Class 5 - Covid Archive

Hello Class 5. As we get closer to the end of the year I have started thinking about ways that the Year 6's could celebrate their time at St. Gerard's. I think it would be great to put together some video memories from you all.

Basically I would like you to film yourself talking about your memories. The video should be in LANDSCAPE orientation (like a TV) and last for no more than a minute. You could talk about: Funniest Memories, Earliest Memories, Best Experience, Favourite Place in School, A Memorable Trip... Anything really. Send in your videos to our class email address by Friday 10th June and I will edit them together! Happy Filming!

MATHS

Focus: Learn how to calculate, estimate and compare the volume of cubes and cuboids.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zb2n2v4

St. Gerard's: We worked on the lesson as you can see it on the BBC Bitesize page. I gave the children in class a quick reminder about volume - It's a bit like area... but in 3D. Actually it's nothing like it, but I know what I mean.

If you look at the cuboid below, the first row of cubes is 4 X 3. This means that there are 12 cubes on the bottom row. There are TWO rows, so you need to multiply by 2 to find out the total number of cubes. 4 X 3 X 2 = 24.

You can actually multiply these numbers in whichever way is easiest as the answer is always the same:

4X3X2 = 24

2X3X4 = 24

3X4X2 = 24

And so on.

Today in class the children caught up on any outstanding Maths and Science work. If you haven't read about the Science from this week, then please look at the orange boxes from this week (below) as they explain what we have been up to. After that, "Shhhhh" - don't tell the dads, we made Father's Day cards - You can see a few examples below!

We didn't do the English and Maths work that I have linked to here, but lots of you seem to be enjoying the Friday Bitesize activities, so I have included them for you. I will be asking the children the Maths questions on Monday morning to see who has been looking at the blog!

If you're not in class, please do keep sending me pictures of what you're getting up to. Even though we're not producing SGTV every week now, we will be doing one in the future and all our your photos are great to see. I will also try to post them on our blog.

Enjoy your weekend everyone - and don't forget Father's Day!

I asked the children about different "metric measures" and we made a list of examples...

Weight / Mass: g and kg

Length: mm, cm, m, km

Volume: ml, l

We then started looking at the learning on the BITESIZE page.

We looked at Activity 1, which is a quick revision quiz about measures.

You need to remember how the measurements are related to each other. For example....

There are 100cm in 1 metre - so to convert between cm and m you have to divide by 100

e.g. 456cm = 4.56m

There are 10mm in a cm - so to convert between mm and cm you have to divide by 10

e.g. 56mm = 5.6cm

There are 1000ml in a litre - so to convert between ml and l you have to divide by 1000

e.g. 678ml = 0.678l

As 1m can be split into 100cm - to convert between m and cm you have to multiply by 100

e.g. 6.2m = 620cm

We looked at Activity 2 sheet on the Bitesize Page, and it was really good as there are "number problems" and some "converting" questions.

SCIENCE

In Science today we built on the learning from yesterday and we looked at our SALT SOLUTION. I asked the children how we could get the salt back out of the water. This is all linked to the page from the science textbook that I posted yesterday. I'm going to tell you about two experiments that we carried out in class..

We started by FILTERING the salt solution - You can see the set-up we used in the photo below... Filtering works a bit like a sieve - there are tiny holes in the paper that lets the water flow through. We wondered how much salt would be collected...

MATHS

Focus: Adding negative numbers

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk6mkty

St. Gerard's: In class today we are going to look at the "adding negative numbers" work from the Year 7 section of Bitesize. This is what I was calling the "Year 6+" work.

If you work through the page on Bitesize it does explain things really clearly. Let me know if you need any help with it.

The "QUIZ" - activity 1 is really good - and you should be able to have a go at this independently - You should ALL try to focus on this.

Activity 2 is a little harder and you may find this diffiult, but take a look - you DON'T have to do it!

You need to understand how to add negative numbers - I will talk about this below..

EXPLANATION:

Sometimes a calculation will have two signs, either + or –, next to each other.

For example:

6 + –3 (6 plus minus three)
4 – –3 (4 take-away minus three)
6 – +3 (six take away positive "normal" three

RULE:

If the signs are different, you always subtract.
If the signs are the same, you always add the numbers together. The pictures below will help with this...

Focus: Learn about dissolving, creating a solution and "saturation point"

In class today we carried out an experiment to see how much salt we could dissolve in a beaker of water.

First we put 500ml of water into a beaker.

Next we added a level teaspoon of salt.

Then we stirred the water until the salt dissolved - to create a "salt solution"

We kept adding teaspoons of salt until they wouldn't dissolve.

We talked about how the salt was still in the water even though we couldn't see it any more.

We talked about sea water, and how it has lots of salt dissolved in it.

We tried to predict how many teaspoons of salt we could add until they stopped dissolving. Our first prediction was between 10 and 12.

How many teaspoons do you think we could add? It was actually 45! Only then did it stop dissolving.

When you can't dissolve any more salt, we call this the "saturation point"

Isaac asked whether we would get the same result with sugar. Maybe you could try this for yourself?

The chidlren in class then looked at the pages below from the science textbook...

Today in class was all about settling in the new children so that they could get used to the routines in class. We also spent a really long time discussing the recent news stories: Black Lives Matter protests, the removal of statues and the history of slavery in Britain. Quite complicated! If you want to find out more about this, the NEWSROUND pages have some interesting material: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52813673

We didn't get around to the ENGLISH and HISTORY topics below, but you might like to look at them. We concentrated on the MATHS only.

MATHS

Focus: Forming and solving two-step equations

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmw83j6

St. Gerard's: In class today we watched the videos on the link above, and took a look at the worksheets that are provided. On the whole we found the videos useful, but a little confusing in places, so we also looked at the worksheet at the bottom of this section.

I talked to the children about how to solve equations by doing exactly the same to the left and the right sides of the equals sign...

MATHS

IN CLASS TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING...

Year 6 Focus: Forming and solving one-step equations

Year 6 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkkts4j

St. Gerard's: In class we will be looking at the YEAR 6 Focus BBC Bitesize lessons from Tuesday, Wednesday and today.

Although Tuesday's acivity was rather complicated, the work from Wednesday and today should be OK for you. Let me know if you get stuck.

OR....

If you want to continue with the percentages theme that we have been looking at over the past few days, then the Year 6+ Focus calculator activities below are quite good, but we won't be looking at them in class.

Year 6+ Focus: Finding the percentage of an amount with a calculator

Year 6+ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbxfbwx

MATHS

Y6 Focus: Substitute into simple expressions and formulae

Y6 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjs9whv

St. Gerard's: Although this sounds very difficult it really isn't. In fact you have seen questions like this in your arithmetic papers for monhs...

Take a look and see what you think....

If j=4

What is 2j + 3?

Remember that there is no "X" symbol between 2 and j - but you do need to multiply

Remember BIDMAS - The M comes before the A (Multiply first - Add second)

The answer is 11 by the way!

ENGLISH

Focus: How to use apostrophes

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrprkxs

St. Gerard's: Well the time has finally come. I wondered how long it would take for our old favourite to appear - and here it is. Apostrophes!

Now I won't mention anyone's name, but you know who you are!

Actually, the sentence above contains BOTH types of apostrophe:

WON'T - Here is the contraction, where the apostrophe is standing in the place of a letter. This is the easy type...

ANYONE'S - Here is the possession - because the name belongs to someone. This is the harder type...

COMMON MISTAKE:

When you're out and about, you often see this type of apostrophe:

TODAY'S is correct, as the special belongs to today (possession)

AVOCADO'S is incorrect as there is no contraction - and the avocado doesn't own anything. This is sometimes called the "Grocer's Apostrope" - in other words, the apostrophe belonging to the grocer - and it is incorrect.

Quite often people put apostrophes where there shouldn't be one - just because the word ends in "s" - often when there are plurals (more than one)

e.g.

one dog

two dog's

three dog's

In fact - the "grocer's apostrophe" is the one that most of you were using when you came into Class 5 way back in September.

The problem is, that PLURALS ARE important when it comes to the possessive apostrophe, as it tells you how many the thing belongs to...

The dog's toy - (The toy belonging to one dog - the apostrophe is before the s)

The dogs' toy - (The toy belonging to more than one dog - the apostrophe is after the s)

Anyway, I'll add the grammar club sheets about apostrophe's here. (JUST KIDDING - THERE SHOULDN'T BE ONE IN APOSTROPHES)

MATHS

Y6 Focus: Finding a rule with one and two steps

Y6 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zm6296f

St. Gerard's: Aha! It looks like the Y6 Focus has finally got round to the work we did right at the start of the lockdown. If you remember, I did two video lessons about number sequences and rules. I will add the video here - It is called Number Sequences 2.

There are resources that match this in the archive at the bottom of the page... I approach it slightly differently to the BBC Bitesize page, but you can see how they fit in together!

IN CLASS TODAY WE LOOKED AT THE FOLLOWING...

Y6+ Focus: Finding Fractions of an Amount

Y6+ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6rw2fr

Year 6+ Focus is "Finding Fractions of Amounts" - and we have done this in class. We also looked at this on 14th May below. Check it out!

The lesson on the BBC Bitesize is complicated, but it does explain what is going on in detail.

To be honest, all you need to do is remember what we talked about in class...."divide by the bottom, and times by the top" - In other words, divide by the denominator, and multiply by the numerator... I will add some resources for this here later...

ENGLISH

Focus: how to plan and write a story

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv8dqp3

St. Gerard's: The activity on the BBC Bitesize pages asks you to plan a story, which is what we've been doing as our "long term project" right from before the lockdown. I don't want you to write a new story, but it would be worth watching the videos the page. It asks you to think about the resolution (or ending) to your story...

If you have continued with your story, then you could use this opportunity to think about the "next chapter" - What happens when your characters go further into the abandoned school? What will they find? What will they see? HOW WILL THEY FEEL? WHAT WILL THEY SAY TO EACH OTHER?

Again - no supernatural elements, no blood, no murder or ghosts... any fear must come from the emotions of the characters.

And of course, you're not ending your story yet - merely getting to the climax. So far each of your chapters has been about 3/4 to a full page long so this will be your fourth side of A4. Keep going!

MATHS

Year 6 Focus: how to find percentages of amounts

Year 6 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvxnv82

Year 6+ Focus: how to use formulas to calculate the areas of rectangles, parallelograms and triangles

Year 6+ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjbr92p

St. Gerard's: Right - let's start with the Year 6 + Focus first - We have already looked at calculating the area of rectangles and triangle so this should be revision for you.

Remember:

To calculate the area of rectangles you multiply the length by the width.

To calculate the area of parallelograms you do the same (but here it is base x height)

To calculate the area of triangles, you multiply the base by the height and divide the answer by two.

The videos on the page will help. The sheets we looked at in class are below if you want to revise what we did.

The Year 6 Focus work is finding percentages of amounts. We did loads of these on our arithmetic tests - e.g. Find 30% of 500.

When we did this in class I asked you to find "the key" percentages first:

e.g. 46% of 500

100% = 500

10% = 50

1% = 5

(This uses the dividing by 10 skill from yesterday)

You can then multiply up:

10% = 50

20% = 100 (double)

40% = 200 (double again)

1%=5

2%=10

4%=20

5%=25 ( 4% + 1%)

I'm sure you remember! Anyway - once you have had a look at the BBC Bitesize stuff, take a look at what I have added below!

MFL: FRENCH

Focus: How to talk about your hobbies and your school in French

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z93n7yc

St. Gerard's: I have had a look at these resources and they're OK for a bit of fun. It would probably be more useful to watch the two videos then try writing about school. I have included a sheet below, which you can use as a "menu" to select words and phrases from.

The twinkl activity at the bottom of the BBC Bitesize page has some good vocabulary about school, which you might like to learn too.

MATHS

Y6 Focus: How to order and compare fractions, decimals and percentages by converting them

Y6 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrkw2fr

Y6+ Focus: Multiplying and dividing by powers of 10

Y6+ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zngbcqt

St. Gerard's: The Year 6+ Focus is multiplying and dividing by 10, which we have done a lot over the year. This should be useful revision for you. I think that this is a little easier than the Y6 work again - but both activities are things we've looked at before...

ENGLISH

Focus: how to create characters and complex sentences.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvmw7nb

St. Gerard's: Hey - remember our story about the abandoned school? Well one of the things I told you that I would be looking for was characterisation - through complex sentences. Why not try adding to your story? It would probably be more useful than the activity on the page - but the page will give you some good revision.

Despite the pouring rain outisde, Alan felt hesitant to enter the building and his feeling of unease was too strong.

Even though she knew that there was probably nothing to be scared of, Lisa couldn't rid herself of the feeling that it would be better to leave.

MATHS

Year 6 Focus: How to convert fractions to percentages

Y6 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvcny9q

Year 6+ Focus: factors, square numbers and prime numbers

Year 6+ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrcny9q

St. Gerard's: I have had a few people contact me about the Year 6 work today. I do think some of it is particularly challenging so I will try to set out my advice in detail here. The answers are on the BBC page, but some of you might like some advice on how to get them!

ENGLISH

Focus: How to investigate a text, compare extracts and to write from a character's perspective

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvhhnrd

St. Gerard's: This work is based on "A Pocketful Of Stars" by Aisha Bushby

"Safiya loves playing video games. She and her mum do not see eye-to-eye, especially since her parents have split up. When her mum falls into a coma and Safiya sits by her bedside, she finds herself in an alternative world that looks a bit like one of her games."

NOTE: The BBC site contains this warning:

The second extract in this lesson contains themes which some of our audience may find distressing. It is appropriate for the age group, but as every child is individual, parents may wish to read and watch ahead of, or with, their children if they are concerned by the content outlined.

So please check with your parents before going ahead with this work.

We have done loads of work on writing from a character's perspective and this should follow on really well. Do you remember when we did "Adam and Paradise Island" and the air-raid diary? You were writing from a character's perspective then so you have had a lot of practice.

MUSIC:

Focus: Composing Music with Found Sounds

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdh8jhv

St. Gerard's: When I play around with sounds I use a program called "audacity" but it is a bit complicated if you've never used it before. The Bitesize page suggests playing around with the Dr Who theme and there is a great website that lets you play around with the elements.

Link: https://www.dwtheme.com/

You can listen to the bassline, melody and structure of the parts that were recorded way back in 1963.

I have also experimented a little bit with the online page: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/ which looks like it might be fun.

(When I looked at these pages they were absolutely fine, but remember we are not responsible for the content of other sites. Please use caution when visiting them)

ENGLISH

Focus: Writing a Formal Letter

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z69mt39

St. Gerard's: This work follows on from what you looked at yesterday and the checklist on the BBC page includes many of the features that are included in our Steps To Success sheet - so if you have based your planning around that then you shouldn't be too far off. This is a chance to take a quiz and continue with your letters. If you would like to send your letters in to me when they are finished, we can publish some of them on our website and Twitter page...

ENGLISH

Focus: Learn how to use hyperbole, similes and metaphors.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhcc92p

St. Gerard's: These are great features of writing that we have actually used a lot of in our work this year.

Hyperbole: Deliberate exaggeration:

David was rooted to the spot with fear.

Simile: Comparing something to something else:

The metal fire escape wound up the side of the building like a giant, black snake.

Metaphor: Describing something AS IF it was something else:

"A wave of terror washed over him"

How about including some of these features in your abandoned school story?

MATHS

Y6 Focus: how to multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100 and 1000

Y6 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbvkwty

Y6+ Focus: Using mental strategies to add and subtract

Y6+ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4q6pg8

St. Gerard's: Well it's finally appeared - our old favourite, multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. Do yoiu remember our song? When you multiply or divide by ten, the digits jump, the digits jump. When you multiply or divide by ten, the decimal point.... It never moves!

Hopefully you remember this as it is one of the really important things in maths. I will add some further work on this later on Monday.

MATHS

Y6 Focus: Finding fractions of amounts

Y6 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjhtpg8

Y6+ Focus: Converting fractions, decimals and percentages

Y6+ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z64vbdm

St. Gerard's:

Y6 Focus: We have done some work on finding fractions of amounts - remember, "divide by the bottom and times by the top". I will include some sheets to remind you about this later on Thursday morning.

Y6+ Focus: The "Percentages 2" sheet I posted yesterday had a preview of this work. You could take a look at the bottom of that sheet as extra practise if you need to.

Fractions of Amounts Reminder:

ENGLISH

Foucs: How to write a debate / argument

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhmdjhv

St. Gerard's: Do you remember we debated whether Paradise Island should be changed? Why not write a list of pros and cons about that topic - You could then go on to write a debate about it...

On the one hand, many people in town believe that ...

They say that.....

Many residents are worried that.....

They feel that.....

There is also the issue that.....

On the other hand, there are many people who think that....

They argue that.....

They point out that....

Many people within the community say that...

etc.

HISTORY - VE DAY

There are no specific set tasks today from BBC Bitesize, but you might like to visit this VE day site from BBC Teach.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ve-day-teaching-resources/znvy382/

There are versions of "Carrie's War" and "The Machine Gunners" which you can listen to.

There are also follow-up Activities from the BBC to do as well...Optional!

This follows up our World War II topic quite nicely. Don't forget the video for "Goodnight Mister Tom" which is still at the bottom of this page.

ENGLISH

Focus: Learn how to use relative clauses to add detail to a setting description.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6g98xs

St. Gerard's: These lessons are a great way of remembering the work we did on relative clauses. This information will be useful in your "Abandoned School" writing - you can add a few in there too. I will also add some Grammar Club reminders here later today.

e.g. The paint, which was peeling from the door in delicate curls, was the only splash of colour in the darkness of the corridor

ENGLISH

Focus: Learn how to use personification in a setting description.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbd7mfr

St. Gerard's: I think this is a really good activity to link to our Abandoned School work. On the BBC page it gives the example of:

"The rain stomped angrily on the fragile roof like an angry giant." - and I think the rain could feature in your stories - Maybe it could pound down, or stomp down like in the example.

How about the following examples:

The missing tiles on the roof / A toothless grin

The squeal of the rusty gate / A crying child

I also spotted a bit of work on noun-phrases and I will add some grammar revision here for that too!

ENGLISH

Foucs: Learn how to use and analyse an extract using the novel The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd.

The extracts in this lesson will help you consider and explain why the writer chooses specific language.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfx6t39

St. Gerard's: Activity 2 is what we were focussing on in class. It is all about the impact of words on the reader. Consider why the writer has chosen a particular word or phrase. How do they want you to feel?

If you want to find out about the whole book, you can download it for free (with a 30 day free trial from audible) by clicking on the link below:

https://www.audiobooks.co.uk/audiobook/london-eye-mystery/155533

MATHS

Focus: Challenge Day!

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4tc92p

St. Gerard's:

I absolutely love these challenges - Share them with your parents and try to do as many as you can. The answers are at the bottom of the page though - so no scrolling!

Challenge 5 should be easy for us as we've looked at the angles in teh corners of squares, equilateral triangles and complete turns....

Remember some of my rules for solving challenges

1. Draw on the question - it always helps.

2. Add up what you know and take away from the total (missing angles questions)

ENGLISH

Focus: How to use hyphens and dashes

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmnwjhv

St. Gerard's: I will add some Grammar Club resources here later today

Y6+ Focus: How to spot when a writer changes tense.

Y6+ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zh222sg

St. Gerard's: Although the BBC describe this as a Year 7 lesson, it is something that we have spent quite a lot of time looking at - especially as some of you change tense (unintentionally) in the middle of your writing! Remember when we did our "Highwayman" writing and I asked you to go from speaking in the present tense to the flashback in the past tense? Well this is all about that. I will add some Grammar Club resources later to jog your memories!

MATHS

Y6 Focus: how to complete calculations using the correct order of operations

Y6 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zb48d6f

St. Gerard's: Who could forget the famous BIDMAS video that we found online? I will include a link to that below. There are lots of good videos on youtube about BIDMAS (Sometimes called BODMAS) which you can look at as well. I will add some activities to this page later today.

Y6+ Focus: how to solve two-step equations involving decimals or fractions

Y6+ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfh6t39

ENGLISH

Focus: To use commas, brackets and dashes to make your writing clear.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrdyvk7

St. Gerard's: As yesterday really, the activities above are really great revision, but after you have completed them you should look at your Abandoned School writing - Maybe include a sentence that uses commas for clauses -

Jack, feeling hopeful, looked at his brother but deep down he knew that there was no way that would change his mind.

After what seemed like hours, Freddie heard his brother calling from the darkness.

MATHS

Y6 Focus: Learn how to solve short and long multiplication problems.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znx2mfr

Y6+ Focus: "like" terms in algebra.

Y6+ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjn72sg

St. Gerard's: Although I ask you to use Grid Method for multiplication early in the year, to ensure that you are working out each part correctly, the methods described above are actually much more efficient. We started to look at short multiplication, and I know that many of you were getting quite good at using it in our arithmetic questions - Take a look at all of the unit and practice some questions. I will add some here later in the week.

MATHS

Y6 Focus: Learn how to complete multi-step addition and subtraction calculations.

Y6 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6ynscw

Y6+ Focus: how to solve algebraic equations.

Y6+ Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zb6tt39

St: Gerard's: The Y6+ Focus for today gets into the nittyt-gritty of the algebra work that we have already looked at in class, but might start getting a bit tricky if yuou can't remember our lessons. In some ways it is like we used to do when we were getting ready for SATS - so the word problems might be easier if you draw pictures to help you think about what is happening in each question.

ENGLISH

Focus: To select key pieces of information from a text and evaluate the text

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbkbgwx

St. Gerard's:

Activity 1 on the Bitesize page looks at dialogue (speech) - and just like we talked about with our "Abandoned School" writing - the dialogue is designed to tell you about the characters and to move the action forward. I think this would be a good place to start. I also think that Activity 2 is good to look at. It is similar to some of the questions in the Reading Tests from last year and is an interesting way of thinking about how writers use language effectively.

Activity 3 is a writing activity - and I don't think you need to look at that as we will be continuing with your Abandoned School writing later.

If you want to find out more about the story, it is available for free - if you take out a trial with audible:

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/To-Be-a-Cat-Audiobook/B007IVYZTG

Matt Haig's website also contains information about the book, and some more sample pages:

http://www.matthaig.com/tobeacat/

WELLBEING

Focus: Learn about the transition from primary to secondary school

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zj2grj6

St. Gerards:

At the moment the transition arrangements for those pupils moving on to St. Bernard's (or any other secondary schools) are impossible to know. We will work very closely with the staff there to ensure that your move is as smooth as possible. Please talk to your parents about any worries or concerns you have - or get in touch with us by email and we will try to help if we can. When we know more we will let you know. Remember that children move on to Secondary school every year - it is just another part of your education journey.

You can find the St. Bernard's transition page at:

https://www.sbch.org.uk/welcome-sbcs/transition-the-st-bernards-way/

MATHS

Y6 Focus: Learn about how addition and subtraction can be done in different ways.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6jhpg8

Y6+ Focus: To simplify algebraic expressions involving multiplication and powers.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zffwjhv

St. Gerards:

Y6 Focus - Addition and Subtraction Sheets below.

I will upload an answer sheet at the end of the week.

This should be revision for you and you can complete the questions in your yellow book. Remember "Can't Do It YET" from the lessons!

MATHS

Y6 Focus: Understand the position of negative numbers on a number line, as well as some contexts in which they are used

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjbk8xs

Y6+ Focus: How to write algebraic notation

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdqyvk7

St. Gerard's:

Y6+ Maths: This follows on from the video lesson I prepared below (Number Sequences 2)

Y6 Maths: The sheet below contains some more Negative Number Activities which you can complete in your Yellow Books.

SCIENCE:

Focus: The movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk7fy9q

St. Gerard's: This should build on the work you did in Class 4 last year. I have also included a page from our textbook for you which you will find below.

You could complete an information page about the information using the BBC videos and KEY FACTS sections from the textbook. There are some questions that you can answer too. The answers are all in the text. (Note: These texts were written when Pluto was thought to be a full planet. It is now classified as a dwarf planet!)

MATHS

Y6 Focus: Learn to compare, order and round any number. Including rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrjx6v4

Y6+ Focus: Linear Sequences. These are number patterns that increase, or decrease, by the same amount each time.

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjsv382

St. Gerard's: There is a video lesson that I prepared below that links to this. Number Sequences 1. The worksheets that match this are in the archive below.

NUMBER SEQUENCES 2 - (Uploaded 26/03/20)

This unit of work will build on our previous session "Number Sequences 1". It would be easier if you completed the previous unit first. There are several activity sheets to go along with this unit. You can either print the sheets off to fill in, or you can copy the work into your book a page at a time. You will be able to return work to me to look at by attaching your answers to the section in Google Classrom as photographs, but this is not compulsory!

DATA HANDLING - (Uploaded 17/04/20)

This unit of work will involve reading graphs and should be familiar to you. Sometimes you need to start by looking at the horizontal axis first, and sometimes you need to start by looking at the vertical axis.

For example, using the "Channel 9" graph...

Question 1.

How many people are watching at 8 o'clock?

Find 8:00 on the horizontal axis.

Move your finger up the graph until you reach the line.

Move your finger to the left, towards the vertical axis.

When you reach the vertical axis, your finger should be at 11, meaning 11,000 viewers.

Question 11

At what time are 14,000 watching?

Find "14" (meaning 14,000) on the vertical axis

Move your finger horizontally across until you reach the red dot.

Move your finger downwards until you get to the horizontal axis.

When you reach the horizontal axis, your finger should be on 9:00, meaning 9 o'clock.

The document below contains three different graphs for you to look at. You do not need to print off the graphs, but you will need to look at them to answer the questions. Please write your answers in your yellow books.

Stig Of The Dump - (Uploaded 22-03-20)

One of the books in the Year 6 Reading Challenge is "Stig Of The Dump". I have included here a comprehension for you to do, based on the first chapter.

This document has slightly more of the opening to the story, which you might like to read so that you can find out what happens next. It also suggests building a den of your own... Sounds like a great plan to me!

If you search on YouTube, you can find the 1980's version that I watched when I was younger - I remember it like it was yesterday!

"Stig Of The Dump" is also available on AUDIBLE if you start a 30 day free trial. Click HERE.

Descriptive Story Writing - (Uploaded 26-03-20)

Before we had to close we were thinking about writing Chapter 3 of our descriptive stories about the abandoned school. It doesn't matter where you got up to as I want you to think about what would happen when your characters make it into the building.

What would they say to each other? Remember your speech punctuation.

What would they really be feeling? Remember to include emotions and thoughts.

What would it look like? Remember to describe the setting.

Link it to your opening paragraphs in some way.

I want you to focus on the first 30 seconds inside the corridor - THAT. IS. ALL.... Don't be tempted to rush this work. Go SLOWLY. Include all the ideas and techniques we talked about.

I expect that this should last one page in your yellow book... No more! Remember that it is like hitting the "pause" button on a video - You STOP to tell your reader all the details.

Remember also NOT to do too much speech. I am looking for a mixture of speech and description, combined with character details and emotions. You can refresh your memory about writing speech by clicking HERE to visit the BBC Bitesize page.

Oh yes..... No ghosts or supernatural stuff. Your characters can imagine whatever they like, but it must all be REAL!

You can do a draft version first if you like - and send it to me on Google Classroom. I can then give you some advice before you do a final version.

I'll post a WAGOLL in a few days, when you've had chance to think about it for yourself - but for now get thinking. There's a photo to jog your memory and a planning sheet to help!

Tom's Midnight Garden - (Uploaded 10-04-20)

One of the books I really enjoyed reading as a child was "Tom's Midnight Garden" - Strangely, the idea of a boy being quarantined quite appropriate for us today!

You can write the answers to the questions in the answer box in Google Classroom OR you can upload a photo of your answers to Google Classroom using the paperclip attachment feature - but this is not compulsary. If you do send me the answers, please, please, please write in full sentences that include the question in them - just like we do in class. Also - please, please, please check your spellings and grammar (including punctuation!)

This document

has slightly more of the opening to the story, which you might like to read so that you can find out more about what leads Tom to being sent to live with Aunt Gwen.

If you search on YouTube for "BBC: Tom's Midnight Garden (1989)" you can find the 1980's version that I watched when I was younger.

"Tom's Midnight Garden" is also available on AUDIBLE if you start a 30 day free trial. Click HERE.