Imagine you were evacuated in WWII…
… Y6 did just that, today!
We’ve been practising fundamental writing skills, this week: our must dos. These are things you must include in your writing or it’ll be wrong. For example, capital letters for proper nouns, commas to separate clauses and phrases and avoiding squashed sentences.
We’ve also learnt about moving subordinate clauses to different parts of a sentence. I’ll use Eeshan’s example of when he imagined himself as an evacuee, getting on the train to the countryside and meeting new people.
- Awkwardly, I told them my name.
- I, awkwardly, told them my name.
- I told them my name, awkwardly.
Let’s have a look at some pieces of writing. Look out for commas separating main from subordinate clauses!
I love Priya’s use of punctuation in this first one. The dash really emphasises how much she wants her new family to accept her.
Phoebe has nailed the openers, here. I also like her vocab choice of ‘herded’ which makes me think that the children were rounded up like cattle.
Joude’s used a variety of lengths for her fronted adverbials and even included a nod to our history lesson where we learnt that some children didn’t know they were being evacuated – they thought they were off on holiday.
The suspense is really built up by Alishbah in our next example! She uses onomatopoeia, ellipses and rhetorical questions to achieve her desired effect.
I like how Jess edited her writing to move her subordinate clause which became her opener.
Thanks to all Y6s who have been brilliant in our live lessons.
Homework Heroes
In science, we’ve been learning about the human body!
This week’s homework task was to show our understanding of how either the digestive or circulatory system works.
Take a look at these crackers of submissions!
Joude made great use of colour to demonstrate oxygenated vs deoxygenated blood.
Priya’s explanation was clear and concise alongside her brilliant scientific diagram.
Leo responded in a brilliantly creative way – using superclay to produce this 3D model!
Ethan clearly showed how the digestive system fits into the body itself. (Nice, neat spellings, too!)
Pollyanna had the fab idea of creating a quiz!
Click here to take it for yourself!
And, finally, have a look at Phoebe’s fantastic explanation of the digestive system – I love the pictures she chose!
Distance won’t stop us!
What a fantastic start to our distanced (but brief) home learning!
Thank you to everyone who got stuck in, contributed lots and made me smile with your enthusiasm.
Check out some of our highlights below…
I loved Yusayrah’s creative poem where she’d highlighted her spellings!
Have a look at Pollyanna’s dramatic writing about losing a pet just as she was about to take cover in an air raid shelter!
I’m loving the presentation here! You can clearly see how the number lines show what’s going on in her head for those mental subtractions.
Alishbah sent in her learning and said she had fun today which is always fantastic to hear.
Keep up the hard work, team!
Let’s rock for Red Nose Day!
Hello to all of you Times Tables Rock Stars,
This Friday is Red Nose Day and the people at TTRS have come up with a great challenge to raise some extra money.
Prices for a new nose start at 50,000 coins so we’d best get saving.
We’ve got until Friday – Red Nose Day. Let’s do our bit to help the nation reach that £5,000 target.
TTRS Tournament winners (wb 08 March)
Hello again to all of the Times Tables Rock Stars out there,
How are we all settling back into school? I hope you are all enjoying yourselves as much as all the teachers are!
BREAKING NEWS:
The results are in. We have our ROCK STARS OF THE WEEK.
Recording an average score of 1490, the winners this week are Y3!
That’s now four times in a row – AMAZING!
Which class will knock Y3 off top spot this week or will they claim their fifth successive victory?
Now that we’re back in school, there’ll be opportunities to play in class as well as at home. Give your teacher a nudge as the week goes on if you’ve not yet had a chance to play. If you’d like to play at home and would like a reminder of your login details, let your teacher know.
All the best TTRS!
Period product scheme
- have forgotten their products
- cannot afford products
- have started or come on their period unexpectedly
TTRS Tournament winners (wb 01 March)
Hello again to all of the Times Tables Rock Stars out there,
Firstly, welcome back to school. We’ve missed rocking out with you.
Hopefully last week’s was our final tournament from home. Everyone has been working so hard and… What’s that?
BREAKING NEWS:
The results are in. We have our ROCK STARS OF THE WEEK.
Recording an average score of 993 , the winning class is Y3. That’s a third successive win – WOW!
Surely they can’t make it four wins in a row with another victory this week. Can they?
Now that we’re back in school, there’ll be opportunities to play in class as well as at home. Give your teacher a nudge as the week goes on if you’ve not yet had a chance to play. If you’d like to play at home and would like a reminder of your login details, let your teacher know.
All the best TTRS!
Home Learning Heroes
Thank you SO much for all the hard work that you’re doing at home and for sending it in.
Here are some highlights of this week’s home learning heroes.
We’ve been scientists learning about the circulatory system…
… historians evaluating and creating propaganda posters…
… super spellers using a variety of different rules and strategies…
… editors looking out for must do errors with a keen eye…
… and mathematicians solving equations and using algebra.
I’m very much looking forward to seeing you all on Monday – it’s been far too long!
Thank you, again, for all your hard work and engagement.
Take care and see you soon!
Miss Wilson
Times Tables Rock Stars: tournament time
Calling all Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS),
It’s great to see that so many of you have been rocking those times tables as part of your home learning.
ALL classes are putting on great performances so now we’re raising the stakes.
Each week, you will be competing in a tournament with the other KS2 classes. The scores of you and your classmates will be added together to decide who will achieve the honour of being… ROCKSTARS OF THE WEEK!
In fact, we set up a warm-up tournament last week and the results are in…
Congratulations to Year 3 who achieved a WHOPPING 734 correct answers.
Who will reach top spot in the charts next week?
Rules for the gig are simple:
- Log on to TTRS.
- Play on any game mode. We recommend Garage and Soundcheck.
- Check the class news page on Mondays to see if your class is the weekly winner. If you practise at the weekend, your scores will still be counted.
All the best, TTRS!
Home Learning Heroes
Thanks for sending in the amazing home learning you’ve been doing.
Here are some highlights!
It’s great to draw and be mindful like Noah…
Take a look at this incredible report written by Daisy…
and Albie!
I was thrilled to receive this email about Safiya-Mishal’s arithmetic score! I was so proud of her, too.
And, finally, check out this brilliant poster about renewable and non-renewable energy by Phoebe. I love how clear and interesting it is plus I love the choices she made like green text vs red for positive vs negative.
We’re nearly at the end of home learning – we can do it!
As always, send me an email if you need any help or if you’d like to celebrate your learning.
Keep it up, Y6.
