Year 6 - Eagle

Welcome to Eagle Class!

Welcome to Eagle's class page. This will be somewhere for us to share useful information and important updates, as well as celebrating many of the things that we will do throughout the year.  As a general rule, if you need it, it will be on here. Having said that, if there is anything else that you would like to see on here, please let me know.

Miss Bowling

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Class Information

Class teacher: Miss Bowling

Other adults in Eagle Class: Mr Field and Miss Kidby

Contacting me

If you need to contact me, you can email me using: eagle@balliolschool.co.uk

School Uniform

We expect the children to be in full school uniform (when not wearing their PE kit.)  Please ensure that they have their ties with them and are also wearing plain black school shoes or plain black trainers.

PE - Monday and Tuesday

Children should come to school in their school PE kits on these days. They need to be warm enough for outdoor PE so are welcome to wear extra layers such as tracksuit bottoms, leggings, or jogging bottoms and hoodies or zip-up tops.

Homework

English and Maths homework will be given out weekly on a Friday.  We will discuss homework activities with the children and will also put details of these on the class pages.

Mobile Phones

If your child walks to or from school on their own and you would like them to have their mobile phone with them, that is fine.  However, it must be turned off when on the school site and kept in your child’s locker.  The mobile phone remains the responsibility of your child at all times.

Homework

Homework is a very important part of life in Y6 because it will help to support the learning you are doing in school.  We expect you all to complete your homework every week.  However, if you need any help, please make sure you ask us.  Just remember to do this before the day that your homework is due in!

Date set: Friday 11th June

Date due in / date to be completed: Friday 2nd July

Homework this half term will be a little different.  As you know, one of the things we are focussing on is helping you to become 'secondary ready.'  As a result, we would like you to take some time to do some revision.  This will help you to build your confidence in areas that we have already covered in school and will also help you to become more independent learners at home.

Revision means looking again at things that you have already learned.  Our advice would be to focus on things you know a little bit about, but need some more practice with.  If you pick things that are too easy, you won't really learn anything.  If you pick things that are too hard, you will find it really tricky.  There isn't anything that you HAVE to hand in, but if you would like to bring things in that you have been working on, we would love to see them.  As always, we are also happy to help you if you need it; you only have to ask.

We have listed some ideas of things you can do to help you revise in both English and Maths below.

English homework:

Reading - Read something that you want to read and enjoy reading as often as you can.

Read Theory - Practise your comprehension skills using https://readtheory.org/auth/login

PERFECT WEBSITE TO BUILD YOUR READING STAMINA FOR NEXT WEEK - https://authorfy.com/extracts/  This is the one we looked at and talked about in class.

Key Word Spellings - Your final key word spelling test is in Week 4, so get practising!  Remember the other online spelling resources that are further down this page.

Homework Book - Choose pages to work on that will help you.

Crystal Explorers - The Y6 revision game from BBC Bitesize.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkbkf4j/articles/zbm8scw

Maths homework:

Homework Book - Choose pages to work on that will help you.

5-A-Day - This website is a great way to practise a little bit every day.  https://corbettmathsprimary.com/5-a-day/  (If you want Y6 level questions, aim for Gold or Platinum level.)

Arithmetic Practice - https://myminimaths.co.uk/arithmetic-16-practice-questions/ allows you to click on different arithmetic question types.  You can watch a video to help you and also have a go at different examples of similar questions. 

CGP Online 10-Minute Tests - https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/resources/ks2-sats-online-10-minute-tests

Guardians of Mathematica - The KS2 Maths game from BBC Bitesize. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nb

Remember that you have your revision book to help you.  You can also use any of the other websites in the Maths section of our class page.

Reading in Year 6

In Year 6, we want you to LOVE reading and read books which you ENJOY reading and WANT to read.  We have lots of brilliant books in the classroom and there are also great books within the school which you can borrow.

Remember to record the books that you have read on your personal 'Reading Bookshelf' sheet, recommend books to others that you have really enjoyed and ask an adult to photocopy the spine of the book to add to our 'Reading Pile'.

Parents and carers: we encourage the children to bring books home; even those available in the classroom.  We do however ask the children to look after these books and return them once they have finished, as many of them have been bought specifically for the class.

This is perfect for practising your reading comprehension: https://readtheory.org/auth/login

What to read after...

This is a great website to help you find recommended reads.  You can put the name of books or authors you really like in the search bar and search for other books that you might like based on what you have already read.

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/our-recommendations/what-to-read-after/#!?q=tom%20gates&sortOption=MostRecent&pageNo=1

If your favourite author or set of books is on this map, follow the correct 'tube line' for suggestions of other books that you might like.

Spellings in Year 6

Whichever spellings you are working on, this website is really useful:  https://spellingframe.co.uk/

You can click on the year groups you want to.  Scroll down towards the bottom of the page to practise the words from our word lists.

Another useful website is: http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

You can click on the year groups you want to, then click on the books in the background to select different words.

Spellings

Below are the spellings that the children should know by the end of year 6.

Year 3/4 spellings:

Year 5/6 spellings:

Pobble

Well done to those of you who have had your work published this year on Pobble:

Letter to Shackleton - Jethro and Tahlia

Newspaper Report - Zenas and Lundevie

Non-chronological Report - Chelseamai, Ameeran, Rebecca, Albert and Tuwera

Alma Narrative - Bailey, Sunny, Amos and Jack

Beyond the Lines Narrative - William and Tobey

Descriptive writing about Pandora - Noah

If you have not been published yet, don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities throughout the year!

English

Here are some useful websites which may help you with your English revision:

Read Theory - This is perfect for practising your reading comprehension.

https://readtheory.org/auth/login

Trapped (Nouns and Adjectives) - Can you escape from the forbidden chamber?

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?e=spelling-grammar01

Trapped (Punctuation) -  Three punctuation games where you need to punctuate paragraphs and sentences to gain the Key of Freedom to escape from the tower. Are you up for the challenge?

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?e=spelling-grammar05

Prefixes and Suffixes - A game where you need to choose prefixes and suffixes to make new words.  http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4762

Antonym Splat - Can you find all of the antonyms (opposites) in this game?

https://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/2011-12/english/reading-games/antonym-splat/index.html

BBC Bitesize - A great website.  Choose an area to look at; there are videos, explanations and short quizzes to help you.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f

Maths

Here are some useful websites which the children can use at home to help them with their Maths:

These are some great website that children can use to practice their times tables!

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/17733

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

My Maths - This is not just for homework! You can log on and access lots of lessons and activities as well as games. The lessons are particularly useful as they explain what you need to do and give you examples to try.

https://www.mymaths.co.uk/

Corbett Maths Primary - A fantastic website. Many of the resources can be printed, but could also be looked at on screen with practise being done on paper.

5-a-day: 5 questions to practise every day at different levels. Perfect for practising those important, basic skills as well as other areas of Year 6 Maths.

Videos: Videos to explain how to tackle different skills, followed by questions to answer.

Worksheets: These link to the videos mentioned above.

Quizzes: Link to Kahoot quizzes.

https://corbettmathsprimary.com/

My Mini Maths - This is a really useful website which can be used every day, or can be used to focus on areas which you would like to practise more. Many areas include videos to watch and there are always questions to have a go at answering.

https://myminimaths.co.uk/year-6-mini-maths/

This part of My Mini Maths is particularly helpful when you are revising for the Arithmetic paper.  You can select the types of questions you find tricky, watch a video to help you, then try lots of examples of that type of question:  https://myminimaths.co.uk/arithmetic-16-practice-questions/

IXL - A fantastic website.  You can pick an area to work on, look at examples or explanations and also answer some example questions. To use the website for free, you are limited to a certain number of questions, but it's definitely worth looking at every now and then.

https://uk.ixl.com/math/year-6

BBC Bitesize - A great website.  Again, you can choose an area to look at. There are videos, explanations and short quizzes to help you.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39

Topmarks - You can search for games that link to specific areas of Maths. Look out for the age range underneath all games; it will give you a good idea of how useful it is.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

Maths Is Fun - This site is really good at explaining things and gives you practice questions at the bottom of each page.

https://www.mathsisfun.com/

Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica - A fun Maths revision game!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nb 

Online Maths Dictionary - http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/dictionary.html

Polar Explorer Day

We had a Polar Explorer (Simon) visit us this term, who talked to us all about what it is like in the Arctic and Antarctica. We found out some interesting facts and took part in some activities.

We loved it! See below for some fun photos of two of us in the polar regions!