Year 6 Home Learning W/C 8th June

Hi,

I hope you have all settled into Summer term and have found plenty to do with the change in weather.

A couple of little changes to this week’s plans. Work your way through the various activities and see how you get on.

Remember, if you have any comments on the work, want to send anything to me or just share work with your classmates then feel free to email me at c.chiverton@shawburystmarys.co.uk

A good way to start the day is with a little Joe Wicks.

Reading

Don’t forget, there are plenty of places to find reading materials online if you are running out of books at home. A really good site, which has celebrities reading chapters, is linked to Harry Potter

Spellings

See if you can work through the spellings below. At the end of the week see if someone in the family can test you on them.

This week we will be looking at words where the spellings ei and ie.

piece
niece
shriek
relief
believe
ceiling
conceit
receive
deceive
perceive

Maths

I hope you have been enjoying the White Rose Maths. Don’t forget, if you get stuck on any of it, BBC Bitesize is a good place to find help.

Video links

Lesson 1 – Find a rule – two step 2019

Lesson 2 – Forming expressions 2019

Lesson 3 – Substitution 2019

Lesson 4 – Solve simple one-step equations 2019

Answers at the bottom of the page – no peeking!

Literacy

BBC Bitesize continues to have some useful activities that are usually linked to punctuation and grammar. However, some of you might like the chance to do some story writing. There are so many ways you could take your writing that I wouldn’t like to restrict you by saying you have to do it in a particular way. There are a few ideas to start you off, but then it’s up to your fantastic imagination and creativity.

Question time!

Who is the figure in the distance? Do they have anything to do with the disappearance of the street?

Why do you think there is a door in the middle of the road?

Do you think there is anyone living in the houses?

What do you think is underneath the road?

Story starter!

Piece by piece, the street was disappearing.

In the distance a portal shone, sending soft, golden beams of light out across the evening sky. As the light kissed the clouds they blushed, becoming pink illuminations that stood and watched the street below like nosey spectators.

All that was now left of the street was the door. It was still open. There was still time. The figure in the distance began to run, but was he too late?

Think about your sentence structure as you write your story and see what fantastic and imaginative adverbs and adjectives you can use.

Science: The Art of Being Human – Heart and Circulation

Explore the composition of blood and the role it has to play in the human body. Create a painting of blood as seen under a powerful microscope and include a detailed description to accompany it.

Identify the components of blood, describe their functions, and note the different blood groups.
Note and name the three types of blood vessel.
Sketch blood cells, showing texture and form.
Select appropriate paint to create a fine art painting of blood cells showing texture and form.

Activities

Identify and describe components of blood and their respective functions, noting the different blood groups.
Sketch and paint magnified blood cells using texture and form.
Be able to name the three types of blood vessel: arteries, veins and capillaries

Vocabulary
Blood, blood vessels, arteries, veins, capillaries, heart, pumps, oxygen, carbon dioxide, lungs, nutrients, water

Topic: Mountains

Describe and understand key aspects of mountains. Learn about the formation of the five different types of mountains by exploring simple models.

Identify and name the types of mountains.
Understand how mountains are formed.
Explain the differences between the formations of the different types of mountains.

We are going to be learning all about mountains and famous expeditions.Write down everything you know about mountains. Look at: names of individual mountains, mountain ranges, what a mountain is, climate, uses of mountains, explorers, key words/vocabulary. What would you like to find out?

A mountain is something that is part of land, but that rises above everything else (“it is higher and steeper than a hill”). They are very rocky and can join other mountains to form a range. The top of a mountain is called the summit. The bottom is the base. Mountains are formed by slow but gigantic movements of the earth’s crust (the outer layer of the Earth). The Earth’s crust is made up of 6 huge slabs called plates, which fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. When two slabs of the earth’s crust smash into each other, the land can be pushed upwards forming mountains. Many of the greatest mountain ranges of the world have formed because of enormous collisions between continents. Sometimes the crust has folded and buckled; sometimes it breaks into huge blocks. In both cases, great areas of land are lifted upwards to form mountains. Other mountains are formed by the earth’s crust rising into a dome, or by volcanic activity when the crust cracks open.

Weblinks The 5 types of mountains with examples of each -YouTube clip

Art

Linked to Science. Sketch and paint magnified blood cells using texture and form.

Remember, if you want to send me any of your work let me know if it’s okay to put it on the school website. I hope you have a good week.

Keep Smiling,

Mr Chiverton 🙂

Maths answers

Lesson 1