Maths homework 18.5.18

Hi all,


A bit of fun for your homework this week- stage directions!
Do your research to find out which label goes where first of all- you can print the picture below out or draw it in your homework book and then label on the correct position for each.

Next try the activity below...

SATs update...

Well done everyone on the first 2 maths papers today- only one more reasoning paper left now and you're done!


In terms of revision tonight, of course we don't know what will come up but we can think ahead to what topics might appear. Try some of these on for size:


Shape- especially circles- http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z8c7qty
Angles

Algebra

Parallel/ perpendicular lines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zp327hv


Fractions/ decimals/ percentages (equivalence)
https://www.mathplayground.com/matching_fraction_percent.html

Maths revision...

Hi everyone,


Well done for today with the reading paper- two down, 3 more to go!


Tomorrow is Maths Paper 1 (arithmetic) and Maths Paper 2 (reasoning). We've done some revision today- going over elements for both papers.


Things that we discussed:
* The importance of accuracy- making sure your times tables or miscalculating 'carries' doesn't let you down.
* Fractions- making sure you always turn mixed numbers to improper fractions before you start calculating.
* Written methods for multiplication and division- these are worth 2 marks as opposed to just 1- make them count!
* Multiplying or dividing by a decimal... Make it easy for yourself- calculate with whole numbers and convert back to a decimal afterwards, e.g. 2.6 x 312 = 26 x 312 /10


One thing that came up this afternoon was averages: mean, median, mode, range etc. Having covered it less than some other topics, some of us were a little sketchy on this, so please find a couple of links below to help you go over these things:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/data/mode_median_mean_range/read/1/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB_033ID7i8


Another request we had was for some measure and conversion work. So, below, there is another link to help you go over this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/shape_space/measures/read/1/


If there's anything else you want, leave a comment or message me via Class Dojo and I'll do what I can.
Otherwise, get some rest and do something nice to unwind- you've worked hard; you've earned it!


See you tomorrow,


Miss Barrell x

Maths Reasoning Quiz 3

Hi again, 

Open this post to for your third Year 6 Reasoning Quiz- it might help you identify any areas of maths that you still need to work on. Feel free to make it fun by challenging friends and family- who can get the highest score?!

I'll post more of these in coming posts. Answers will be posted separately for an adult/family member/friend to check your answers. Remember- don't look ahead! You'll only cheat yourself. Give it a go and check after 👍

Enjoy!

Maths Reasoning Quiz 2

Hi all, 

Open this post to for the second Year 6 Reasoning Quiz- it might help you identify any areas of maths that you still need to work on. Feel free to make it fun by challenging friends and family- who can get the highest score?!

I'll post more of these in coming posts. Answers will be posted separately for an adult/family member/friend to check your answers. Remember- don't look ahead! You'll only cheat yourself. Give it a go and check after 👍

Enjoy!

Maths reasoning Quiz 1

Hi all,

Open this post to for a Year 6 Reasoning Quiz- it might help you identify any areas of maths that you still need to work on. Feel free to make it fun by challenging friends and family- who can get the highest score?!

I'll post more of these in coming posts. Answers will be posted separately for an adult/family member/friend to check your answers. Remember- don't look ahead! You'll only cheat yourself. Give it a go and check after 👍

Enjoy!

This week's homework...

Hi all,

I mentioned yesterday that your focus for the next week, with only 4 school days until SATs, should be on revising. Focus, not on the things you are good at, but on the things you know you don't feel as secure with so that, by the time testing week arrives, you will be full of confidence knowing you have given it your best shot. That is all we ask.

I have delayed putting this up as I didn't want to distract you from the lovely sunny weather we have been enjoying this bank holiday Saturday. Balance is important; make sure you build in rest to recharge your batteries.

So, in between your rest intervals:

• Practise any arithmetic skills you make errors in.
• Apply your arithmetic skills to reasoning questions.
• READ!! Read on a wide range of topics- science, history, geography etc. as well as narrative and poetry- exposing yourself to new and varied vocabulary and practise figuring out what unfamiliar words mean.
• Revise any grammar terms you are less confident about- can you tell a phrase from a clause?!
• Learn your spellings! On Friday I gave you all the spellings you didn't get right from across this term- keep working on them.
• Make use of the blog posts from across the year as well as revision guides and online resources.

Open this post to read more as I have attached a practise SPaG test below for you to try- give it a go and if there's anything on there you struggle with then revise it! 

Similarly with maths, I have put up some questions for you to try.

LASTLY, comment on this post if you want me to put anything in particular up to help you or to timetable in for next week's lessons.

Enjoy the rest of the bank holiday and I'll see you Tuesday,

Miss Barrell x

Maths homework 27.4.18

Hi all,


Please see below for this week's maths homework- some revision on angles as well as some arithmetic practise to keep the grey matter active!

We have focussed on revision of angles this week as well as strategies for reasoning questions so hopefully that should help you with these.

HOWEVER- if you need an extra refresher to make it all stick/ sink in, then here are some links to help you develop that understanding even further:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zg68k7h
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/shape_space/angles/read/1/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/shape_space/angles/play/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGKwdHMiqCg

Maths homework 20.4.18

Hi all,

Here is your homework for this week. Remember- calculations should be neatly recorded, 1 digit per square, in your homework books with a ruler used for straight lines. If you have trouble accessing this, please make sure you come to one of us ASAP and we can get you a paper copy.

If you are struggling with anything or are in doubt over how to tackle any of these questions, please make sure you come and see us too so that we can go over it- we want you to feel confident in these questions as you will almost certainly come up again something similar in your SATs tests.

Miss Barrell x

REVISION: Percentages

Soooooo... I first posted about this aaaaaall the way back in October last year: PERCENTAGES!


This week we returned to the topic to see how we were getting on with it.Today we tackled this:

Our challenge was to make our way through the maze within in a minute (we didn't manage it!). We tried a number of different calculations too and whilst we weren't bad, there was definite room for improvement at times, particularly with speed and accuracy.


So, here is the link to my original post:
https://missbarrellsclass.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/percentages-of-amounts.html


As well as some online resources you may find useful:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/percentages/read/1/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR95Cbcjzus


https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-ratios-rates/pre-algebra-percent-problems/v/finding-percentages-example


https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-ratios-rates/pre-algebra-percent-problems/v/taking-a-percentage-example


If you want some extra help, I will be going over percentages next week before school (from 8:15am- come in through breakfast club) on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday- I'd love to see you there :)


Enjoy!


Miss Barrell x

Maths homework 13.4.18

Hi all,
Some more arithmetic practise this week for homework (12 questions). Complete the calculations in your homework books, neatly, one digit per square, using a ruler for straight lines.
Q1

Maths: Finding the half way point

Hi all,




This week we went over how to calculate a point that lies exactly half way between two other given points. Here are some examples of the sorts of things we have been dealing with:

These questions have been causing some of us some problems...

Now I know it's a little more complex than what is half way between 1 and 3 for example, but none the less, we all have the necessary skills/ understanding to be able to break this problem apart.

Steps to success:

1) If the numbers are in different formats, e.g. fractions/ decimals or percentages/ fractions, then make them the same.

2) Find the difference.

3) Half the difference (remember though, with fractions, you cannot have a decimal numerator- if this is the case then you will have to switch from a fraction to a decimal or percentage instead).

4) Add half the difference to the number at the start of the number line.

 

The following image might help you to remember this:

Try the following... A, B and C:

 

 

CHALLENGE:

If you managed to find the half way mark, tell me:

1. What point would lie 1/4 of the way across?
2. What point would lie 3/4 of the way across?
3. What point would lie 1/3 of the way across?
4. What point would lie 2/3 of the way across?
5. What other point along the line can you find?

If you find you're struggling with these, embrace it as a failure (see earlier blog post) and rather than shying away from it, come and see me next week- I will be holding extra sessions over break times on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday where we can go over it and get some extra practise.

See you then,

Miss Barrell x



Algebra sequences...

Wow!
I just want everyone to know how incredibly 6SB have taken to the concept of algebra this week! If I'm honest, I remember not liking algebra to begin with when I was younger but not you guys!


We have been exploring number sequences this week, looking for similarities and differences and noticing patterns in the terms of the sequence to help us come up with the 'rule', 'expression' or 'formula' for the nth term.


Here you can see some of the sequences we have explored so far:

So here are a couple more for you to take a look at... Can you think of a formula for the different sequences below? Can you find the 25th, 50th and 80th terms?


1)

2)

Enjoy exploring and maybe you can come up with a sequence of your own for others to explore!


Miss Barrell x

Maths homework 16.3.18

Hi all,


Maths homework this week is to go over your maths arithmetic test from today, focussing particularly on questions that you lost marks on and practise these skills!


In addition to your revision, take a look at the following:

If you need any help or want me to go over anything with you then please let me know early next week.


Have a lovely weekend,


Miss Barrell x

Maths homework 9.3.18

Hello again,

Following on from this week's mock SATs, despite everyone doing incredibly well, coming on leaps and bounds in terms of their progress, it was frustrating to see some pupils dropping marks because of silly mistakes so this week's homework draws on a number of arithmetic areas we have covered this year. There's nothing new so you should be fine with everything here- it's revision to make sure you are accurate in your calculations.
If there's something you're finding tricky then make that skill a priority: look back to see if there are any supporting materials on the blogs or come to me to go over it again.

Here is this week's maths homework:

As always, work should be presented neatly in homework books (1 digit per square) in pencil.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

See you Monday, 

Miss Barrell x

Reflections and translations revision...

Hi all (again),

So another area of maths we went over this week was transformations, particularly the reflection and translation of shapes. We got really hands on with how to do these things but to help you revise these concepts and further secure them in your mind, take a look at the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/shape_space/transformation/read/1/

Here's a cool activity to have a go at for some extra practise too:

http://www.teacherled.com/iresources/symmetry/symmetryshapes/ 

As always, if there's anything you're unsure of, come to me and ask :)

Miss Barrell x

Volume revision...

Hi all,

So this week, as we took a look ahead to shape, we did some work on calculating volume. To help us, we used cubes to help us investigate the idea of:

length x width x depth

We all really enjoyed this and put our developing understanding to good use by applying it in context, see...

To help you revise and secure this understanding, follow the links below to work through some clips and activities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJwecTgce6c

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zcrxtyc 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3jrxfr

Enjoy, 

Miss Barrell x

Circles revision...

Hi all,

Following on from our revision session on Thursday when we looked at shape, focussing particularly on circles, here is an activity for you to try to further consolidate your understanding on this topic:

I have linked some sites below for you to take a look at too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z8c7qty

https://www.mathgames.com/skill/7.1-circles-calculate-area-radius-circumference 

http://files.pbslearningmedia.org/dlos/wnet/dlo7.html 

These games should help you have fun whilst building your confidence so take some time and enjoy!

As always, if there's something you're finding tricky and want me to go over then just let me know.

Miss Barrell x

Maths homework 2.3.18

Hi all,

Here is your maths homework for the week. It's nothing new- you are literally drawing on the concepts we have been covering in class for the last couple of months, weeks and days.
As always, please record your answers in your homework book neatly (1 digit per square).

If you are unsure and want some support, just let me know and I will be more than happy to go through things with you. In the meantime though, these might help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn2pdkvdbGQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gB1y-PMWfs

Have a fun, safe weekend enjoying the snow and I'll see you Monday :) 

Miss Barrell x

Maths homework 23.2.18

Apologies for the delay in uploading this- internet problems! But I'm back up and running!
This week we started exploring coordinates with a game of battleships inspired by the Greek navy so for homework I want you to build on that understanding ready to progress a little further next week.

See you next week,

Miss Barrell x