Category: Year 6

Dear all

It’s Friday again and we have the last batch of activities to finish the week. I hope you feel you have learned new things and continued to make progress in different ways when completing these tasks.

Remember to send me examples of your work or your writing about your primary school memories by email on admin@sjtdprimary.org.uk putting my name in the title bar.

Here are your learning tasks for today.

Mr Camilleri

Literacy:

For your literacy this week we have been working through a ‘Talk4writing’ pack called TREASURE by James Walker.

Today we continue working on the last few tasks. If you don’t manage to finish everything today try to complete all tasks on Saturday.

Click on the link below to go straight to the activity pack.

TREASURE

Mathematics:

Click on the link below to access today’s maths activity. Summer Week 10: Friday Maths Challenge

Scroll down to Friday, then click on ‘Get the activity’ to open your challenges.

MATHS ACTIVITY

Also remember to complete your Mathletics tasks. I have assigned 5 tasks for you for this week

Click on the link to access the website and log on with your details.

Some children still have a number of task from before to complete.

MATHLETICS LOGIN

READING

For reading are listening to the audio story – The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

Today and this weekend try to finish the whole book so we can move to another one from Monday.

Keep a notebook while listening to the reading. Make notes about new vocabulary you can look up later – new words in the text or other powerful words, adjectives, similes etc that you can then use in your writing, including the school memories in the Literacy task above.

READING – THE JUNGLE BOOK.

Scales of Production

Today’s session is abot the basics of the different scales of production. It includes:

two video clips demonstrating the scales of production and how to scale recipes

two activities to try at home

Follow the link to the BBC website to start your lesson.

SCALES OF PRODUCTION

Have a wonderful week.

Mr Camilleri

Dear all

It was good to see so many of you yesterday at our online session. I hope you have started using the notes of the things we discussed and you are working on them. It was good to work together as a class to refresh and improve our maths and other skills and to continue reflecting on and preparing for the transition to secondary school. We hope to be able to have another session next week.

Here are your learning tasks for today.

Mr Camilleri

Literacy:

For your literacy this week we are working through a ‘Talk4writing’ pack called TREASURE by James Walker.

There are 14 Activities to complete so you will need to work through at least two activities each day.

Try Activities 7 and 8 today.

Click on the link below to go straight to the activity pack.

TREASURE

Mathematics:

Click on the link below to access today’s maths activity.

Watch the video on today’s theme: Summer Week 10: Lesson 4 on ‘Ratio and Proportion Problems.’

Then click on BBC Bitesize next to the video and click on your year group tab to access your work for today.

Please remember you can rewatch the video as many times as you need to and you can go back to it when you are answering the questions.

MATHS ACTIVITY

Also remember to complete your Mathletics tasks. I have assigned 5 tasks for you for this week

Click on the link to access the website and log on with your details.

Some children still have a number of task from before to complete.

MATHLETICS LOGIN

READING

For reading this week are listening to the audio story – The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

Click on the link below to open the audio file. The book has 24 chapters. Try to carry on listening to 2 or 3 chapters each day so we can finish it this week.

Keep a notebook while listening to the reading. Make notes about new vocabulary you can look up later – new words in the text or other powerful words, adjectives, similes etc that you can then use in your writing, including the school memories in the Literacy task above.

READING – THE JUNGLE BOOK.

LANGUAGES: German

Today’s session is about leaning the basics of talking about what day, month and time it is in German.

This lesson includes:

a short film demonstrating how to talk about the time

two activities to try at home

Follow the link to the BBC website to start your lesson.

DAY, MONTH AND TIME

Have a wonderful week.

Mr Camilleri

Dear all

So today is the day! It is your last formal day in Year Six.

I hope you will find some time to reflect on your primary school years and think about the future.

It was a pleasure working with you and we hope to see you again soon.

Below are your Home learning tasks for this memorable day!

Mr Camilleri

Literacy:

Learn how to use paragraphs and homophones.

This lesson includes:

two videos

three activities

Click on the link below to access today’s lesson.

WRITING ACTIVITY

Mathematics:

For the last week of term, revisit how to use scale factors to enlarge shapes using your multiplication and division knowledge.

This lesson includes:

a learning summary

one online activity

one worksheet with answers

MATHS ACTIVITY

READING

For reading this week we are carrying on focusing on reading newspapers.

Click on the link below to access one issue of the FIRST NEWS newspaper from June.

Then try to read at least two pages each day this week. It is full of interesting articles and facts about all sorts of subjects.

Then share something you’ve learned with someone else in your family every day.

FIRST NEWS

CREATIVE ACTIVITY

As today is the last day of term, I suggest you work on a creative activity making something that you can keep and that will remind you of your primary school time. What could it be?

Maybe you can use card and other materials to make a model of the school logo, or a poster of activities we do in primary school or make a poster with portraits of your teachers or class mates.

Have a wonderful day and a restful Summer break.

Mr Camilleri

Dear all

It was so good to see you all yesterday in church for your leavers’ service. All adults present commented about how they enjoyed listening to you sharing your experiences of primary school.

I have taken some photographs of those who read and others while receiving the Bible gift from Mrs Warland. We are happy to email them to you if your parents would like an electronic copy of them. If so they can send an email to admin@sjtdprimary.org.uk

Below are your Home learning tasks for today.

Mr Camilleri

Literacy:

For your literacy this week we are using the BBC ReviseWise resources.

Learn how to use hyperbole, similes and metaphors.

This lesson includes:

three videos

three activities

Click on the link below to access today’s lesson.

WRITING ACTIVITY

Mathematics:

In the last week of term revisit how to calculate the area and perimeter of rectilinear shapes.

This lesson includes:

one video

a learning summary

two worksheets with answers

MATHS ACTIVITY

READING

For reading this week we are carrying on focusing on reading newspapers.

Click on the link below to access one issue of the FIRST NEWS newspaper from June.

Then try to read at least two pages each day this week. It is full of interesting articles and facts about all sorts of subjects.

Then share something you’ve learned with someone else in your family every day.

FIRST NEWS

SPORTS DAY

As today is our second sports day I thought I’ll suggest a sports activity.

Click on the link below to join Joe with his PE activity. Homefully you’ll continue to work on sports activities throughout the summer too.

PE – SPORTS DAY

PE – MUSIC

Have you looked at our PE and Music Blogs recently?

Every week Miss Durrant sets PE and sports activities for everyone to try at home.

Mr Postles posts videos in which he talks about learning how to sing and play music, famous composers etc.

You can access these two blogs by clicking on PUPILS section and then on PE or MUSIC.

Have a look today!

Have a wonderful week.

Mr Camilleri

Dear all

I hope your week is going well and you are enjoying working on this week’s activities.

Remember that Today at 11 am we have our leavers’ service in church. We have sent an email with a letter to your parents with more details.

Below are your Home learning tasks for today.

Mr Camilleri

Literacy:

For your literacy this week we are using the BBC ReviseWise resources.

Learn how to write a story using parenthesis.

This lesson includes:

two videos

three activities

Click on the link below to access today’s lesson.

WRITING ACTIVITY

Mathematics:

For the last week of term, revisit how to round decimals to the nearest whole number and nearest tenth.

This includes:

one video

learning summary

two worksheet

one activity

MATHS ACTIVITY

READING

For reading this week we are carrying on focusing on reading newspapers.

Click on the link below to access one issue of the FIRST NEWS newspaper from June.

Then try to read at least two pages each day this week. It is full of interesting articles and facts about all sorts of subjects.

Then share something you’ve learned with someone else in your family every day.

FIRST NEWS

TOPIC – SCIENCE

Look back on what you have learnt throughout the BBC Bitesize Science lessons.

This lesson includes:

                   a quiz testing your Science knowledge

SCIENCE QUIZ

PE – MUSIC

Have you looked at our PE and Music Blogs recently?

Every week Miss Durrant sets PE and sports activities for everyone to try at home.

Mr Postles posts videos in which he talks about learning how to sing and play music, famous composers etc.

You can access these two blogs by clicking on PUPILS section and then on PE or MUSIC.

Have a look today!

Have a wonderful week.

Mr Camilleri

Dear all

I hope you had a good start to this new week and have started working on your new tasks and spend some time reflecting on the Thinking and talking task.

Remember that tomorrow Wednesday 22nd July at 11 am we have our leavers’ service in church. We have now sent another email with a letter to your parents about this.

Below are your Home learning tasks for today.

Mr Camilleri

Literacy:

For your literacy this week we will be using the BBC ReviseWise resources.

Learn how to write a diary.

This lesson includes:

three videos

three activities to help you practice diary writing through the journey of Ibn Battuta

Click on the link below to access today’s lesson.

WRITING A DIARY ENTRY

Mathematics:

For the last week of term, revisit using a formula to work out the area of a shape.

This includes:

three videos

one interactive activity

two worksheets

MATHS ACTIVITY

READING

For reading this week we’ll carry on focusing on reading newspapers.

Click on the link below to access one issue of the FIRST NEWS newspaper from June.

Then try to read at least two pages each day this week. It is full of interesting articles and facts about all sorts of subjects.

Then share something you’ve learned with someone else in your family every day.

FIRST NEWS

TOPIC – Be Creative

Yesterday, I suggested a creative activity.

Think about who your teachers and other people who supported you during your time in primary school.

The idea is to make a card for one or two of them to say thank you.

You can bring the cards with you on Wednesday for the leavers’ service and even if they are not there we can pass it on to them.

PE – MUSIC

Have you looked at our PE and Music Blogs recently?

Every week Miss Durrant sets PE and sports activities for everyone to try at home.

Mr Postles posts videos in which he talks about learning how to sing and play music, famous composers etc.

You can access these two blogs by clicking on PUPILS section and then on PE or MUSIC.

Have a look today!

Have a wonderful week.

Mr Camilleri

Dear all

I hope you had a good weekend and are ready for a new week. I’m sure you are aware that this is your final week at St John the Divine primary school.

Take a look at the Thinking and talking task for this week to reflect on this theme.

Remember that on Wednesday 22nd July at 11 am we have our leavers’ service in church. We have talked about it last week at our online session and we also sent an email to parents about this.

Below are your Home learning tasks for today.

Mr Camilleri

Literacy:

For your literacy this week we will be using the BBC ReviseWise resources.

Learn how to analyse non-fiction texts.

This lesson includes:

two videos

three activities

Click on the link below to access today’s lesson.

NON FICTION TEXTS

Mathematics:

For the last week of term, revisit how to order and compare fractions, decimals and percentages by converting them.

This lesson includes:

two videos

one interactive activity

two worksheets

MATHS ACTIVITY

READING

For reading this week we’ll carry on focusing on reading newspapers.

Click on the link below to access one issue of the FIRST NEWS newspaper from June.

Then try to read at least two pages each day this week. It is full of interesting articles and facts about all sorts of subjects.

Then share something you’ve learned with someone else in your family every day.

FIRST NEWS

TOPIC – Be Creative

As today is the start of our final week I thought I suggest a creative and different activity.

Think about who your teachers and other who supported you during your time in primary school.

Why don’t you make a card for one or two of them to say thank you.

You can bring the cards with you on Wednesday.

PE – MUSIC

Have you looked at our PE and Music Blogs recently?

Every week Miss Durrant sets PE and sports activities for everyone to try at home.

Mr Postles posts videos in which he talks about learning how to sing and play music, famous composers etc.

You can access these two blogs by clicking on PUPILS section and then on PE or MUSIC.

Have a look today!

Have a wonderful week.

Mr Camilleri

Dear all

It’s Friday – and we had another week full of activities.

Apart from working on these daily blogs on the school website it was good to work together on different tasks on Wednesday during our virtual session.

Yesterday we had the school sports day for those in school but I hope you have joined in from home too!

Below are your Home learning tasks for today. Hope you enjoy working on them and learn new things. Then you can have a restful weeekend.

Mr Camilleri

Literacy:

For your literacy this week we are using the BBC ReviseWise resources.

Today we carry on working on yesterday’s task. There seem to have been an issue with when the page was published so if you haven’t yet started working on please do so today and they you can finish the three activities over the weekend.

Learn how to write legends, with the aid of semicolons.

This lesson includes:

three videos

three activities

Click on the link below to access today’s lesson.

WRITING A LEGEND

Mathematics:

This week I have put on here two Maths Reasoning Papers

Today is the last day to finish them. Make sure you attempt each example. This will give you a real feel of what tests would have been like if you sat for your Sats this term.

Click on the this link below to download the two packs and work through them either in one go timing yourself or bit by bit through the week.

They will be on here every day for you to access and use them any day you choose.

PAPER 2 REASONING

PAPER 3 REASONING

For our normal maths lesson, click on the link below to access the Whiterose website.

Click on the link below and scroll down to Summer Week 12: Friday Maths challenge.

WHITEROSE MATHS ACTIVITY

READING

For reading this week we’ll carry on focusing on reading newspapers.

Click on the link below to access one issue of the FIRST NEWS newspaper from June.

Then try to read at least two pages each day this week. It is full of interesting articles and facts about all sorts of subjects.

Then share something you’ve learned with someone else in your family every day.

FIRST NEWS

TOPIC – Geography

Yesterday we carried on working on our Summer term topic ‘Discovering London’

Have you done your research about London? What were your three interesting facts about London?

Over these two days we are being creative and try to use our design and technology skills to make a model of a London Ladmark.

Have a look at the picture below. Choose one you think you can make out of card and other materials. I hope you have found card and other materials to make a model.

Today add a few more details and then paint and decorate.

Mr Camilleri

Dear all

It was good to see you again yesterday for our online session. It was a good opportunity to talk about different things such as transition, maths, our blogs and our plans for the leavers’ service on Wednesday of next week.

Below are your tasks for today’s home learning.

Mr Camilleri

Literacy:

For your literacy this week we are using the BBC ReviseWise resources.

Learn how to write legends, with the aid of semicolons.

This lesson includes:

three videos

three activities

Click on the link below to access today’s lesson.

WRITING A LEGEND

Mathematics:

This week you have an opportunity to show how strong your maths is by working on two Maths Reasoning Papers

Click on the this link below to download the two packs and work through them either in one go timing yourself or bit by bit through the week.

They will be on here every day for you to access and use them any day you choose.

PAPER 2 REASONING

PAPER 3 REASONING

For our normal maths lesson, click on the link below to access the Whiterose website.

Watch the video on today’s theme: Summer Week 12: Lesson 4 on finding ‘The Mean.’

Then click on BBC Bitesize next to the video and click on your year group tab to access your work for today.

Please remember you can rewatch the video as many times as you need to and you can go back to it when you are answering the questions.

WHITEROSE MATHS ACTIVITY

READING

For reading this week we are focusing on reading newspapers.

Click on the link below to access one issue of the FIRST NEWS newspaper from June.

Then try to read at least two pages each day this week. It is full of interesting articles and facts about all sorts of subjects.

Then share something you’ve learned with someone else in your family every day.

FIRST NEWS

TOPIC – Geography

Yesterday we said that one of the Year 6 topics for the Summer term at our school is ‘Discovering London’

Have you done your research about London? What were your three interesting facts about London?

Today and tomorrow I though we’ll be a bit creative and try to use our design and technology skills to make a model of a London Ladmark.

Have a look at the picture below. Choose one you think you can make out of card and other materials. Start working on collecting and cutting all the different parts to size and find some glue or tape to put them together to form your model.

Tomorrow you will then add a few more details and decorate.

PE – MUSIC

Have you looked at our PE and Music Blogs recently?

Every week Miss Durrant sets PE and sports activities for everyone to try at home.

Mr Postles posts videos in which he talks about learning how to sing and play music, famous composers etc.

You can access these two blogs by clicking on PUPILS section and then on PE or MUSIC.

Have a look today!

Have a wonderful week.

Mr Camilleri

Dear all

I hope you are all well.

Remember that we are also having another online session Today at 10 am. Your Parents should have received an email about this.

Click on the link in the email and then go to join the meeting.

Below are your tasks for today’s home learning.

Mr Camilleri

Literacy:

For your literacy this week we are using the BBC ReviseWise resources.

Learn about all about legends. This lesson includes:

three videos

three activities

Click on the link below to access today’s lesson.

EXPLORING LEGENDS

Mathematics:

This week you have an opportunity to show how strong your maths is by working on two Maths Reasoning Papers

Click on the this link below to download the two packs and work through them either in one go timing yourself or bit by bit through the week.

They will be on here every day for you to access and use them any day you choose.

PAPER 2 REASONING

PAPER 3 REASONING

For our normal maths lesson, click on the link below to access the Whiterose website.

Watch the video on today’s theme: Summer Week 12: Lesson 3 on ‘Reading and Interpreting Pie charts.’

Then click on BBC Bitesize next to the video and click on your year group tab to access your work for today.

Please remember you can rewatch the video as many times as you need to and you can go back to it when you are answering the questions.

WHITEROSE MATHS ACTIVITY

READING

For reading this week we’ll carry on focusing on reading newspapers.

Click on the link below to access one issue of the FIRST NEWS newspaper from June.

Then try to read at least two pages each day this week. It is full of interesting articles and facts about all sorts of subjects.

Then share something you’ve learned with someone else in your family every day.

FIRST NEWS

TOPIC – Geography

One of the Year 6 topics for the Summer term at our school is ‘Discovering London’

You already did some work in earlier blogs with Mrs Burns about this.

Today I thought we’ll focus on some more research about London. Your task is to make an online search and find out three interesting facts about London, this big city we live in. It would be interesting then to find some time to share these facts.

this link below gives you a few examples but there are others.

DISCOVERING LONDON

PE – MUSIC

Have you looked at our PE and Music Blogs recently?

Every week Miss Durrant sets PE and sports activities for everyone to try at home.

Mr Postles posts videos in which he talks about learning how to sing and play music, famous composers etc.

You can access these two blogs by clicking on PUPILS section and then on PE or MUSIC.

Have a look today!

Have a wonderful week.

Mr Camilleri