Year 6 2020 -2021
Mr Edwards
Miss Mans
Welcome to year 6!
Welcome to a new and exciting school year for the Year 6 students - their final year at St. Ambrose.
We've got lots of enjoyable learning to do this year. This page will be updated throughout the year with key information as well as celebrating the learning and achievements of your child's journey in year 6.
Please click here to see what your child will be learning this year.
Half term home learning - due November 3rd 2020
Individual Remote Learning.
If your child is self-isolating or waiting for test results, there is an indivdual timetable of remote learning in the files below to be completed. You will also find the maths lessons to be completed. Literacy will be completed on Purple Mash Serial and on the timetable there is an additional activity.
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Timetable for remote learning for individual children. |
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English |
Maths |
Other Subject |
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1 |
Purple Mash – Serial Mash The Haunting of Rose Cottage Chapter 1 Multiple choice and SPaG |
Revisiting numbers to ten million |
Food waste project |
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2 |
Purple Mash – Serial Mash The Haunting of Rose Cottage Chapter 2 Open ended and SPaG |
Compare and order any number |
Food waste project |
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3 |
Purple Mash – Serial Mash The Haunting of Rose Cottage Chapter 3 Multiple choice, open ended and SPaG |
Round any number |
Food waste project |
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4 |
Purple Mash – Serial Mash The Haunting of Rose Cottage Chapter 4 Open ended and SPaG |
Add whole numbers with more than 4 digits |
RE - research someone who has shown a lot of commitment during the pandemic e.g. Sir Tom Moore, Marcus Rashford, Joe Wicks. What have they done to live out their vocation to help others? What can you learn from their dedication? |
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5 |
Purple Mash – Serial Mash The Haunting of Rose Cottage Chapter 5 Open ended and SPaG |
Subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits
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Purple Mash ToDos |
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6 |
Purple Mash – Serial Mash The Haunting of Rose Cottage Chapter 6 Multiple choice, open ended and SPaG |
Multi-step addition and subtraction problems |
History - research another Mayan archeological site and create a flyer advertising it to tourists. Include: history, mapwork, what to bring, why you should go. |
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7 |
Purple Mash – Serial Mash The Haunting of Rose Cottage Chapters 1 - 6 Book review |
Multiply 4-digits by 1-digit |
Purple Mash 2Dos |
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8 |
Purple Mash – Serial Mash The Haunting of Rose Cottage Chapters 1 - 6 Comprehension questions |
Multiply up to a 4-digit number by a 2-digit number |
Purple Mash ToDos |
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9 |
Purple Mash – Serial Mash The Haunting of Rose Cottage Chapters 1 - 6 Alternative ending (plan) |
Divide 4-digits by 1-digit |
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10 |
Purple Mash - Serial Mash
The Haunting of Rose Cottage Chapters 1 - 6 Alternative ending (write) |
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Purple Mash 2Dos |
Important Dates
Monday 10th May - Thursday 13th May - SATs week
Monday 18th May - Wednesday 20th May - Ghyll Head trip
Meet the Teachers Meeting
This will be held virtually this year. Here you can view the Powerpoint Presentation.
SATs Meeting
This will also be held virtually and the presentation will be sent to parents in the Autumn term.
Spellings
In Year 6 you are expected to know all the spellings for Key Stage 2 (Y3-6). These can be found below.
Weekly spellings will be sent home every Thursday and will be tested the following Tuesday. Please practise daily with your child.
Share in Our Learning
Please find a copy of the Share in Our Learning letter for Autumn 2.
Websites
Here are some websites that will be useful for your child throughout their learning each half term.
- https://mybookblog.org/plogin/st-ambrose-rc-primar/ - My Book Blog (all children have their passwords in their reading records)
- https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stambrosem21
- www.satspapers.org
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/ - Maths, English, Science
- https://classroom.thenational.academy/year-groups/year-6 - Online learning for Maths, English and Foundation subjects
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zq6svcw - Mayans
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
Books
Here are some texts that will be linked to our topics this year:
- Beowulf, Kensuke's Kingdom and Why the whales came by Michael Morpurgo
- 'Wonder' by R J Palacio
- The Highway man by Alfred Noyes
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
- The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Draywalt
More recommended books for year 6 age can be found at https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks2-school-pupils/suggested-reading-list-for-year-6-pupils-ks2-age-10-11/
Files to Download
Year 6: News items
Newsletter - 20th November 2020, by Mrs Maguire
Newsletter 13th November 2020, by Mrs Maguire
Covid-19 Study, by Mrs Maguire