Year 6 - Working At Home
April 2020
Year 6 at home - Spring 2
Project Work - Spring 2
English
Alongside the English in the children's SATs booster packs, there are a number of online activities that have been set for the children.
These include:
Education city https://www.educationcity.com/
Purple Mash https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stbarts-ol12
Spelling Shed https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb
SPAG.com www.spag.com
Please see the Year 6 email to keep updated with activities that have been set each week.
Interactive links for you to access in your own time:
History
What was life like during Anglo Saxon times?
Anglo-Saxons preferred to live in small villages, unlike the towns preferred by their predecessors, the Romans. Use a range of sources to investigate key parts of Anglo Saxon life, such as housing, clothing and jobs. Useful sources include:
- BBC Primary History website https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxsbcdm/articles/zq2m6sg
- BBC Bitesize website https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxsbcdm
- Primary Homework Help http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/saxons/who.htm
- The School Run https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/anglo-saxons
- Children's British History Encyclopaedia http://history.parkfieldprimary.com/anglo-saxons
- Local Histories website http://www.localhistories.org/saxonlife.html
You can present your information any way you like including a PowerPoint, word document, poster, leaflet, speech, blog, quiz, art, models etc. Don't forget you can email pictures and other evidence to year6@st-bartholomews.lancs.sch.uk
Science - Animals
Research
- What is the most unusual creature that exists on Earth?
- Children can research a variety of unusual creatures then produce a fact file of one of their favourites. The fact file should describe where the animal can be found, its appearance (e.g. how it moves, body shape, any special features), what environment it is found in, how it survives in its environment plus any additional ‘strange facts’.
- Children could choose a different habitat (e.g. desert, rainforest, ocean, seashore, woodland) to focus their search around.
- Produce a presentation using ICT about the environment the animal lives in. They can then find out about other animals and plants that live there trying to provide examples from different classification groups. Their presentation could have a slide explaining the work of Linnaeus and one showing how animals and plants are grouped using the standard classification system he developed.
The following structure for the presentation could be provided to encourage children to include key learning:
- Their unusual creature.
- Where in the world it can be found.
- More about its habitat.
- Other animals and plants found in this habitat (Try to have examples from different classification groups. How many different groups can they include?)
- The work of Carl Linnaeus.
- The Classification System.
Children can add their own information in addition to the above, should they wish to do so.
Don't forget you can email pictures and other evidence to year6@st-bartholomews.lancs.sch.uk
Maths
Alongside the Maths in the children's SATs booster packs, there are a number of online activities that have been set for the children.
These include:
Education city https://www.educationcity.com/
Purple Mash https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stbarts-ol12
Times Table Rockstars https://ttrockstars.com/
Maths Shed https://www.mathshed.com/en-gb
Mathletics https://login.mathletics.com/
Please see the Year 6 email to keep updated with activities that have been set each week.
Interactive links for you to access in your own time:
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
- https://myminimaths.co.uk/
- https://www.mathplayground.com/
- https://mathszone.co.uk/
- http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/
Music
The children can access online music lessons using Charanga:
https://charanga.com/site/log-in/
See yellow log in sheet for details
Extra Curricular Activities
Not all learning is linked to Maths and English or takes place at school, why don't you try some of the different activities below. Don't forget you can email pictures and other evidence to year6@st-bartholomews.lancs.sch.uk
- Joe Wicks (The Body Coach) will be doing a live, fun, home workout for children every Monday - Friday at 9am on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv
- Help to clean the car or do other household chores to help the people at home
- Help with the cooking, learn a new recipe or try new foods
- Tidy the garden, dig up the weeds or plant some new seeds
- Go out into the garden/yard and if you've got some equipment to hand, why not practise your skipping/throwing/catching or even running and jumping skills
- Teach your pet a new trick (goldfish count too)
- Practise telling the time - this is an important life skill
- If you have access to any musical instruments you could learn a new tune/song and even compose your own
- Play a board game/complete a puzzle that you've not done for a while
- Get together with your siblings and create a performance for your family
- Learn how to use everyday appliances e.g. washing machine, hoover, dish washer (with adult guidance)
- Watch your favourite film that you've not seen for a while
- Keep up to date with what's going on in the world at https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
- Help an elderly neighbour or relative who can't get out very much at this moment in time
- Clear out your wardrobe and drawers of any old clothes or those that no longer fit you and give them to charity - check with an adult first
- Learn a new language! There are lots of website/apps that support this
- Learn some sign language - https://www.british-sign.co.uk/
- Go for a walk in your local area - take pictures or sketch what you can see
Free Subscriptions
During this difficult time, several online educational services are offering free subscriptions for parents who find themselves with children learning from home.
Adventure Academy https://www.adventureacademy.com/
Classroom secrets https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk/
Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/signup?isparent=1
Kids discover online https://www.kidsdiscover.com/kids-discover-online/
Minecraft education edition https://education.minecraft.net/
Mystery science https://mysteryscience.com/
Prodigy Maths https://www.prodigygame.com/pages/parents/
Twinkl https://www.twinkl.co.uk/
Scholastic https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
White Rose Maths https://whiterosemaths.com/
Master the curriculum https://masterthecurriculum.co.uk/
Mrs Mactivity https://www.mrsmactivity.co.uk/
The British Sign Language course is currently free for under 18s https://www.british-sign.co.uk/