Welcome to Year 6Home Learning

Wednesday 13th January 2021

Daily TimetableBefore 9am Wake up, eat breakfast &

get dressed

9.00am Reading Zoom Lesson

9:45am Maths Zoom Lesson

10:50am Break Time

11:15am Writing Zoom Lesson

12.30pm Lunch Time

1.30pm Independent Reading Time

1:45pm Zoom Joe Wicks Workout

2:15pm Inquiry Challenge

3:15pm Times Table Rockstars

Each day you will have three virtual lessons with your class teacher or PPA cover. You will be expected to log in to Zoom at the lesson start time. The link to the Zoom lessons will be in the email.

Your teacher will deliver the lesson input and then they will tell you which activities to complete independently. This will be included within this PDF each day.

Email: airballoonhillp@bristol-schools.uk if you have any questions about the home learning and we will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

Zoom Behaviour Expectations

We are really looking forward to welcoming you back to the new term, eventhough things are going to be a little different.

During the Zoom lessons, we still expect the same high levels of behaviourand learning that you demonstrate in class.

Your teacher will be teaching you at home, as well as children in the class,so it’s really important that you:

• Be ready with equipment (paper, pencil, pen) to participate in our Zoomlessons.

• Put your cameras on.• Look presentable! J• Stay quiet during the teaching input (there may be opportunities to askquestions but your teacher will tell you about these).

• Act in a way which reflects our three school rules: be safe, be kind, berespectful.

• Understand that there will be times when your teacher will have to muteyour microphone.

• Use your learning gems to be a really good learner.

Don’t worry if things go wrong – it might take a few days for us to getused to this new way of learning.

Wednesday 13th January 2021LO: To retrieve and record information from a text.

Reading 9:00 – 9:30

The numerator is divided by the integer (as that is the number of parts that we have) and the denominator stays the same.

13.01.21Chapter 3 Lesson 15LO: To be able to divide fractions by whole numbers

Remember KFC: keep it, flip it, change it.

1. Keep the first original fraction.

2. Flip it - Flip the whole number into its fraction.

3. Change it - change the division to a multiplication.

÷ 234

BUT…

1. Keep the first original fraction.

Remember KFC: keep it, flip it, change it.

÷ 234

34

Remember KFC: keep it, flip it, change it.

2. Flip it - Flip the whole number into its fraction.

÷ 234

÷34

12

Remember KFC: keep it, flip it, change it.

3. Change it - change the division to a multiplication.

÷ 234

x34

12

Remember KFC: keep it, flip it, change it.

Remember KFC: keep it, flip it, change it.

Remember KFC: keep it, flip it, change it.

a)

b)

c) I don't know the answer yet.

Remember KFC: keep it, flip it, change it.

235 ÷

310

35

Target Your Maths

Remember KFC: keep it, flip it, change it.

ANSWERS

Target your Maths

Answers

Deepening Activity: To be able to divide fractions by whole numbers

Deepening Activity: To be able to divide fractions by whole numbers

Reflection:

Explain the method you would use to solve the following calculation:

3÷23

Wednesday 13th January 2021LO: To write a flashback.

Writing

Today, we will create a flashback. We know very little about the man’s life other than what we can learn from his memories during the clip.

Today we will create a flashback about an element from his past.

What is a flashback? Show them resource 5a again- what is the trigger for the flashback (the piano music

evoking memories)? Remind the class that today they will describe one memory in great detail (the death of his comrade), but what other memories does the man have as he plays the piano? Write them down, refer to the notes from lesson two

if necessary.

Writing a flashback - key features to consider...

• A clear transition into the flashback • Accurate use of past tense • Variety of sentence openers

• Variety of sentence lengths and methods of sentence expansion

• Use of repetition for effect—in a variety of different ways (amplification)

• Detailed description of an event—use the five senses

• Suspense and tension—build up with short sentence length and emotive language.

• Ambitious vocabulary • Clear transition out of the flashback DON’T SAY had a flashback, went back in time, went back to

the past

Silent and alone, the man sat with shoulders hunched forward over the top of the keys of the piano. He stared down for a long time before lifting his fingers to play. Paper-thin skin covered his hands, delicately wrapping his blue veins and aging bones as he worked the ivory piano keys with the same grace and skill he’d used for many years. As he played, the memories of over 80 years of life spilled from his fingertips and welled in his pale, grey eyes. The khaki vest, which hung from his narrow shoulders, was beginning to show its age: thinning, gently fading and with slight signs of wear from the past—very much like the man himself. His fingertips gradually began to play the familiar tune that he had once played before he had been tainted by the memories of the war. As his fingers delicately touched the ivory keys, his feet pushed gently on the pedals and the melancholy music echoed from beneath the shiny black lid of the grand piano. He found his thoughts drifting back to a time when the prospect of death had been too close for comfort, so close he could almost feel the grip of the reaper himself.

He felt the icy wind against his cheeks and the frostbite in his toes, making them ache inside wet socks which smelled of damp. Despite this, the soldier knew he must run if he wanted to live. The bullets sounded so close now and he could make out shapes running out from the tree line up ahead—too close. Shouting across the explosions to his comrade, telling him to take cover, he watched as the man, his friend, rounded the corner of the wall with his rifle in the air. Without warning, a loud CRACK echoed through the air towards them and the man suddenly fell to the ground, his eyes wild with pain. The rifle fell heavily to his side, and he tried to call out but his voice was silenced by the gunfire and bullets around them. Immediately, the soldier realised the severity of the situation: the damp, ruby patch on his friend’s jacket began to grow larger by the second. His face drained of all colour, his body looked weak—like a wilting flower, and his breathing seemed far too shallow. The soldier called across but the man’s eyelids looked heavy and he could only respond by slightly twitching the tips of his fingers. It was this stillness which was the most concerning. He wasn’t writhing in pain; he was almost completely still. It was the eye of the storm when the quiet only heightened the sense of foreboding: the stillness meant there was turmoil to follow. The soldier knew in his gut that the other man’s wound was too serious to survive and he had to do something. Dropping to his knees, he took a deep breath to steady his nerves. As the battle raged on around them, the soldier crawled out from behind the wall, whispering promises and words of calm to his fallen friend. He could see the man was fading; he could hear the wheeze in his labouredbreaths. The soldier reached his friend and scooped the man into his arms, watching helplessly as the life slowly escaped his limp body. As a solitary tear rolled down his cheek, he wondered whether there would be somebody there to and hold his hand when the time came.

The change in the music woke him from his memory as his fingers subconsciously began to play something different, and he sighed deeply, remembering the ghosts of his past and the sadness in his life which had helped to shape him.

Flashback Support Sheet Openers to Try

• The sky was darkening, as was...

• Holding the soldier, he stared into his eyes that...

• As the flames burned brightly...

• Watching his chest rise and fall for the last time...

• Glancing back up, he...

• He watched as the scene around him played out in slow motion and...

Listening to the gunshots fire, he began to... Momentarily considering the danger, he...

Without thinking, he fell to his knees and crawled towards ... With a deep sigh, he closed his eyes and...

He felt that the time was almost upon him and...

Determined to leave the past behind...

He relived the memory one last time and...

Independent Reading

You have two choices:

1. Read a book of your choice for 30 minutes.

2. Log into Bug Club to read a book that has been allocated to you by your teacher.

Look out for the quizzes in each book using this symbol:

You will get a question something like this:

Make sure you answer carefully as your teacher will be checking your responses.

Step 1: Click this link: Lesson: What is the Theory of Evolution? | Teacher Hub | Oak National Academy (thenational.academy)

Step 2: Click on ‘View in classroom’

Step 3: Follow the instructions:-Press ‘start lesson’

-Watch the video

-Complete the quiz

-You have completed the lesson, press ‘exit lesson’ in the top right hand side.

Wednesday 13th January 2021LO: To explore the Theory of Evolution

Inquiry

Times Table Rockstars

Log on to Times Table Rockstars using your username and password.

Choose one of the single player games to master your times tables in a fun way!

If you feel confident, play against others on one of the multiplayer games to compete and win more coins!