Year 6 - Eagle

All home learning for Year 6 can be accessed through the Year 6 team on Microsoft Teams. 

If you have any problems or questions about this, please email me using eagle@balliolschool.co.uk.  If your email is urgent, please email Mrs Dimbleby using hawk@balliolschool.co.uk as she will be monitoring emails throughout the school day.

Y6 in Lockdown

Other activities to help with your learning or give you a break

These are things that we have found that might help you with your learning, or might help give you a break when you need one.  We will add more things as we find them.

TV to help your learning:

CBBC have 3 hours of programmes aimed at primary school children every morning.  This is not to replace your home learning from school, but could be really helpful if you need a break, if there is a problem with Teams or if your internet is causing problems.  These can all be watched on the CBBC channel and will also be available on iPlayer for catch up.  Here is this week's schedule:  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround  A great place to go if you want to learn more about what is going on in the news and around the world.

Reading activities:

• Virtual School Library - https://library.thenational.academy/  Every week a popular children's author or illustrator will provide you with free books, exclusive videos and their top three recommended reads.
• Extracts of books read by their authors - https://www.booksfortopics.com/storytime-online-9-11  If you are not sure what to read next, this may really help.  Use the QR codes to find free extracts of some amazing books read by the authors themselves.  
• Elle McNicoll is running creative writing workshops:  https://www.youtube.com/user/Katsa55   These will run on MONDAYS & FRIDAYS from Friday January 8^th to Monday March 1^st.  It is completely free and is designed for children your age.  For those of you who like writing, and loved A Kind Of Spark, this could be amazing!
• Piers Torday is reading his book 'The Dark Wild' - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNp3i6PF4xE_Tqphq4g2tqA   Here is a bit about the book:

A thrilling animal adventure for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Katherine Rundell
Twelve-year-old Kester thought he had discovered the last wild animals in the land. He thought his adventure was over. He was wrong.
Below the sparkling city of Premium, deep underground, a dark wild remains: animals who believe the time is right to rise up against their human enemies.  And soon Kester realises: he is the only one who can stop them.
Kester Jaynes saved the animals. Can he save the humans too?

• Cressida Cowell - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe01xn13M8q2dsIw0mvW9lg  Cressida Cowell’s YouTube page is amazing.  You can find lots on here, including videos of her reading the whole of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ as well as the ‘Wizards of Once.’

Fun Science:

• Dr Chris & Dr Xand (from Operation Ouch) are doing daily live videos which can be watch on YouTube afterwards at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi2XxI7dnARcx4bm9JcInHg/featured  The first two videos are called 'Lungs Live' and 'Digestion (Poo) Live' !
• Let's Go Live with Maddie & Greg is a live family Science show on YouTube focussing on science, engineering and fun.  It is currently on three times a week, but all videos can be accessed on their YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/maddiemoate.  These look lots of fun and everything can be done at home.

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

Please remember your e-safety rules before clicking on any of the internet links on this page. For more information on how to stay safe, visit the e-safety page.

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 - Tuesday & Wednesday

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.

What we are learning this term

We have created an overview to show you the main areas of learning we will focus on during the Autumn Term.  Please see the document below.

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 December               

Date due in / date to be completed: Various

If you are doing homework that needs handing in, you are welcome to hand it in as soon as it is done, you do not need to wait until the Friday.  Please bring it to school and put it in the homework box.

English homework over Christmas:

Reading - Read, read, read!  Read for pleasure, or have a go on Read Theory; just read!

                You may be interested to know that there are currently 6 issues of The Beano available to read online or download 

                for free.  These can be found here: https://www.beano.com/posts/the-golden-beano-worth-its-weight-in-lols? 

Spellings - 

Maths homework over Christmas:

During the second week back in January, you will be tested on your times tables. You know which ones you need to work on because you were given your sheets back after the test. If you have passed your Platinum Award, get practising on TTRockStars!!

If you would like to keep your other Maths skills up, this is a great website as you can do a small amount of daily practice: https://corbettmathsprimary.com/5-a-day/

Mock SATs papers:

Please make sure you show your parents / carers your mock SATs papers and the letter we have written

to them.  When you have done this, please bring the papers back to school in the plastic wallet that we gave you for them.  Parents, if you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

Microsoft Teams:

We will continue to set a quick, simple activity each week which will help us all learn how to use Teams.  If you have any problems or questions, please email me using eagle@balliolschool.co.uk

This week's activity is due in by Thursday 17th December.

The activity this week: Things that make you smile. 

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

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!