Welcome to Year 6

Useful Websites
www.twinkl.co.uk – register and enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS for a free month premium access
www.pobble365.com – look at the picture each day and complete:
I see… I think… I wonder… in your book
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize - KS2 resources for the whole curriculum
www.theschoolrun.com – useful hints and tips for learning
Daily PE sessions with Joe Wicks.
9AM Live on his Youtube channel- The Body Coach TV.
https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1
Library books free access online!
BorrowBox gives you free access to a wide range of bestselling ebooks and audiobooks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
To borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks you need to be a member of Tameside Libraries. If you are not a library member, you can join here.
Creating a Borrowbox account is quick and easy; you just need your Library card number, 4 digit PIN and an email address. Simply go to the BorrowBox website and follow the instructions.
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Take a look at some of our home learning!
Dyson STEM Challenges
Dyson engineers have designed these challenges specifically for children. Ideal for home or in the classroom, they encourage inquisitive young minds to get excited about engineering: Visit their website or click the image below for the challenges!
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Help and Advice
Support for parents during school closure can be found under the Parents section.
Some more fantastic home learning!
It's great to see you have been keeping busy at home. Keep your photos coming! It's nice to see some of you have made pictures and cards for your Chatter Chums, I'm sure they will love these.
Zara's letter to her Chatter Chum

Click below for Tameside and Glossop Primary Health and Wellbeing Challenges!
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NHS daily Challenge - Give

Have fun trying out some of these Fair Trade Activites!
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Just click on the activities above.
Home Learning - Beginning of May
For your next Fair Trade Adventure click on the image below
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Thanks a choc-a-lot click on the image below

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Poppy has completed the journalism part of her Investigation Badge for Girl Guides. She looked at different types of media then came up with a local news story. Well done Poppy!

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June Home Learning
Poppy made a beach bag from an old striped shirt as part of her upcycling badge for Guides. Well done Poppy, your beach bag looks great! I think Mrs Taylor would like this.
Poppy and Eddy made a poster to save the ocean for World Ocean Day after watching a film about sea pollution.
Some more great home learning! A great poem Poppy! Well done everyone who entered the Young Writers Competition, inspired by Miss Finch's after school writing club,these poems will be published later this year! A wonderful photo of Luke and his sister Nicole being absorbed in their home learning.
Year 6 School Closure Home Learning
Share your home learning with us by emailing photographs to my email address below.
y6@st-georges-hyde.tameside.sch.uk
Dear Parents,
As you are aware school will be closed for a while now. The well-being and academic progress of my class is of paramount importance to me whilst the children are off. A routine is especially vital to ensure happy children who feel secure so please refer to the suggested timetable that school has issued. This allows for periods of learning, exercise etc. School has also issued suggested websites that your child may wish to use in their learning time. As far as learning in year 6 is concerned please refer to the list of activities below and try to make sure that your child is using a variety of these in their day to help their learning be fun and engaging. Although the SATs tests have now been cancelled it is still vital to continue your child’s education so that they can access the curriculum in high school without gaps in their learning. Teacher assessment will, as usual, be sent to the high schools concerning your child’s attainment in year 6 instead of SATs test marks.
Thank you for your support, I will keep in contact as much as possible,
Mrs Potts
- HOMEWORK BOOKS – children may complete any challenges from the homework choice boards and in these books are all the times tables and a spelling sheet of words to learn. Your child’s log-in to access times table rock stars and purple mash learning sites are also included for you to use if you have access to the internet.
- READING – please ensure your child has finished reading Goodnight Mr Tom which they received at Christmas. They also have some other library books from school and can of course read any of their own books for pleasure.
- Newsround (CBBC) – we watch this via the internet everyday in class and it is a great way for your child to be informed about the world in an appropriate manner for children. There are lots of other resources on the website and discussion about all these topics can be valuable learning.
- Maths – there is a maths booklet of questions (with answers provided!) as well as some maths fact sheets which the children should learn.
- Reading comprehension – there is a reading comprehension booklet (answers provided)
- Writing – I have included some writing tasks.
- Science – 2 books. One has questions incorporated in it and the other a separate question booklet.
- English – SPAG revision sheets. Facts that your child should know before high school.
- Outdoor and life-skills learning can also be done eg nature walks, gardening, cooking, learning how to make a bed etc.
Practice your timestables as often as possible!
Chatter Chums
At this difficult time there are many lonely people and our Chatter Chums might especially be feeling this loneliness while their friends and relatives are unable to visit them at their residential home. Maybe you would like to write a letter to your chatter chum, make them an Easter card or draw them a picture. These can be dropped off at school or you can send them to Mrs Potts via email and we will make sure that your chatter chum receives them. I am sure this would bring a smile to their face and brighten up their day!
Take a look at Mrs Hewitt's Mindfulness and Music section for some great ideas!
Want to do some home baking? Check out Mrs Boult's updated Cookery Club section for recipes to try at home.
Home learning
If you complete any of the homework challenges from the learning challenge choice boards or have done some other exciting home learning whilst school is closed please share these with us by emailing photographs to my email address that was on the letter you received.
y6@st-georges-hyde.tameside.sch.uk
Mrs Potts
Well done to everyone working at home. We've had some great pictures of home learning! Zakir working on his My Maths. Poppy has created a volcano picture and a picture of the last ever walk she went on with a descriptive sentence. She has also helped her brother Eddy with his drawing of the Continents too! Zaara has even made her own timetable! She's completed a piece of creative writing and an earthquake picture.
Keep the pictures coming!
Well done year 6 for reading the most books in Mrs Mather's 'Bring a Book to Bed Challenge'. Take a look at the library home learning page for more. Keep reading year 6!!!
Explore the World from Home
Click on the image below to take up the Scavenger Hunt Challenge - See how many things you can find!

What to do at home? Write a poem! Click below
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Click on the image above.
Don't forget to check out more online safety advice on our website.

Click the above image for more home learning activites.
Ideas and activities to become a Young Leader - Click below

Talk for Writing Home-School Booklets
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The Angry Volcano by Ayaan Rahman

Some More Great Home Learning!
Wow! Some very creative home learning from recycling a cardboard box into a tank to whisking a delicious looking meal up in the kitchen! Well done to everyone who has sent in pictures of their home learning. Keep them coming!
Chatter Chums
Well done Year 6 for sending in your pictures and letters to your Chatter Chums and not forgetting about the carers who look after them too. We have put them together in a box with a selection of biscuits for them to share. I'm sure they will be delighted to know you are still thinking about them.