St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 6 Blog Friday 26th April 2024
Date: 25th Apr 2024 @ 4:22pm
A great week, well done Year 6.
Home Practice
Reading
Please read for up to 30 minutes every night, this will improve the speed at which you read and your understanding of the text. If you come across any new words that you don’t understand, ask an adult or look it up in the dictionary. Building up your vocabulary knowledge is really beneficial.
Spelling
Please practise these spellings (Y3/4 Word List) for your test on Friday A sheet will go home every Thursday/Friday with the spelling list on.
Spellings (26.04.24 – 03.05.24):
mention occasion
minute occasionally
natural often
naughty opposite
notice ordinary
Maths
Counting/Number Games
Have a go at this game!
Sumdog
You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog to complete by Friday 03.05.24.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.
Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
We have just recently received passwords for Times Table Rock Stars which is another great way to practise your times tables.
Follow this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Reminders
Cricket Festival Monday 29th April. Please have your PE kit in school!
Bank Holiday Monday 6th May.
Year 6 Sports Day Friday 21st June.
In English this week, we have mainly focused on grammar and reading comprehension. We are getting better at answering inference questions, with clear and detailed answers.
In Maths, we worked on ratio and proportion in lessons and revised roman numerals, factors, prime numbers, squared/cubed numbers and measurements.
In Science, we planned an investigation on how shadows change during the day.
In PE, we practised our tag rugby skills and played mini games, including hand ball.
In French, our new topic is food and drinks at the cafe. We learnt and named food items in french.
Year 6 Team.