1st February Music morning and MFL visit to Burton Borough

Today, we were visited by Miss Simpson from TACT and she delivered a musical theatre workshop for all children.

Yr6 children learned how to sing Circle of Life and performed the song fantastically well.

This afternoon, the whole of Yr6 walked round to Burton Borough to have some French and Spanish taster lessons. Lessons were led by Mrs Irvine-Remson, Mrs Morgan and Mrs Reciogarcia. Thank you to the MFL department of Burton Borough for welcoming us in to the school and for providing some very enjoyable lessons.

Yr6 homework due 6th February 2019

Read at least 3 times and ask an adult to sign your reading diary to confirm.

Learn your spellings. Complete detailed sentences and definitions in your homework book.

Complete the decimal calculation activity. Children will be choosing an appropriate challenge, either 1*, 2* or 3*. All task will be visible on website.

Y6 visit to Burton Borough

On Friday afternoon (1st of February) the whole of Year 6 are visiting Burton Borough for some taster MFL lessons. They will be back at NJS before the end of the day.

This is a fantastic opportunity to get to know some of the teachers and get a feel for French and Spanish lessons at secondary level.

Year 6 team

Y6 spelling homework due 30th January

To support with understanding definitions for spellings, the ‘Collins children’s Cobuild dictionary’ is a very useful tool.

Year 3/4
caught centre
century heart
busy continue
decide minute
difficult consider

Year 5/6
aggressive attached
controversy disastrous
exaggerate government
immediate opportunity
rhyme system

Please ensure children practice spellings and write the words in a context.

There are some individuals with alternative spellings but their words are recorded in their books.

Year 6 homework due 30th January

Read at least 3 times and ask an adult to sign your reading diary to confirm. Children to record own comments that reflect the content of the reading.

Learn your spellings. Complete detailed sentences and definitions in your homework book.

Children to complete the reading activity. Read the text and answer the comprehension questions. Only allow 10 minutes to read and complete to build stamina.

No spellings this week

All Year 3/4 spellings have been covered.
In the New Year, children will start to have different spellings. Some children are ready to move on to the Year 5/6 spellings but others need to secure these words and will repeat the Year 3/4 words.

Any queries please contact your class teacher.

Homework due 19th December

Read at least 3 times (per week) and ask an adult to sign your reading diary to confirm.

Complete the times table grid over the few evenings.

Complete the ordering fractions task – Questions 1-12 only ***/**

Complete the equivalent fractions activity *

Fractions help:
*

***/** Finding fractions halfway between fractions

If I have two numbers like 4 and 10, I can find a number right in the
middle of them by adding the numbers and dividing the sum by 2:

4 + 10 14
—— = — = 7
2 2

It works with fractions, too! (In fact, it works with _any_ numbers.)

So to find a fraction halfway between 1/3 and 1/2,

1/3 + 1/2 2/6 + 3/6 5/6
——— = ——— = — = 5/12
2 2 2

Only one week to go!!

Spellings due 5th December

Due to changes in the Literacy curriculum in Year 6 children are expected to be secure with all KS2 spellings. There will be no choice in terms of degrees of difficulty. All children, of all abilities, need to learn the following for next week:

question regular remember straight ancient bruise category definite embarrass

foreign

Please encourage not to use capitals unless required for the start of a sentence or a proper noun

Homework due 5th December

Read at least 3 times and ask an adult to sign your reading record to confirm. Children to record own comments so they can reflect on reading.

Learn spellings. Complete detailed sentences and definitions in your homework book.

How did the Ancient Greeks impact on the modern world? Think about: inventions, sports, food and education.
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