Year 6 2021-22

Our learning this week This week in maths, we have been learning to do division with and without remainders. In English, our focus has been poetry looking at works by the BAME poet John Agard. We have looked specifically at his poem Windrush Child we have thought about the images he creates with his words.. we have also had a go at performing his poem and writing one of our own. Why not listen to the poem  https://vimeo.com/34658318 and watch one of our performances see below In Art, we have designed and painted our Viking shields here is one example. Home Learning The children have been given their logins for Google classroom where they will find their homework and learning should the school be in a lockdown or a child finds themselves in isolation. Please make sure you make a note of their usernames and password - maybe take a photo with your phone. I f you have problems accessing the online learning because you do not have a device, please contact the school office stating the ...

In science, we have been learning about electricity. We have looked at circuit diagrams and have designed and carried out our own investigation around the effect of wire length on the brightness of a bulb or the volume of a buzzer. We found out that the light bulb either got dimmer or did not work the longer the wire was. As part of show racism the red card  we have worn red and donated money. We have talked about the aims of organisation and some of the issues around racisms.  Show Racism the Red Card is the UK's leading anti-racism educational charity. https://www.theredcard.org/ They provide educational workshops, training sessions, multimedia packages, and a whole host of other resources, all with the purpose of tackling racism in society. Established in January 1996, the organisation utilises the high-profile status of football and football players to publicise its message. Across Britain, Show Racism the Red Card delivers training to more than 50,000 individuals per...

As part of our topic learning we have focused on which countries the Anglo Saxons came from and why? We have made the link between them and the Vikings. In English, our current unit of learning is instructional writing and as a pat of this we have followed instructions to make our own Viking long boats have a look at our results. We then went on to write our own instructions to make a Viking sea crossing and have learnt to play a board game  or tafl game ( meaning table) which Vikings played: nowadays the game is known as Nine Men’s Morris and are writing the instructions for others to play. Here is a link to a site that tells you all about it.  https://www.ancientgames.org/nine-mens-morris/ In maths, we have been learning formal methods of multiplication and are now about to move onto formal methods of division. In music, we have been learning the song 'those magnificent men in their flying machines and we have tried to recreate the sound of an aeroplane taking off and flying...

  This week has been a busy week. We have used the new ICT suite to code using Scratch, we continue to look at  Here We Are  by Oliver Jeffers as our key for English and in maths we have been looking as translations and reflection of shapes on coordinate grids and are now moving onto place value up to 10,000,000 ! We are using equipment to support our learning. Look out for our overview of this term's learning which is going home Friday 18th September. A few reminders Homework is Mathletics, TTRS and reading PE is on a Monday- Please come dressed in your PE kit Bring a water bottle to and from school daily Reading books are changed on a Wednesday

Welcome to Year Six! It doesn’t seem two minutes since the children were starting in reception and here they are embarking on their final year at Cabot Primary School. Year six is a challenging year; the best way to describe it is like a roller coaster ride a lots of highs and a few lows! In year six we have SATs and we work really hard to ensure that all the children have the best opportunity possible to achieve their full potential. However, we also try to ensure that we have fun along the way and provide the children with some lovely lasting memories. We, as a school, want to ensure that your child reaches his/her full potential, emotionally, socially and academically and we feel that this is best achieved when we work alongside parents. We have had a great first day back to school and we look forward to sharing our learning our journey with you on this blog. If you would like to speak to someone in the team then please either phone the main office or drop  them an email an...

Dear Year 6, It was wonderful to see so many of you yesterday! We hope you have an amazing summer. Please watch this video message from all the staff at Cabot to you. We hope you enjoy it - make sure you watch with the sound on  so you hear everyone's messages! We're already looking forward to hearing all about secondary school when you come back to visit us! Oh, and this is very important: we forgot to take any photos of you in your lovely leavers' hoodies! If any of you are able to email us a photo of you in your hoodie, we'd love to see them ( year6.cabot@bristol-schools.uk ). Have a wonderful summer, Ms Tupman and Mr Town PS one of the teachers is interrupted by their cat in this video - can you hear it? 

Good morning, Year 6! We're looking forward to seeing you at 1.30pm today for the leavers' lunch. You will be able to collect your hoodies and school reports at the lunch. See you soon! Ms Tupman and Mr Town

Good morning, Year 6! We're looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday! Keep checking the blog this week, because we've got something special to show you in a few days... If you haven't finished writing your animal report yet, then please do so (and then send it to us). There are also plenty of topic activities for you to catch up on from the last few weeks. Here are some other activities you might enjoy doing this week: * Mathletics and TTRS; * ActiveLearn (Bug Club); * Learn about creating Street Art ; * Find out about the extraordinary Katherine Johnson ; * Explore art with Tate Kids ; * Get active with Joe Wicks ; * Try some maps quizzes ; * Learn about the circulatory system ; * Learn about the kingdom of Benin - Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 . If you want more lessons, then have a look at the Oak National Academy . Have a great day! Mr Town and Ms Tupman

Good morning, Year 6! Maths Starter Practise your skills from this week by playing  Banana Hunt ... Main Activity How many of these challenges can you complete? Post your answers in the comments below! (Or email us at   year6.cabot@bristol-schools.uk ). Literacy * What do you notice? What do you wonder? * Who is the woman?  * Why does she live on a boat? * Does she have everything she needs? * Is she happy? * Is she lonely? * Is being alone the same as being lonely? Word Aware Play 'I'm thinking of...' with someone in your family. The rules are simple: use three adjectives to describe something and see if they can guess what you're thinking of. If no one is available, you can play it with me (leave your guesses in the comments section).  I'm thinking of something... tasty , white  and small . Can you guess what I'm thinking of? Topic Computing Try some of these typing games . Library Have you look...

Good morning, Year 6! Please remember to get in touch to tell us if you'll be coming in for the leavers' lunch next Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who has already been in touch - we're really looking forward to seeing you all! Maths Starter To get ready for today's lesson, spend at least 10 minutes on Mathletics. Main Activity Today's lesson is about solving problems . First, watch this video and have a go at any of the questions in it: Then complete this worksheet: Thursday's Maths Worksheet (Don't forget that you can do this by writing the answers in your book or on a piece of paper - you don't need to print the sheet out.) Then check your work against the answers: Thursday's Maths Answers Literacy If you haven't already finished your report and emailed it to us, please do that. Otherwise... ...it's the last of Miss Davies' wonderful fluency lessons! GPS Topic Geography ...

Good morning, Year 6! We have emailed your parents with details about the Year 6 leavers' lunch. If you'll be coming into school for lunch and to say goodbye on Wednesday 15th July, please let us know! Maths Starter To warm up, have a go at a Daily 10 Maths Challenge . Choose your own level of challenge and skill to practise. Have a few goes and see if you can beat your previous score. Or you could challenge someone else in your family! Main Activity Today's lesson is more about solving problems . First, watch this video and have a go at any of the questions in it: Then complete this worksheet:  Wednesday's Maths Worksheet . (Don't forget that you can do this by writing the answers in your book or on a piece of paper - you don't need to print the sheet out.) Then check your work against the answers:  Wednesday's Maths Answers . Literacy Your report should now be finished! Please send it in to us at:  year6.cabot@bristol-schools....

Good morning, Year 6! We will be contacting your parents later today with an invitation for you to come into school on Wednesday 15th July, from 1.30 - 2.30pm for a leavers' lunch. This will give you an opportunity to say goodbye to any friends and members of staff that you won't otherwise see. (For safety reasons, you will need to bring and eat your own food!) If  the hoodies are ready, you will also be able to collect them. If you have any questions, please email us at:  year6.cabot@bristol-schools.uk Maths Starter To practise your angles skills, have a go at the game Alien Attack . Main Activity Today's lesson is about angles in regular polygons . First, watch this video and have a go at any of the questions in it: Then complete this worksheet:  Tuesday's Maths Worksheet . (Don't forget that you can do this by writing the answers in your book or on a piece of paper - you don't need to print the sheet out.) Then check your work against...

Good morning, Year 6! Maths Starter To get ready for today's lesson, spend at least 5 minutes playing Times Table Rock Stars.   Main Activity Today's lesson is about angles in special quadrilaterals . First, watch this video and have a go at any of the questions in it: Then complete this worksheet: Monday's Maths Worksheet (Don't forget that you can do this by writing the answers in your book or on a piece of paper - you don't need to print the sheet out.) Then check your work against the answers: Monday's Maths Answers Literacy We're writing about talents today: GPS Topic Science Quiz  and  Lesson - States of Matter P.E. P.E. With Joe Have a great day! Ms Tupman and Mr Town

Good morning, Year 6! Maths Starter Practise your skills from this week by playing this exciting angles game ... Main Activity How many of these challenges can you complete? Post your answers in the comments below! (Or email us at year6.cabot@bristol-schools.uk ). Literacy 1.  If you haven't already taken part in Miss Davies' wonderful reading lesson, then please start by doing that. (Miss Davies is right, by the way: I will be treating myself to copy of this book very soon!) 2. Pick a topic that interests you that we don't teach at Cabot at the moment. Write a paragraph to persuade me that we should teach it!  Word Aware In school, we've been talking about the collective nouns for groups of animals. For example, a group of crows is called a murder  of crows; a group of wild cats is called a destruction  of  wild cats; a group of elephants is called a memory  of elephants. There are many, many more! Have a look at ...

Good morning, Year 6! Maths Starter Have a go at Banana Hunt , a game where you have to estimate angles. How many bananas can you find? Main Activity Today's lesson is about calculating missing angles in a triangle . First, watch this video and have a go at any of the questions in it: Then complete this worksheet: Thursday's Maths Worksheet (Don't forget that you can do this by writing the answers in your book or on a piece of paper - you don't need to print the sheet out.) Then check your work against the answers: Thursday's Maths Answers Literacy We're writing the Diet  section of our reports today. Follow along with the video lesson.  GPS Topic Geography Research a volcano and prepare a five minute presentation. There are lots of different places you could research volcanoes. Try  National Geographic  or  DK Find Out . Art Learn about Juan Miro and automatic drawing in this lesson. Hav...

Good morning, Year 6! You should all have had an email from us on Friday with a letter about Year 6 hoodies.  Please ask your parents to send us a reply today . They don't have to send the letter back - just an email or phone call will do. Thank you to everyone who has already replied! Maths Starter To warm up, have a go at a Daily 10 Maths Challenge . Choose your own level of challenge and skill to practise. Have a few goes and see if you can beat your previous score. Or you could challenge someone else in your family! Main Activity Today's lesson is more about angles in triangles . First, watch this video and have a go at any of the questions in it: Then complete this worksheet:  Wednesday's Maths Worksheet . (Don't forget that you can do this by writing the answers in your book or on a piece of paper - you don't need to print the sheet out.) Then check your work against the answers:  Wednesday's Maths Answers . Literacy We...

Good morning, Year 6! You should all have had an email from us on Friday with a letter about Year 6 hoodies. Please ask your parents to send us a reply by this afternoon . Thank you to everyone who has already replied! Maths Starter To practise your skills from yesterday, have a go at the angles game A Tangled Web (scroll down and click/tap on the play button). Main Activity Today's lesson is about angles in a triangle . First, watch this video and have a go at any of the questions in it: Then complete this worksheet:  Tuesday's Maths Worksheet . (Don't forget that you can do this by writing the answers in your book or on a piece of paper - you don't need to print the sheet out.) Then check your work against the answers:  Tuesday's Maths Answers . Literacy Today. we're writing the introductory sentence and the 'Appearance' section. Follow along with the video lesson. GPS Topic R.E. Learn about Wesak  in Buddhi...