This week I have found a practical STEM activity for you: making a water wheel.

Water-wheel-investigation

This prompts us to think about where our energy comes from.

How do we produce energy?

How about trying this Solar kettle activity? (You will need some sunshine this one!)

Solar-kettle

Don’t forget the Computing activities  which I posted before. These scratch activities should last you a few weeks.

Monday

Video

Worksheet:  Lesson 1 – Introducing the ratio symbol

Lesson 1 Answers – Introducing the ratio symbol

Tuesday

Video

Worksheet: Lesson 2 – Calculating ratio

Lesson 2 Answers – Calculating ratio

Wednesday

Video

Worksheet: Lesson 3 – Using scale factors

Lesson 3 Answers – Using scale factors

Thursday

Video

Worksheet: Lesson 4 – Ratio and proportion problems

Lesson 4 Answers – Ratio and proportion problems

Friday

How did you find the “pulling it all together” questions last week?

This week, we are back to practising arithmetic skills on Friday:

Arithmetic Paper 3

I received some fantastic micro-climate data gathering work this week. Well done!

The first week I put the link to Espresso’s learning path for the learning objectives we had planned for this term. You might still be working on this.

If not, take a look at these BBC bitesize videos and activities:

Life Cycles in Animals and Humans

Hello everyone! This week we are learning about perimeter, area and volume. If you find the last couple of questions on the worksheets tricky, don’t worry. The first half is the core knowledge; the last part can be quite challenging. Mrs Benson noted last week that the last few questions on the miles/kilometre conversions on the second half were very challenging.

Monday 22.6.20

Video

Worksheet:  Area and perimeter

Answers:  Answers – Area and perimeter

Extra worksheet:Year-6-HL-Area-and-Perimeter

Alternative videos and answers for extra worksheets:Year-6-HL-Area-and-Perimeter-Parent-Guidance-and-Answers

Tuesday 23.6.20

Video

Worksheet:  Area of a triangle

Answers: Area of a triangle

Wednesday 24.6.20

Video

Worksheet: Area of a parallelogram

Answers: Area of a parallelogram

Thursday

Video

Worksheet: Volume of a cuboid

Answers:  Volume of a cuboid

Friday

As an alternative to Friday arithmetic I have given you a couple of options for doing some extra practice on perimeter, area and volume. You are NOT expected to do all of these sheets.

Extra practice (area and perimeter):

Year-6–Perimeter-Area-and-Volume- Pulling it all together

Year-6-Volume-of-a-Cuboid_ An investigation and a game

Don’t forget that BBC Bitesize also has a Friday challenge.

Bitesize Daily Book Club:

A Pocketful Of Stars by Aisha Bushby

LO: learn how to investigate a text, compare extracts and to write from a character’s perspective

Lesson link

To begin the week we have two days to focus on the wonderful language and playfulness with words used by Shakespeare.

Monday

Many of the words and phrases we use today were first used by Shakespeare. It is thought he made many of them up (or at least the first time that there is any record of them is to be found in his plays).

Watch these videos:

Horrible Histories Mastermind

Horrible Histories famous quotes

Here are some activities to complete: Shakespearean words and phrases

Tuesday

Today we are going to learn about a famous set of words from one of Shakespeare’s plays: Macbeth. The Witches’ Spell from Macbeth

Bitesize Daily Book Club:

Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

LO: to learn about giving your opinion and summarising information.

Lesson link