Marlcliffe Y6

JB Maths Group: algebra worksheets; look at the two algebra websites below; test your parents/carers with algebra problems.

JB English Group: write a one-sided argument against the amount of dog muck in the street outside the school and on the school playing field. You may need to look up ‘toxicara’ on the Internet (it’s a disease caused by dog muck).

JB Science: play on this gravity simulator.  How much force do you have to use when the gravity is strong compared to when it’s weak?  How much force do you have to use to keep the lander hovering in the air, not going up or down?  When are there balanced forces & when unbalanced forces?

Reading: don’t forget to fill in your reading journal & read with your parents/carers every night. Reading at your level is a discussion about what you’re reading - not that you can get the words right.

Work on long division worksheets given or use the ones on:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/worksheets/long-division.php

We’re using this site in lessons on Wednesday.  http://www.math.com/students/worksheet/algebra_sp.htm.  I’ll show you how to choose an appropriate sheet.

Have a go at this really - and we mean REALLY - tough algebra Millionnaire quiz

Try this activity on the BBC Revisewise website to practice your argument skills

Use this school uniform for & against argument site to help you with your homework (JB English group)

We figured that you must be bored with enjoying yourselves over Christmas, so here’s a site for you to practice your story planning!  Actually, it’s a great cartoon creator site.  Have fun!  (There are lots of other cartoon creator sites too).  Send us your finished cartoons in a comment.

Y6SB set: use these sites during Friday’s maths lesson to reinforce the work we’ve been doing on ratio & proportion.  You can continue with them for homework too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/ratioandproportion/ratio/game.shtml

http://www.thinkingblocks.com/ThinkingBlocks_Ratios/TB_Ratio_Main.html

http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/steigerwald/balance/default.html

http://www.galaxygoo.org/math/allAboutRatios.html

http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/users/pavel/java/balance/

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/worksheets/ratiows.htm

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/files/ratioproportionrecipes.pdf

If you’re having trouble with the maths problems, here’s the problems with the answers -division-word-problems.doc   . Don’t just write in the answer though - you’ll learn nothing. Use them to confirm whether you’re right & if you’re not, see how you could get to the answer - that’ll show you how to answer the next ones.

Maths - JG Set:  Practice the level four previous SATs questions? How comfortable do you feel with these, do you need some more time to practice? Leave a comment on your work or on the blog.

Play on the Mission Magnetitie game via the blog.

Maths - SB Set:  Show parents/carers KF method of division with own selection of numbers, expressed as remainder (10 or 5 using KF & 5 standard method).Use Numbernut site via blog. 

Maths - JG Set:  Find the common denominator of the fractions. Convert them so that all of the fractions have the same denominator and then order them from smallest to largest. Once you have done that convert them back to the original fraction.

Maths - SB Set: Look at prices of goods in the shops, in newspapers or on the web & calculate different percentage increases/decreases.  Choose your own level of difficulty.  Try calculating the percentage increase/decrease if you’ve only got the amount increase/decrease or the new price.

History: We are thinking about why people move from one place to another. (Human migration.)A good starting point will be for you to discuss with your family:·         What has brought them to Sheffield/ Wadsley/ Hilsborough?·          Where they may have come from?·         What traditions (eg foods, customs) they may have brought with them? (eg fish on Fridays)·         Would anyone from your family like to come and talk to us about their reasons for being in Sheffield? 

You could find out about information from previous generations. 

Try to make notes that would make an interesting case study for you to share and write up at school.Remember, everyone has a past and history that is interesting.

Science: Complete the sheets about light and the direction that it will travel. Plus you need to find as many different sources of light and categorise them as either natural or man-made.

Use this bit of the site on Monday to look at division & remainders & this bit on Tuesday to look at division word problems.  Look at this and the rest of the Numbernut site as part of this week’s homework.