Maths homework 12.1.18

Happy Friday everyone- we hope you have a lovely weekend. To make sure we are staying on top of things, here is your homework for maths this week.

 

These questions are to be completed in your new homework books.
Remember:

• Presentation in these books should be of the same standard as those kept in schools- keep them clean, dry and safe.
• For each piece of work you complete, please record the date (in full) as well as the title of the activity.
• One digit per square for maths activities.
• Use a ruler for straight lines.
• All homework books MUST be in school every Wednesday for work to be marked.
• Additional work (from blog activities) can also be recorded in these books.

As always, if you need additional support, please come and speak to me and I will help you.


See you Monday,


Miss Barrell

Adding and subtracting fractions

Hi all,


As promised, here is a little something extra to get your teeth in to if you want/ need a little extra practise in the fractions department.
This week we have been going over adding and subtracting fractions and we have come across a few golden rules to help us...

• The denominators must be the same before we can add or subtract- if they're different we need to find the lowest common multiple to take the place of the old ones and recalculate the numerators before we continue,

           e.g. 2/4 + 3/7
          We cannot do this as the denominators are different (4 and 7)
          The lowest common multiple of both of these numbers is 28 (4x7= 28; 7x4=28)

• Whatever we do to the bottom we must do to the top.

So because we multiplied the denominators by 7 and 4, we must do that to the top too which then leaves us with 14/28 + 12/28 which equals 26/28

• We can simplify fractions using the highest common factor of the numerator and denominator. So, the highest number that I can count in to reach both 26 and 28 is 2.

Now that we have recapped those, let's try some more fractions calculations:

Bring your answers in and I'll check them over for you!

If you still want more then I have attached some links below that you might want to check out... Sometimes it helps to hear things explained by different people in different ways!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLUE6VqqrWY  (adding and subtracting fractions)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcCLKACsYJ0 (adding and subtracting unlike fractions)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pynfj2bYRms  (adding mixed numbers)

Miss Barrell

Weekly attendance... Christmas week

Hi all and welcome back- I hope your 2018 has started off well.

 

Ours certainly has... Quite unexpectedly, during Monday's attendance assembly, it was announced that 6SB had won the attendance award for the first time this year!!!
As you are aware, the target is 96% and we achieved...

 

 

 

 

Wait for it...

 

 

 

100%

 

I wasn't expecting that at all but it has proved once and for all that we can do it and as we approach the end of year 6, it's more important than ever. So with that in mind, let's really go for it- let's aim to have the highest attendance every week!

 

If you find it a struggle, think about what you can do at home to help:

• Get your clothes and school bag prepared the night before so you're not rushing in the morning.
• Set an alarm (or two) five minutes earlier each morning so you don't sleep in.
• If you find you're just tooooo tired in the morning, think- am I getting enough sleep? Go to bed half an hour earlier and see if that helps.
• Try shutting off from computers/ phones/ tablets/TV an hour before bed so you are ready for sleep.

Let us know if these help or suggest some things that work for you in the comments.

 

 

Olive elf still at large...

Oh my goodness- what a Christmas catastrophe! Olive elf has been up to no good again.

Striking the 6SB classroom, presumably in the early hours of Tuesday morning, class and teacher came in, ready to learn, to find this:

"We couldn't believe our eyes," stated one shocked child when he saw the mess she had made.

Tissues were strewn everywhere and Olive, presumably exhausted from her festive antics, was laid amidst the carnage sleeping peacefully! Unable to wake the sleeping elf, the class let her be for the remainder of the day.

Upon returning the next day, Olive was gone.

Please be vigilant for these renegade elves over the Christmas period- who knows when one might strike next!

Merry Christmas 6SB x

The Ice Bear art work

Following the launch of our Winter Wonderland topic, we started looking at our new book:

The Ice Bear

We have only read a snippet so far, and there's plenty more to come, but already we have been inspired by the words in the book to create some beautiful works of art- take a look at some of the examples below!


"Into this world they were born, in the dark months, when the cold and the wind turned water to stone. So small. She held them close to keep them warm in the blue ice cave that was their world".

Friday thoughts...

Friday 8th^th December 2017

 

We had an amazing week with the launch of our new ‘Winter Wonderland’ topic!

 

We have started exploring some of the coldest regions on the planet through our work in geography using maps and atlases; we have started reading our new class text- The Ice Bear, which we are loving- and we have created some beautiful works of art inspired by the language in the book.

 

We have also been impressed by the effort going in to learning times tables over the last couple of weeks too and are thrilled to have people already secure at the bronze level and working towards the silver and gold standards and beyond- keep up the good work!

 

We hope you have a fantastic weekend (enjoy the snow safely if it comes as forecast) and we look forward to seeing you on Monday for your last full week before Christmas!

 

Thanks,

 

Miss Barrell and Mr Storr

Anti-bullying week...

As you may or may not be aware, last week (13th- 17th November) it was Anti bullying week. As a class we took the opportunity to consider what bullying is and possible reasons people may bully one another.
We watched a video called 'Andy and the odd socks' and decided that the message it was giving was that we should all feel proud of who we are as individuals and celebrate our differences rather than looking at them as being a negative.


We compared ourselves to socks- all different but all equal.


You can see some of our responses below:

Beth, Mia, Jamie W:

We designed our sock to show our different personalities because we are all human but unique at the same time. We thought that this would be a good idea because we know we like different things so why not embrace it?!

Megan, Jamie D.:

We designed our sock to show that each individual is unique although they should be respected the same. We believe that bullies shouldn’t make other people into bullies. Everyone should be respected the same. We know everybody likes different things so they should be respected for what they like.  

 

Codi, Josh, Reece:

We designed our sock to show were all unique and that we're all different and that even though you stand out, you should celebrate being different.