Believe ~ Learn ~ GrowLydiard Millicent CE Primary School

Day Session Teaching & Learning

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1 English – To understand the story of Romeo and Juliet

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zfpcwmn/revision/1

Watch the video for a lightning fast summary of Romeo and Juliet! Extension/Challenge: Read through the guide, which explains in more detail about what happens in the play.

Create your own storyboard of the play that shows the key parts. You must write at least one sentence for each image on the storyboard. You could draw your images or take pictures of your acting them out.

Extension/Challenge: Include any key or famous quotes you may have found from the play in your storyboard.

2 Reading – Romeo and Juliet Comprehension (vocabulary)Read through the extract from Romeo and Juliet (adapted by Marcia Williams). This is only the first part of the story!We are going to identify some potentially unfamiliar vocabulary, and recap the skills that we might need to understand new words – mainly looking at root words and words that sound similar.Work through the vocabulary slides to identify the new words. For each word, write a definition and draw a small picture to represent the word.

Reading Extract.pdfReading-Comprehension-Powerpoint-whole-week.pptx

3 Spelling – Prefixes Look at our spellings for this week and then have a go at the activity. Beside each word, write a definition of the word, using your understanding of the prefix meanings.

4 Maths – Have a go at this mental Maths quiz to start with! Keep some scrap paper to hand to do any workings:https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/486/Y6-Arithmetic-Practice

Four Operations using FractionsRemind yourself of the methods for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions. Do a step by step method for each operation. If you aren’t sure, have a look at https://www.mathsisfun.com/fractions-menu.html for guides on each method.

Have a go at the question sheets – check your answers as needed!

Tuesday Maths Sheets.pdfTuesday Maths Answers.pdf

5 Topic – The Battle of BosworthThis term, we are learning about how the power of the monarch changed during the reign of the Tudors. The monarch is the king or queen that rules the country. Who is our current monarch? How do we choose the next monarch? Think about that today, whilst we look at our first Tudor monarch – Henry VII

Look through the powerpoint to learn about the Battle of Bosworth. Then complete the colour coding activity to work out why Richard III lost.

Finally, create your own Battle of Bosworth boardgame that uses some of the facts that you’ve learned. (For example, Trampled by Knights – go back 3 spaces!)

History-Powerpoint.pptxHistory-Worksheet.docx

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1 English - To identify and practise skills that contribute to persuasive language

Look through the different persuasive techniques in the persuasive writing guide below. Do you know what they all mean? Research any that you don’t – or email me!

2 Reading – Romeo and Juliet Comprehension (Explaining)There are some phrases in our Shakespeare adaptation that require some thinking about to understand the meaning of. To help you, identify the words that make understanding it harder. Think about their meaning and use the hints/clues on the powerpoint to support you.For each phrase, write a short explanation of what it means.

(See Tuesday resources)3 Spellings – Prefixes

4 Maths – Have a go at this mental Maths quiz to start with! Keep some scrap paper to hand to do any workings:https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/486/Y6-Arithmetic-Practice

Finding a fraction of a wholeIf you’re not sure about finding a fraction of a whole, using this guide to show you the method: https://www.math-salamanders.com/fraction-of-a-whole-number.html

Work through the powerpoint and answer the questions as you go.

Extension: Fractions InvestigationWednesday-Maths.pptxFraction-Investigation.docx

5 Topic – Electrical components

This term in Science, we are revisiting electricity. To start with, we are going to have a look at electrical components and their different purposes. Look through the worksheet on electrical components – read the definitions and complete the matching activity.

Extension: create accurate circuit diagrams from pictures provided.

Electricity-Worksheet.pdfElectricity-Extension.pdf

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1 English – To understand the features and structure of a persuasive letterRead through the model persuasive letter.Follow the questions and prompts to analyse and learn about the structure of the text.

Thursday-English.docx

2 Reading – Romeo and Juliet (retrieve)Retrieval is when we take short bits of information from the text. Very often questions will require us to find one or two words. Read through the text again, then complete the retrieval questions on the powerpoint – as an extra challenge, see if you can complete them with the fewest re-reads of the text.(See Tuesday resources)

3 Spelling Revision – Adding suffixes

4 Maths – Have a go at this mental Maths quiz to start with! Keep some scrap paper to hand to do any workings:https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/486/Y6-Arithmetic-Practice

To revise decimals up to two placesTo revise decimals with up to 2 places, read through the guide on https://www.mathsisfun.com/decimals.html and then have a go at the worksheet questions.

Extension: have a go at the ‘spiralling decimals for 2’ game from NRICH with a partner. (https://nrich.maths.org/11117)

Thursday-Maths.pptx

5 Art – how are pictures used to tell stories?

Look through the powerpoint to get an idea of how the Bayeux Tapestry tells its audience an important story. Complete the activity to show how different art mediums can also tell a story.

Thursday-Art-Powerpoint.pdfThursday-Art-Worksheet.pdf

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1 English – To write a persuasive letter.Use what we have practised so far this week to write a persuasive letter from a concerned citizen to the Prince, trying to get him to do something about the fighting between the Montagues and Capulets. Hints: Think about what your character wants the Prince to do. Think about how your character might have been affected by the Montagues and Capulets.

2 Reading – Romeo and Juliet (Predictions)Make some predictions about what will happen in the play based on things that happen in this opening extract. Remember to explain your reasoning – if you predict that Romeo will end up fighting someone, remember to give some evidence for thinking that way.

3 Spelling – Ask someone at home to test you on your ‘prefix’ spellings for this week. Afterwards, identify any spellings that you need to practise more and use them to play a game of battleships with someone at home (if you need extra words, you could use the Y5/6 spelling list in your reading

record).4 Maths – Have a go at this mental Maths quiz to start with! Keep some scrap paper to hand to do any

workings:https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/486/Y6-Arithmetic-Practice

Numbers with 3 DP

This lesson builds on our knowledge from yesterday’s session. Have a look again at the link from yesterday – today we are dealing with numbers that have up to 3 digits. Have a go at the questions to develop our skill with 3 decimal places.

Extension:Decimal Place Value Riddles

Friday-Maths-Worksheet.pdfFriday-Maths-Answers.pdfFriday-Maths-Extension.pdf

5 Art – Using visuals to tell a story.Use the storyboard template to tell a story without using words. You could pick one of the stories from the example templates, or use one of the other example stories on the back page.

Friday-Art-Powerpoint.pdfFriday-Art-Worksheet.pdf