Good morning Year 6 - and HAPPY WEDNESDAY. We're halfway through the week - so well done for all your hard work so far. Keep it up - you're all AMAZING!

 

Today's timetable looks like this:

These are suggested times (apart from the Zoom lessons), so fit your learning in when works best for you and your family.

English

 

Today we will write a diary entry from the perspective of Tristan from The Viewer. We'll use a plan and success criteria to help us write.

 

Watch the video - and follow the instructions the teacher (Mr Brown) gives you. Pause the video to do the activities and then complete the independent work at the end of the lesson

Maths

Write today's short date (27/01) in your home learning book and have a go at these arithmetic questions:

Watch the White Rose video - you can pause it as you are watching to have a go at joining in with the activities. When you get to the end, have a go at the work in your home learning book. You will need to have the worksheet open on a device in front of you and then do your working out and answering in the book. Once you have completed the task, you can use the answer sheet to mark your work before an adult emails me a picture of it. Good luck - and remember to email me if you have any questions.

Reading

Log on to LBQ and have a go at the comprehension exercise. The code today is:

Remember to use your full name (including surname) and your own chosen passcode to log in.

Afternoon lesson - Geography

Today we are starting a new topic in Geography - all about protecting our world. We will be thinking about whether we are damaging our world and how we can protect it. We will investigate energy production, the oceans and minerals, as well as starting to think about what sustainability means.

 

Watch the opening sequence from David Attenborough’s State of the Planet from 2009 and the clip of Attenborough’s 2019 documentary (which are below). Have a think about:

 

What problems for the planet does David Attenborough describe?

What are the differences between the 2009 and 2019 reports?

Have a look at the website below. Take some time to explore it - looking at the things which interest you on the page. See if you can identify the threats, their causes, how this will affect us all and the possible solutions. 

Your task:

Today I would like you to write and present a report on the state of the planet, in the form of a weather report. You need to include solutions and/or (partial) success stories, such as the gorillas increasing in numbers due to conservation effort as well as some summaries of the threats facing our planet. Have a look at the global weather report below:

Think about which key areas of threat to our planet you would like to include in your report - for example the melting of polar ice caps in the North and South Poles, the destruction of the Amazon rainforest for Palm oil plantations. Give a brief summary of each threat and why it affects our planet.

 

When you have filmed your report - or written a script if you prefer not to film yourself, remember to email me. If your video file is too large to email - let me know and I can work out a way for you to send it to me.

 

Good luck - and enjoy!