Year 6 Kingswood Meeting (24/5/18)
It was great to see so many of you at the Kingswood Information Evening on Thursday. For those that were not able to make it, the powerpoint is below, and I will give the forms to your child.
It was great to see so many of you at the Kingswood Information Evening on Thursday. For those that were not able to make it, the powerpoint is below, and I will give the forms to your child.
Post-SATs life is upon us and it has been an extremely busy but enjoyable week here in Year 6. We began Spirituality Week by welcoming grandparents into our classroom, where the children found out what their grandparents’ childhoods were like compared to their own. It was interesting to hear that it was extremely uncommon for people to go abroad decades ago, and we discussed why this might have been the case.
Here are some of the impressive portraits that the children drew of their grandparents.
Also on Monday, Year 6 exchanged prayer cards with their Reception reading partners, ate some cake, then spent some time playing together. They all had great fun getting the parachute out!
As is traditional for Spirituality Week, the Year 6s led the rest of the school in the Spirituality Stations – a chance for each class to spend half an hour in the hall and be still an reflective whilst participating in various prayerful activities. There were comments from staff members about how well the Year 6s led the rest of the school – well done.
In English, we have moved onto a new unit based around a book called The Island. The children have enjoyed getting into the role of the different characters, and are being kept in suspense about how the story ends!
We are lucky enough to have Mr Dugan teaching PE between now and the end of term, with the focus being on cricket.
A huge well done to all those that participated in the Oakmere Mini Marathon this morning: you did yourselves proud. Congratulations in particular to Ellie (who came 1st out of the girls) and Ben (who came 8th out of the boys).
Once again, it was wonderful to see every single one of you auditioning for a part in the Y6 production. I will be blogging another post in the next couple of days to outline what you need to learn song-wise over half term, but you’ll need to make sure you know all your lines by the time we come back so that we can hit the ground running with rehearsals.
Well that’s another half term gone in a flash. Well done for all the hard work you’ve put into your learning. It’s been an extremely busy few weeks, so have a restful week off and I’ll see you all on the 4th June.
Miss Donatantonio
SATs are over! Well done to each and every one of you for the fantastic effort you put into this week. You all gave it your absolute best and you ought to be proud of yourselves whatever the mark on the paper at the end of it.
It is now time to start work on our End-of-year Production. Click here for the list of parts from which to choose. I have given you all audition sheets, and here is a reminder of what you need to prepare.
If you’re auditioning for a male part, then prepare one of the Bugsy’s sections on page 4.
If you’re auditioning for a female part, then prepare Blousey’s lines from the dialogue on page 6.
If you’re auditioning for a part that requires solo singing, then prepare the first verse of I’m Feeling Fine, in addition to lines as above.
Here is the song:
And here is the backing track version:
We also need to start learning the songs that everybody will be singing.
Happy practising and I look forward to listening to you next week (day to be decided).
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Donatantonio
We are encouraging pupils, parents or carers to swap four wheels for two feet and give walking a go this Walk to School Week 21st to 25th May.
As part of the challenge this year, pupils will be encouraged to wear the shoes that make them happiest – whether that is the brightest, jazziest or craziest shoes they own, to celebrate Living Streets’ Happy Shoesday on Tuesday 22nd May when we will be celebrating.
Our message in school is that walking to school is a brilliant way to get active and healthy. It’s also a great opportunity for our children to learn vital road safety skills and make sure they’re alert and ready to learn at the start of a new day. Walk to School Week is part of National Walking Month organised by ‘Living Streets’.
This year Living Streets is urging families to pledge to walk to school via their website. Please bring a suggested donation of £1.00, to be sent to Living streets, the UK’s only charity for everyday walking. Living Streets say:
Over 400,000 pupils took part in Walk to School Week 2017 – and this year is shaping up to be even bigger.
Please join in and support this fundraising campaign!
Click on this link to show your support for this wonderful campaign.
Mrs McNamara, Tom and Conrad (Year 6)
Friday 11th May 2018
This week’s home learning (due Monday 14th May) is as follows:
English | SPaG: spag.com – KS2 SATs Grammar Test (F) |
Spellings | Revision on http://spellingframe.co.uk/ |
Maths
Times tables |
Practice test paper – write on the sheet |
RE | In preparation for Grandparents’ Week (the week after next), please write a poem or prayer about your grandparents. Make it personal and think about special memories you have with them.
Additionally, please bring in a photo of a grandparent of yours for an art lesson on Thursday. |
You’ve all put in so much hard work – enjoy your weekend and make sure you get lots of sleep! And remember:
Excellence is not being the best; it is doing your best.
Miss Donatantonio
This week’s home learning (due Tuesday 8th May) is as follows:
English | SPaG: spag.com – KS2 SATs Grammar Test (E)
Reading: spend minimum 30 mins on https://readtheory.org/ |
Spellings | http://spellingframe.co.uk/ Go to Year 5 & 6, Spelling Rules 48-52 (Homophones). Test yourself on all of these, then write sentences/paragraph for 10 words that you find tricky to remember. |
Maths
Times tables |
CGP Year 6 book pp. 30-33 (Ratio and Proportion) |
Reading | Daily reading and write-up in reading record.
Parent Signature required (at least once a week please). |
Click here for the PowerPoint on the differences between the formal and informal register.
I have set two tests on spag.com for you to practise this.
Here’s today’s PowerPoint on phrases and clauses:
And here’s a video to consolidate your learning further:
To test yourself, have a go at the latest spag.com tests I have set.
This YouTube channel contains tutorials for working out hundreds of SATs-style reasoning questions. Have a go at a question and see if you got it right. If you were incorrect, follow the tutorial to understand how to get the answer. If you did get it correct, did you use the most efficient strategy?
This week’s home learning (due Tuesday 1st May) is as follows:
English | Schofield & Sims: Section 2 Test 5 |
Spellings | http://spellingframe.co.uk/ à identify which spelling rule you need to revise, then use this website to practise. Choose 10 of the spellings that you have worked on and write a sentence for each. |
Maths
Times tables |
Mathletics tasks:
· Percentage Word Problems · Fraction Word Problems · More Fraction Problems · Money Problems |
Reading | Daily reading and write-up in reading record.
Parent Signature required (at least once a week please). |
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