Year 6
This Week’s Learning
Week commencing Monday 30th March
A focus for the week
In addition to the large amount of information classteachers have shared with you below (in the ‘Ongoing Home Learning’ opportunities section), here are a few things that you can focus on this week. [This is intended to help you make Home Learning more manageable for the next few weeks; we are also considering other ways we can support you with Home Learning over the whole summer term.]
Focus: Exploring Spring
- now that the sun is shining and Spring has sprung, use your daily exercise time outside to explore ‘new life’
- plants and animals will be bursting with growth and activity, so be scientific investigators
- first use whatever you find outside to do some art (draw, paint, use recyclable materials and whatever you have at home)
- then do some research using books, the internet, asking someone on the phone
- after that you are ready to record your thinking – make a book, create a poster, write an imaginative story
- when you have finished, share your learning with someone (you might want to decide who this will be earlier in the process to have more of a purpose).
Drop in Library
If you would like some books to read, we now have a drop in library service at the front of the school. Each day a new box filled with different books is put out. Children and parents then have 1 week to read the book before returning it to school. The day borrowed and returned to school is stated on each box.
Ongoing Home Learning
Following government announced school closures, the majority of children will not be attending school for the foreseeable future. Therefore children will be expected to continue their learning at home.
Below are links to home learning packs and websites with free educational resources and downloads.
Please ensure students are still completing their Mathletics and Reading Eggspress homework tasks each week. Encourage students to read as much as possible!
Home learning packs and ideas:
Maths 
Resources to support maths mastery.
- White Rose Maths is informed by leading maths researchers and practitioners. They have put together home learning packs by year group, which can be accessed for free. Click here.
- Developed by University of Cambridge, NRICH Maths has free online resources for maths problem solving. Click here.
https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/free-home-learning-packs/ – free download with maths, GPS, reading and practical ideas for students to do at home
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aO-uWUjAY1BZ2AU154tgVtahLUMMXTUw/view?usp=sharing – KS2 Easter Mathematics SATs Revision Booklet for students working at the expected standard
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W0mRAerzr_-a_h95A7EsVVPCjvjMbV1q/view?usp=sharing – KS2 Easter Mathematics SATs Revision Booklet for students working at greater depth
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Literacy 
Reading, spelling, and grammar support.
- The International Children’s Digital Library has free digital books to read by age, by interest, by language, etc. Click here.
- World Book Day has a brilliant ‘stay at home’ book ideas hub. Lots of free, fun activities and resources for sharing stories, reading stories, writing, drawing, streaming audiobooks, and watching author masterclasses. Click here.
- BBC Bitesize KS2 Literacy and Language hub. Free animations and quizzes to support KS2 grammar and spelling. Click here.
- CLPE’s Poetryline has an amazing library of performances by award-winning children’s poets. Browse, choose, and share your favourite. Click here.
- Puffin Books has a spring activity pack where you can learn to write like a Victorian, design your own book covers, and do wordsearch puzzles. Click here.
Amazon Audible is now free for children. No login required. Click here.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sMht3YEV-MfN_blt_N7jQp6RvgiqLgS2/view?usp=sharing – KS2 Easter English Reading Booklet
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hZfeEo-nV7mUBEFxDcjPSCw8U9s6gqsL/view?usp=sharing – KS2 Easter SPAG Booklet
https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html – a brilliant resource with short videos, teaching ideas and literacy activities (students really enjoy this!)
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/search?term=school+closure – free resource packs with a variety of learning topics
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Science and Technology
Resources to support science learning.
- A primary activity pack put together for British Science Association, which can be adapted for home learning. Click here.
- Free coding activities for kids with Blockly. Click here.
- The Science Museum ‘Kitchen Science’ pack has lots of fun investigations requiring household objects. Click here.
- We can use our observational skills to do this Great Object Hunt at home. From the Science Museum. Click here.
- Ten brilliant, easy to resource activities to explore the science all around us. Click here.
Languages 
Some resources for practicing Spanish, your own language or any other.
- Linguascope is a fun tool all of us are familiar with. Practice a language and apply it to fun activities (login: heathbrook, password: London4101). Click here.
- Duolingo is available online and as an app for free language learning. Practice a little everyday! Click here.
Art 
Be inspired and create.
- Tate Kids has brilliant activity ideas, as well as art history learning available for free. Click here.
- https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub/videos – step by step drawing as an art activity
Mental and physical health 
Staying healthy and happy above all else.
- Stop, Breathe & Think provides a few minutes of daily calm. Click here.
- Dance, movement and coordination breaks with GoNoodle. Click here.
- Children’s workouts to do at home by fitness influencer The Body Coach. Click here.
- https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene/search?query=kids – an activity for students to do inside to support health and wellbeing
Music
Whether you want to play, practice, or listen.
- Miss Bale has put together lots of ways to get musical at home. She has included a login to Soundtrap, practice tips and songwriting ideas. Click here.
Not all learning needs a classroom! Year 6 students could also…
- Keep a journal
- Watch a film or read a book and write a review
- Design a poster of your choice
- Write a procedural text and bake bread, cookies, anything you like
- Write a song or poem
- Practice your Spanish online with Linguascope or Duolingo is a great app
- Design something of your choice such as an earthquake proof building, a rollercoaster or theme park (there are lots of ideas on Twinkl for this)
- Design a suit to protect people against Coronavirus. Write about and describe its features
- Create a comic strip from a chapter of the book you are reading
- Build your own PE course and teach to someone, for example, 5 pushups, 10 star jumps, high knees for 30 seconds (be creative!)
- Keep fit and practice your dance moves with Just Dance on Youtube or create your own
- Learn to sew
- Learn how to cook a meal for your family
- Learn how to do the laundry
- Plan a holiday and make a budget
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