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 activities for you, including some ways of making books from paper, for those of you who'd like to publish your mysterious door stories.
Booklets (email us or leave a comment if you need help with this)
There are many ways of making booklets from paper. Here's a video of some you might like to try (links and/or instructions for making the booklets are given below). Apologies for the video quality!
1. 'Doorway' booklet:
This one is really easy! Take a piece of paper, turn it so it is in a landscape orientation and then fold both short edges towards the middle. You can then decorate the front to look like a doorway, and when you open the middle, you can write your story inside.
2. 'Layers' booklet:
You need several pieces of paper and a pair of scissors for this one.
I used three pieces of A4 paper. Start by holding all three pieces of paper together (landscape) and folding them in half (fold one short edge over to the other short edge).
Then, carefully cut a door shape out of the top piece of paper. You can then decorate this as you wish. (I put a scrap piece of paper underneath as I was colouring in, so that none of the pen went through to the layer underneath.)
Then, go to the next layer of paper. Cut out a jagged pattern (this will represent the journey through the door - this is my black and purple layer).
Finally, go to the bottom layer. Don't cut out anything. Draw an image of something that your character finds when they travel through the door (this is my picture with the tree).
You will have space to write your story at the centre of the booklet, and you can add additional pages if you want to.
3. One cut paper booklet: One cut paper booklet (8 pages)
4. Mini booklet: Mini booklet (8 pages)
5. Zigzag booklet: Zigzag booklet
6. Accordion booklet: Accordion booklet (you can stick multiple accordion booklets together)
Other activities:
1. Play What's the Zoom? animal quiz and then make your own what's the zoom? quiz for your family to play. Your category could be things from a particular room in your house, objects you pass on a walk, or things which are all the same colour.
2. Make a mouse fly! Follow the instructions to make a rocket mouse. Or try any of the other home learning activities from the Science Museum. You can even take a virtual tour, or try some of their games and apps!
3. Try these cryptography challenges (you can use pencils instead of matchsticks!). There are more challenges here.
5. Test your geography knowledge with these quizzes.
6. Learn how to play the Set game.
7. Watch the video and then design your own weather-making machine (choose between rain, lightning, thunder or wind and explain what each part does).
Of course, you also have access to lots of maths activities on Mathletics and TTRS, as well as reading on GetEpic and ActiveLearn. On Friday's blog there is a link to lots more free reading resources (under the 'library' section).
Have a great half-term and come back to check the blog on 1st June!
Ms Tupman and Mr Town
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