Our Learning

We have had another fantastic week in Seals class! It has involved kings, apes and Stormzy!

English - 

We have moved on to our new writing unit this week which is 'finding tales'. At the beginning of the week we were introduced to our model text, Sanvi's Egyptian Adventure. We first answered a variety of comprehension questions to help us understand and familiarise ourselves with the story, and then analysed the text, looking for language features used by the author to create effect. For the rest of the week, we have been developing our descriptive writing skills. This has included innovating the model text and writing our own setting descriptions. The children have worked really hard to include rich vocabulary, including figurative language, to describe in detail and create an image in reader's mind.

Maths –

We have continued our four operations work this week. This has involved using long division with remainders, answering multi-step word problems, applying the order of operations, reasoning from known facts and using mental methods to increase efficiency in Maths. Next week, we will complete our four operations unit of work and begin our long anticipated fractions unit! 

History -

This week, we have continued learning about ancient Egyptian beliefs. On Monday, we learnt about the gruesome mummification process. We found out why mummification was important to Egyptians and identified each step of the process. Children were then tasked with creating a comic strip or writing a set of instructions to demonstrate the process of mummification. During our second history lesson this week, we uncovered facts about the 'Boy King', Tutankhamun. We discussed key people such as Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon and how their discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb taught us a lot about ancient Egyptians and their lifestyle. The children were extremely fascinated to discover some of the many riches and treasures that King Tut had with him in his tomb! The children showed their knowledge and understanding of King Tutankhamun by writing a newspaper report or a diary entry from the perspective of Howard Carter or Lord Carnarvon!

Homework –

Children have been given Maths and English homework this week which relates to what we have been learning about in school. The tasks have been explained in class, but if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Homework is due in school on Monday 14th October.

Spellings -

Year 6, List 7 - Statutory Words

harass

equipped

correspond

occur

embarrass

immediate

interrupt

profession

marvellous

exaggerate

Spellings given out: Monday 7th October 2024

Spelling test: Monday 14th October 2024

Have a wonderful weekend,

Miss Bailey