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Monday 23rd March

Posted: Mar 23, 2020 by: Martin Clayton (MClayton) on: Class 6

Good morning Year 6! The sun is shining and there's not a cloud (or plane) in the sky. 
I hope you've all had a good weekend, been on a walk with your family, watched a cheesy film (we watched Wayne's World 2 - I think I know all the words!) and played some games together. I'm doing a jigsaw of San Francisco and I've been playing Mr Kershaw at Scrabble online. At the moment the scores are 286 to me and 227 to him - I've got one tile left to play. I recommend you download the app World Geography - Quiz Game by Atom Games Ent. It's free and fun and challenging - flags, countries, capital cities, continents, islands, etc.

Now, I know we'd usually be doing guided reading first, but things are going to be a little different. Here are today's activities:

1) Read for 30 minutes. This can be the newspaper, online news, a fiction book, a non-fiction reference book - anything.

2) Writing: You should have some paper in your pack. Today you will begin your diary. Put the date at the top and remember those writing points. Think about the things that I would point out: commas, capital-looking 's', passive sentences, etc. I want you to write 1-2 paragraphs. Include what you are reading and your thoughts, any games you have played, any humorous interactions/conversations with your family, your thoughts and feelings about what is going on.

3) Maths: Division with decimals from your pack. There is a short explanation at the top of the page, which is worth reading to recap. You can choose whether you do section A, B or C (or all!).

4) PE. Sorry, we can't play Benchball (sad, crying emoji). I want you to do 30 star jumps, jog on the spot for 3 minutes, 5 press-ups (watch an online video if you want to know how to do them correctly) and 5 sit-ups. We'll build up slowly. We are having family exercise half-hour every day at 10am.

5) Topic: Write down all 7 continents, all 5 oceans and find 5 islands in the continent that begins with the letter O.

6) GPS: page 38, Varied verb forms.

Mrs Johnson thinks it's a good idea if you either a) cook, or bake something b) grow something and/or c) learn a new game. See how you go on. 

You can reply to this blog, or you can email me on: class6@netherthongprimary.co.uk if you have any questions, or you want to show me your work. Georgie emailed me on Friday and included a photo of her writing, which was superb! I will try to find a way of sharing comments/work each day. There are apps that your parents can download (like Office Lens), which scan your work and turn it into a pdf, or Word document, that can then attach to emails, if you want to try that.

Have a lovely day everyone; I'm missing you all. Stay safe and keep smiling.

Mr C

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