Year 6JT: Blog items
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 11:48am
Good morning year 6, I hope you all a great weekend! I had to venture out to the shops yesterday and it was not very busy so I could get around quickly and get back home safely. We made different smoothies too with frozen fruit and they were delicious.
Have you seen the Heart Video? If not it is on the website and Twitter. It was great to see everyone's faces again.
NOW IT IS YOUR CHANCE!!!
Take a photo of yourself making your heart shape-be creative. Either send it to us via the email or Twitter. Mrs Thewlis has set a challenge to see which year group can get the most responses so let's do this year 6!
@year6ravensbur1
y6homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 11:16am
Happy Monday everyone!
I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and made the most of the lovely warm weather (I think it might be the last hot sun for a while although it seems nice so far this morning!)
Today's challenge is to do something that I have just discovered myself although my husband has been nagging me to do it for a while - Listen to a podcast.
A podcast is a bit like a radio show that you can download to your tablet, phone or laptop and listen to either while you relax or while you go for a walk. Some include music, some are educational, some entertain you and some are just good for helping you relax. You can listen to them with others or by yourself if you need a bit of me time.
This weekend I have been listening to one called Sounds of the 90s by Fearne Cotton that includes lot of music from the 90s as well as intervews with 90s pop stars. I've been listening to it while I go on my hour long walks every day and I think some of the teachers may also enjoy it!
Here are some podcasts I've found that I think you might all like, the links are under each description:
But Why: A pocast for curious kids
A podcast answering lots of questions that you may find interesting!
http://digital.vpr.net/programs/why-podcast-curious-kids
Storytime
10 - 15 minute stories (mostly for little ones)
http://bedtime.fm/storytime
What if world
With wacky episode titles such as "What if Legos were alive?" and "What if sharks had legs?," this series takes ridiculous "what if" questions submitted by young listeners and turns them into a new story every two weeks.http://www.whatifworldpodcast.com/
Noodle Loaf
A delightful offering from a music education specialist and his co-host daughter will get kids of all ages singing, rhyming, moving, and engaging in all kinds of musical games. The segments, games, and songs are so silly and upbeat that the whole family will enjoy participating. Little listeners can even add their voice to the theme song in the podcast's electronically compiled kid's choir!
http://noodleloafshow.com/
Be Calm on Ahway Island
Includes soothing stories and mindulness techniques
https://www.ahwayisland.com/
History Storytime
Fun, educational and music re-telling of historical events
https://www.historystorytime.com/
I hope you enjoy listening to some of these, please let us know about any that you particularly enjoy!
Mrs Glover
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 10:50am
Good Morning Year 6,
I hope you have had a lovely relaxing weekend and that you have managed to get out and enjoy the weather - I meant to go for a walk but it was just too warm so I ended up staying in my back garden all weekend - I did manage to read two whole books though!
Thank you to Oliver for recommending Esio Trot by Roald Dahl, I kept having to explain to my sister why I was giggling to myself so much, I think she thought I'd had a bit too much sun.
Did anyone else manage to read anything? Or did you get to go for a walk?
Today's Learning
By now you should have finished the Fluent in 5 that I sent home so I will start posting a new one each day on the blog in the morning and upload the answers in the afternoon (don't forget to check back!)
Multiples
Today we are looking at multiplies - I have attached a PowerPoint for you to look at. Answer the questions as you go along. There's a true or false activity at the end to check your understanding.
That's it for today, stay safe!
Miss Kenwell
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 10:30am
We want to celebrate our fantastic Home Learning Stars this week!
We know that it can be difficult to focus at home, but these children have risen to the challenge and have been keeping themselves busy with their learning and other creative activities - well done!
Keep sending in your pictures to our email or twitter to make it onto next week's blog post!
@year6ravensbur1
y6homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 26th Apr 2020 @ 9:33pm
Good Morning everyone!
Our Connected Curriculum this half term is Climate Change, and more specifically, ‘How is Clayton connected with the global community?' This is a really exciting topic looking at the world and how we can find a way to do our part to help…I’m sure that you will all find out lots of interesting facts to share.
I will post a different CC activity each week on the blog for you to complete at a time that suits you best during the week.
This is also a chance to get creative in how you want to present your work… draw pictures, make posters or mind maps, write letters of fact files, make models or create PowerPoints and videos to showcase your learning!
So… TASK 1
This week’s task is to research climate change-What does it mean? How does it affect our world? What are the main causes? Is there anything being done to combat climate change?
You can present you work as you wish... perhaps a powerpoint or mind map or maybe video your own newsround clip to present your ideas for your younger viewers!
Here are some useful video clips to help get you started…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/z7dkhbk
(try the little quiz after the clip- see how you get on)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34961514
I have also attached a ppt to give you extra information- good luck!
Don't forget to send pictures or videos of what you have created to y6homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk or our class twitter page we love to see what you are doing- it really makes our day!
Have a lovely day,
Mrs Ranyard, Miss Kenwell and Misss Thornton
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 8
Date: 24th Apr 2020 @ 3:48pm
Good afternoon year 6! What a lovely day it is. Well here is your final instalment of the story for this week and I think it is starting to get really exciting. This chapter is very long and to be honest I found it quite tricky reading it all in one whole recording!! Sorry for any mistakes I made, I was getting slightly distracted by my tortoise scratching away next to me. I think he likes the story too! 
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=9Bkkejg
After reading/listening, can you write down any similarities in this chapter to our last book 'Once' and Felix's life? (Text to Text)
Prediction- What do you think will happen the next day at school? (A clue- The next chapter is called 'The Big Fight'.
Remember to share your answers with us on our year 6 Twitter page or using our year 6 email address, we'd love to hear from you!
Have a lovely weekend-Stay Safe and Stay at Home!
NEW LINKS!!! The Oak National Academy
Date: 24th Apr 2020 @ 11:22am
Hi year 6, I really want your opinion on this new link we would like to try. Today I am going to post one English reading task and a maths task and would really like you to have a go and see what you think.
https://www.thenational.academy/year-6/maths/representing-fractions-year-6-wk1-1/
Don't worry I will still put on Chapter 8 from The Boy at the Back of the Class!!
Date: 24th Apr 2020 @ 10:21am
Hi, Mrs Glover here again!
If you enjoyed Chester zoo being live a few weeks ago then good news, it's back again! Starting at 10am they'll be showing many different animals. I've added a picture of what is happening and when underneath and here is the YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/c/chesterzoo/live
Date: 24th Apr 2020 @ 10:08am
Good morning everyone, another lovely sunny day! I can't wait to get out there in the sun for a bit.
Fot the last day of the week I'm giving you a slightly different wellbeing challenge today and it's something that always makes me feel happy and a bit better if I'm feeling a bit low.
Today's challenge is to do something nice for someone. Here are some ideas below although feel free to do one of your own ideas!
1. Read or tell a story to a younger brother or sister
2. Tidy your room
3. Do a chore or job for someone at home
4. Give someone a compliment
5. Share a toy or some food with someone at home
6. Make someone a present, picture or card
7. Offer to help an adult with the cooking or washing up
8. Write someone a poem or story
9. Tell someone a joke
10. Phone a friend or send them a nice message
See how many of the 10 you can do and remember to let us know what you have done!
I'm going to do some baking for my husband for my good deed and maybe make him a nice dinner as well. In fact, I might go and take him a cup of tea while he's doing his work! :-)
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Glover
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 11:27am
Year 6 I have been back onto Spag.com this morning and it is great to see you completing the set tasks. I had a look through some of the questions on the 'Hyphens, dashes & bullet points (A)' task and noticed you all found number 1 tricky.
In the list below, a word has been spelt correctly, but written inconsistently with the rest of the list. Click and select the incorrect word.
For the trip, remember to bring the following clothes:
• a waterproof jacket with a hood.
Can you spot the error? When you are writing bullet points the rule is they all need to be consistent, that is follow the same rule. For example if you use a capital letter to start the first sentence then all the bullet points below must start with a capital letter and the same if you start with a lowercase letter. This rule also applies to the full stop at the end. If your first bullet point has a full stop then all of them should and if your first one does not have a full stop then the rest should not have one either.
Get it!
Complete the one above and now try this one.
In the list below, an error has been made, one of the sentences has been written inconsistently with the rest of the list. Identify the mistake.
There are many things you can do to keep yourself active and healthy:
• drink plenty of water
• join in with Joe Wicks in the morning to get your heart rate going
• be creative and make something
• eat healthy foods like fruit and vegetables.
CAN YOU SPOT IT?
Let us know by sending us an email or posting your answer to our Twitter account.
Year 6 @ Ravensbury @Year6Ravensbur1
y6homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 7 Mr Irons' Nose
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 11:08am
Reading -The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 7
Mr Irons’ Nose
Today we are going to look at inference, where I would like you to make a point or form an opinion and then use evidence from the text to support your answer or idea. You will be asked questions about characters and their actions and responses and I have indicated what page you need to look at to find clues and evidence. Click on the link below to follow the chapter.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=h2KzHG4
- Did the new boy know how to play football? Use evidence from the text on pages 62 and 63 to support your answer.
- Were the other children in playground surprised to see the new boy playing out? How do you know? See page 63.
- When Brendan–the–Bully first walked over and kicked their ball away, was Josie scared? Use evidence from page 64 to support your answer.
- How do the children know if Mr Irons is angry or not? See page 64.
- Is Mr Irons a popular teacher? Give two pieces of evidence to support your answer from pages 64 and 65.
YES NO
Evidence:
- On page 66, how do you think the new boy felt? Give evidence to support your answer.
- On pages 68 and 69, what do you think Mrs Khan thought about Mr Irons? Support your viewpoint with evidence from the text.
Get in touch and show us your answers. I am missing you all and would love to hear what you think about this new story so far...
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 11:07am
Hi everyone,
I hope everyone is finding ways to enjoy this amazing weather, I don't think we've ever had such a nice April before!
So today's wellbeing challenge is another way to make the most of the weather and get out in your gardens and do some gardening!
Here are some nice ideas for things to do that you don't really need many resources for: https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/10-gardening-projects-for-kids/
I bet you'll already have a lot of the things in your house or garden or you could collect some of them like twigs etc while out on a walk (make sure you wash your hands after if you do that!) My favourite is the fairy garden.
Alternatively you could plant some seeds from something that you've just eatedn such as tomato seeds.
If you don't have a garden then why not design and draw your own garden (or fairy garden!) instead? You could maybe try and re-create it when you're older and have your own garden!
I have a balcony rather than a garden and had never done any gardening until a few weeks ago but below are a couple of pictures of the things I've planted! I'm watering them every day and the sun is making most of them grow nice and tall.
Have fun and remember to let us know what you've done!
Mrs Glover
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 9:28am
Good morning Year 6,
I am sure like me you are really missing your friends- I know I am missing seeing Miss Thornton and Miss Kenwell everyday!
I think that is why I am enjoying listening to the blogs with Miss Thornton reading our new class novel so much so I can hear her familiar voice! Don't forget to look back through the blog for the first 6 chapters of the story....next week she will be continuing the story for those of you who are desperate to find out more about the new boy!
I don't always get time to sit down and read a book to myself especially when I have to occupy the twins so my new hobby is popping in my earbuds and LISTENING to Miss Thornton reading me the book so I can make the tea or do the dishes at the same time!! Brilliant! Maybe you could use your earphones and chill in the garden at the same time and enjoy the story. Remember to get in touch and tell us what you have been listening to and which parts of the story you are enjoying,
Happy Thursday
Mrs Ranyard
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 8:59am
Good morning year 6, I hope you are ready to get your heart rate racing this morning joining in with Joe Wicks PE session. Check your resting pulse rate now and see how high it goes. I’m going to see if mine goes any faster today! 
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 8:56am
Good morning Year 6,
I hope you've all been having a go at the work set on here - have you been checking back to look at the answers? Don't forget, if you're finding something difficult, you can always email or tweet and we will be able to help you!
Has anyone been watching the BBC Bitesize programs on iplayer or the red button? I think they've been great so far and today they're focussing on negative numbers!
Maths
1. If you don't get the chance to watch live, check out this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjbk8xs
Work through the videos and activities, then have a go at the puzzle at the end (I've attached a copy below in case it doesn't work) - I will add the answers later!
2. If you would like even more of a challenge, have a go at the challenge sheet attached.
Good luck! Remember to use a numberline if you need to. (Don't forget to look in your red books to help you work these out!)
That's it for today, keep sending in your pictures for us to see what you've been up to, it's wonderful to hear from you, we miss you a lot!
Miss Kenwell
y6homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
@Year6Ravensbur1
Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 11:29am
Good morning, Happy Wednesday everyone! I can't believe it's already the middle of the week.
Since we have such lovely weather today (and for most of the week!) my challenge for you today is to get outside and enjoy the sun and see what you can see!
Some of you may be lucky enough to have a garden and if you do then you can do my challenge from there but a walk would be even better and then you can be more active too. Yesterday I went for a lovely walk to Philips Park as I'm lucky enough to only live a 20 minute walk away, see some of my pictures below.
While you're out either in your garden or your walk, have a spring scavenger hunt to see what you can see. Why not get an adult to take a picture of the list on their phones so you can take it with you and see what you can tick off? Or maybe write them on a piece of paper and take it with you so you can tick off the items as you go!
On my walk I saw grass, bird nests, yellow flowers, clouds, worms, sticks, green leaves, dandelions and some beautiful blossom trees too. I didn't see any bunnies unfortnatey but I did see some cute little squirrels!
Make sure you e-mail your class e-mail addresses to let us know what you found and maybe even some photos too.
Mrs Glover
Here are some pictures of my walk:
Past challenges
Thanks to Mrs Iqbal's son, Adam for his picture of his happy place.
And also to Tomasz in Reception who also sent his picture. They both look lovely and very cosy!
Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 11:06am
Today our sentence links to our science topic ‘The Circulatory System’ and is a typical sentence that would be ideal for a heart rate investigation outcome.
The findings from the investigation on heart rate/pulse rate are that the more we exersise, the faster the heart rate; the body increases its beats per minute to deliver the neccessary blood flow to the muscles.
The sentence above has many features which make it clearer to read and understand.
- A slash to show the link between heart rate and pulse rate to show they both mean the same thing and give extra detail.
- The sentence compares two things, ‘the more we exercise’ with ‘the faster the heart rate’. This shows the relationship between what we have explored and is a common way of writing following a science investigation.
- There is a comma to separate the sentences which compare two variables.
- I have also used a semi-colon to expand the sentence to give additional information.
Now can you spot the two spelling errors I have made in my sentence and correct them?
Look on the blog to see my ‘Heart Rate Investigation’ and at the end of your own, see if you can write a summarising sentence about your own findings using my sentence to help you.
Miss Thornton's Science Investigation with Joe Wicks!
Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 10:18am
Good morning year 6! This morning I have been doing a science investigation. I have been looking at the effects of exercise on heart rate.
- I checked my resting heart rate to begin with which was 75 bpm (Beats Per Minute).
- Next I started the Joe Wicks PE lesson. By the way I got all of the questions right today!
- After 15 minutes I checked my heart rate to see if it had risen and it was 107 bpm!
- At the end of the session (30 mins in total) my heart rate had risen to 139 bpm. I think it was all the jumping involved getting my heart rate racing!
- Then I wanted to see how long it took for my heart rate to return to normal-this is called resting rate.
- After 5 minutes it had dropped to 109 bpm.
- After 10 mins it had dropped to 86 bpm.
- After 15 mins it had dropped to 77 bpm, which was approximately what my resting rate was originally.
This is a great investigation you could easily try at home year 6. You can watch this morning’s Joe Wicks PE lesson on YouTube and try it for yourself.
Below is an optional sheet you can complete to note down your findings or you can just tell me your results via our email or on twitter-I’d love to hear how high your heart rate went.
https://www.eduplace.com/science/hmxs/ls/pdf/5rs_1_4-2.pdf
The Boy at the Back of the class
Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 9:58am
Good morning Year 6,
I hope you are up early and enjoying this lovely morning. My girls are really enjoying their early morning football sessions in the park while it is still quiet-even I am improving my tackling skills! Not what I would usually be doing on a Wednesday morning! I wonder what you have been up to that is different from what you would normally do- remember to get in touch and tell us we would love to hear from you.
Anyway, this week we have been having some time to go back and listen to Miss Thornton reading the Boy at the Back of the class- has anybody had a go at the storyboards? Click the picture below to have a go. I am going to see if the twins can make one on their class novel too!
Have a lovely day
Mrs Ranyard
If you have already done this activity you might like to think about the questions below:
Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 9:11am
Good morning Year 6!
I hope you have all woken up ready for another day of learning and getting outside in the sunshine? Has anyone been doing Joe Wicks first thing? Remember that his videos stay on YouTube so you can do them at any point during the day.
Why not try doing one just before lunch? Or when you feel like your energy is dipping and you're finding it hard to concentrate.
Maths
We are sticking with negative numbers today - I know they are very tricky, sometimes you just need to take an extra day to get your head around them!
1. Have a look at these videos - they talk you through what negative numbers are:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znwj6sg/resources/1
2. Have a go at the worksheet attached. Word problems today! Make sure you read the question carefully, write down the key information and use a numberline if you need to.
I will be posting the answers later. Have you checked your work from yesterday?
That's it from me - have a lovely Wednesday and stay safe!
Miss Kenwell
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 10:31am
Hello and welcome back after the Easter holidays, I hope everyone had a good Easter! My husband bought me a delicious unicorn Easter Egg although I haven't finished it yet!
Today's wellbeing challenge is to design your own Happy Place. Here is an online game where you can build your own virtual happy place by just dragging and dropping objects into your room.
https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/games/build-your-happy-place/
You even get to choose your own wallpaper! Or if you don't fancy that, why not draw and colour a picture of your happy place? Or you could even do both!
Here's a picture of the room that I built, I wish could build a real room like it!
Please send any pictures of your happy place rooms to your home learning e-mail addresses, I'd love to see them.
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thanks to Riley in 5CB who has sent in a picture of his delicious looking chocolate brownies, yum!
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:31am
Hi there Year 6,
I know that many of you are enjoying reading along with Miss Thornton to the Boy at the Back of the Class but I thought you might to meet the author herself and see a short clip of her introducing the book and reading a short extract. If you haven't been following the blog so far before the holidays and enjoy the clip- why not head back through the blog and join in with the story from the beginning with Miss Thornton and the rest of us!
Have a lovely day Mrs Ranyard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31RqI4Kwm-s
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 9:06am
Good morning Year 6,
Another Sunny day in Manchester, how fantastic - I hope you are all managing to get outside to enjoy it, don't forget to take lots of little breaks throughout the day!
Today I am going to try and bake something for my sister and my housemate (wish me luck, I forgot to add baking powder to my last cake and it came out flat!) Has anyone else managed to do any cooking? I know Charlie has, his pizzas looked great! I'd love to see anything you've made.
Maths
You should still have a fluent in 5 paper left for this week - from next week I'll be putting them on here daily as a warm-up activity so make sure you check.
Today we are carrying on with place value.
1. Start with this game - can you make the mystery numbers by putting the digits in the correct columns?
http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/3438
2. More negative number practise!
Today we are adding and subtracting negative numbers - watch this video first to recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVvvUiExjes
Have a look at the worksheet I have attached - don't forget to use a numberline to help you if you find it tricky. You can either draw one or use this interactive one: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/450/ITP-Number-Line
Good luck - I will post the answers here later!
Have a lovely day,
Miss Kenwell
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 11:31am
Good morning year 6. I hope you all enjoyed your Easter break and didn't eat too much chocolate!! I tried my best not to.
I have been looking at Spag.com and have noticed that some children have been completing the activities I have set. Well done to Dian firstly for completing all of the tasks set so far, I have put on two more tasks for you to complete this week. Michelle, Zarak and Cindy have completed two of the tasks set and Charlie, Sophie and Liam have completed one of the tasks so well done to you too!!
Come on the rest of year 6, I want to see your results as well. The year 6 team are expecting you to do at least one of the Spag Tests each week to consolidate the work you are doing in your Rising Stars work books we sent home.
I noticed that one of the questions asked you had to change a question to a statement and you all found it tricky and changed the question to a command instead.
E.g. Did you check your work?
As a statement it would be ‘You did check your work.’
You try this one- Will you go for a walk?
As a statement it would be…
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 11:15am
Hello from Miss Kenwell!
Hi Year 6, and welcome back to the blog, I hope you all had fantastic Easters and have been managing to get outside to enjoy this amazing weather! It feels really strange not going into school again after our break and I'm sad that I don't get to see your faces for a little longer but don't worry, we've got plenty for you to be doing at home!
Make sure you check the blog daily, Miss Thornton, Mrs Ranyard and I will be putting up activities for you to have a go at each day and you should still have plenty left to do in your packs. We're really looking forward to seeing what you have been up to! I loved getting to see some of the learning Charlie has been completing - as well as working through his pack he has been so creative and has been keeping super busy cooking, making cannons out of different materials and creating his own games! Well done Charlie! I'm sure some of you have got some great activiteis you've completed - send them in, I love seeing them!
Maths
This week we're going be doing a bit of number and place value revision - this is really important as having a good understanding of number will help you with every other maths topic we cover!
Have a read of this to recap what we need to know in Year 6:
https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-are-negative-numbers
(There's a few games to practice to remind yourself of what negative numbers are!)
Once you are more confident, try these activities:
1. Place negative numbers on a number line (trickier than it sounds - can anyone get it exactly?)
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/37/placing-numbers-on-a-number-line
2. Working out differences in temperatures - there are 4 different activities here - work your way through them (try drawing a number line to help you with these!)
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/52/temperature--word-problems-
That's it from me today - make sure you get outside, do some exercise, draw, read or do anything that you enjoy, take lots of little breaks!
Looking forward to seeing what you have been up to! Send us pictures/ask us any questions at y6homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk or tweet us at Year6Ravensbur1
Miss Kenwell
Hello from Miss Ranyard!
I hope you've all had a wonderful Easter break at home and spent lots of lovely time with your families. I really wish we were all heading back into school today to catch up with each other but it is still nice to be back in touch again at least!
Apart from eating lots of chocolate and catching up on some reading in the sunshine and chasing after my twins, I have really enjoyed hearing about all the marvellous things that people are doing to help others in these strange times. I am sure you have all heard about Captain Tom Moore, the 99 year old man who has been raising money for the NHS. What an amazing man he is and what a lovely story to hear at this time.
I have attached a report about his incredible efforts - I though you might like to read and answer the questions attached too especially Michael in my English group as I know he has tweeted that he needs more things to read! Well done Michael!
Please get in touch by email or twitter and let us know if there is anything you would like us to put on the blog for you.
I am sure that you have all been enjoying listening to Miss Thornton reading the novel "The Boy at the back of the Class". Before the holidays we got up to Chapter 6. Here is a summary of the story so far made on a storyboard- it is a really fun way of showing the story as a sort of comic strip- click the link below and create your own summary of the story so far.
https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboards/chelsea51535/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class
Please email or send us a copy of your storyboards to share, we would love to see them,
Mrs Ranyard