Year 6DL: Blog items
Date: 6th May 2020 @ 10:43am
Good morning,
Another sunny day! 
First all of all I want to thank everyone who has sent in pictures of them doing my wellbeing challenges, it's fantastic to see and hear about how you're enjoying doing them! Have a look at the Past Challenges bit at the bottom to see some photos.
Today's challenge is another one to get you moving and do a mini workout. Sometimes it can seem a bit scary or time consuming to do a whole workout so these mini workouts are perfect if you want a quick break from doing school work or even from just watching TV if you fancy a stretch! All of these little energisers from Go Noodle are between 2 - 4 minutes long so perfect for something to wake you up in the morning or as a break from whatever you are doing.
Here are a few that I like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4DnPhR9_mo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KReaoKLA-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALrdpsWYoJs
Or just go to YouTube and type in Fresh Start Fitness to see a variety of mini workouts.
Remember to email EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk with any photos of you doing any of the challenges.
Have a lovely day!
Mrs Glover
Past Challenges
So many fantastic photos of what you've all been up to, well done!
Story Adventure The House on Haunted Hill Part 3
Date: 6th May 2020 @ 9:36am
Well I cannot wait any longer so I am going to decide where we go next on our story adventure. We had these two choices in Part 2 of the adventure...
Do you want to investigate the source of the noise
Or
Continue to find a back door
I am quite a nosey person so I have an urge to investigate the source of the noise. Here we go..
You cautiously walk towards a large, dark bush to see what is causing all of the noise. The rustling is getting louder and then stops.
You strain to hear it when suddenly a powerful dog leaps out from the bush, its ferocious attack surprises you and knocks you to the ground. Its ravenous jaws dribble saliva all over your face and then before you have time to defend yourself it snaps its mouth shut!
Your adventure is over.
Oh! Oh dear!
At least we get more chances. Tomorrow we will see what will happens when we continue to find the back door instead. Come on year 6 I need your help with the choices, as you can see mine are not always the best!
Date: 6th May 2020 @ 9:23am
Good morning everyone,
I have found some lovely resources to use for your VE day challenge including some nice paper to present your work. We don’t have a printer in my house so my daughters have decided to make our own border paper.
They have decorated our windows and we are looking forward to having a living room picnic on Friday to celebrate VE day whilst staying safe at home- what are your plans?
Stay safe everyone
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 15
Date: 6th May 2020 @ 9:20am
Good morning year 6-another glorious sunny day for us to enjoy! Here is the next chapter of our story. I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am? Today’s question is a prediction question to see if you can use what you have read and what you know about the characters already, to try and think what they might do next.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=uoc0lo8
Questions
What do you think they might be planning to do?
Why would it be dangerous?
Why would it get them into trouble?
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 10:20am
Good morning everyone,
I don't know about you but I can't wait to get out in that sun so today's challenge is one that can be done outside if you like.
Today we are focusing on having a growth mindset and doing this through yoga. Having a growth mindset means you have a positive attitude to your learning and know that just because you may find something difficult and you can't do it yet, you will get there as long as you don't give up!
Here are 5 different growth mindset yoga poses to try. Please feel free to try as many or as few positions as you like and send any pictures to EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thank you so much to the pupils who have sent in pictures of their shields of strength from yesterday, it really makes my day to see what you've ben doing!
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 10:03am
Good morning everyone,
Do you remember our visit to the Imperial War Museum? Well they have a brilliant website full of photographs of VE day! I have been finding out lots about VE day this week with my little girls, who are only in Year 3 so they really don’t know as much about WWII as you all do! We have really enjoyed looking at old photos of the V.E. day celebrations- Who were the women in Trafalgar Square fountains on V.E. day? Click below to see if historians ever found out! I just keep imagining how relieved and happy the people must have been after 6 long years of war! I have found 6 weeks of lockdown tough at times!
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/10-photos-of-ve-day-celebrations
What fantastic first hand sources they make of this time. Can you imagine what the people are thinking using your knowledge of this period? Perhaps these could help you with your VE day challenge this week? You could imagine interviewing some of these people or writing their diary or letter home. Enjoy investigating!
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 14
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 9:50am
Good morning year 6. The sun is shining today and I hope you make time to go outdoors safely for your hourly exercise.
Here is chapter 14. It is getting really exciting now and I can't wait to find out what the friends get up to trying to help Ahmet.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=xc2tfSi
Questions
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 14
On page 153, what were the problems with the ‘Top Secret Mission’?
What was the problem with Tom’s plan? (Page 154-155)
What was the problem with Josie’s plan? (Page 155-156)
What was the librarian Mrs Finnicky like? Use evidence from the text to help support your answer with evidence. (Page 158-160)
On page 161, find and copy a word that means instantly.
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 4:39pm
Good afternoon Year 6,
For this week's Connected Curriculum task we will be going back to 1945 again! This week would have been a special celebration in school as Friday 8th May had been made into a Bank Holiday to mark the 75th anniversary of VE day. As we have spent much of our time finding out about WWII this year, I thought it would be fun to celebrate this week with a special V.E. Day challenge.
Click the link below for more information and good luck! Remember to send in your competition entries and email or tweet us too!
https://ve-vjday75.gov.uk/dan-snows-ve-day-challenge/
REMINDER: We've updated your home learning to hopefully make it a bit easier for you to access everything.
From today onwards we will be uploading activities onto a Padlet Page (thanks for the idea Year 4!)
You can access this page here: https://padlet.com/y6homelearning/nxkcu8zxxd8kmxo7
Let us know what you think!
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 13
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 4:00pm
Good afternoon year 6. Here is Chapter 13 for you to join in with.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=jBCgmGG
Don't forget to summarise the chapter in ONLY 3 sentences and predict what the children might plan to do to help Ahmet.
Story Adventure The House on Haunted Hill Part 2
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 3:17pm
Well Maddison was the first to respond to we are heading round the back.
You walk around the back, careful not to step into the stinking puddles that seem to be everywhere. It is darker round the back as the house’s tall spires block out the bright moonlight. You hear a rustle and spin on your heel, nothing.
You walk on but hear the rustling again. This is doing nothing for your nerves. You realise you are trembling before you have even entered the house.
Do you want to investigate the source of the noise
Or
Continue to find a back door?
Another decision to make...
Who will be the first to answer?
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 12:26pm
Hi Year 6!
We've updated your home learning to hopefully make it a bit easier for you to access everything.
From today onwards we will be uploading activities onto a Padlet Page (thanks for the idea Year 4!)
You can access this page here: https://padlet.com/y6homelearning/nxkcu8zxxd8kmxo7
On it you will find a timetable that covers the whole week - use it to help structure your learning.
Maths activites will continue to be uploaded to Education City - link on page
English and morning activities will be updated daily so make sure you check - maybe bookmark it in your browser.
As always, please don't hesitate to email us if you are having any problems or would like to show us what you've been up to! We're always thrilled to hear from you.
The Year 6 Team
y6homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 11:24am
Good morning everyone,
I hope you all had a good weekend and are ready to work hard on your learning (and your wellbeing!) this week.
Today's challenge has actually come from a website that Mrs Hughes sent to me to look at so thank you Mrs Hughes!
Today I would like you to think about resilience which means keeping strong and bouncing back even in a difficult situation. I'd like you to design a Shield of Strength.
Think about what your strengths are, especially the ones that can help you at the moment while we're not in school, and write or draw (or both!) onto a shield. Here is my shield that you may want to use for help: 
I have attached a template of the shield in case you want to use it but otherwise you can just fraw a shield on a plain piece of paper.
As always I would love to see your challenges so please send them to EALhomelearning@ravensbury.sch.uk
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thank you to Shawnakaye who has sent me a couple of photos of things that make her smile!
Story Adventure The House on Haunted Hill Part 1
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 10:28am
The House on Haunted Hill
An Adventure
By B.G. Waldram
You shake your head as you march up the creepy hill.
How did you get yourself into this mess? The wind whips up and blows fiercely at you as if trying to keep you away from reaching your destination. You shiver and pull your coat up around your neck, desperately trying to keep the cruel wind out. You tell yourself that the shivers down your spine and the goose bumps that have popped out all over your body is due to the cold but deep down you know it’s because the house is now in sight.
The colossal gates stand guard and the house sits behind them all sinister and spooky. You ask yourself again why you were foolish to take up the dare: ‘Who is brave enough to enter the Midnight Mansion and retrieve the Ruby Heart?’
Are you brave enough to enter this adventure with me?
You smile to yourself as you recall the moment when you stood up and declared that you were worthy of the challenge.
All the others were amazed at your bravery. Several of them cheered joyfully, happy that they weren’t attempting the foolish challenge. Several girls came and kissed you on the cheek whilst the boys clapped your back heartily. There was no way of backing out now.
Hours later, you had left the warmth of your friends behind and you are now alone, trudging towards the mansion.
You arrive at the gates and push them open; they creak noisily as if crying out to all the ghosts of the night. You stand in front of the massive house, staring at the uninviting front door. Will you try it or do you want to go around the back?
Front door Around the back
The first to answer and choose either the front door or to go around the back of the house will decide our fate!
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 10:39am
A huge congratulations this week to all of the children who have been working so hard from home!
Education City
Oliwia and Ofure are soaring through the maths and coding activities we have put on and have completed 5 and 6 of the 8 objectives respectfully - Well done!
Well done as well to Oliver (both of you!) Michelle, Zarak, Dylan, Blaiyze and Malachi for also logging in and having a go.
Let's see how many people we can get on next week - remember to email us to get your login and password.
spag.com
Huge congratulations to Dian, Zarak and Arion who are doing an amazing job on spag.com - keep it up!
Well done as well to Charlie, Michelle, Blessed, Dylan, Sophie, Cindy, Liam, Haya and Hafiz for logging in and getting the activites done.
Attached are some pictures of the fabulous home learning we have been sent in to our email - who can you spot?
I've also included a fantastic Powerpoint about Climate Change made by Charlie (see if it helps you with you CC work) and the start of a wonderful Rose Blanche story by Timi that might give you ideas with your own writing.
Keep sending us in what you have been up to and check back next Friday to see who's made it onto our Stars of the Week Blog Post!
The Year 6 Team
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 10:19am
Hi everyone and Happy Friday! I can't believe it's already the end of another week. I hope everyone is working hard and staying safe.
I got the idea for today's wellbeing challenge yesterday when I saw the most amazing rainbow in the sky. It was the brightest colours I've ever seen and I could see the whole arc. There was even a faint second rainbow next to it!
Photos don't really show how amazing it was but you can see how vivid the colours are:
The rainbow made me feel happy when I saw it and I thought it might make other people happy too! So today's challenge is to take a photo of something that makes you feel happy. You could find something in your house or do it on a walk. It could be a person, an animal, an object or even something that you've made. Anything that makes you feel happy or positive. If you don't have a camera, phone or tablet of your own then ask an adult if you can borrow theirs but please be careful with it!
If you'd like to share your happy photo then please e-mail it to EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk, I'd love to see it and then I can post some of them and spread the happiness around!
Have a good weekend,
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thanks to A who sent a photo of himself doing the breathing exercises I set yesterday, I hope they helped you feel nice and calm.
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 9:02am
Good morning year 6! Can you believe it is Friday already? Today’s sentence of the day is a short piece of dialogue to show characterisation and how to organise speech.
“I really do’nt like the look of this place Tom,” whispered Ahmet. That strange symbol reminds of something I’ve seen before and it is giving me a bad feeling about this place.”
“Oh stop being a scaredy-cat as usual Ahmet; honestly we will be in and out as quick as a flash, once we get proof that we went in all of the rooms. Come on!” insisted Tom.
Can you find the two punctuation errors. One is a piece of punctuation that is in the wrong place and the other is a missing piece of speech punctuation.
I would also like you to look at the word ‘bad’ and see if you can use an improved word which still fits in with the sentence.
EXTRA! EXTRA!
Write the next DAD sentences as they enter the house.
Describe what they see as soon as they enter.
Explain an action-how or what do the characters do?
Dialogue- What do they say to one another?
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 12
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 9:00am
Here is the next Chapter Syrah and the Sea. Spot my mistake at the start of the chapter!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=JUpTFZ2
Why do you think that no one could stop asking Ahmet questions even though Mrs Khan had specifically asked them not to?
Who are the ‘Messengers’? What is their job?
Why is Victor the worst Messenger? Use evidence from pages 134 and 135 to help you answer.
Had Brenden-the-Bully learned his lesson? Use page 136 to find evidence to support your answer.
Did the narrator of the story want to give Ahmet his Tintin book? If not why didn’t he just take it back?
When the narrator heard about Ahmet’s sister, his mother and his father he wanted to cry. Why did he have to stop himself?
What do you think might happen next to change everything?
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 3:51pm
Hi everyone, I was just wondering how you are getting along with the CC activity for this week. Look back through the blog if you missed it. Miss Thornton and I are completing a vocabulary course online and one of our tasks this week is to write up what we have understood so far and to use as many key words as possible… so we are having a little competition! Here is a little challenge for you too… how many of the words below you can include in your writing – remember you can present your writing as you wish or maybe you could make a GLOSSARY of this key vocabulary instead.
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 1:59pm
Good afternoon Year 6,
I have just been chatting with Miss Thornton and Miss Kenwell and we are all missing your lovely faces so much! Thank you for sending us in your heart pictures and examples of your learning! You are all keeing so busy-well done!
Here is a little film from way back in November at the IWM -it seems so long ago now! How many familiar faces can you spot?
Missing you all,
Mrs Ranyard, Miss Thornton and Miss Kenwell
#Throwback Thursday!
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 11
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 10:55am
Here is Chapter 11 for you to follow today. I think the narrator of the story is like Felix from 'Once' in so many ways!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=k9oSlNI
Think about Chapter 12. Using the title as a clue, what do you think the next chapter will be about?
Will he get to ask Ahmet any more of his questions?
Do you think Brenden-the-Bully will play anymore tricks?
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 10:01am
Good morning everyone,
I hope everyone enjoyed some relaxing colouring yesterday, here is a picture of mine. It isn't quite finished yet but I had a nice relaxing hour doing it last night:
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Today's challenge is to do a mindfulness breathing activity. Mindfulness can help you relax and be in the moment, appreciating everything that's around you.
Just one breath
Find a relaxing place where you won't be disturbed. Sit in a comfortable position, either with your legs crossed or any comfortable posture. This activity can be done in as little as one minute, but you can also do it for longer periods of time.
Begin by setting a timer for one minute.
Start breathing deeply in and out. Notice how the breath feels as it moves in and out of your body. Notice how the air feels on your skin. Pay attention to any sensations that you notice or any sounds that you hear.
Take another slow deep breath and see if you can imagine how the breath moves down into the lungs and then back up again. Thank your body and breath for giving you life and keeping you healthy.
Take one more deep breath and hold the breath for a moment - then release it.
If any thoughts worry you, try and imagine your thoughts immersed in a white, puffy cloud and push the thought cloud out of your awareness.
Afterward, notice how you feel after taking this one-minute break.
If you want to tell me about your experience or send any photos of yourself doing the activity then e-mail me on EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk.
There are more simple instructions below.
Mrs Glover
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 9:35am
Good morning year 6. I hope you enjoyed writing a DAD (description, action, dialogue) sentence yesterday and you noticed that I had misspelt fierce and apprehensive yesterday. I asked you also to see if you could improve the word 'walked'. You could have used stumbled or trudged.
Today the sentence I am going to write is an action sentence using an expanded list and powerful vocabulary, making sure I keep the atmosphere needed for a spooky story.
Tom and Ahmet knew it was too late to turn back now! A dare was a dare!
Cautiously, Tom lifted the old, tarnished gate latch; the gate swung open, forced by the wind that had whipped up a strange force around them, they both clung on to each other, trembling, as they made their way to the ancient, warped front door and both stopped simultaneously and stared at the strange, yet familiar, symbol right in the center.
Can you spot the spelling mistake?
I have also included a 5/6 spelling in my sentence can you find it?
What do you think the word simultaneously means?
EXTRA! EXTRA!
Can you add some dialogue? What might Tom say to Ahmet? What could he reply?
Date: 29th Apr 2020 @ 10:35am
Hello everyone,
It's a rather miserable looking Wednesday out there so my wellbeing challenge today is an indoor one.
It's actually quite a simple challenge today; I'd simply like you to do some colouring. Colouring is a lovely relaxing activity that you can do on your own for some me-time or together with a family member to make it a more sociable activity.
I think most of you were given some colouring pages when we finished school but if you've already used these and don't have any more at home then good news, there is a website where you can do online colouring:
https://www.online-coloring.com/
Or you could always draw something to colour! Anything you like.
I have a new Enchanted Forest colouring book that my husband bought me (pictured below) that I'm going to do a bit of colouring in later, maybe while I listen to a podcast or to some music to have a bit of a break from staring at a screen. I'll post a picture of my efforts tomorrow.
Remember to send in pictures of your challenges to EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
A big thanks to Roderigo from Year 1 who sent me a picture of his crystal ball challenge from yesterday, some fantastic goals there!
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 10 Part 2
Date: 29th Apr 2020 @ 10:03am
Hi everyone! Well here is the next instalment of our story-part 2 of chapter 10.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=PqmcYvQ
Questions
On page 10, what country did Ahmet go to and where did he stay?
Why do you think Ahmet and Ms Hemsi used pictures to explain Ahmet’s story?
Does Ahmet like living in England? Use evidence on page 112 to support your answer.
How do you think everyone felt after hearing Ahmet’s story?
What question would you have asked Ahmet?
Why didn’t Mrs Khan want the children to ask Ahmet questions without checking with her or Ms Hemsi first?
Date: 29th Apr 2020 @ 9:26am
Good morning year 6. Today we are going to continue to look at Spooky Stories and the sentence you are going to explore would be ideal for you to use at the start of a Spooky Story to hook in your reader.
As the feirce wind howled around Tom and Ahmet, the moonlight giving them limited visibility, they aprehensively walked up the uneven path and approached the ancient uninviting gates which guarded the monstrous house beyond.
Can you find two spelling errors? They are quite tricky!
I have also missed out an important piece of punctuation. CLUE- It is used to separate adjectives.
I would also like you to think of a better word than walked.
Write out your sentence and send it to us at our email address or Tweet us your sentence.
EXTRA, EXTRA!!
Could you now add to my sentence using DAD - I have written the description now you can add an action from the characters then some dialogue?