Class 6
Thursday 30th April
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Good Morning... it's the last day of April and - by my reckoning - we've only had two days that could be thought of that contained showers... Now I don't know if this is good, or bad, but it is...
When I used to be a lumberjack, I cut down exactly 2,417 trees!
I know that exact number because every time I cut one down, I kept a log.
Haha!
Reading: The usual 30 minutes today. Can I ask you please (pretty please) to look at how your book is written, look at the layout and the paragraphs.
English: Thank you for your lovely writing. There are some fantastic story-lines and they are ALL different, which will make this so much fun! That said, here is my marking: some (most) of you appear to have forgotten about paragraphs and layout. NEW SPEECH, NEW LINE... remember that? The request was for one chapter, not one paragraph. Some of you, who handed in early, got their work back to look at again and added more; some came in later and so sneaked through. What I have decided to do, is swap them over with someone who did a similar amount of work. Note - some people wrote two pages.
Today, the first thing I would like you to do is read through, check and edit the work that you have received. Please do this WITH your partner - as much as is possible. Don't change their story, but you can improve parts by adding descriptive language, PUNCTUATION, correcting spellings, etc.
Next, I'd like you to write the next CHAPTER (not paragraph). You have ALL weekend to do this, so don't rush. If you could email them to me over the weekend, by Sunday evening, that would be ace.
Note - please don't change the colour, or the font. I am also removing names. My aim is that we end up with 10 - or more - stories, which I will hopefully put together and send out.
I promise to read one of them out and record it, then post that.
At the moment, I am still waiting for some to come back, so I'll send them out to you when I have them. I hope this is a fun activity. Feedback would be great.
Maths: Paper 3 today everyone. Then I will send the answer booklet out. Remember, if you get to one that you can't do, move on and come back IF you have time. 40 minutes again. Good luck.
Exercise: The usual - Joe Wicks for those of you who are keeping up with it, or your own family version, if you have moved on, but please do some exercise.
Comprehension answers: 1: The first person 2a: hunger, cold, tiredness 2b: He reaches an inn that meets all his needs 3: Both offer shelter, an observation platform, a contrast to the night outdoors 4: The owl sounds sad, which makes the speaker sound sad in sympathy 5a: 'melancholy' 5b: sad and gloomy 6: He thinks about all homeless people, sleeping rough, especially soldiers and the poor 7: The owl 8: Rhetorical 9a: eg. a hollow tree sounds like heaven 9b: eg. the moon puffs out my feathers 10: Cold: owl's feathers puffed out; clear night encourages frost and makes things 'twinkle' 11: It is made up of four-line verses (quatrains), with regular metre or ABCB pattern 12: That owls are wise
Speed Tables: Speed Tables 12a.xlsx Speed Tables Left 12a.xlsx
Topic: There are rumours in the news that only certain year groups may go back first. Year 6 is one of those that keeps getting mentioned. IF the government decided to bring back half of the school, they would need to socially distance (2m apart). How could we use our school safely? You can either draw this on your school plan, or think about ways and write them down. Again, you have all weekend for this... have a good mull.
I was interrogated over the theft of a cheese toastie. Man, they really grilled me!
Here are some photos...
Leavers' Questionnaire
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Here is the Leavers' Questionnaire - some of you have been struggling to find it.
Thanks
Wednesday 29th April
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Hello all, on this damp and dreary Wednesday!
What do you call a factory that sells passable products?
A satisfactory.
Here's how Georgie plans...
It feels early... Paddy has been building computers for the past year or so. At 3am when I couldn't sleep, I realised I could hear a fan from somewhere and, because I'm on Biscuit duty, I'm in the spare room and directly underneath Paddy's eyrie. Clearly there are all manner of super-computers in there, to go with his 3D printer, soldering iron and whatever other tools of destruction he owns. He's turning into Gru from Despicable Me. Anyway, Biscuit didn't keep me awake, Paddy did, but it was Biscuit that woke me up, playing with the cable from my phone... and here I am.
Thank you to those of you who have been in contact. I have heard from 23 of you this week, so tomorrow - at the moment - I only have nine phone calls to make. Unfortunately it does seem to be mostly the same people who are desperate to stay off the map.
Thanks also to those of you who have reached out to tell me who you are working with on your writing. Here are some:
and seven other pairs.
So, your writing task for today, is to produce the opening chapter of your story. Don't spend more than an hour on this. Together - with one person writing on Word - I need you to set the scene. Come up with a good opening, something to hook the reader in. I need a description, or explanation, of where the story is set and the main characters need introducing. A little humour could be good. I'd like you to end the chapter by explaining WHERE the main character(s) are about to go, or WHAT they are about to do. Go no further.
At the end of today, please can you send me your opening chapter - with a title - and the names of the authors. Then, before tomorrow's blog, I will be sending these stories to a different pairing, to continue... Exciting, eh?
Reading: more important than ever today, as it could/should give you ideas for your story. All authors magpie/steal things from others. 30 minutes please.
PE/Exercise: I was working out how much I do each day. I don't do Joe Wick, but I have my own routine and it takes about 40 minutes each morning, then I have a walk for an hour each afternoon. Please make sure you all get some daily exercise; it is more important than ever at the moment. I know some of you (cough, cough, Rogan) don't like Joe Wicks - that's cool - but there are millions of other enthusiastic people on Youtube offering alternatives. There are also tons of apps for your phone; that's what I use. Pretty soon, we will all be doing Race For Life - Mrs Barker will be giving us more details in the next week or so. So maybe now's the time to start jogging?
Maths: Maths SAT Paper 2 - It's a 40 minute paper. 23 questions. You will need a ruler. Good luck - answers tomorrow.
Comprehension: Two Owls from the Schofield and Sims book.
Topic: Going away from the school topic for today, I would like you to do the Geography from BBC Bitesize. It goes back over what we have been doing this year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4dxt39
The World.
That's it - apart from Chess (Can you keep up with Lyela?) and those of us doing the daily Duolingo.
I'm only familiar with 25 letters from the alphabet... I don't know why...
So, here's the photo gallery and work for today:
Guy made dinner last night!
looks good...
Look at/through Shenice's cool desk!
the bahamas - powerpoint .pptx Oli's Bahamas Topic
And finally... what WOULD we do without a photo of Calcutt on a different swing in the Holme Valley?
Maybe this is a new topic? Photos of you all on different swings... GO!
Pie Chart
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Sorry everyone - this needs colour, doesn't it?
Thank you to Lyela for spotting the obvious error - don't know what the rest of you were doing?
Tuesday 28th April
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Good Morning year 6,
Back to the vets with Mr Biscuit this morning (6th time!); this time they are giving him a CT scan, so he's very happy that he's not eaten since last night and I've slept with him in the spare room again (which he has now decided is HIS bedroom). It's turning into a saga; we are starting to wonder whether he is putting the limp on to get attention...
Anyway, what did the buffalo say, when he dropped his little boy off at school?
Bison.
Thank you - I heard from 14 of you yesterday... 18 to go this week.
Here's another example of good planning, in the Cooper household:
Pretty good, eh? Let me know how YOU plan...
Reading: The usual 30 minutes - by all means more, if you are enjoying it.
PE: Joe Wicks OBE at 9am and a family walk, if you get chance. We have two, or three regular circular walks now and always go between 1 and half past for an hour. We tend to see the same faces each day, which is nice. We have a lot of new friends that we say hello to now. If you go on a regular walk that you recommend, let us know and I'll put it on here. We walk around Oldfield and down around the village and back via the path from Miry Lane (sometimes on Moor Lane). It's lovely in the sunshine.
English: I'd like to try something... I'd like you to get in touch with a classmate (via email, facetime, ZOOM, WhatsApp, or whatever you use - maybe the phone?) and plan the first chapter of a story together. You will need to come up with a hook for the opening, a location, one or two interesting characters and some interesting words and phrases. Today is planning ONLY, no writing. Tomorrow, you will begin writing. My aim is that you send me the word file (it will need to be Word, sorry), then I will pass it on to another pair, to continue the story. So, to repeat your task for today: find a partner and discuss. Arrange to speak tomorrow for the writing stage and decide who will type. Then email me and let me know who you are doing it with. You will need to come up with a title also to put on the email. Thanks - this could be interesting.
Maths: Congratulations, today you have reached the final maths task: Statistics - Challenges. My original plan after this was to ask you all which topics you wanted more input on, then I was going to re-visit things before the SATs... You never know what is around the corner, do you? Don't worry, I have plenty of things we can look at; you won't get bored.
Languages: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjx3cdm/resources/1 There are 4 clips here, to do with French numbers. Watch all four and write down French numbers, as high as you can.
Topic: Some of you really got into this yesterday -
Today, I want you to look at your plans and have a rethink. If we took everything (desks, chairs, books, etc) out of the classrooms and started again, would there be a better layout for the school? Does Miss Kelly have to use that room? Could the Booster Room be something else? Mrs Matthews has 35 children in her little room, could she be somewhere else? Let your imagination run away with you. And also, feel free to knock a wall down, if it will help.
GPS: Try this lesson from BBC Bitesize to refresh your knowledge on commas, brackets and dashes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrdyvk7
What's the loudest pet you can get?
A trumpet.
Here are some photos; have a lovely day.
Mr C
Caitie baked bread.
Guy and his sister having a well-earned break.
SPLASH! (Just kidding) Here's Calcutt's work on Wyclef - very cool.
Lyela is a level Queen 4! Anyone else so high? Amazing
Here are some pieces of work to look through:
My Dad in Lockdown Caitie.docx
Finally, look what Martha has been up to:
How cute!
