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Year6
Summer12016-17
Topic: History AD 900 & Enterprise
In Literacy, your child will be learning
the following key skills:
§ Skills for Grammar SATs exam (e.g.
adverbs, semi-colons, hyphens,
conjunctions, sentence structure)
Books we will be reading:
§ Short extracts of classic texts to prepare
for SATs reading paper
§ Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe
§ Hamlet – William Shakespeare
Educational Visit:
We will be visiting the theatre to learn more
about play-scripts, stage directions and
narration.
Grammar: definitions to learn
Antonym: two words are antonyms if their
meanings are opposites.
Synonym: two words are synonyms if they have
the same meaning, or similar meanings.
Determiner: a determiner specifies a noun as
known or unknown, and it goes before any
modifiers (e.g. adjectives or other nouns).
Preposition: a preposition links a following
noun, pronoun or noun phrase to some other
word in the sentence. They often describe
locations or directions, but can describe other
things, such as relations of time.
Clause: a clause is a special type of phrase whose
head is a verb. Clauses can sometimes be
complete sentences. Clauses may be main or
subordinate.
In Maths, your child will be learning the
following key skills:
§ Number and place value (negative numbers, “I am
thinking of a number…”)
§ Percentages of amounts
§ Using and interpreting timetables
§ Translation and symmetry
§ Arithmetic – key skills for SATs paper 1 (4
operations)
§ Reasoning questions (to prepare for SATs papers 2
and 3)
Key Maths vocabulary to learn and spell:
integer
product
percentage
quotient
symmetrical
translate
ascending
descending
multiples
factors
prime
perimeter
area
volume
acute
obtuse
right angle
straight line angle
reflex
vertices
faces
edges
composite
Key subject vocabulary to
learn and spell:
Africa definition
continent
slavery / slave
independent
warriors
symbolized
astrologers
engravings
carving
ceremonies
warfare
medieval
immediate
accommodate
accompany
occupy
opportunity
determined
Also learn: Year 5 & 6 Spelling
Words (see sheet given to pupils)
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Subordinating conjunction: tells us more
about the meaning of the word it is subordinate
to.
Co-ordinating conjunction: words or phrases
are co-ordinated if they are linked as an equal
pair by a co-ordinating conjunction.
Subjunctive form: a formal style where the
verb is inflected.
Verb form: the tense of a verb.
Noun phrase: a noun phrase if a phrase with a
noun at its head.
Your child will also be learning:
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About Animals including Humans in Science, investigating the internal organs and circulatory
system;
About History AD 900 in History, in particular the ancient kingdom of Benin, Africa;
How to assemble, arrange and layer ingredients in advanced dishes in Design & Technology,
making a quorn-based Shepherd’s Pie;
Textiles in Art;
Rhythm and melody in Music;
Islam through Art in Religious Education;
Keeping ourselves safe in PSHE, focusing in particular on ChildLine.
Spellings (Spelling Bee):
learn to spell
available
average
Maths
Awkward
vocabulary:
bargain
proper
bruise
improper
correspond
percentage
criticise (critic
quarter
+ ise)
fifth
curiosity
ratio
definite
proportion
desperate
quadrants
existence
coordinates
explanation
vertically
familiar
opposite
foreign
circumference
forty
You can help your child by:
Helping them to learn their spellings and what they mean by looking them up in the dictionary and using them when talking and writing.
Completing the home learning project to develop knowledge about the topic.
Learning key number facts.
Helping them to memorise and recite the poem ‘All the World’s a Stage’ (see below), asking questions about what the poem is about.
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Poetry- Year 6, Summer 1
As part of the National Curriculum for English, children must be able to learn, by heart,
recite and perform poetry. Every half term, a new poem will be given to each year
group. Time should be spent learning the poem at home, there will be opportunities to
practise and perform in school.
All the World’s a Stage
Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ (Act 2, Scene 7) spoken by Jaques
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
See this website for a modern translation:
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/asyoulikeit/page_96.html
Possible home learning activities to extend children’s understanding of the poem:
§ Find the meanings of the words in bold
§ Draw a picture to illustrate the poem
§ What do you notice about the difference in language used by William
Shakespeare?
§ List all the Shakespeare language in the poem and the modern day
translation.