Week Commencing 4th May 2020

P6 Home Learning OverviewHello P6 and Happy Star Wars Day!

An exciting day as The Last Jedi premiers on Disney+ (other streaming services are available).

Believe it or not, Monday and Friday this week are school holidays. The work I have assigned will not change due to these holidays, but I will not be on Twitter or Teams on Monday and Friday. There will be no group chat this week on Teams, but we will recommence a call next week.

Chats

To confirm the purpose of each Channel on Teams to chat on:

Mr Byrne chat

o I will be available on this channel at 09:35 (5 minutes to catch your breath after Joe Wicks!) and 14:45 Monday to Friday

o Weekly conference call on this channel

Peer Learning Support

o Stuck with your learning? Try and ask a peer for support about anything you are doing.

Playground

o This is your social channel and I suggest that you go on here at playtime 10:30, lunchtime 12:15 and after school at 15:00. This is just a suggested approach.

Home Learning pictures and videos

o Please share any work, pictures and videos that relate to the learning you are doing. These can also be shared on Twitter @MrByrne8.

General

o This chat has been changed to allow only myself to post. So please keep an eye out for any announcements on here. I might add things like challenges and updates.

Home Learning (found within the “General” chat channel)

I have added a folder called “Week Beginning 4th May” and this will be everything you need to access for that week, with an overview, a welcome message and the specific learning.

Assignments (found within the “General” chat channel)

Assignments to be completed every week by a Friday (you can complete these whenever it suits you). There will be a Numeracy, Literacy and IDL assignments every week.

Sumdog

I suggest you go onto Sumdog at the same time as everyone else and this remains at 10:00am Monday to Friday. The house will be open out with normal school opening times.

Once again, Spelling, Grammar and Numeracy will all be focused upon in Sumdog with challenges and assessments.

IDL

Our IDL topic for this term will be “Kilmacolm”.

Please also have a look at what was included in the file “P6 Home Learning general ideas” for lots of ideas and information. Over and above that, here are some specific ideas for this week.

LiteracySpelling

Complete activities 2, 6, 10, 14 and 18 from the Spelling Menu which is in the literacy homework jotters.

Mild Medium Spicycompound

wordssilent letters

ild and ind

someone island mildsomebody scissors wildsomething doubt childsomewhere subtle bindanyone solemn findanybody autumn kindnessanything thistle mindfulnessanywhere whistle windeverything knight blindeverybody known grindeverywhere

knuckle wilderness

everyone knife rewindingwreck remindsword minderanswergnatdesign

WritingImaginative writing – I knew you’d comeYour story must end with the words “I knew you’d come”. Use the picture for inspiration if you would like.

MildI can end my story with “I knew you’d come”I can include a range of openers and powerful adjectives

MediumI can include figurative language such as onomatopoeia, alliteration and simile I can write at least 150 words

SpicyI can include hyperbole, personification and/or zeugma

Hyperbole: An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Tall tales are hyperboles.

Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.

Personification: A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.

Example: The flowers danced in the gentle breeze. Zeugma: the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is

appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way Example: On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold.

Reading

Please create a free account at Oxford Owl at https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/When you have done this and are logged in, please follow one of these links to access the book.MILDDeadly Cave by James NobleAfter you have read it, click on “Support Notes” on page 33 and answer the questions.https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/13286.html MEDIUM Big Game Adventure by Alison HawesComplete the activities on page 57 after reading the book.https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/digital_books/1217.html

SPICYSherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleComplete the activities on the 2nd page (before and after reading)https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/digital_books/2101.htmlEXTENSION (all books)P6 are well versed in reciprocal reading activities. Can you create (at least) 6 questions based on Blooms Taxonomy, one for each level? You can post them in the “Peer Learning Support” channel for each other to answer.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Read chapters 5 and 6 and answer the comprehension questions below. Chapter 5 Chapter 61. How was the family transported to their new home?2. What was odd about the train station?3. How was Bruno’s father different to the other soldiers that stood downstairs in the house?4. Why did Bruno’s father dismiss the other men?5. Why, do you think, was Bruno’s father’s office nicer than the other rooms in the house?6. Do you think Bruno has a nice father? Give a reason for your answer.7. What might Bruno’s father have meant when he said that the people outside were not really people at all?8. Do you agree with Bruno’s father that home is where your family is? Explain your answer.

1. Why was Bruno talking to himself in his room?2. Why did Bruno value Maria’s opinion?3. What kind thing did Bruno’s father do for Maria?4. How did Gretel treat Maria in comparison to the way Bruno treated her?5. Why did Maria advise Bruno to keep quiet about his dislike of the place, do you think?6. What thoughts do you think were racing through Bruno’s head as he ran away from the house?7. Do you think the title of this chapter is a good one? Why?/Why not?

In addition, the following are more generic ideas that can be used throughout the reading of the book. Complete the following sentences:

o I would like to know...o I wonder why...o I felt sorry...

Choose a scene from the book and illustrate it. Compare and contrast the following characters: Bruno and Shmuel, Bruno and Gretel, and Pavel and

Lieutenant Kotler. Write an original dialogue between two characters from a book, e.g. Mother and Father, Bruno and Shmuel,

Father and Lieutenant Kotler, etc.

Create another character for the story. Explain how things would change with this character’s presence. Write a letter to the author expressing your opinion of the book. Remember to include your address, start the

letter off correctly and sign off correctly. Write an alternative ending to the story. Redesign the front and back cover of this novel. Include the important information as well as a short summary

on the back.

GrammarAntonyms and Synonyms

There is a Sumdog assessment and challenge on synonyms and antonyms.

MILDCreate at least 2 synonyms for the word in bold and then create at least 2 antonyms for the words you come up with.

1. The big elephant

2. The small mouse3. It was a cold day4. The cake was nice5. The boy felt happy6. She was hot7. Yesterday was a sunny day8. I enjoyed the bike ride9. The man was sad10. The bus was fast

MEDIUM

SPICY

NumeracySumdog, as per the welcome message above. This week’s focus will be on fractions, addition and subtraction.

Fractions

I would suggest practising the fraction work on Sumdog before attempting the word problems here.

Mild

Medium

Spicy

Learning Across the CurriculumIDL Topic is now “Kilmacolm”

Charles Rennie Mackintosh in KilmacolmThere is a very special house in Kilmacolm that was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Can you discover the name of the house? Can you find out where it is a take a walk to it? Can you make a sketch of it (you can always use a picture from the internet rather than standing

in front of someone’s house to draw it!) Design your own house. What would it look like? What features would it have? Where would it

Health and Wellbeing Joe Wicks continues to appear engaging for lots of people with his daily PE lessons. He is “live” every morning at

09:00 and the lessons are also available after this on his YouTube channel. Cosmic Kids Yoga has lots of content at https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga Primary PE Planning also have interesting and varied activities for you to try

https://primarypeplanning.com/home-pe-ks2-activities/ Personal Goals:

o This could be anything from completing a jigsaw, doing 50 press ups a day, weeding the garden, making a meal for your family, washing the dishes every day, running for 1km 3 times in the week.

o Do you need to start again? Don’t despair. o Do you need to take your goal to the next level?o Do you need a brand-new goal?o Let me know how you get on via Twitter @MrByrne8, via Teams or email me

gw18byrnemaxwell@glow.sch.uk Create a poster giving your Top 5 Tips on how to survive lockdown. “Stay Safe”

be located?

Check out this short video about Mackintosh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWQPyKQiVxY How to draw a Charles Rennie Mackintosh rose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P2Nx85POfs

Newsround

Watch Newsround every day. Pick one of the news reports from Newsround and write about it. This could be your opinion, a summary, continue and write more or write a letter to someone about it. What about creating a leaflet with a picture to go with it?