squirrel. Then have a go at the active and passive voice worksheet.
Monday-English.pdf
Extension/Challenge - Imagine you are the squirrel in the clip who was ‘burying’ the nut. You are frustrated by the other squirrel’s attempted thievery. Write a letter of complaint to the other squirrel, explaining why you found his behaviour unacceptable and what you hope to happen in the future.
2 Spellings – Tricky Word List
Here are your spellings for the week. Practice with look, cover, write, check:
3 Reading – Complete this short activity and then read through Chapter 1 of Boy in the Tower.
4 Maths – Have a go at this mental Maths quiz to start with! You can do these at any point over the week to get your brain ready for your Maths lesson. Keep some scrap paper to hand to do any workings:https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/486/Y6-Arithmetic-Practice
To multiply by 10, 100 and 1000
Have a go at the worksheet – make sure to mark as you go along! Look for the support video on Purple Mash if you need help with this objective.
Monday-Maths.pdfMonday-Maths-Answers.pdf
5 Topic – RE - To establish our current understanding of Jesus’ morality
What things do you think that Jesus tried to teach people? It might be that you could remember some stories you may have heard in assembly (parables) that might link to a message. See if you can think of 9 things that Jesus tried to teach his followers.
Then see if you can rank your 9 teachings in order from most to least important using a Diamond 9. What was the most important, and why?
TUES
DAY
1 English – To use a wider range of persuasive devices
Today we are going to do a piece of shared writing in our class Zoom session. Please make sure you bring something to write on and with.
Following this, I would like you to work through the powerpoint and complete a slow write. There will be some video clip guidance available on Purple Mash as well.Tuesday-English-Slow-Write.pptx
2 Spellings – Practice Games
3 Reading – Re-read Chapter 1 of Boy in the Tower and then answer the questions in the attached PowerPoint.Tuesday-Reading.pptx
4 Maths – Divide by 10, 100 and 1000
Have a go at the worksheet – make sure to mark as you go along! Look for the support video on Purple Mash if you need help with this objective.Tuesday-Maths.pdfTuesday-Maths-Answers.pdf
Extension: https://nrich.maths.org/1853 ‘Repetitiously’
5 Topic – History – To understand what the ‘Break from Rome’ was
Henry VIII is famous for lots of things, including having six wives! When he divorced and then married his second wife, he did something that was completely new – he rejected the Catholic Church and made his own. This is the Church of England, which we still have today.
Read through the PowerPoint to make your own decisions about why Henry VIII broke with Rome (which is where the Catholic Church was based) and write a diary entry from Henry’s point of view.Tuesday-History-PowerPoint.ppt
WED
NES
DAY
1 English - To plan a persuasive letterFollow the planning format, or plan in a way that suits you, to design a persuasive letter from one of either Romeo or Juliet’s friends to persuade them to see sense (to not follow through on their plan to secretly marry and try to escape their families).Wednesday-English-Writing-Plan.pdf
As well as planning out your argument, you should try to come up with as many words that you might use to exaggerate your writing (for example, ghastly, short-sighted, disastrous etc.).
At this point, you should just plan your letter out.
Extension/Challenge: If you are writing as Romeo or Juliet’s friend, then you might be speaking to them informally. However, Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet almost 500 years ago (1596) – how can you make your writing reflect the old-fashioned (or archaic) language that you might be using? Plan for how you will do this.
2 Spellings – Revision (/l/ sound spelled –al)
3 Reading – Read through Chapter 2 of Boy in the Tower (from the extracts on Monday) and answer the questions in the Powerpoint below.Wednesday-Reading.pptx
4 Maths – To multiply decimals by whole numbers
Have a go at the worksheet – make sure to mark as you go along! Look for the support video on Purple Mash if you need help with this objective.Wednesday-Maths.pdfWednesday-Maths-Answers.pdf
Extension: https://nrich.maths.org/5632 ‘Route Product’
5 Topic – Science – To make predictions about the impact of voltage on a circuit
Have a look through the worksheet and complete the prediction part of the activity. Have your worksheets ready for Thursday’s Zoom session, where we will complete the observational part of the activity!
Wednesday-Science.pdf
THU
RSD
AY
1 English – To write a persuasive letter
Spend your session writing the persuasive letter that you planned on Wednesday. It should be at least a page of writing and must use some of the persuasive techniques that we have been working on.
Extension/Challenge: Use your plan to help you write in role as a friend of Romeo and Juliet, using appropriately archaic language.
2
Spellings – Practice Games
3 Reading – Re-read Chapter 2 and complete the activity in the PowerPoint below.
Thursday-Reading.pptx
4 Maths – To divide decimals by whole numbers
Have a go at the worksheet – make sure to mark as you go along! Look for the support video on Purple Mash if you need help with this objective.
Thursday-Maths.pdf
Thursday-Maths-Answers.pdf
5 Topic - Art – What techniques are used to add to visual stories?
Look through the powerpoint to spark some ideas about different ways to create effects. The PowerPoint focuses mainly on textiles (fabric, wool, felt, etc). Don’t worry if you don’t have any of that at home – instead I’d like you to think about how you could create different effects through junk modelling (recycling pieces of card and plastic to design an image).
Thursday-Art-PPT.pdf
Then have a go at creating the effects below. If you are junk
modelling, you could be cutting out and sticking card, or making your own stencils.
FRID
AY
1 English – To edit and publish a persuasive letter
Use the feedback that I have given you and the reflection guide to edit your persuasive letter. When it is finished, if you want to, you can publish it on our Class 6 Romeo and Juliet workboard for the whole school to see. I will provide a guide on doing this in the Purple Mash resources.Friday-English-Editing-Checklist.pdf
2 Spelling – Ask someone at home to test you on your spellings for this week. Afterwards, identify any spellings that you need to practise more and use them to play a game of your choice.
3 Reading – Prediction time – what do you think will happen in the rest of the book?4 Maths – Solve problems involving decimal answers
Friday-Maths.pptxExtension:
5 PE – To find a style of dance that works comfortably for you
This term, we are looking at dance in PE. At home, one of the best ways you can see a range of dances are through Just Dance videos (usually available on Youtube with adult supervision). Try a range of Just Dance videos and see if you can find some that you particularly like – is it the dance moves or the music that are most important to you? Make some notes about why you like your favourite dance, ready for next week!