Year 6 Work Book Week 5

Hello Y6 from Mr Brown and Miss Wisdom.

It’s hard to believe as I write this new work book that this is already week five!

When we first discussed the possibility of school closing, I never thought it

would last this long. As always, I hope you are all keeping well and helping more

at home which is what I asked of you last week.

This week, I’m including a picture of my extended family including my mum and

dad. I’ve not been able to see them for a long time and during this lock down

period, they celebrated being married for an incredible 50 years! I bet there are

family members you miss a lot and are unable to see. Megan wrote a nice letter

to her Granny and Granda Brown which made their day. Could you do something

similar this week? Even if it’s a really short letter, I guarantee whoever you

decide to write to will be over the moon that you did it and that you were

thinking of them. You never know, you may even get a reply.

Advice for parents/carers:

Here are some tips that we still recommend as a school to help make working at home as smooth as

possible. If you have any questions or concerns, reach out to school and we are more than happy to help.

Set and keep a routine similar to a school day that clearly shows when work, play and social times

will happen. Routines can help with behaviour and also help anxiety. This will be very personal for

what works for your family so you could involve everyone in creating and sticking to this routine.

Don’t be too hard on yourselves and please take regular breaks to relieve the stress (it works for

me!)

Children will be confused and probably very anxious about what is happening; advice is to let them

talk and ask questions as much as they need.

If you are lucky enough to have a back garden or a back yard, use it while the weather is good this

week and spend some time outside with your family (and your dog if you are lucky enough to have

a ‘Basil’).

Don’t forget to put work you want to

show us on Twitter and tag our

Twitter page so I can reply and

comment on it

#BenjiesLovesLearning

Please post a picture of any

family members you miss and

are looking forward to seeing

when this is all ver.

We want to see you reading as much

as possible around your house while

you are being safe and staying

indoors. Uploads pictures to Benjies

reading account - @R4PBA

We had some great English and Maths

shared last week and some pictures of

people hard at work helping out at home.

I spotted Mr Lovelidge trying to get in on

the act by posting a picture of a fence he

‘made’. I agree with you Keegan, yours was

much better.

I’m posting another picture of a place I

miss going to and once again want to see

who recognises it first. Keegan won last

week and his prize was a first class flight to

Northern Ireland with a 5 star hotel

included. Unfortunately he couldn’t go due

to lock down. If you think you know where

it is, be the first to post the answer on

Twitter to win another pointless prize!

This picture was taken a

long time ago but it

reminds me of fun times

when we all went on

holiday together.

Week 5: Day 1

English: Descriptive Writing

Title: The Wizard

This week, you will be writing daily descriptions using images I have selected. I will give you some help by

offering sentence starters and vocabulary you may wish to use.

Model Description (Wizard B)

Perched neatly upon his head, sat a purple hat with its point reaching behind him; a shiny gold buckle glistened.

Falling from below his hat, the wizard’s long, grey hair stretched below his shoulders; his moustached curled

and twisted like a pig’s tail.

Grammar and Punctuation

Can you think of 3 synonyms (words that mean the same) for each word?

1. Friendly 2. Angry 3. Happy 4.Run 5. Scared

Day 1: Maths (Place Value)

Write out each number in words and the value of the red digit

1. 4572

2. 2004

3. 8090

4. 2013

5. 27 669

6. 12 907

7. 200456

8. 9021005

9. 10050064

10. 25006007

11. 21060809

12. 430546092

Try and use: varied openers, personification, powerful verbs, powerful adjectives and similes.

I’ve highlighted some of my examples in red.

Now have a go at Wizard A or Wizard B and include as much detail as you can (hat, cloak, shoes, wand, facial features)

Wizard B Wizard A

If you need extra support, write out the columns in your

book and the digits below; this will help you read the

numbers correctly.

M Hth Tth Th H T O

If you find these tricky, just complete the first 6 questions.

Day 2: English

English Task: Scene description

This time, rather than describing a person, you’re going to describe a scene. You will use much of the

same criteria as used yesterday when describing a person (adjectives, similes, personification).

Day 2: Grammar and Punctuation

Enriching our vocabulary is really important so I want you to find more synonyms for the words listed.

Remember, you can use an online thesaurus to help if you have one but can also do it without.

1. Surprised 2. Lonely 3. Bad 4. Tired 5. Upset

Find at least three synonyms for each word.

Day 2: Maths (Place Value)

Write out these numbers in words (consolidation from yesterday):

1. 3405

2. 4098

3. 12304

4. 55250

5. 123445

6. 700870

Partition these numbers (see example)

1. 4539 Example: 5478 = Five thousand + Four hundred + Seventy + Eight

2. 23885

3. 12136

4. 45673 If you find these numbers tricky and want to keep it a little easier, only write out the first four.

5. 909201

6. 400104356

7. 560560781

8. 202070889

Here are some possible sentence starters you

may want to use (or you may not and would

rather use your own)

Protruding through the branches, rays of…

Beams of light glistened…

Standing like soldiers,

Like a sheet of glass,

A swarm of leaves…

Gliding through the air, the sound of…

Day 3: English

Winter scene description

Grammar and Punctuation

From the words you were given on day 1 and 2 (you found synonyms for them), chose 5 of

them and put them into sentences but use the best synonym rather than the original word.

Example

(Tired) After all the work was finished, I was exhausted.

Day 3: Maths

Put each of the numbers in ascending order (smallest to largest)

1. 232 321 23 303 3030 30030

2. 16 1106 6166 6016 60010 6109

3. 21 2.01 211 212 20102 20.002

4. 60.6 6.0 0.06 666 0.06 66.06

5. 34.4 34.04 3040 3.004 304 0.34

6. 0.1 0.01 1.1 1.01 11.01 10101.1 1101.11

Next, find the total of each set of numbers making sure you

line the decimal points up.

After that, calculate the difference between the largest and smallest numbers in each

set.

If you find these a bit tricky, just try the first 4 questions putting the numbers in order.

For this description, describe the winter scene and

write as if you are in it and heading towards the hut.

Include everything you can see like the hut, trees, sky,

snow, lake and also what you can hear.

Use my example and sentence starters to help.

Model example

As I made my way towards the hut, the ice – cold air

attacked my skin; every part of my body begged for

warmth. Above my head, a blanket of clear blue sky

engulfed the entire scene, vacant of even a single

cloud to keep it company. Below my feet, the snow

crunched with every step as I left a fresh path behind

me. Protecting the hut, an army of sentinel tress

stood…

Remember to make sure every

number has a decimal point if any of

them in the list do. Also, add extra

zeros after the decimal point to

make it easier.

For example, change 666 to 666.00

in number 4.

Day 4: English

Scene description using prepositions

Prepositions are used to describe where something or someone is. They can include words

such as: behind, next to, on top of, to the left and many more.

Grammar and Punctuation

Using your descriptive writing from today, see how many prepositions you can write down

in one minute. Get someone to time you and maybe even challenge them. Use the picture

to help you.

Day 4: Maths

Using the digits provided, make as many numbers as possible and write them in ascending

order (see example for support).

Example 4307: 3047 3074 3407 3470 3704 3740 4037 4073 4307 4370 4703

4730 7034 7043 7304 7340 7403 7430

Your numbers:

A. 763

B. 392

C. 624

D. 4078

E. 8021

This is accessible to all of you but if you find it a bit tricky, just complete 1, 2 and 3.

Before Lock Down

Cities, towns and villages used to be

busy places before lock down.

Above the buildings, giant

aeroplanes filled the sky. On the

roads, angry cars slowly crept

forward. Next to the road…

Opposite the…

Behind the…

On top of…

Inside…

Don’t forget to use criteria from the

first three days.

Day 5: English

Descriptive writing final scene

Use what you have written this week to help write a description of this scene. Use the range

of techniques you have included like adjectives, powerful verbs, personification and similes.

Grammar and Punctuation

Another competition. You have one minute to write down as many adjectives as you can but

you can only include one colour. Get an adult or sibling to time you or even compete against

them. Remember that adjectives are used to describe nouns: the smelly man.

You could use my first three to cheat!

Adjectives in a minute: hairy, smelly, angry…

Day 5: Maths

Solving problems using a strategy

In my pocket are the following coins: 2p 2p 5p 50p 10p £1

If I reach into my pocket and pull out 3 random coins, how much money might I have?

Instead of doing random amounts, think about a strategy. Look at my first 3 possibilities and

see if you can follow on.

2p 2p 5p

2p 2p 50p

2p 2p 10p

Don’t forget to include any noises

you would hear and maybe even

smells filling the air.

Week 5: Guided Reading

History and school values

Miss Wisdom had a ‘Victory In Europe Day’ planned to celebrate the end of the war and the

end of our topic. Obviously we were unable to do this but still need to celebrate the end of

the war.

People across Britain showed RESILIENCE to win the war and this is one of our school values.

This week we celebrated 75 years since the war ended. Below are some of the images used

to celebrate our victory in Europe and I would like you to create your own one.

Your poster can be an anniversary one or a poster from the time war ended.

PSHE Year 5 & 6

A focus on: RULE OF LAW

Hello Year 5 & 6,

I hope you are all ok and that you have had a good week? I hope you all enjoyed last week’s

work on democracy and managed to have fun with your family votes! This week we are

going to be focusing on the British Value of the Rule of Law. You will see that the ‘Rule of

Law’ is the second British Value on the British Values Hand and it is represented by the

pointing finger (our second digit).

Task 1 - Take some time to use the British Values hand to memorise all five British Values

and try to list something you already know about each value.

The Rule of Law

‘Laws’ and ‘Rules’ are used in many places and for many reasons. There are all sorts of laws that are

followed nationally by citizens of our country. There are also laws that are followed internationally by

groups of citizens from different countries (the international law of Human Rights and the Rights of a

Child are examples of these). There are also some rules and laws that we follow on a more local basis.

You all follow a set of laws (rules) whilst you are at school. You also may have some rules that you

follow at home. These laws and rules are put in place for lots of reasons and often they are put place

in place to keep you safe.

Watch the following useful story about ‘Shiver’, ‘Gobble’ and ‘Snore’ and why they decided that some

rules and laws are always necessary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhWVQQQ5hVU

Task 2 – Think of as many reasons as you can as to why we have laws and legal systems. Use the

mind map to write down your reasons.

Why we have

laws

Task 3

Every year parliament makes new laws and also gets rid of old laws no longer needed – For

example you used to not be allowed to eat mince pies on Christmas day! That law has gone-

parliament voted to repeal that law. If you could make one new law what would it be? Why

would you choose this to be your law? How would it improve society? Make a poster to

advertise your new law. Make sure your poster explains why this law would be beneficial for

society and how it would help others. Examples of new laws may include: A law that requires

everyone to do some form of exercise three times a week; a law that reduces the speed limit

down to 20 miles per hour in residential areas; a law that bans the advertising of unhealthy

foods. You are welcome to use one of these examples if you cannot think of your own law.

We would love to see some of your completed posters. Your grown up can share them via the

Benjamin Adlard twitter page if they have a twitter account. It is always lovely to see how well

you are all doing at home.

Well done year 5 and 6…I cannot wait to see what you come up with. I am sure you will have

some amazing ideas. Keep working hard and keep taking care of yourselves and your families.

You are all making us proud with your independent learning and excellent resilience during

this time.

Mrs Ward

Year 6 – Computing Home Learning – Play, like, share

Watch Episode 2: Who’s Magnus? with your child at www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/watch

Ask your child what they learnt during Episode 2 of Play Like Share.

Explain it is important to think about how someone else might feel if you share a photo or

video of them. Sometimes people share photos or videos that might be unkind, or upset or

embarrass other people.

Ask your child:

1. When does this happen in Play, Like, Share?

2. With your child, read each scenario below and ask them to circle the appropriate thumb. If

you can’t print it, read the scenario and ask them to answer with thumbs up, down and

sideways!

3. Discuss their answers together.

PE

Exercise is important during these difficult days as it makes you feel better and helps you keep a

positive mind-set. You all know this is my favourite subject therefore I want to know that you are

getting daily exercise and keeping fit. Some of you may be lucky enough to have internet access

during your time off. If so, tune in to many of the online activities available on Youtube like Joe

Wicks, The Body Coach as he goes live every morning from 9am (if you are out of bed by then).

Useful websites:

There are many websites which you can use to support your learning or if you want even more work

(although I have set you more than enough to get on with). One of the best ones which you could try is:

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

This website offers online videos for each lesson so you can watch the daily examples and try some

yourself.

Try and get yourself out of bed earlier if you have been having too many lazy mornings.

Try and look like this.

Not like this.