Hello Team Six, Week one done and dusted and now onto week two of home learning. Any questions just ask on Reading Plus and Miss Mac and Miss Connolly will reply when we can.

FACT OF THE DAY1. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".2. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Research Questions – reply to Miss Mac and or Miss Connolly on Reading Plus with your answer.

1. 36 is the square root of 6 (6x6). 196 is the square root of which number?2. What does the word insipid mean?3.

Weekly Task 2: - complete in exercise books/paper or online.Maths1. TTRockstars – still too quiet!2. White Rose Maths https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/ 3. Complete the following questions:

Q5. Mr Tyler is 1.97 m tall.His young daughter is 83 cm tall.What is the difference in their heights, to the nearest 10 cm? 

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GREAT WEBSITE - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zncsscw/year-6-lessons/1 3 lessons per day from different subjects all for Year 6 pupils.

Perfect!

Q6. In athletics, Holly did the ‘Hop, step, jump’.

 The length of her ‘hop’ was 0.86 m. The length of her ‘step’ was 1.21 mThe length of her ‘jump’ was 3.78 mWhat was the total length of Holly’s ‘Hop, step, jump’ to one decimal place?Circle the correct answer.5.8 m          5.9 m          6.0 m          6.1 m

1 mark

Q7. Round these numbers to one decimal place.One has been done for you.

Number To nearest one decimal place

12.72 12.7

10.16  

672.09  

24.81  

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WritingWeek Two Writing task – Please use the exercise book to write in, if not a piece of paper from a book/pad.

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Title- Week Two Writing Task – The Piano

Story starter!For many years

now the piano had stood in silence, like a tombstone in a graveyard, surrounded by echoes, memories of the past.What things the piano had witnessed! Glorious concerts that delighted the countless ladies and gentleman that dressed up in their finery and flooded into the concert hall: a wave of laughter and joy. Oh, how the piano had shone under the lights! Oh how its keys had sung the most beautiful melodies, bathing the audiences in the movements of Chopin and Beethoven performed with angelic perfection!Now, everything was different. The events of the last few years had seen to that…Question time!

1. What events have occurred over the ‘last few years’?2. Why has nobody played the piano for so long?3. What kind of building does the piano live in?4. What has happened to the people that used to play the piano here?5. What has happened to the audiences that came to listen to the piano?6. What kind of people came to listen?7. Who was the last person to play this piano?8. Will it be played again?

Sick sentences!These sentences are ‘sick’ and need your help to get better. Can you help?The piano used to be beautiful. It was black and shiny. It used to look happy. Now it is not. Now it looks sad. It is dusty. Nobody plays it.

Perfect picture!

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Can you draw a picture of the last person to play the piano?Can you draw a picture of the person who will play it next?

Writing challenge!Think about what the piano looked like before and after ‘the events of the last few years’. Can you write a description of the piano before?Can you the write a description of the piano after?HINT: Think carefully about its appearance and how it might have changed – use your grammar.

Year 6 Statutory Spellings:Yacht Bargain Definite Familiar Leisure Privilege Sincere Bruise Desperate Foreign Lightning Can you write a short paragraph (which makes sense) using the above words once? You can add other words to help make your writing make sense. Be creative!

Science Last week you were set the challenge – Can you float a boat?

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This week is similar but this time we want you to use cardboard/paper as the main materials (along with some other materials of your choice).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_scnWnN1Fg&feature=youtu.be Questions to think about –

1. What shape is the best? Why?2. Is the size of my boat important?3. What is difficult about paper and cardboard?4. What other materials did you use? Were they helpful? Why?5. Did other materials help or hinder my boat being able to float?6. How much weight could I add to my boat?7. What was the best outcome? Why?

Take a photo of your investigation and post it on Twitter and tag us! @Year6Kingsley

Reading1. Reading Plus 2. This week we would like you to take a look at this website https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/ on there is LOTS of poetry. Click on a few and take some time to listen. 3. Why not snuggle up with a good old-fashion book and read a chapter a day. You could even write a quick review on Reading Plus of your daily reading and send it to us – we would LOVE to read them!

P.E1. P.E. with Joe Wicks - you will need water!

2. Make an obstacle course (with permission)

Using couch cushions, pots and pans, and plenty of other household objects, construct an engaging and challenging obstacle course. Kids can climb under blankets stretched between the couch and coffee table, or they can somersault across the living room. Take this kind of play outside if you want more room to move around.

Wellbeing TaskWrite down 10 things you feel grateful in life and explain why.Example: Miss Mac – 1. I feel very grateful for my immediate family. Since the lockdown, we have been talking to one another every single day. We call, we text, we send silly photographs to one another and generally make each other smile. 2….

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Miss Connolly – 1. I feel grateful for spending quality time with family, especially meals times when we cook and eat together now that our lives have become a lot more simplistic during these times.

Whole School Task Week Two

Write a letter to someone you can't be with. We want you to write about all the things you are going to do together when you are finally able to visit them. It would be fantastic if you could actual send this person a letter or an email!

Remember your first paragraph should state why you’re writing (the fact that you miss them and have been thinking about them etc.)

You 2nd paragraph/section could talk about fond memories that you have of them and things that you have been doing recently and more importantly things that you want to do with them when you can next meet up

You final paragraph/section should mention what you want the recipient to do. E.g. write a letter back, log in online so you can catch up etc.

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