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Activities - Week 8 - Wednesday

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's Maths Video

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

Topic

French

🇫🇷 ⚽️ 🇫🇷  Madame Cartlidge’s French at Home 🇫🇷 ⚽️ 🇫🇷

This week, I am sure you will love this video about football in France! 

https://youtu.be/Y4-fN3QwDE8

There are some challenges for you, including counting how many keepy-uppies you can do. Have a go when you are out for your daily exercise and try counting them in French - let me know how many you can do!

History

Watch Part A of our lesson, stopping to take part in any activities:


Activity 1: update your glossaries.

Activity 2: Write a list of reasons for and against scientists testing things on animals before testing them on humans.

Watch Part B of our lesson, stopping to take part in any activities:



(You can see the explosion of the Vanguard TV3 here.)
(You can see footage of Earth from space here.)

Activity 1: Astronaut Application Form (you can write straight into your books - you don't need to print the sheet out).

Activity 2: Write Kruschev's speech, responding to Kennedy's We Choose the Moon speech.

Have a great day - happy learning!

Mr Town and Ms Tupman

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