Year 6RJ: Blog items
Date: 12th May 2020 @ 11:22am
This week’s Connected Curriculum task is to research how these strange times are having an effect on reducing pollution in some of the world’s busiest cities.
Lockdowns around the world to slow the spread of coronavirus have had an unintended consequence …
In many cities the air has become cleaner as people stay at home and travel rates have reduced significantly.
Residents in some cities have also begun to notice animals turning up in strange places and at unusual times : has anybody seen the goats spotted in a town in Wales?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2020/mar/31/goats-take-over-empty-welsh-streets-llandudno-
coronavirus-lockdown-video?scrlybrkr=109769e5
Your challenge this week is to reseach and present in any way you wish: a mind-map, fact file, poster or ppt etc how pollution has reduced and resulted in changes to cities, water and adventuring animals in silent towns and cities.
How do you think people and cities could maintain some of these changes after lockdown ends to help prevent climate change?
I have also attached a wordsearch with useful vocabulary for you to use during this topic. You may also find it useful to go back to task 1 and have a look at Charlie's brilliant ppt!
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 18
Date: 12th May 2020 @ 10:08am
Good morning year 6. I hope you are all well and are enjoying our story so far.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=0IPpuIC
Questions
Summarise chapter 18 in 3 sentences. Think about trying to summarise it as 3 modes of transport. For example the bus ride, getting tickets and getting on the train and the taxi ride.
Prediction- What do you think will happen in the next chapter?
Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:36am
Good morning everyone,
I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend! I spent a lot of time in the sun, in fact possibly a bit too much time! I also had some delicious food and lovely video chats with some of my friends.
Thanks again for all your wellebing challenge e-mails. It really cheers me up whenever I get one and see what you've all been up to!
Today's wellbeing challenge is actually Miss Bryce's idea so thanks Miss Bryce! It's a creative one and is to design your own superhero.
Who would they be?
What would they do?
What would they wear?
Have a think about what is important to you and then either draw, make or write about your superhero.
See the attached picture file for all the details and how it relates to Banksy.
Remember to e-mail EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk to show me pictures of your superheroes!
Past challenges
Some fantastic origami by all the pupils who gave it a go, well done!
Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:02am
Dear Year 6,
At last it has arrived,
The 11th of May,
Your SATs have been cancelled,
At home we must stay.
The classrooms are empty,
The walls aren’t all bare,
The tests wont be given,
As we won’t be there.
No early SATs breakfasts,
No fears to help quell,
We’re still staying apart,
To keep us all well.
It feels a bit unreal,
It’s been such a strange term,
But SATs aren’t a measure,
Of all that you’ve learned.
Your jokes aren’t examined,
For creating, caring or exploring there’s no test,
There’s no measure for friendship,
At these, you’re the best.
But whether you’re happy, relieved or sad,
Try to remember all the fun you’ve had
So sit back, relax and enjoy the week to come,
Working through the blog, enjoying some sun.
Year six, you’re awesome, amazing, you’re great!
You've soared already, this is a chance to celebrate,
The skills you have, you’ve learnt and you’ve grown,
Whether in school, in class or at home.
Year 6 we’re so proud,
Of all you’ve achieved,
We know you’re amazing,
And in you, we believe.
Love,
The Year 6 Team
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 17
Date: 11th May 2020 @ 9:55am
Good morning year 6. This week the story starts to get very exciting and I know you're going to really enjoy it. Here is chapter 17 for you to join in with and follow.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=sjC1r2O
Questions
1. What was their Sunday adventure?
2. How did the children feel by Tuesday? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
3. On page 187, find and copy the word which means 'desperately'?
Story Adventure The House on Haunted Hill Part 5
Date: 11th May 2020 @ 9:31am
Good morning year 6. We need your help to make the next step in the story today.
A reminder of the story so far...
Descending the steps is scary and dangerous as they are covered in moss and mould. They are slippery and you have to be careful as you make your way into the cold depths of the house.
Faint slivers of moonlight dance through the small doorway giving you a dim range of visibility. You look around and see a small cupboard, its door hanging off its rusty hinges.
A wooden stairway is in one of the corners probably leading up into the house.
Do you climb the stairs and leave the cellar
OR
Open the filthy cupboard?
Remember we are looking for the Ruby Heart!
What do you think might be in the cupboard?
What might we find up the stairs?
Story Adventure The House on Haunted Hill Part 5
Date: 7th May 2020 @ 3:32pm
Well Maddison got to the answer first again! She has opted to go down into the cellar. Cross your fingers this ends well!
Here goes...
Descending the steps is scary and dangerous as they are covered in moss and mould. They are slippery and you have to be careful as you make your way into the cold depths of the house.
Faint slivers of moonlight dance through the small doorway giving you a dim range of visibility. You look around and see a small cupboard, its door hanging off its rusty hinges. A wooden stairway is in one of the corners probably leading up into the house.
Do you climb the stairs and leave the cellar
Open the filthy cupboard
Another choice!! What will YOU choose this time. Remember we are on the hunt for a Ruby Heart so sometimes you have to take chances.
All will be revealed on Monday but whoever gets their choice in first, that's the one I will take.
Date: 7th May 2020 @ 10:25am
Good morning,
Yet another lovely sunny day! I'm looking forward to getting out in the sun later although I actually got a little bit sunburnt yesterday! Remeber that suncream!
Today's challenge is a creative one, I'd like you to try a bit of origami. Origami is the art of folding paper and while it can be a bit tricky, it's also quite a nice relaxing activity once you know what you're doing and you end up with something that looks amazing. You could even make a few things and use them to decorate your house!
What you need for all origami is a square of paper, either plain or patterned. If youre not sure how to turn a piece of paper into a square then have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPxi1dIWRws
Then you could take some time to decorate your paper if you like before you fold it.
Then this is a fairly simple one to get started, a butterfly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWjEYlMZnhE
Just follow each instruction carefully and the good thing about watching a video is that you can rewind it as much as you like! If you're not a fan of butterflies then feel free to have a look for something else on the Red Ted Art channel.
Here's my butterfly that I've just made. It's not perfect but it's the first time I've ever done it so I was quite impressed with myself!
As always I'd love to see pictures of what you've made or of any past challenges, e-mail EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk to send them or even just to let me know what kind of challenges you prefer so I can make sure I'm doing ones that people like :-)
Past challenges
Thanks to all the children who have sent me pictures, you've all been very busy which is great to see!
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Story Adventure The House on Haunted Hill Part 4
Date: 7th May 2020 @ 10:01am
Ok year 6 were are round the back of the old house now so let's see where today's adventure takes us...
You continue to walk around the back squelching through the cold mud and then you see a small door next to an open window.
As you get nearer, the wind blasts through and catches the door, swinging it open. You peer inside and see that it leads down into a dismal and dank cellar. You don’t fancy the idea of descending into such filthy depths.
Do you:
Go down into the cellar
Climb through the window
So year 6 we have another choice to make! Who will be the first to answer and make the choice? You can respond with your choice either on Twitter or through our email...
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 16
Date: 7th May 2020 @ 9:49am
Good morning year 6. Another lovely day for you to enjoy. Maybe you could listen back to all the chapters on your headphones in the garden!
Here is chapter 16 for you and some questions to answer after.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=4WEHE5w
Chapter 16 Questions
On page 169 why is Michael worried about ‘The Greatest Plan in the World’?
On page 170 find and copy a word that means encouragingly?
On page 171, why couldn’t the narrator imagine meeting the queen?
Why did Ahmet get suspicious of his friends on page 172?
Why did they suggest the narrator wrote the letter to the Queen?
Do you think you will find out the name of the narrator by the end of the story?
Date: 6th May 2020 @ 10:43am
Good morning,
Another sunny day! 
First all of all I want to thank everyone who has sent in pictures of them doing my wellbeing challenges, it's fantastic to see and hear about how you're enjoying doing them! Have a look at the Past Challenges bit at the bottom to see some photos.
Today's challenge is another one to get you moving and do a mini workout. Sometimes it can seem a bit scary or time consuming to do a whole workout so these mini workouts are perfect if you want a quick break from doing school work or even from just watching TV if you fancy a stretch! All of these little energisers from Go Noodle are between 2 - 4 minutes long so perfect for something to wake you up in the morning or as a break from whatever you are doing.
Here are a few that I like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4DnPhR9_mo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KReaoKLA-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALrdpsWYoJs
Or just go to YouTube and type in Fresh Start Fitness to see a variety of mini workouts.
Remember to email EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk with any photos of you doing any of the challenges.
Have a lovely day!
Mrs Glover
Past Challenges
So many fantastic photos of what you've all been up to, well done!
Story Adventure The House on Haunted Hill Part 3
Date: 6th May 2020 @ 9:36am
Well I cannot wait any longer so I am going to decide where we go next on our story adventure. We had these two choices in Part 2 of the adventure...
Do you want to investigate the source of the noise
Or
Continue to find a back door
I am quite a nosey person so I have an urge to investigate the source of the noise. Here we go..
You cautiously walk towards a large, dark bush to see what is causing all of the noise. The rustling is getting louder and then stops.
You strain to hear it when suddenly a powerful dog leaps out from the bush, its ferocious attack surprises you and knocks you to the ground. Its ravenous jaws dribble saliva all over your face and then before you have time to defend yourself it snaps its mouth shut!
Your adventure is over.
Oh! Oh dear!
At least we get more chances. Tomorrow we will see what will happens when we continue to find the back door instead. Come on year 6 I need your help with the choices, as you can see mine are not always the best!
Date: 6th May 2020 @ 9:23am
Good morning everyone,
I have found some lovely resources to use for your VE day challenge including some nice paper to present your work. We don’t have a printer in my house so my daughters have decided to make our own border paper.
They have decorated our windows and we are looking forward to having a living room picnic on Friday to celebrate VE day whilst staying safe at home- what are your plans?
Stay safe everyone
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 15
Date: 6th May 2020 @ 9:20am
Good morning year 6-another glorious sunny day for us to enjoy! Here is the next chapter of our story. I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am? Today’s question is a prediction question to see if you can use what you have read and what you know about the characters already, to try and think what they might do next.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=uoc0lo8
Questions
What do you think they might be planning to do?
Why would it be dangerous?
Why would it get them into trouble?
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 10:20am
Good morning everyone,
I don't know about you but I can't wait to get out in that sun so today's challenge is one that can be done outside if you like.
Today we are focusing on having a growth mindset and doing this through yoga. Having a growth mindset means you have a positive attitude to your learning and know that just because you may find something difficult and you can't do it yet, you will get there as long as you don't give up!
Here are 5 different growth mindset yoga poses to try. Please feel free to try as many or as few positions as you like and send any pictures to EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thank you so much to the pupils who have sent in pictures of their shields of strength from yesterday, it really makes my day to see what you've ben doing!
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 10:03am
Good morning everyone,
Do you remember our visit to the Imperial War Museum? Well they have a brilliant website full of photographs of VE day! I have been finding out lots about VE day this week with my little girls, who are only in Year 3 so they really don’t know as much about WWII as you all do! We have really enjoyed looking at old photos of the V.E. day celebrations- Who were the women in Trafalgar Square fountains on V.E. day? Click below to see if historians ever found out! I just keep imagining how relieved and happy the people must have been after 6 long years of war! I have found 6 weeks of lockdown tough at times!
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/10-photos-of-ve-day-celebrations
What fantastic first hand sources they make of this time. Can you imagine what the people are thinking using your knowledge of this period? Perhaps these could help you with your VE day challenge this week? You could imagine interviewing some of these people or writing their diary or letter home. Enjoy investigating!
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 14
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 9:50am
Good morning year 6. The sun is shining today and I hope you make time to go outdoors safely for your hourly exercise.
Here is chapter 14. It is getting really exciting now and I can't wait to find out what the friends get up to trying to help Ahmet.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=xc2tfSi
Questions
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 14
On page 153, what were the problems with the ‘Top Secret Mission’?
What was the problem with Tom’s plan? (Page 154-155)
What was the problem with Josie’s plan? (Page 155-156)
What was the librarian Mrs Finnicky like? Use evidence from the text to help support your answer with evidence. (Page 158-160)
On page 161, find and copy a word that means instantly.
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 4:39pm
Good afternoon Year 6,
For this week's Connected Curriculum task we will be going back to 1945 again! This week would have been a special celebration in school as Friday 8th May had been made into a Bank Holiday to mark the 75th anniversary of VE day. As we have spent much of our time finding out about WWII this year, I thought it would be fun to celebrate this week with a special V.E. Day challenge.
Click the link below for more information and good luck! Remember to send in your competition entries and email or tweet us too!
https://ve-vjday75.gov.uk/dan-snows-ve-day-challenge/
REMINDER: We've updated your home learning to hopefully make it a bit easier for you to access everything.
From today onwards we will be uploading activities onto a Padlet Page (thanks for the idea Year 4!)
You can access this page here: https://padlet.com/y6homelearning/nxkcu8zxxd8kmxo7
Let us know what you think!
The Boy at the Back of the Class Chapter 13
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 4:00pm
Good afternoon year 6. Here is Chapter 13 for you to join in with.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=jBCgmGG
Don't forget to summarise the chapter in ONLY 3 sentences and predict what the children might plan to do to help Ahmet.
Story Adventure The House on Haunted Hill Part 2
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 3:17pm
Well Maddison was the first to respond to we are heading round the back.
You walk around the back, careful not to step into the stinking puddles that seem to be everywhere. It is darker round the back as the house’s tall spires block out the bright moonlight. You hear a rustle and spin on your heel, nothing.
You walk on but hear the rustling again. This is doing nothing for your nerves. You realise you are trembling before you have even entered the house.
Do you want to investigate the source of the noise
Or
Continue to find a back door?
Another decision to make...
Who will be the first to answer?
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 12:26pm
Hi Year 6!
We've updated your home learning to hopefully make it a bit easier for you to access everything.
From today onwards we will be uploading activities onto a Padlet Page (thanks for the idea Year 4!)
You can access this page here: https://padlet.com/y6homelearning/nxkcu8zxxd8kmxo7
On it you will find a timetable that covers the whole week - use it to help structure your learning.
Maths activites will continue to be uploaded to Education City - link on page
English and morning activities will be updated daily so make sure you check - maybe bookmark it in your browser.
As always, please don't hesitate to email us if you are having any problems or would like to show us what you've been up to! We're always thrilled to hear from you.
The Year 6 Team
y6homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 11:24am
Good morning everyone,
I hope you all had a good weekend and are ready to work hard on your learning (and your wellbeing!) this week.
Today's challenge has actually come from a website that Mrs Hughes sent to me to look at so thank you Mrs Hughes!
Today I would like you to think about resilience which means keeping strong and bouncing back even in a difficult situation. I'd like you to design a Shield of Strength.
Think about what your strengths are, especially the ones that can help you at the moment while we're not in school, and write or draw (or both!) onto a shield. Here is my shield that you may want to use for help: 
I have attached a template of the shield in case you want to use it but otherwise you can just fraw a shield on a plain piece of paper.
As always I would love to see your challenges so please send them to EALhomelearning@ravensbury.sch.uk
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thank you to Shawnakaye who has sent me a couple of photos of things that make her smile!
Story Adventure The House on Haunted Hill Part 1
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 10:28am
The House on Haunted Hill
An Adventure
By B.G. Waldram
You shake your head as you march up the creepy hill.
How did you get yourself into this mess? The wind whips up and blows fiercely at you as if trying to keep you away from reaching your destination. You shiver and pull your coat up around your neck, desperately trying to keep the cruel wind out. You tell yourself that the shivers down your spine and the goose bumps that have popped out all over your body is due to the cold but deep down you know it’s because the house is now in sight.
The colossal gates stand guard and the house sits behind them all sinister and spooky. You ask yourself again why you were foolish to take up the dare: ‘Who is brave enough to enter the Midnight Mansion and retrieve the Ruby Heart?’
Are you brave enough to enter this adventure with me?
You smile to yourself as you recall the moment when you stood up and declared that you were worthy of the challenge.
All the others were amazed at your bravery. Several of them cheered joyfully, happy that they weren’t attempting the foolish challenge. Several girls came and kissed you on the cheek whilst the boys clapped your back heartily. There was no way of backing out now.
Hours later, you had left the warmth of your friends behind and you are now alone, trudging towards the mansion.
You arrive at the gates and push them open; they creak noisily as if crying out to all the ghosts of the night. You stand in front of the massive house, staring at the uninviting front door. Will you try it or do you want to go around the back?
Front door Around the back
The first to answer and choose either the front door or to go around the back of the house will decide our fate!
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 10:39am
A huge congratulations this week to all of the children who have been working so hard from home!
Education City
Oliwia and Ofure are soaring through the maths and coding activities we have put on and have completed 5 and 6 of the 8 objectives respectfully - Well done!
Well done as well to Oliver (both of you!) Michelle, Zarak, Dylan, Blaiyze and Malachi for also logging in and having a go.
Let's see how many people we can get on next week - remember to email us to get your login and password.
spag.com
Huge congratulations to Dian, Zarak and Arion who are doing an amazing job on spag.com - keep it up!
Well done as well to Charlie, Michelle, Blessed, Dylan, Sophie, Cindy, Liam, Haya and Hafiz for logging in and getting the activites done.
Attached are some pictures of the fabulous home learning we have been sent in to our email - who can you spot?
I've also included a fantastic Powerpoint about Climate Change made by Charlie (see if it helps you with you CC work) and the start of a wonderful Rose Blanche story by Timi that might give you ideas with your own writing.
Keep sending us in what you have been up to and check back next Friday to see who's made it onto our Stars of the Week Blog Post!
The Year 6 Team
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 10:19am
Hi everyone and Happy Friday! I can't believe it's already the end of another week. I hope everyone is working hard and staying safe.
I got the idea for today's wellbeing challenge yesterday when I saw the most amazing rainbow in the sky. It was the brightest colours I've ever seen and I could see the whole arc. There was even a faint second rainbow next to it!
Photos don't really show how amazing it was but you can see how vivid the colours are:
The rainbow made me feel happy when I saw it and I thought it might make other people happy too! So today's challenge is to take a photo of something that makes you feel happy. You could find something in your house or do it on a walk. It could be a person, an animal, an object or even something that you've made. Anything that makes you feel happy or positive. If you don't have a camera, phone or tablet of your own then ask an adult if you can borrow theirs but please be careful with it!
If you'd like to share your happy photo then please e-mail it to EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk, I'd love to see it and then I can post some of them and spread the happiness around!
Have a good weekend,
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thanks to A who sent a photo of himself doing the breathing exercises I set yesterday, I hope they helped you feel nice and calm.
