Year 6 

Maths ( year 6)

This morning, in booster, the children learnt how to do long division. They have brought home some questions. They should start  with exercise B and can continue to exercise C if they wish to become really proficient. May I suggest they try some before Monday whilst it is still fresh in their mind, and  so they can ask for help  if they’re stuck. Long division always carry two marks and there are at least two in the arithmetic paper. The children did the 2019 SATs arithmetic test this morning and the majority attempted long division even though they had only learnt it this morning – well done year 6!

English comprehension ( year 6)

I have sent home part of a comprehension paper this morning. Most children ( apart from a few who are given an extra 5 minutes) have 20 minutes to complete the paper; this involves reading the text and answering the questions. For many of the children, the time constraint is what they find most difficult. I have suggested they work for 20 minutes and then draw a line if they haven’t finished. They should go onto complete the rest of the paper. In the past, we have found practising lots of comprehensions under timed conditions helps improve their speed.

 English Year 5 and 6 

Well done for completing the comprehension last week; I know it took some of you quite a long time but you will get faster with practice. I was impressed by your scores!

This week I have set an exercise on Classroom Secrets Kids on the  perfect tense which we have looked at in class this week. Watch the video tutorial that i have also assigned so you are really confident before tackling the exercise.

Maths Year 5 

Your homework is on Purple Mash and is an exercise on multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 which you focussed on earlier this week with Mrs Bernasconi. The exercise won’t register the answer if you get it wrong so try again.

Maths year 6 

Pages from your Maths CGP book focussing on multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 and 1000, and dividing and multiplying using decimals.

Remember  all homework needs to be completed by Wednesday. It is a good idea to try before Tuesday in case you have any difficulties. 

Today we are starting a new English unit on biographies – it is titled The Undefeated and is based in the poem by Kwame Alexander .

Today we are looking at part of a biography on Jesse Owens – a famous athlete who was alive before the Second World War.

Read  Berlin Olympic1936 from  the resources and answer the questions.

Berlin Olympics version 1 comprehension

Homework this week is on Classroom Secrets Kids – all children have been given a login.

Both year 5 and 6 have a reading comprehension- From Bean to Bar. This involves reading a section at a time, and answering different types of questions. This activity will take longer than the exercises on Purple Mash so take your time to answer the questions correctly finding the evidence from the text.

Maths homework for year 5 is more revision of percentages as fractions and decimals. T his is also on Classroom Secrets Kids.

Year 6 are doing page 46 and 47 from their workbook focussing on Percentage problems.

We have been delighted by the enthusiasm the children have shown for their Bookfest books and there is lots of swapping and recommendations going on. Please encourage your children to keep reading. If they find a book difficult to read alone, why not share the reading at home- taking it in turn to read a chapter/ page each. I have read all the books and they are entertaining for adults and children.

Have a great weekend and remember your homework needs to be in by Wednesday.