Year 6 Homework

23 April 2020: Home learning

Good evening! This post is ahead of tomorrow morning (23 April) in case you wanted to get started earlier than nine, prepare anything or make sure your learning doesn’t clash with your morning workout!

First, an exciting announcement: next week’s Y6 Hall of Home Learning Fame is going to be upgraded to a video format! Keep emailing Miss Wilson your pictures of what you’ve been getting up to (anything, not just your learning!) so you don’t miss out a chance to star in the video!

Today’s tasks are maths, reading and geography!

Y6 Maths – Yesterday’s answers for working backwards (using the inverse)

Y6 Maths – LO: arithmetic

Hopefully you’ve been keeping on top of your arithmetic skills but let’s see how sharp you are with this arithmetic paper.

**Important note! Q22 should be 645 divided by 43 – the bus stop is missing for some reason! 2 x Golden Tickets to Nayaab for her eagle eyed spot!**

You could complete it as normal, on a 30 minute timer, or if you want to take it steady, take away the timer and do it at your own pace. Remember, check in your CGP books for any hints or tips you may need and you can always email me if you need more help.

Y5&6 Reading – LO: writer’s choice

Your learning today is all about the writer’s choice of language and the specific vocabulary they use.

First, reread the text we’ve been focusing on this week. Then, click here to answer the questions. **Q2 should read: “Look at paragraph six on page two.”**

But! There’s a twist! Once you’ve worked out the answer to each question, you must then find it in the word search on the page underneath!

Challenge
Choose a synonym that the writer could have used for each question. Even better if you discuss your reasons why with someone at home or prepare your own reasons and write them in your home learning book.

Y5&6 Geography – LO: I know some of the main rivers, mountains and regions in the UK.

Today’s task is a crossword puzzle! Use the clues provided to help you figure out the answers.

If you have access to a map, atlas, globe or can view a map on the internet, this will help, too!

Click here to start the crossword!

*when there is an answer with two words, the space is included.*

Remember to email if you are stuck with anything!

Challenge
Compete with a family member to see how fast you can recite all the answers without saying ERM!

22 April 2020: Home learning

Morning everyone!

Hope you’ve registered your lunch choice with your adult (the veg option looks tasty) and have remembered your PE kit – Wednesdays are PE days!

Let’s get started!

Y6 Maths – LO: solving puzzles

Today, we’re practising working backwards and using the inverse to solve I’m thinking of a number puzzles – you’ve done lots of these at school, especially with Miss K! For example:

I’m thinking of a number. If you add four to it, then divide it by three, you get twelve.

Starting with my end number of twelve, we’ve got to work backwards and use the inverse so instead of dividing by three, I multiply twelve by three to get 36. Next, still working backwards, instead of adding four, I take away four. 36 – 4 = 32. The number I was thinking of was 32!

Click here for today’s questions and to see if you can work out the joke that’s hidden in the picture on there!

Challenge
Design some of your own similar questions. If you email them to us, we can choose some for everyone to complete next week! #HoHLF

Y5 Maths – Y5 Maths –  LO: solving puzzles

 

Y5/Y6 Writing – LO: audience and purpose

Mr Roundtree needs your help. He’s been writing lots of website news articles recently, but has started to suffer writers’ block – that is the name for when authors run out of ideas.

The articles are for parents and carers to read, and they offer top tips and other guidance to support parents and carers with their child’s home learning. Your task is to write an article on his behalf – are you up for this writing challenge?

 

Like any piece of writing, we need some R2s (remember to’s). We use these so that our writing keeps its purpose! Also, a website article is very different to a setting description, so we need specific things to (remember to) do so we can make sure our writing is the best it can be!

R2s for a website article:

– A headline (normally quite short and snappy and tells the reader what the article is about)

– A date (so we know when the article was published!)

– Sub headings (these are mini headings which inform the reader what each section is going to be about)

– Sections (the writing is normally split into little sections to make it easier for the reader to digest – or to find something more specific they might be looking for)

– A quote (if you take a look at Mr Roundtree’s previous website articles, he normally includes a quote of some sort!)

What else can we (remember to) do in our news article…

– Bullet points (this makes a list of things clear to see and easy to read)

– Writing in bold and italics (This is used when we want specific bits of information to stand out – eg. teachers will publish the home learning at 7pm the day before.)

 

– Parenthesis (you can use this to add extra information to main clauses – brackets, dashes and commas!)

Y5&6 Reading – LO: inference

Skim over the text from Monday and Tuesday to remind yourself about it. All of today’s questions are about this text.

Now, answer the inference questions.

For a challenge, imagine you are Mary and you are trapped in the cave. You don’t have any mobile reception but you manage to log on to the cave next door’s WiFi and so you can send an email. Choose someone to email asking for help. This could be her husband, her sister or her best friend.

PS I’m aware that if you were on the WiFi you could also send a message or Facetime etc – but an email made for better learning!

21 April 2020: answers

Y6 Maths – LO: solving problems

1)3 Zids and 4 Zods
2) The 5 possible ways of making 140 are:
28 Zids
21 Zids and 5 Zods
14 Zids and 10 Zods
7 Zids and 15 Zods
20 Zods

Reading – LO: retrieval

Click here for the answers.

21 April 2020: Home learning

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

Check out the latest edition of the most prestigious awards of 2020 (Y6 Hall of Home Learning Fame) to see if you’ve made the cut!

Today’s tasks are maths, reading and writing.

Y6 Maths  – LO: solving puzzles

Today’s maths is a problem solving task that uses times table facts and mental addition.

Click here for the puzzle to get your brain buzzing!

Challenge
How many different solutions can you find?

Y5 Maths – LO: area of rectangles

Building on from yesterday’s work on perimeter, today we are going to be finding the area of rectangles.

How do we find the area?

Recap: To find the area of a shape, we need to multiply the length by the width

eg:

8cm x 2cm = 16cm

However, with area, we are looking at the number of squares that cover the whole shape.

Like this:

As we can see, there are 16 squares.

Therefore, when writing down what the area is, we say: 16cm squared.

We write it this like: 16cm²

Today’s task:

 

1)

How many rectangles can you draw with an area of 30cm² ?

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Y5&6 Reading – LO: retrieval

Today’s learning is all about retrieval.

R2s:

• Identify the key words in the question
• Read the text at least once so you understand
• Scan the text
• Check your answer makes sense

1) Look at paragraph 1. (1 mark)
What two things have been waking Mary recently?

2) According to the text, the previous day had been long and tiring. Why?
Give three reasons. (3 marks)

3) At the end of paragraph 2, Mary mentions two people that she might usually ring for advice. However, she is unable to ring either person. Complete the table below.

4) Look at the third paragraph which begins: As she awoke…
What scratched Mary’s cheek? (1 mark)

5) According to the text, after she hit her head, Mary looked for a landmark in the darkness. She then crouched over and began to move. Is the statement below true or false? Explain your answer. (1 mark)

Mary moved further back into the cave.

6) As she moved, what did Mary choose to do to stay in control and not panic?
Tell me her strategy and one specific example from the text. (2 marks)

7) What injuries did Mary collect on her journey along the cave? (1 mark)

8) Look at the first paragraph of page 2. In the text, it says there was no escape to the left of the cave entrance. Why? Give two reasons. (2 marks)

9) Why were Mary’s hopes dashed? (Tick one) (1 mark)

a) The roof had collapsed and blocked the way.
b) She was exhausted and could not carry on.
c) She did not know which tunnel to choose to escape from the cave.
d) She could see no way out.

10) Look towards the end of the text. When Mary poked her head out into the abyss, she… (1 mark)
a. wondered how high up she was;
b. tried to think of a new plan to get home;
c. thought about which of the many choices for escape she would pick;
d. once more thought about her small number of possible option;
e. day-dreamed about who had won Strictly this week.

20 April 2020: answers

Y6 Maths – answers

Y5 Maths 

20 April 2020: Home learning

Welcome back, everyone!

A word from Miss Wilson…

Morning, guys! Hope you all had a great “break” and you’re keeping happy and healthy in this month-long-Sunday we’re currently experiencing. It’s been amazing hearing from you all and seeing what you’ve been getting up to! I’ve been enjoying the sun, PE with Joe Wicks and catching up with family and friends over video chat, doing a few quizzes! Email me (jenwilson@spherefederation.org) to let me know what you’ve been doing – pictures, too, would be awesome!

A word from Mr Wain…

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you have all had a fantastic Easter ‘break’ and have managed to get up to lots of fun things! I hope you are all doing well and please feel free to email me sharing some of the things that you’ve been up to during our break!

I’ve been extremely thankful for the lovely weather we’ve had – I’ve been in the garden a lot: reading, listening to music and kicking my football about!

Just a reminder that my email is: oliwain@spherefederation.org

Please use it to email me with any questions you have about any of our learning or just to share what you have been up to!

Keep happy and healthy,

Mr Wain

Ok, let’s get started! Today’s tasks are maths, writing and reading.

Y6 Maths – LO: four operations

Click here for today’s questions. Write the answers in your home learning book. If you’ve forgotten some of the ideas, your CGP books might help. Remember, you can email me if you’re still unsure.

Challenge
Choose one of the problems and write your own similar question. Send me a photo of it for me to have a go!

Y5 Maths – LO: calculate perimeter

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Reading

This week’s reading centres around a text called The Cave. Your learning today is a mix of retrieval and inference.

First, you should read the text. Then, your first task is to draw and label a picture of Mary. You have done this before in your reading lessons at school. If you’re feeling arty, you could draw an actual picture of Mary or you could draw an outline (like a Gingerbread person). Around the outside of your person, you should label it with things from the text. This could be facts (eg her toenails are painted) or it could be inferences you’ve made about her personality (eg I think she’s brave because…).

Your second task is to imagine you are Mary when she realises that she is in a cave (towards the end of page 1). Your task is to draw what she can see around her – remember this isn’t an art lesson. Once you’ve drawn everything, use evidence from the text to label your picture. For example, you could label the floor as ‘highly uneven, but largely flat’.

For a challenge, you could write either a short setting description, or a short character description (or both!). Whichever challenge you choose, remember to use evidence from the text and send me a photo of it if you like! You might even star in #HoHLF!

Easter home learning

As it’s the Easter holidays, we’re taking a break from the daily home learning tasks. Instead, here are a range of activities that you might like to try over the two weeks. The tasks are creative and are designed to allow children the opportunity to enjoy some different learning, perhaps alongside family members. A few key points…

• The list will be the same across year groups, meaning if you’ve more than one child, they might work on it together in some way.
• Some of the tasks can take a bit longer, like a mini-project, and others match Creative homework tasks.
• You can encourage your child to do some or all of the activities – they’re all optional.
• During this time, you can still email your child’s class teacher about the home learning, although they may not respond as quickly as they have been doing.
• Teachers will return to daily home learning tasks on Monday 20 April.

Art Attack

Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist who creates art using things he can find in nature. The artwork shown here was created using different leaf types and creating a pattern. He creates his art outside as he likes the fact that it’s temporary and won’t be around for long!

Create your own piece of art using different materials you can find around your home or in the garden. You could even create some ‘rubbish art’ using only items that have been used and would be thrown away or recycled.

Take some photographs and send them to your teachers.

Hunted

Create your own treasure hunt with cryptic clues for your family members to complete. Make the clues as tricky as you can. What could be the prize for the winning hunter? Maybe, this could tie in with a family Easter egg hunt.

Secret Message

Create your own invisible ink.

Using a spoon, mix water and lemon juice. Dip a cotton bud into the mixture and write a message onto the white paper. Wait for the juice to dry so your message becomes completely invisible. When you are ready to read your secret message or show it to someone else, heat the paper by holding it close to a light bulb – be careful: maybe ask an adult to do this part. As the mixture heats up, your message should reappear so people can read it again.

Alternatively, the same result can be achieved by writing the message on white paper with a white candle or crayon. Then, paint over the message using coloured paint to reveal the writing.

For a challenge, come up with your own way of making invisible ink and try it out on your family.

‘Board’ Silly

Design and create your own board game for you and your family to play – perhaps play some existing board games first to research ideas.

There are a few key things to think about:

• What will your theme be?
• Will there be any ‘snakes’ or ‘ladders’ style elements?
• Do you need to make a dice using a cube net?
• Will there be any extra challenges or forfeits if you land on certain numbers?

Enjoy your games!

Extreme Reading

Reading is a great way to relax and learn about the world around us; also, reading regularly can help us to stay happy and healthy. This challenge is all about making reading even more fun. We’d love to know how many places you can read in. Try to read in a different place each day. Take photos or draw a picture of you doing it, if you can.

You could read…

• in a den that you’ve made
• up a tree
• under the bed/table
• to the dog/cat
• looking in a mirror

Stay safe and send your class teacher some pictures.

Come Dine/Bake with Me

Have your very own family ‘Come Dine With Me’ experience. Each family member could cook a meal or a course and then you must score each other out of ten. Similarly, each family member could bake something and you could all have a tasting after where you give points (like on Great British Bake Off). You don’t have to work on your own – you could help an adult.

Who will win?

Den Building

Who doesn’t love making a den? Either in your house, or in your garden, spend time building a den and enjoy some time relaxing in it – if there’s more than one of you, you could make it a competition. Use whatever materials you can find and see how creative you can get.

You could also read in it and combine this challenge with the ‘Extreme Reading’ one.

Get Ya Body Movin’

Staying physically active plays a crucial role in keeping us happy and healthy; it boosts our mental and emotional health, too. This task has three options – all of which are designed to get people moving during the holidays. You could include your family as well.

Option A: Create your own ‘Ninja Warrior’ style challenges in the garden or your house. Try to include a range of activities that include jumping, balancing, stretching, climbing and, if you’re feeling brave, water. The adults in your family will love a water challenge.

Option B: Create your own Joe Wicks style workout video. You could do it with your family or film yourself and send it to your friends. You might like to check out Joe Wicks’ YouTube channel for inspiration.

Option C: Choose your favourite song and create your own ‘Wake Up Shake Up’ (WUSU) dance routine. Again, you could lead this for your family to join in or film yourself and send it to friends or other family members. This’ll be a great way to get everyone dancing.

03 April 2020: Home learning – answers

Here are Friday’s answers:

Y5 Maths:

1. 6/8 or 3/4
   6/6 or 1 whole
   10/3 or 3 and 1/3
2. 7/8
   5/8
   9/10
3. 7/12
   5/9
   9/15 or 3/5

   Challenge:
   Amir ate 8/12
   Whitney ate 3/12

   You could have simplified each amount to:

Amir ate 2/3
Whitney ate 1/4

Y6 Maths:

03 April 2020: Home learning

02 April 2020: Answers

Y5 Maths:

3.

Y6 Maths:

Y5 and Y6 Reading:

Across
3. feat
6. rehabilitation
7. metres
Down
1. dribbling
2. volunteers
3. fortunately
4. practising
5. mirrored

Y5 and Y6 writing:

tion or sion?
ambition
infection
competition
persuasion
exaggeration
interruption
suggestion
profession

Today’s learning…

Y5 maths: LO: add fractions

Challenge:

Y6 maths LO: dividing fractions


Challenge:

Year 5 and 6 reading: LO: retrieval

Today’s task is to read back through the FirstNews newspaper from Wednesday and retrieve information to fill in the boxes below. You will need to find:

• page number
• section
• what the story is about

  for eight different articles

Year 5 and 6 writing – LO: describe and ask questions

1. Re-read this letter from Odd. It is the most recent letter we have received and we have read it in class.

Your task is to write a reply to Odd and describe how the past two weeks have been learning from home and what is going on in the world right now.

Use Odd’s letter to help you set your letter out.

Finally, within your letter, you must ask Odd three questions about Vikings that you want to find out.

Challenge:

Google your questions and see if you can find out the answer – let me know if you find out anything interesting!

02 April 2020: Home learning

Morning, everyone!

I hope that you are all keeping safe and well.

Here are yesterday’s maths answers:

Y5

Y6

Here are today’s tasks:

Year 5 Maths – LO: compare fractions

2. Use common denominators to compare 1/3 and 2/5

*EXAMPLE 2/5 and 2/3 become…

6/15 and 10/15

2/3 is bigger by 4/15*

3.

Challenge:

Year 6 Maths – LO: multiply fractions

Challenge:

Year 5 and 6 Reading: LO: retrieval
Your task today is to read the text:

Then, once you have read it, have a go at the following crossword!

Year 5 and 6 Writing: LO: suffixes – tion

Finally, write a silly sentence for each of our focus words today.

As always, if you have any questions about any of the learning, please don’t hesitate to send me an email.