Year 6 Home Learning Week 11Dear Year 6

Going into week 11 of isolation, we hope that you all well and working as hard as you can. Please note that we are all thinking about you and want you to stay safe and to keep learning. We have very much enjoyed hearing from the children via email and seeing all of the wonderful pictures of their hard work that they have been doing at home either independently or with family. Here are some fun activities that we think will keep you going through next week. Parents please feel free to email year6@goddardpark.co.uk if you need any assistance in supporting your children’s learning at home.

We miss you all very much.

Take care.Team 6

Year 6 Home learning Activities. Don’t forget to practice your times tables in your books as well. Which table are you working on? 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12.Try to read for 10 minutes every day and record it in your reading book. You can use your revision books or the BBC Bitesize (link below) has lots of fun games for revision

1. I am an author (Writing)What is a limerick?Limericks follow a pattern. In a limerick the first, second and fifth lines have the same rhythm and rhyme. The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other too.Watch the video below that explains more about a limerick.https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39/articles/zw3yw6f

Here are some short poems that contain limericks. Can you write down the limericks in each of the short poems?

1. There once was a man from Peru.Who dreamed he was eating his shoe.

He woke up at night.With a terrible fright.

To find out his dream had come true!

2. Our school trip was a special occasion.But we never reacher our destination.

Instead of the zoo.I was locked in the loo.

of the toilet at the service station!

3. An elderly man called Keith.Mislaid his set of false teeth.They'd been laid on a chair.He'd forgot they were there.

Sat down, and was bitten beneath.

4. When I'm old and mankey.I'll never use a hanky.

I'll wee on plants.and soil my pants!

5. All doggies go to heaven - or so I've been told. They run and play along the streets of Gold.

Why is heaven such a doggie-delight? Why, because there's not a single cat in sight!

6. That's not my age; it's just not true.My heart is young; the time just flew.I'm staring at this strange old face,And someone else is in my place!

7. I am a dog.And you are a flower.

I lift my leg up.And give you a shower!

Challenge: can you now create your own short funny poems that include limericks? Share them with your family, can you make them laugh?

2. I am a mathematician. – Can you answer the challenge questions below?We have used White Rose Maths to create a series of challenges to test your problem-solving skills. Each one gets a bit more difficult, so see how many you and your family can do together!

The answers are below. Remember, no peeking!

3. I am an author (Reading)Complete the reading comprehension below.Home learning focusUsing the novel Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief you will learn how to get information from a text and summarise it.

This lesson includes:

two videos of TV presenter and actor Stephen Fry reading extracts from the book

three activities

Percy Jackson And The Lightning ThiefPercy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is written in the first person and is narrated by Percy Jackson, a twelve-year-old boy diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD. While on a school trip to a museum, strange things begin to happen, and Percy learns that he is a demigod – the son of a human and a Greek god.Watch actor and TV presenter Stephen Fry read an extract from Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief.

Follow the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkmkd6f

If you have no access to the internet, then here is the video transcript for you to read.

Video TranscriptLook, I didn’t want to be a half-blood. If you’re reading this now because you think you might be one, my advice is: stop listening right now.

Believe whatever lie your mom or dad told you about your birth, and try to lead a normal life.

Being a half-blood is dangerous. It’s scary. Most of the time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways.

If you’re a normal kid, reading this because you think it’s fiction, great. Read on. I envy you for being able to believe that none of this ever happened.

But if you recognize yourself in these pages – if you feel something stirring inside – stop reading immediately. You might be one of us. And once you know that, it’s only a matter of time before they sense it too, and they’ll come for you.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

My name is Percy Jackson. I’m twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York.

Am I a troubled kid? Yeah. You could say that.

Think about the following:

What do you notice about this style of writing?

What impression do you have of Percy so far?

What do you think about this as an opening for a book?

Now watch Stephen read another extract from Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief and think about the following:

What do you notice about the language in this extract?

What happens to Percy’s pen?

Do you think Percy feels confident?

Do you think Percy was responsible for what happens?

Follow the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkmkd6f

If you have no access to the internet, then here is the video transcript for you to read.

Video TranscriptMrs Dodds lunged at me.

With a yelp, I dodged and felt talons slash the air next to my ear. I snatched the ballpoint pen out of the air, but when it hit my hand, it wasn’t a pen any more. It was a sword – Mr Brunner’s bronze sword, which he always used on tournament day.

Mrs Dodds spun towards me with a murderous look in her eyes.

My knees were jelly. My hands were shaking so bad I almost dropped the sword.

She snarled, ‘Die, honey!’

And she flew straight at me. Absolute terror ran through my body. I did the only thing that came naturally: I swung the sword. The metal blade hit her shoulder and passed clean through her body as if she were made of water.

Hisss! Mrs Dodds was a sand castle in a power fan. She exploded into yellow powder, vaporized on the spot, leaving nothing but the smell of sulphur and a dying screech and a chill of evil in the air, as if those two glowing red eyes were still watching me.

I was alone.

There was a ballpoint pen in my hand. Mr Brunner wasn’t there. Nobody was there but me.

PractiseYou may need paper and a pen or pencil for some of these activities.

Activity 1

1. Read the first extract. What do you learn about Percy from this extract?

If you were asked to tell another reader three things about Percy, what would they be?

Would you choose straight-forward points that you have found from the text, for example the name of his school. Or will you read between the lines to find out about his personality or discover what his attitudes are?

2. List your ‘Top 3 things about Percy Jackson'.

Activity 21. Return to the beginning of extract 2 and summarise what is happening in the text.

2. Try to write eight different phrases or clauses to summarise the plot.

3. Challenge yourself by using a maximum of six words for each phrase or clause.

4. You can choose where in this extract to pause and write a summary.

Here are a few examples to start you off:

Dodds lunges

watch the talons

is my ear ok?

Activity 3

1. Read both extracts again.

What is your opinion on the writer, Rick Riordan's, style of writing?

2. Using both extracts, write a paragraph that explains Rick Riordan’s style of writing.

Think about the following points:

these extracts are written in a different style to each other

the first extract is the opening of the book and is written in the first person

the second extract is also written in the first person but is describing an action scene

Top tip!

Try to refer to both extracts in your explanation.

You might like to organise your paragraph into two sections to contrast the two extracts.

In extract one ........................................................................

In extract two ........................................................................4.PSHE –

5. PE:

PE with Joe Wicks on Youtube

This week why not try out some Yoga.

Follow the activities below.

Other activities for the children to participate in if you are able too:

Wildlife with Steve Backshall on Facebook.Everyday at 09.30am for answering all your wildlife, biology, conservation, geography and exploration questions.

Science with Maddie Moate on Youtube.Weekdays 11am. Maddie and Gregg char about science and nature.

Dance with Oti Mabuse on Facebook.Everyday at 11.30 am but children can view the class at any time.

Maths with Carol Voderman.Free access to her maths website: www.themathsfactor.com

Storytime with David Walliams.Free story every day at 11am on his website: www.worldofdavidwalliams.com

BBCBITESIZE have some wonderful activities for the children to complete. Take a look.https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zncsscw/year-6-lessons/1