Homework for Friday 18th December

Science: Sheet
Literacy: Sherston Online Literacy Bank 5, Activities 50, 51, 52, 53 & 54.
Numeracy: Sherston Online Numeracy Bank 6, Activities 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25.
Art/D.T: If you don't finish it during school on Tuesday, you will have to finish your cushion at home.
PLEASE KEEP BRINGING IN PLASTIC BAGS TO FILL THE CUSHIONS!

12 Days of Christmas

Homework for Friday 11th December 2009

Literacy: Sherston Online Literacy Bank 5, Activities 45, 46, 47, 48 & 49.
Numeracy: Sherston Online Numeracy Bank 6, Activities 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20.
Learn the Words for "Goliath's Threat".
Bring in some plastic bags for the inside of your cushions.

Homework for Friday 4th December

Spellings:
Australia Group:eventually, personally, enthusiastically, accidentally, carefully, deliberately, unhappily, fortunately, worriedly & gradually.
Brazil Group: angrily, properly, bravely, wildly, carefully, clearly, happily, wickedly, exactly & loudly.
Canada Group: kind, kindly, week, weekly, like, likely, really, year, yearly & nearly.
Literacy: Sherston Online Literacy Bank 5, Activities 40, 41, 42, 43 & 44.
Numeracy: Sherston Online Numeracy Bank 6, Activities 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15.
Topic: Sheet
Reading: Read at least 3 times at home and get your reading record signed.
Ask Bharat a question about his holiday to India

Ask Bharat a Question

On Wednesday Bharat is going on holiday to India for 1 month. Try to think of an interesting question to ask him about his trip. I will post your questions here and Bharat will try and answer them!!

Homework for Friday 27th November

Spellings:
Australia Group: contented, cheerful, delighted, overjoyed, offended, annoyed, irritated, outraged, depressed & troubled.
Brazil Group: happy, cheerful, lively, pleased, angry, annoyed, furious, gloomy, heartbroken & unhappy .
Canada Group: happy, jolly, merry, glad, angry, mad, cross, bitter, sad & unhappy.
Literacy: Sheet
Numeracy: Sherston Online Numeracy Bank 6, Activities 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10.
Science: Answer these questions about camels. Present your answers with a picture of a camel. You can do this on the computer if you wish. 1 - Why do camels have long eyelashes? 2 - Why does a camel have nostrils which can close? 3 - What is stored inside a camel's hump? Why? 4 - Why are camels feet wide? 5 - Why are camel's ears covered with hair?
Reading: Read at least 3 times at home and get your reading record signed.
On November 23rd 1945, rationing ended for most foods in which country? Send me the answer as a comment and win 2 house points!

School Closed

There will be no school on Tuesday November 17th, because of the bad weather. If you see this before you set off for school, please tell anybody else in the class who you are in contact with.
See you tomorrow!
Tuesday 17th November 8pm: As far as I know, school will be open tomorrow (Wednesday). I will let you know if anything changes. See you all in the morning!

Homework for Friday, November 20th

Spellings:
Australia Group: contented, cheerful, delighted, overjoyed, offended, annoyed, irritated, outraged, depressed & troubled.
Brazil Group: happy, cheerful, lively, pleased, angry, annoyed, furious, gloomy, heartbroken & unhappy .
Canada Group: happy, jolly, merry, glad, angry, mad, cross, bitter, sad & unhappy.
Literacy: Sherston Online Literacy Bank 5, Activities 22, 24 & 25.
Numeracy: Sherston Online Numeracy Bank 6, Activities 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5.
Reading: Read at least 3 times at home and get your reading record signed.
To win a house point - send me a comment to tell me what a synonym is.
Well done to Carla, Fabio, Alina, Jing and Julia who sent me the correct answer to win a house point!

Homework for Friday 13th November 2009

Spellings:
Australia Group: autograph, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, automatic, automatically, autopilot, automobile, autopsy & circumstances.
Brazil Group: auto, graph, autograph, biography, autobiography, automatic, pilot, autopilot, circulate & circuits .
Canada Group: also, always, alone, almost, already, although, exit, expel, export & explode.
Topic: Sheet about Entertainment during WW2.
Literacy: Sheet.
Numeracy: Sheet and rehearse 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 times table, especially for division.
Reading: Read at least 3 times at home and get your reading record signed.
To win a house point - send me a comment to tell me what the prefix "auto" means.
Tomorrow, November 11th, is Remembrance Day. This is the day that people in Britain remember the people who have lost their lives fighting in wars. Why is it celebrated on November 11th? If you know the answer, send me a comment and you'll win a house point!

Homework for Friday 6th November 2009

Spellings:
Australia Group: Bifocals, bicycle, bisect, biceps, bilingual, biannual, circular, circulate, circumference & circumstance.
Brazil Group: Cycle, bicycle, bisect, biceps, biased, circle, circular, circulate, circuit & circus.
Canada Group: Stuck, unstuck, roll, unroll, wrap, unwrap, cover, uncover, real & unreal
Topic: Sheet about Rationing.
Literacy: Sheet.
Numeracy: Sheet and rehearse 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 times table, especially for division.
Reading: Read at least 3 times at home and get your reading record signed.

I'm Singing in the Rain

Watch the video and try to sing along!!

Homework For Friday 23rd October 2009

Spellings:
Australia Group: telephone, television, telapathy, telegraph, telescope, transport, translate, transparent, transfer and transplant .
Brazil Group: vision, television, graph, telegraph, scope, telescope, telephone, transport, transfer and transmit.
Canada Group: under, undo, unkind, uncap, even, uneven, hurt, unhurt, screw, unscrew .
Science: Sheet, plus revise for test on Friday about microorganism.
Literacy: Sheet.
Numeracy: Sheet and rehearse 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 times table, especially for division.
Reading: Read at least 3 times at home and get your reading record signed.

Parents' Consultations

These are the times for the Parents' Consultations. Please make sure that your parents know;

Monday 19th October
3:30 Lily
3:45 Julio
4:00 Sita
4:15 Enrique
4:30 Patricia
4:45 Janis
5:45 Olivia

Tuesday 20th October
3:30 Bharat
3:45 Alina
4:00 Fabio
4:15 Carla
4:30 Juan Daniel
4:45 Magi
5:00 Jing

Julia, please let me know if your mum would like to make an appointment.

Homework for Friday 16th 2009

Literacy: Enter a poem into the "Old Possum's Poetry Competition". It can be one of the poems that we wrote in class last week or something new. It's up to you!
Numeracy: Play "Mathionaire" and send me a comment to let me know how you got on.
Science: Answer these questions and send me the answers as a comment; a) what are the 3 different types of microorganisms? b) Why is important to cook food properly? c) Name 3 ways that you can avoid spreading harmful microorganisms. d) How is yoghurt made?
Spellings: Australia - miserable, imaginative, considerate, gorgeous, handsome, ordinary, ugliest, horrible, magnificent, precious.
Brazil - angry, happy, patient, caring, nasty, quiet, ugliest, horrible, strange, clumsy.
Canada -sad, happy, smart, kind, funny, dull, ugly, old, lazy, crazy.
Read at least 2 times at home and get your reading record signed to prove it.

Year 6 Compost

We have made some compost by adding dead leaves, newspaper, soil, fruit and vegetables. We just have to wait now for the MICRO-ORGANISMS to start eating it to make it decompose.

Homework for Friday 2nd October 2009

Spellings:
Australia Group: trousers, scissors, potatoes, tomatoes, children, women, themselves, geese, formulae and antennae.
Brazil Group: mice, lice, dice, geese, teeth, child, children, thieves, knives and themselves.
Canada Group: eyes, heads, papers, sisters, brothers, words, works, days, years and tries.
Topic: World War 2 Sheet 5.
Literacy: Sheet.
Numeracy: Sheet and learn 9 times table.
Reading: Read at least 3 times at home and get your reading record signed.

Our Chance to Dance

We've started our dances to this song. Watch this video for some inspiration!!

Homework for Friday 25th September 2009

Spellings:
Australia Group: balloons, solutions, churches, watches, lunches, cities, lorries, worries, puppies and countries.
Brazil Group: schools, brothers, hisses, churches, boxes, lunches, watches, cries, tries and babies.
Canada Group: dogs, houses, days, meals, words, schools, boys, girls, brothers and sisters.
Topic: World War 2 Sheet 4.
Literacy: Sheet.
Numeracy: Sheet and learn 8 times table.
Reading: Read at least 3 times at home and get your reading record signed.
PSHE: Bring in a photo of yourself doing something that you enjoy for "Our Wall".

Power Point Presentations

We have started to make Power Point Presentations about World War 2. This is a picture of Jean-Marie's and Fabio's. I look forward to seeing them all when they are finished.

Homework for Friday 18th September 2009

Spellings:
Australia Group:govern, government, electricity, electrician, balance, unbalanced, publicity, publication, operate and cooperation.
Brazil Group:bore, boredom, electric, electrician, assist, assistant, machine, machinery, children and childhood.
Canada Group: act, actor, action, react, take, mistake, mistaken, child, children and childish.
Topic: World War 2 Sheet 3.
Literacy: Sheet.
Numeracy: Sheet and learn 7 times table.
Reading: Read at least 3 times at home and get your reading record signed.

Homework for Friday 11/09/2009

Spellings:
Australia Group:umbrellas, tarantulas, bananas, gondolas, kangaroos, echoes, volcanoes, tomatoes, dominoes, torpedoes.
Brazil Group:cameras, pianos, bananas, casinos, kangaroos, saunas, tattoos, fiestas, siestas, patios.
Canada Group: areas, zoos, skis, discos, pastas, galas, sofas, solos, pizzas, radios.
Topic: World War 2 Sheet 2.
Literacy: Sheet.
Numeracy: Sheet and learn 6 times table.
Reading: Read at least 3 times at home and get your reading record signed.

Homework for Friday 5th September 2009

Topic Sheet. Use the website "World War 2" to help you.
Read at least 2 times at home and get your reading record signed.
Buy a homework folder.

Goodbye and Welcome!!

Goodbye to the year 6 class of 2008/9 - I will miss you - but welcome to the class of 2009/10. Over the summer, I would like you to make a comment below to let me know what you're doing on your holiday. See you soon, from Mr James.