Tuesday 30^th June 2020

mardi le 30 juin

Star of the day: William

For a very enthusiastic first Zoom session! 

Morning Workout

Five Minute Workout 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbFqQarDM50

Virtual Sports Week

Middleton Technology College have very kindly sent their Virtual Sports Week Challenge for us to use in school and at home! Click below to choose today’s challenge:

Y6 Virtual Sports Week

English

Genre: Speeches

Key features of a speech

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znn2xyc

1. Read through the acronym and examples for each.

• A - alliteration
• F - facts
• O - opinion
• R - rhetorical questions (questions without an answer)
• E - emotive language
• S - statistics
• T - triples (repeating your point three times, but in different ways)

1. Decide on something you would like to write a speech about. This should be something that you feel strongly about such as: COVID-19, animals in captivity, politics or your transition from Year 6 to Year 7.
2. Complete the RAFT (Reason, Audience, Features, Tone) on this sheet: Speeches
3. Create your own example for each key feature for your speech.

Maths

This week in maths, we will be using CLIC sessions to revise arithmetic skills and to help us to improve our pace and accuracy.

Tuesday's Maths

Maths Championships – a game to explore maths in a sport context

Complete the ‘Areas of triangles and parallelograms’ section:

https://standalone.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk_sa/modules/m2_maths_championships_sa/index.html

Newsround

Catch up with the latest news.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

Transition

Create a short recount about your favourite memory from your time at Moston Lane.

My Favourite Memory Recount

Music

1. Dip,Dip,Dip – an action song
2. Disney Quiz – 10 songs with changes to pitch, speed or both!
3. African Drummers – Enjoy watching the first minute of featuring the Jalikunda African Drums at the Montserrat African Music Festival.

https://www.derbyshiremusichub.org.uk/get-involved/music-at-home/junior/week-4.aspx

Spend a few moments thinking about what the quote below means to you:

Have a lovely day !

Wednesday 1^st July 2020

mercredi le 1 juillet

Star of the Day: Lucas

For confidently performing a speech with excellent awareness of punctuation.

Morning Workout

Five Minute Workout 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnKCGY9ZocA

Virtual Sports Week

Middleton Technology College have very kindly sent their Virtual Sports Week Challenge for us to use in school and at home! Click below to choose today’s challenge:

Virtual Sports Week

English

Genre: Speeches

Identifying the key features in action

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znn2xyc

1. Watch the video of Barack Obama’s speech and identify as many features as you can. You might like to tick them off on the sheet we used yesterday or make a new list.
2. Complete the quiz.
3. Read through the extract from John F Kennedy’s speech aloud. Decide where to emphasise, change the tone of your voice, pause and add expression.
4. Practise reading the speech aloud to build your confidence and ability to perform a speech.

Maths

This week in maths, we will be using CLIC sessions to revise arithmetic skills and to help us to improve our pace and accuracy.

Wednesday's Maths

Maths Championships – a game to explore maths in a sport context

Complete the ‘Shapes’ section:

https://standalone.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk_sa/modules/m2_maths_championships_sa/index.html

Newsround

Catch up with the latest news.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

Transition

Complete the activity which gives you the opportunity to reflect on your time at Moston Lane.

My Time at School Reflection Sheet

Music

Follow the information and links on the website to learn about rhythm and then create your own melody:

https://www.derbyshiremusichub.org.uk/get-involved/music-at-home/junior/week-6.aspx

Key vocabulary:

Rhythm - a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound

Melody – a tune/sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying

Spend a few moments thinking about what this quote means to you:

Remember to send your hoodie orders to: y6@mostonlane.manchester.sch.uk

Have a lovely day!

Thursday 2^nd July 2020

jeudi le 2 juillet

Star of the Day: Staz

For always working so hard! 

Morning Workout

Five Minute Workout 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAUckPMJKSY

Virtual Sports Week

Middleton Technology College have very kindly sent their Virtual Sports Week Challenge for us to use in school and at home! Click below to choose today’s challenge:

Virtual Sports Week

English

Genre: Speeches

Planning and Drafting

1. Complete the planning page for your own speech: Plan
2. Keep in mind the skills you used when reading the JFK speech, AFOREST and your planning page and draft your own speech on the subject that you decided upon on Tuesday.
3. Remember to show off your skills – use mature vocabulary choices and a range of high-level punctuation.

Maths

This week in maths, we will be using CLIC sessions to revise arithmetic skills and to help us to improve our pace and accuracy.

Thursday's Maths

Newsround

Catch up with the latest news.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

Transition

Complete the questionnaire to discover how you feel about different aspects of transition.

Questionnaire

Remember that your teacher is always available via email to discuss any worries or concerns that you may have. If you are feeling anxious in any way about high school, please talk about it.

 Music

Follow the instructions and links on the website for the ‘Virtual Percussion’ activity where you can actually play along to ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ – a song used to thank our NHS workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.derbyshiremusichub.org.uk/get-involved/music-at-home/junior/week-7.aspx

Spend some time thinking about what this quote means to you:

Please remember to send your hoodie order to: y6@mostonlane.manchester.sch.uk

Have a lovely day!

Friday 3^rd July 2020

vendredi le 3 juillet

Star of the Day: Stephanie

For another fantastic week of home learning!

Morning Workout

Five Minute Workout 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0h6EZd6TM&t=20s

Virtual Sports Week

Middleton Technology College have very kindly sent their Virtual Sports Week Challenge for us to use in school and at home! Click below to choose today’s challenge:

Virtual Sports Week

English

Genre: Speeches

Record yourself delivering your speech. This can be an audio or visual recording.

Remember to include:

• Emphasis
• Expression
• Tone
• Pauses
• Body language

Please send your speech to y6@mostonlane.manchester.sch.uk

Maths

Use today’s maths session to revise key mathematical vocabulary. Use the link for the online maths dictionary and choose 10 key terms to recap:

http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

Newsround

Catch up with the latest news.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

Transition

Complete the grid to help you to mentally prepare for high school. Please remember to email any questions or concerns to your teachers.

Preparing for High School Grid

Music

Follow the instructions and links on the website to learn how to perform ‘cup patterns’ and to explore ‘typewriter music’:

https://www.derbyshiremusichub.org.uk/get-involved/music-at-home/junior/week-8.aspx

Have a think about what the quote below means to you:

Have a lovely weekend!