Week Beginning 20th April 2009

Hi everyone and welcome to the Summer Term.

We have a very busy term ahead but we still have lots to look forward to. This half term is five weeks long and on our fourth week it is the SATs tests. The year 5s will also be completing their tests this week, the week beginning the 11th May.

All booster and tuition sessions will resume as from Monday 20th April.

Our Year 6's have been working really hard in preparation for their tests both at school and at home and we really appreciate your support in preparing the children.Here are some websites that may help you with your preparation.http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm SATs questions, you can choose which subject you want to look at.http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/index.shtml our old favourite bbc revisewise.http://www.yourschoolsite.co.uk/tests/Introduction.html SATS question quiz.http://www.buzzin.net/revision_tips/revtips.htm revision tips.http://www.st-josephs-pickering.n-yorks.sch.uk/past_test_papers.htm download SATs papers.http://www.samlearning.co.uk/primary/index.html revision exercises and SATs questions.http://www.teachingtreasures.com.au/maths/year_6_maths_true_or_false.htm maths true or false quiz.http://www.counton.org/games/mathonaire/ who wants to be a mathonaire.http://www.subtangent.com/maths/games.php lots of maths games to help you revise, I love the Weakest Link.http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/engindex.html reading comprehension practise.http://www.channel4learning.net/sites/essentials/science/index.shtml choose a science area to revise.http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/millionscience.html who wants to be a Science Millionaire

Curriculum:

Year 6 Numeracy:

Year 6s will be continuing with their revision programme this week they will be consolidating knowledge gained throughout this year and will be focusing on :

* Reviewing conversions looking at grams/kilograms, cm/m etc.

* Reviewing capacity, weight and length.

* Area and Perimeter of shapes

* Measuring and creating angles within triangles.

Have a look at the following websites to help revise these areas:

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html

http://www.lgfl.net/dbmaterial/web/learning%20objects/ls/Year%206%20Angles%20QCA%202243/home/?verb=view

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/year6/angles/game.asp

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/angleshapes.html

http://www.mystery-productions.info/hyper/Hypermedia_2003/Jobling/htt.swf

http://www.toonuniversity.com/6m_angle_d.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/keyskills/flash/kfa/kfa.shtml

http://www.ictgames.com/weight.html

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/measures/index.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/measuring/distance/

Year 5 Numeracy:

This week we will be looking at:

calculating angles on a straight line rehearsing the relationship between degrees and right angles.
Identifying, estimating and ordering acute, obtuse and reflex angles.

try some of the websites above to help to practice measuring and identifying angles. We are also continuing with our weekly multiplication and division facts tests so keep practicing!

Literacy:

Year 6- This week we will be focusing on how to write an effective and persuasive argument. We will be imagining that all Children's T.V is about to be cancelled! Children will be planning their own response trying to put forward their own arguments and then finally drafting a letter. We will also be reviewing the features of persuasive texts. Children also have the features of other non-fiction texts within their revision books. These are especially important to know before our writing test in May.


Year 5-Will be finishing off Writing to Persuade, children will be having a debate about whether school uniform should be replaced and sharing views for and against. By the end of the week children will have written a persuasive letter to Mr Barker outlining their reasons for or against.

Science:

Year 6 will be reviewing the following areas:

Light:

Children must know about the path of light into our eyes.

The scientific terms Opaque, Translucent, Transparent.

How a shadow is formed.

Sound:

How sound is produced.

The terms Vibration and Pitch.

The Earth and Beyond:

How we come to have day and night.

Key times and orbits of the Earth, Sun and Moon

Forces acting upon the Earth.

How seasons occur.

Year 5:
Will be continuing with their new area of 'Forces in Action' This week children will review that pushes and pulls are examples of forces, that forces are needed to start things and to change their speed and/ or direction, that friction, including air resistance is a measure of force.

R.E
We are starting our new theme of Good News. We will be recognising some of the effects of good news and reflecting on how good news can bring joy and happiness. Children will be working within their co-operative learning groups to explore and investigate good news given at home, in class, our neighbourhood and our country.



That is all for this week.



Year 5/6 Team.