Year 6 2021-22

Good morning and Eid Mubarak, Year 6! We hope that all of you who celebrated Eid this weekend had a wonderful time. It's half-term this week, so we won't be posting any of our regular literacy, maths or topic lessons until Monday 1st June. However, we'd still love to read your stories from last week's literacy learning, hear your answers to Friday's maths challenges, and see your Mount Everest work (and anything else you've been working on). Email us at:  year6.cabot@bristol-schools.uk . There are lots of learning activities which we have posted over the past nine weeks, so if you think you've missed any, take a look back at previous blog posts (especially if you've been doing your literacy and maths learning, but not your topic learning)! It would be especially helpful for next term if you were up to date with all the history, geography and R.E. learning which has been posted so far. We've gathered together some optional half-term activiti...

Good morning, Year 6! Some of you have had trouble finding the books on ActiveLearn. They aren't in the Library section - you need to click on the 'My Stuff' section and then on the picture of the green bug that's reading a book. This will take you to Bug Club, which is where the books are. Maths Starter To practise your skills converting between fractions and decimals from yesterday, have a go at this game , where you have to crack a vault using your knowledge of fractions and decimals... 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 ). GPS - Word Aware Try this solar system vocabulary quiz  or this quiz on natural features and personality adjectives . Then try this sentence challenge about the picture: Use your senses to write a sentence describing what it is like to be in the woods. What sounds could you hear? Are the sights a...

Good morning, Year 6! Thank you to everyone who has sent us emails about the learning that you've been doing at home (and some lovely artwork to display on the school gates).  If we haven't replied to you, then we haven't received your email!  You can email us pictures of your work, questions and messages for the school gates at:  year6.cabot@bristol-schools.uk Maths Starter Go on Mathletics for at least 10 minutes. Main Activity Today's lesson is about converting between decimals and fractions. 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 GPS If we have given you your username and password for  Active Learn , then please log...

Good morning, Year 6! Thank you to everyone who has sent us emails about the learning that you've been doing at home (and some lovely artwork to display on the school gates). If we haven't replied to you, then we haven't received your email!  You can email us pictures of your work, questions and messages for the school gates at:  year6.cabot@bristol-schools.uk We have changed how commenting on the blog works after a few unkind comments were posted recently. Remember our school rule: we speak kindly, politely and respectfully to each other. You can still comment on the blog, but we will be checking your comments before they appear. 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 about dividing decimals by whole numbers. First, watch t...

Good morning, Year 6! Maths Starter To practise what you were learning yesterday, have a go at this activity . Main Activity Today's lesson is about multiplying decimals by whole numbers. 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 GPS If we have given you your username and password for  Active Learn , then please log-in and complete the grammar and spelling activities that you have been assigned. (Remember that the school code is:  capr .) If you do not have your username and password for Active Learn, make sure you get them from us when we speak to you this week. The video that we posted for GPS in Monday's blog should help you to ...

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 multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100 and 1000. 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 GPS If we have given you your username and password for  Active Learn , then please log-in and complete the grammar and spelling activities that you have been assigned. (Remember that the school code is: capr .) If you do not have your username and password for Active Learn, make sure you get them from us when we speak to you this week. Watch this video on using commas fo...

Good morning, Year 6! If you haven't managed to do any topic learning so far this week, please make sure you do some today. You have got lots to pick from! There's science and P.E. in Monday's blog, R.E. and PSHE in Tuesday's blog, French and history in Wednesday's blog, geography and art in Thursday's blog post, and computing (and a library activity) in today's blog post. We will be asking you to email us a photo to show us some of the work you have been doing from this week onwards, so do make sure that you are keeping up with your learning activities. The email address to use to contact us is:  year6.cabot@bristol-schools.uk  (you can also use the email for any questions you want to ask us). You can also use this email address to send us any messages or art that you'd like us to display on the school gates for the community to see. GPS If we have given you your username and password for  Active Learn , then please log-in and compl...

Good morning, Year 6! Make sure you've checked the blog posts for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday first. Then, have a look at today's learning activities. We will be asking you to email us a photo to show us some of the work you have been doing from this week onwards, so do make sure that you are keeping up with your learning activities. The email address to use to contact us is:  year6.cabot@bristol-schools.uk  (you can also use the email for any questions you want to ask us). GPS Watch this video on semi-colons (this is an American video, so they use the word 'period' instead of 'full stop'). Then, answer the question below. Challenge: write a sentence of your own that uses a semi-colon accurately.  Literacy In the extract of The Snow-Walker's Son  (that was part of Tuesday's literacy learning), the author uses groups of three  actions in some of her sentences to give a sense of pace to her writing. This creates a good balance ...

Good morning, Year 6! If you haven't already, then please check Monday and Tuesday's blog posts before looking at today's learning activities. GPS If you haven't already had a go at this week's work on semi-colons, go back and remind yourself how to use them first! Once you're ready, try this activity:  semi-colon activity . (You will need to decide where the semi-colon should go in each sentence, then drag and drop it into the correct place.) Literacy Join Miss Davies for a fantastic reading lesson (watch the video below). There's some really atmospheric description in this extract!  Maths Starter Have a go at this fraction matching game . You have to drag one fraction to each side of the scales, so that the two fractions are equal. What is the highest level you can get to? Main Activity Today's lesson is about dividing fractions by whole numbers. First, watch this video and have a go at any of the questions in it: Wednesday...

Good morning, Year 6! Please make sure that you've looked at yesterday's blog post first:  https://cabotschoolyear6.blogspot.com/2020/05/activities-week-8-monday.html  and then take a look at today's learning activities. GPS Watch this video about semi-colons, colons and dashes: Then, try this quiz . Literacy Read this extract from The Snow-Walker's Son by Catherine Fisher. You can listen to the extract here:  https://soundcloud.com/talkforwriting/doors Answer these questions in your books: 1. The door was the last one in the corridor.  What does the use of the word 'last' tell you? 2. Re-read the opening (in bold ). Where do you think this story is set? How can you tell? 3. What does the use of the word ' hefty ' tell you about the iron chain? What clues does this give you about what's behind the door? 4. Darkness and a damp smell oozed through the black slit.  How does this make you feel? Were you surprised by this d...

Good morning, Year 6! The blog will be updated from Monday - Friday this week. Please check the blog every day and complete the learning activities. GPS Rewrite each sentence below, replacing the conjunction with a semicolon.  1. The boys were very excited because they were going bowling 2. On a hillside, the goats bleated loudly and the valley echoed with the sound. 3.  John raced through the gates when he was running late for school. 4.  Long shadows emerged through the streets as the sun was slowly setting. 5.  The dog barked at his owner because he wanted to go for a walk. Literacy This is last week's family performance poem from Miss Davies. Can you learn it? If you have a ball and some outside space, you could add actions! Word Aware Write a list of five nouns, five adjectives and five verbs that could go with this picture. For example: noun: broom adjective:  high verb: soar   Maths   S...

Good morning, Year 6! If you haven't already, please look at the other blog posts from this week first. Monday:  https://cabotschoolyear6.blogspot.com/2020/05/activities-week-7-monday.html  and Tuesday:  https://cabotschoolyear6.blogspot.com/2020/05/activities-week-7-tuesday.html . Wednesday:  https://cabotschoolyear6.blogspot.com/2020/05/activities-week-7-wednesday.html Tomorrow is a special Bank Holiday to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day (you can learn more about VE Day here:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48201749 ), so we will not be posting any work on the blog. Please check the blog again on Monday 11th May. Please complete all the learning that you can today. If you get stuck, leave us a comment or ask us for help when we call you. GPS Watch this video to refresh your memory of the four different types of sentence: statements, commands, questions and exclamations: Which type of sentence is each of these examples? a)   ...

Good morning, Year 6! We hope you're having a good week so far. Well done for remembering to check the blog today! If you haven't already, please look at Monday and Tuesday's blog posts first. Monday:  https://cabotschoolyear6.blogspot.com/2020/05/activities-week-7-monday.html  and Tuesday:  https://cabotschoolyear6.blogspot.com/2020/05/activities-week-7-tuesday.html . You will need to check the blog again tomorrow. Please complete all the learning that you can. If you get stuck, leave us a comment or ask us for help when we call you. GPS Whenever we write a sentence, we need to make sure that the subject agrees with the verb - this means that the verb makes sense with the subject (like I am hungry instead of I is hungry ). Can you write these sentences again, changing the verb so that it agrees with the subject? a) His parents is taking him to the park. b) Aisha and Sadiq doesn't have their P.E. kits with them today. c) My friend like playing...