Spellings WC: 16th October 2017

WC 16/10/17	WALT convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes – ate, -ise, -ify
A noun is the name given to a person, place or thing. There are different types of nouns, such as common nouns (like table, chair, boy, girl, building etc), and proper nouns, which are the names of specific people, places or things and need capital letters (like Bert or Sutton Park Primary School or Paris for example).   A verb is a doing word, like walk, jump, go, say etc.   A noun can be converted in to a verb by using the suffixes: -ate -ise -ify   Below are some spelling rules to help you spell this week’s words correctly…
Do nothing:  pollen + ate = pollenate
Drop the y:  category + ise = categorise
Drop the ‘e’:  pure + ify = purify
As with most rules in the English language, there are exceptions to the rules. Children will need to learn if any words do not follow these patterns.   Below are a number of words that you can practise/ explore adding the different suffixes to... Can you think of any more?   Your child may be tested on any of these words at the end of the week so please support them in exploring which rules to apply to transform each word so they are prepared and ready for anything!   Many thanks,   Miss Barrell
Root words Category, critic, familiar, symbol, assassin, author, class, advert, pure, computer, equal, personal, active, real, glory, intense, hospital, false, motive, terror, simple, note, central, material, legal, pressure.

Friday thoughts...

Friday 13h October 2017

Week 6– DONE!

It’s hard to believe that 6 weeks have passed already but it’s true– after this we only have 2 more weeks before you get a well-earned rest over half term.

This week we have been working away on written dilemmas,

using subjunctive mood, modals and conditionals to consider future possibilities. It may sound like another language to you at home but if in doubt, ask our year 6 super stars and they should be able to clear things up for you!

As well as that, we have been tackling addition and subtraction in maths but the thing that’s really got everyone excited this week has been the art work we have produced based on the style of Picasso! We have used pictures of ourselves and famous inventors to cut up before piecing them back together to create an abstract work of art. These will be put on display and shown off on our blogs very soon, so do watch this space– it’s a gallery not to be missed!

That’s it for another week, but please do keep checking the blogs for more regular updates.

See you next week,

Miss Barrell

Speech punctuation

So recently we did a little work on speech punctuation or 'inverted commas'. We were a little rusty to begin with and as they're not something we necessarily use all of the time it's definitely worth practising them every now and again. After all- if you snooze, you lose!

With that in mind, I've found a catchy little song that might just help you keep the fundamentals in mind when punctuating speech.

Click the image, have a listen and have a go!

Merit winner: 6th October 2017

Congratulations for the getting the merit certificate today go out to:

Brooke 

For being open to feedback and working hard to improve the standard of work she produces. Well done and keep it up!

Miss Barrell x

Maths homework: 6th October 2017

Maze 100

In this maze there are numbers in each of the cells. You go through adding all the numbers that you pass. You may not go through any cell more than once.

Can you find a way through in which the numbers add to exactly 100?