Week Beginning 4th April

ALL DONE - 10 booster weeks completed!!  However 4 weeks until SATS and only 6 days in school!!!

Yep you heard correctly!  We now have completed our 10 week intensive booster sessions– WELL DONE.  However, that said, we now enter the Easter Holidays for 2 weeks, and then come back to school for only 6 teaching days (in the first 2 weeks), before your SATS.  Therefore you cannot afford to just completely relax over Easter and let all the hard work you have put in over this past term go to waste.  Keep regularly practising and revising, so you  remain working at the highest standard.  Homework has been left fairly loose over Easter, to try and fit in with you plans for a holiday, so what follows are suggestions to help you and your parents with regular revision.  Remember LITTLE and OFTEN is the best way.

Numeracy:

Have a go at the attached mental maths sheets

Literacy:

Write a holiday diary.  Try and write a little each day before bed, what you have been upto , interesting things you have seen… Attempt to cover all 6 major genres in your diary (you may write a narrative on one day, recount an event the next, procedure the next and so on…)

EXTRAS:

As always check out the BishBlog for regular updates on revision throughout the holidays, comment and question and you complete homework.  Also we have set up access to Espresso revision resources for every year 6 child.  Check these out, and have a go.  The login details are as follows…

Enjoy your Easter, and see you in the Summer Term!

Mr Bishop.

Week Beginning 14th March

 Due to the fact that Year 6 have been working so hard all week, I need to catch up on some marking!!  Therefore there is a slight change to their homework this week.  Both Numeracy and Literacy homework is to create mind maps, or summarise their learning so far in a poster form for displaying around the year 6 classroom, stars and house points will be awarded not only for the most accurate and detailed information, but also for the brightest and most attractive posters!

Please remember that this coming week, sheets for parent consultations are also being made available in school.  Please sign up to discuss your child's progress.

Thanks,

Mr Bishop and Miss Ward

Week beginnning 7th March 2011

Phew… we are 6 weeks into it, with only 4 booster weeks left. 
Congratulations year 6 you have now completed all 6 of the main genre types in literacy!  We now move onto more general revision for literacy, looking at skills that need to be present in all writing, regardless of genre.

Remember Friday next week is Comic Relief (Do something funny for money) - dress up as, ‘Where’s Wally!’  Also just a brief apology, with all the SATS boosters and general year 6 craziness, the Romeo and Juliet DVD is not quite finalised yet, it should be out sometime this coming week.  If you still haven’t ordered your copy and would like to do so, its not too late (£5 payable at the offices)

Enjoy your weekend, and don’t forget to get your parent to sign your
diaries.

Mr Bishop and Miss Ward

LITERACY

Birdies

Cats

Dogs

NUMERACY

Giraffes

Elephants

Tigers

Week beginning 28th February

Back into our regular routine!

I do hope your half term has been enjoyable and relaxing, however now we are back into the flow with our booster sessions.  With only 6 full teaching weeks this half term it is imperative that you complete the homework each weekend in order to support and consolidate our learning from the week.

As this is our first week back and we had a few unusual happenings (someone even said they spotted Batman at school whilst I was absent for a day!?), therefore homework this week is generic (the same) for all groups.  Try your best and don’t forget to get parents to sign your homework diaries.

Mr B and Miss Ward

LITERACY

NUMERACY

 

Week beginning 7th February

Well, what a week it has been...!

Three maths assessments, two writing assessments, 2 science assessments, 1 reading assessment, and a spelling test.  So what better way to round it all off than with a piece of homework lasting 83 minutes...

To coincide with year 6's production of Romeo and Juliet, why not go and see the film 'Gnomeo and Juliet' this weekend?!

Otherwise have a restful weekend, and I look forward to having a thoroughly enjoyable final week of half term during Shakespeare Week. (try and keep some revision going though!)

Week beginning 31st January 2011

Break Time

With 4 weeks completed, we are now into breaktime for a few weeks... however... this does NOT mean no more revision!

The next 3 weeks consist of...

• Trial Assessment week
• Shakespeare week (keep checking out the main blogpage for regular video updates of rehersals that week!)
• Half Term

However don't panic I shall be providing regular revision activities and updates on these homework pages to keep you going.  Remember it is now that you need to demonstrate your ability to be an independent learner.  Don't neglect all the hard work you have been putting in this half term so far.

Remember ASSESSMENT WEEK next week, make sure your PMA (positive mental attitiude) continues throughout the whole week, good breakfast and lots of sleep.

Mr B

LITERACY

Birdies

Cats

Dogs

NUMERACY

Giraffes

Elephants

Tigers

Week Beginning 24th January 2011

Keep Going!

We're nearly at the end of week 3, and with only one more booster week left until trail assessment week, it is important now more than ever to 'just keep swimming' (in the words of Nemo!).  Don't give up, I have been extremely impressed with year 6 and their determination to work hard and succeed in these extra booster sessions.  Remember 'your worth it'... "I am NOT a level, I only work at a certain level. This CAN and WILL change, depending on circumstances!"

Enjoy your weekend, and don't overwork!

Mr B

LITERACY

Birdies

Cats

Dogs

NUMERACY

Giraffes

Elephants

Tigers