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Talk Homework
Talk Homework
I cannot express how much the children are enjoying Macbeth! This week we have finished editing and publishing our dialogue between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. We have now moved on to a Newspaper Report - where the children will be reporting on the murder of King Duncan. They have been learning about headlines and the introduction to a Newspaper Report.
In Headlines we were trying to use: rhyme, alliteration or puns in few words.
In our Introductions we were making sure we answered the 5 W's: What has happened? Where did it happen? Who is involved? When did it happen? Why did it happen?
The children have worked with great effort to be creative in their headlines and becoming a reporter to state the facts of the event whilst drawwing in the reader.
In the week two weeks, we will continue to plan and publish additional pieces, such as: a diary entry (Lady Macbeth); a newspaper report - King Duncan's murder; and finally (if time) a short narrative.
All children have made great effort to improve their writing this academic year, and we are really pleased with their progress - we cannot wait to read all their Macbeth inspired pieces. In fact they are collating their pieces and creating their own - Collection of Works!
Daily Multiplication times tables - To ensure children are fluent in 3, 4 and 8 and division related facts (use MathsFrame). This is a must as we want the children to be fluent and not rely on using their fingers and start from 1 x number each time! We encourage them to look at relationships. If I know 6 x 4 = 24, then 6 x 8 = 48 because 8 is double 4.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Maths
Maths
This week, we have worked on identifying gaps in our mathematical understanding to ensure everyone feels confident and prepared. Some children have been working on SATs-style reasoning questions to help them become familiar with the layout and specific language used in the national curriculum papers. We have also dedicated our time to improving our core arithmetic skills with a primary focus on mastering long multiplication, fractions of amounts, percentages of amounts, and fraction reasoning problems.
All the children worked with incredible determination and resilience, showing great improvement as the week progressed.
To support learning at home use the link below which will take you to revising percenatges.
BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znjqtfr
How to help at home: To build further confidence, it would be wonderful to see more practice of multi-step word problems at home. Often, the challenge isn't the calculation itself, but identifying which operations are needed to solve the story!
Can you solve these? Below are a few arithmetic percentage of amount questions. Why not sit down together and see if you can work them out again? Remember to show your working!
Spellings
Spellings
Here is some words which have the rule:
Final Consonant Doubled (last syllable stressed):
beginning beginner forgetting forgotten preferred preferring occurred occurring admitted admitting permitted permitting committed committing controlled controlling regretted regretting transmitted transmitting equipped equipping
Please encourage the children to some of the words into a sentence. Remember neat handwriting!
We are going to be going over the spellings for Year 5/6 statutory spelling. Here is a list of some to focus on:
ancient system sufficient identity achieve
Please encourage the children to put each word into a sentence. Remember neat handwriting!
Please log on to the Letterjoin website to find 100s of great resources to help your child practise their handwriting!
Website: www.letterjoin.co.uk
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Project
Project
This term, we are challenging our Year 6 scientists to embark on an ambitious and fascinating project at home: creating their very own Informative Books on Evolution. This independent project will see the children transform into researchers and scientific authors as they explore the history of life on Earth.
We would like the students to dive deep into their own research to investigate how living things have changed over millions of years. A key part of their home-learning will involve looking up and mastering complex scientific vocabulary, such as inheritance, adaptation, and natural selection. Once their research is complete, they should use their findings to design and write a professional-style booklet aimed at informing others about evolution. We are looking forward to seeing the high-quality, engaging non-fiction books they produce at home!
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