Year 6

Friday 7th May

Today we have been helping the crazy scientist. He has two boxes of agar gel for growing micro-organisms. Which will hold the most agar gel? We used what we know about volume to find out.

Micro-Organisms

This half term we will be learning all about microbes!

This is a great topic and we will be doing lots of fun experiments.

We have started by listening to a song....

Hello Year 6! 

Here are some handy links for you to use to help with your learning at home.

BBC Dance Mat Typing. This is a good website for practising your typing skills.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr

Top Marks- Hit the Button. This is a website for practising your times tables and divides.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

BBC Bitesize. Click on your year group and choose a topic to learn about.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/this-terms-topics

Welcome Back! Croeso!

We find ourselves learning from home again, but this time I'm convinced that we can do it! We have been using Hwb every week since September. We have explored the things that we can do on the Google Classroom- I know that we can do it!

Our new topic is Cardiff Castle. Hopefully we will manage a trip there in the summer. Cardiff Castle is a fantastic piece of history right on our doorstep! Initially built by the Romans, but changed over the centuries by every new owner. I can't wait to explore the history of Cardiff Castle with you.

Mrs P

September 2020

Welcome back to school - we have missed you!

We have a busy year ahead, and lots of lovely learning activities to enjoy together.

You have missed a lot of school, but don't worry; we will do everything that we can to help you catch up. We will be using Hwb a great deal to make sure that you all know how to learn on Google Classroom. Our first topic is MacMillan. This is a very interesting challenge this year because of social distancing. We will be working together to plan and hold a virtual event instead. Could be tricky!!!

Mrs P

Year 6, we've wished you all good luck and said goodbye this week.

To remember us by, here is the video from the teachers with all their messages that you watched on Thursday.

If you would like to watch the End of Year PowerPoint, remember you can still log onto Google Classroom to watch it again, but you won't be able to comment or contact anyone!

Good luck and Goodbye Year 6! Love, Miss Williams, Mrs Proctor and Mr Mills

https://youtu.be/WdUI9k_r3ug

Monday 16th March

Please be aware that all spelling lists and other home learning will now be available on Google Classroom. This can be found on Hwb. We have been learning how to use this virtual classroom today. If you were away you may want to log in and have an explore. This could be a very useful resource in the coming weeks. So log on and send me a message.

Mrs P 

Friday 13th March

We had a great time learning about The Tudors and Stewarts at Llancaiach Fawr!

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 16/3/20.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Group 1 and 2

daughter

Catherine of Aragon

Anne Boleyn

Jane Seymor

Catherine Howard

Anne of Cleves

Catherine Parr

Navy

Tudor

Church of England

Reformation

monasteries

Group 3

colour

pour

favour

neighbour

your

hour

flour

armour

odour

behaviour

Group 4

baby- babies

story - stories

pony - ponies

body - bodies

memory - memories

family - families

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 9/3/20.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Group 1 and 2

nation/ national/ international

understand/ understanding/ misunderstanding

explain/ explanation/ explanatory

necessary/unnecessary/ necessarily

convention/ conventional/ unconventional

interest/ interested/ disinterested

revolve/ revolution/ revolutionary

Group 3

bough

cough

enough

plough

though

bought

drought

sought

thought

thorough

Group 4

chat chatted chatting

clap clapped clapping

plan planned planning

rub rubbed rubbing

stop stopped stopping

hop hopped hopping

There are no spellings for the week of 2/3/2020. Our new topic is about the Tudors and over the weekend your homework will be to do any research you can about them. This includes Henry VIII, The Great Fire of London and The Plague. (The Great Fire of London and The Plague are technically part of The Stuart period but they are just too good to miss out!)

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 24/2/20.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Group 1 and 2

predict

desperate

explanatory

disinterest

messenger

February

Saturday

stationery

consonant

frightening

Group 3

memorable

different

family

voluntary

February

chocolate

desperate

government

marvellous

geography

Group 4 and Sound Discovery

continue

continuing

queue

queuing

rescue

rescued

value

valued

tissue

avenue

issue

issues

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 10/2/20.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Group 1 and 2

miniature

offering

company

interest

literature

government

medicine

history

chocolate

raspberry

Group 3

doubt

castle

sign

cupboard

general

raspberry

interest

boundary

company

easily

Group 4 and Sound Discovery

look

looking

cook

cooker

wood

wooden

hood

hoody

stood

woolly

look

book

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 3/2/20.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Group 1 and 2

comfortable

conference

boundary

secretary

separate

Wednesday

margarine

astronomy

reference

necessary

Group 3

separate

history

chocolate

Primary

similar

library

jewellery

offering

Wednesday

business

Group 4 and Sound Discovery

draw

drawing

squawk

squawking

lawn

crawl

crawling

yawn

yawning

dawdle

brawl

My sincerest apologies for the typing error on last weeks spelling list!

I will practise it three times for homework!!!!!

lightening, lightening, lightening!

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 27/1/20.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Group 1, 2 and 3

calculation

cancellation

abnormality

dangerously

planetarium

misunderstanding

lightening

vegetarian

immediately

thermometer

Group 4

boil

boiling

coil

coiled

coin

coins

choice

point

pointed

avoid

avoided

cuboid

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 20/1/20.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Spellings

Group 1. 2 and 3

understandable

fearlessly

appreciated

recommendation

geographically

frightening

photographical

expedition

hyperthermia

independently

10.1.2020

Happy New Year!

There is no spelling homework this week as we have been busy doing other things. Please complete the handwriting and maths practice.

Enjoy looking at pictures of our climate change protest!

We've had to work hard to enjoy our Christmas Treat!

Happy Christmas!

Nadolig Llawen! 

We experimented with electrical circuits and then used them to build a working lighthouse; just like the one in Roath Park Lake.

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 9/12/19.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Group 1, 2 and 3

optician

magician

politician

electrician

beautician

mathematician

physician

technician

Group 4

should

could

would

woolen

bull

full

wooden

brook

books

crook

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 2/12/19.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Group 1, 2 and 3

conclusion

confusion

explosion

collision

transfusion

occasion

persuasion

decision

illusion

division

Group 4 and Sound Discovery

shout

flour

around

found

hours

how

flower

shower

frown

power

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 25/11/19.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Group 1, 2 and 3

fiction

fraction

direction

attention

proportion

nation

education

situation

ambition

position

Group 4

spoil

voice

moist

joint

void

enjoy

employ

annoy

royal

destroy

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 18/11/19.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Group 1

You have chosen your own words to learn

Group 2

simultaneously

eventually

firstly

secondly

finally

equally

consequently

fortunately

unfortunately

alternatively

Group 3

telephone

telephoto

telegraph

telemarketing

telescope

television

telecommunication

Group 4

scorch

storm

sport

sauce

launch

August

prawn

straw

crawl

almost

talk

chalk

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 11/11/19.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Group 1

You have chosen your own spellings and have taken them home to learn.

Group 2

since

instead

until

before

later

because

despite

although

thus

sadly

Group 3

bisect

bicycle

bifocals

biplane

bicarbonate

biannual

bicoloured

Group 4

Saturday

Thursday

church

swerve

thirsty

circle

birthday

circus

verse

herb

serve

verb

These are the spelling words to learn over half term (October 2019)

We will be using these words in our science lessons, so please make sure that you can read and spell them if you are in group 1, 2 or 3. (See below for group 4 spellings) It is important that you also make sure that you know your tables!

Group 1,2 & 3

solid

liquid

gas

apparatus

method

result

prediction

conclusion

react

reactant

reaction

dependent variable

independent variable

control variable

reversible

irreversible

Group 4

calm

calf

faster

path

craft

star

sharp

carve

large

March

Because it is Inspiring Futures week, there are no spellings this week. There is a maths activity and a handwriting activity. The spelling for last weeks lists will be on Monday 14th October.

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 7/10/19.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch. 

Group 1

You have created your own spelling list

Group 2

foreign

neighbour

technology

mischievous

license

guarantee

beautiful

religious

believe

equipment

Group 3

circumference

circus

circulate

circle

circular

semicircle

circumnavigate

Group 4

hotel

window

total

tomorrow

programme

globe

toast

croak

elbow

whole

Year 6 has had a very successful coffee morning raising money for MacMillan Cancer Support.

Thank you to all the families for their generosity and support with their donations of money and cakes for a worthy cause!

Macmillan Coffee Morning

Please come to our coffee morning on Friday 27th September!

Below are the times families can arrive for their children:

9:30 - 9.50 am

Jayden

Nano

Fariha

Noore

Louis

Haruun

Sienna

Abdallah

Sofia

Ayden

9:50 - 10:10 am

Abdulrahim

Akram

Orri

Shaadi

Cariad

Jason

Anikait

Artin

Ocean

Miley

Bartosz

10.10 - 10:30 am

Ahmed

Selma

Pearl

Harjoth

Aliesha

Mapalo

Yosuf

Tom

Judah

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 23/9/19.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch.

Group 1

You have chosen your own spellings

Group 2

government

receipt

millennium

accommodate

vacuum

restaurant

species

rhythm

acquire

possession

Group 3

autograph

automatic

autobiography

automobile

autofocus

autopilot

autocue

Group 4 and Sound Discovery

idea

iron

fry

deny

cried

tried

bright

high

shine

time

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 16/9/19.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch.

Group 1

Practice the words you have chosen in class

Group 2

Wednesday

February

separate

appearance

umbrella

embarrass

queue

receive

environment

occasion

Group 3

regenerate

refurbish

retype

retrace

reuse

recycling

rebound

retrieved

reactivate

replay

Group 4

become

evening

between

creep

three

peach

dream

these

here

breeze

Here are your new spelling words this week to learn at home.  Please practise an activity that will help you learn them.

Group 1

To make own spelling list and learn at home

Group 2

Pharaoh

library

attacked

pronunciation

liaison

people

doubt

certain

because

February

Group 3

exclude

except

exhibit

exit

exceed

exhale

exhaust

exterior

export

exclaim

Group 4

space

grey

spade

acorn

again

train

today

delay

they

apron

Here are your spelling words to learn at home w/c 9/9/19.  Please practice them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch.

Group 1

Create your own spelling list

Group 2

pharaoh

attacked

liaison

doubt

certain

library

pronunciation

people
February

because

Group 3

exclude

except

exhibit

exit

exceed

exhale

exhaust

exterior

export

exclaim

Group 4 and Sound Discovery

space

spade

again

train

today

delay

they

grey

acorn

apron

Here are your spelling words to learn at home this week.  Please practise them by choosing an activity that will help you remember them e.g. build a pyramid, rainbow writing, make a wordsearch.

Group 1 

To make own spelling list and learn at home.

Group 2

            different            

weird

             necessary          

  which

          across          

   tomorrow

          business           

           definitely        

        interrupt    

        friendly   

Group 3

misread     

mislocate

misfortune  

misquote

misinform  

mismatch

misplace  

misconnect

misbehave  

misorder

Group 4

item                 shy

irate                apply

pilot                deny

final                identify

silent               multiply

September 2019

Welcome back to school! I'm really looking forward to working with you all this year.

Finally you are year 6: top of the school!

This half term our topic will be Coffee, Cake and Kindness. We will be planning and running a coffee morning for MacMillan (A cancer charity).

Library books and homework books will need to be returned on Monday mornings. P.E. kit will be needed on Tuesday. Children may wear their P.E. kit to school, but will need to bring their uniform to change into for hygiene purposes.

Here are your new spelling words for w/c 24/6/19.  Please learn them at home by completing an activity of your choice.

Group 1

to create own spelling list and practise them at home.

Group 2

partition

particle

particular

partnered

participant

partly

participate

departed

partridge

partial

Group 3

features

creatures

moisture

fracture

immature

puncture

culture

pasture

posture

texture

Group 4

enough

tough

though

thorough

cough

through

dough

bough

brought

Here are your new spelling words for the w/c 17/6/19.  Please learn them at home by completing an activity of your choice.  You will be tested on them w/c 24/6/19.

Group 1

To make own spelling list and practise at home

Group 2

rogue

guess

guest

argue

catalogue

comb

comb

thumb

breadcrumb

bomb

plumber

Group 3

treasure

measure

pressure

exposure

reassure

enclosure

leisure

ensure

Group 4

dense

tense

verse

false

eclipse

collapse

nonsense

rehearse

reverse

universe

Here are your spelling words to learn at home.  Please practise them by completing an activity e.g. make a wordsearch, build a pyramid, rainbow writing etc.

Group 1

To make own spelling list

Group 2

kitchen  

wrist

ketchup  

write

blotchy   

wrinkle

butcher    

wrapped

crutches  

wrestle

Group 3

thief    

 ceiling

mischief 

  receipt

niece      

deceive

diesel     

receive

hygiene  

  deceit

Group 4

echo    

chemist

stomach  

chorus

scheme 

chaos

ache    

chord

school  

orchid

Happy Easter - Pasg Hapus

We have built a Tudor town using our knowledge of 3D shape nets.  On the first day back we will be taking them to a local fire station to set fire to them safely!  This will help us to write about the great fire of London, which happened just after the Tudor period.

Over the holidays, see what you can find out about the Great fire of London!

Please learn your new spelling words at home by completing an activity of your choice.  You might choose to do a wordsearch, build a pyramid, write interesting sentences, rainbow writing.  Choose an activity that will help you remember the spelling of your words.

Group 1

To learn their own chosen spelling words 

Group 2

manuscript  

nonedescript

prescription 

conscript

postscript   

subscription

scripture   

  transcript

description   

descriptor

Group 3

hedge    

gem

badge   

orange

dodged  

joke

strange  

journal

  hinge     

giant

magic

Group 4

calm   

  half

balm  

  halve

balmy  

behalf

palm    

embalm

calf    

  calves

Here are your new words to learn this week (1/4/19).  Please choose an activity which will help you remember them e.g. making up a wordsearch, building a word pyramid rainbow writing, interesting sentences.

Group 1

To choose and learn their own spelling words relating to the plague.

Group 2

manuscript

nondescript

prescription 

conscript

postscript   

subscription

scripture    

transcript

description   

descriptor

Group 3

hedge    

gem

badge   

orange

dodged  

joke

strange  

journal

hinge     

magic

Group 4

calm    

half

balm   

halve

balmy   

behalf

palm    

embalm

calf     

calves

Please practise and learn your new spelling words at home by completing an activity.  You might want to do a wordsearch, build a pyramid, write some interesting sentences.

Group 1 

To generate and learn your new words

Group 2

telephone

photograph

autograph

hyphen

triumph

geography

trophy

physics

physiology

physical

Group 3

confusion

television

extension

comprehension

mansion

mission

discussion

session

admission

expression

Group 4

space   again,   delay,   they

apron,   become,   three,   peach

these,   idea,   deny,   tried

bright,   shine,   hotel,   toast

window,   programme,   youth,   enough

school,   value,   staff,   rule

knew,   graph,   cabin,   feast

king,   echo,   stick,   hedge

strange,   germ,   joke,   stitch

chips,   thing,   blink,   twice

class,   dense,  circus,   with,   what

argue,   human,   tube,   knew,   calf

sharp,   church,   circus,   verb

scorch,   sauce,   straw,   talk

spoil,   enjoy,   shout,   flower

should,   full, book

Here are your new spelling words for this week.  Please learn them by completing an activity of your choice.

Group 1

To learn their own spelling list.

Group 2

autobiography

autograph

automatic

automobile

autocue

aerosol

aerobics

aeroplane

aerosphere

aeronautical

Group 3

politician

musician

artificial

optician

social

torrential

station

direction

confidential

Group 4

enough

laugh

tough

cough

staff

photo

dolphin

half

alphabet

fluff

afraid

feast

coffee

office

Welcome back! Here are your new spelling words to learn at home this week.  Please complete an activity which will help you remember them  e.g. rainbow writing, build a pyramid, make a wordsearch, cut out letters from a magazine.

Group 1

To generate their own spelling words relating to Henry the eighth.

Group 2 and 3

deactivation

depersonalise

illegible

illiterate

illegal

illegitimate

anticlockwise

anticlimax

antisocial

Group 4

with

water

worth

west

when

what

whether

where

while

which

These are your words to learn over the half term. Please practise them by completing an activity e.g. make a wordsearch, build a pyramid, write interesting sentences.

Group 1

to generate their own list

Group 2 and 3

unacceptable

uncommon

uncovered

unaccompanied

disaffected

disagrees

disconnect

disappointment

disappeared

disqualify

Group 4

twice

advice

chance

once

floss

chess

class

circus

circle

cylinder

dense

sense

Here is the poem that year 6 are learning for the individual presentation at the school Eisteddfod on 8th March after half term. Practise it at home!!!

When I grow up

By Jojoba Mansell

When I grow up,

When I get old,

I’ll be a pirate,

Brave, fierce and bold.

I’ll have a ship,

With the fiercest crew.

I’ll have a blue parrot,

I’ll call him Blue!

I’ll wear a patch,

It’ll cover my eye.

From upon the mast,

Jolly Roger will fly.

My pirate name,

When quietly said,

Will fill many sailors,

Full of dread.

I’ll be feared,

From coast to coast.

Of all the treasure,

I’ll have the most.

But for now,

While still a child.

I’ll pretend I’m sweet,

Innocent and mild.

I’ll pretend to be,

The perfect kid.

Keeping pirate ways,

From my parents hid.

I’ll practise piracy,

But only by night.

Teddy will walk the plank,

And duel and fight.

For my ship,

A box I’ll borrow.

Oh I’ll be a pirate…

One bright tomorrow!

Here are your new spelling words to practise at home.  Please complete an activity which will help you learn them.

Group 1

To generate their own words

(make sure you put what all your words have in common)

Group 2 and 3

donation

celebration

communication

reality

opportunity

punctuality

disability

thoughtfulness

stillness

helpfulness

effectiveness

Group 4

thing      think

sting      stink

wing       wink

string       blink

ping-pong      blank

Here are you new spelling words to learn at home.  Please practise them by completing an activity e.g. wordsearch, look, cover, write, check, build a word pyramid. or try one of your own ideas.  you will be tested on them w/c 4/2/19.

Group 1 

To generate their own spelling list

Group 2 and 3

note – notify

apology – apologise

length – lengthen

glory – glorify

glad – gladden

pollen - pollinate

Group 4 

stitch chips

match chicken

hatch cheat

butch much

clutch chime

Here are your new spelling words to practice at home.  try something new to help you learn your spelling words.  You will be tested on the w/c 28th January 2019.

Group 1 

To generate their own spelling words.

Group 2

deafening

geography

miserable

generally

similar

jewellery

dictionary

library

primary

Group 3

conference

literature

astronomy

frightening

reference

raspberry

parliament

easily

Saturday

cupboard

Group 4

hedge

germ

magic

badge

orange

dodge

joke

strange

journal

hinge

giant

Here are your new spelling words to learn at home.  Please practice them by completing an activity of your choice e.g. making a wordsearch, building a pyramid, rainbow writing or you might have a new idea of your own.

Group 1

to generate their own spelling list.

Group 2

stationary

voluntary

definite

parliament

prosperous

environment

interested

poisonous

memorable

business

Group 3

generally

margarine

miserable

category

deafening

poisonous

miniature

environment

comfortable

handkerchief

Group 4

cabin

make

chorus

picnic

thick

echo

scalp

ticket

rake

stick

king

stomach

Welcome back! Our topic this half term is Cymru Cwl.  We are going to be learning about the Geography of Wales and we are going to be reading a book about a famous Welsh pirate.

Here are your new spelling words to practice at home.  You will be tested on them w/c 14/01/19.  Please choose an activity that will help you remember them. 

Group 1

To generate their own spelling list

(remember to say what all your words have in common)

Group 2

frightening

consonant

stationery

Saturday

February

messenger

disinterest

explanatory

desperate

predict

Group 3

memorable

different

family

voluntary

February

chocolate

desperate

government

marvellous

geography

Sound discovery

hotel

whole

globe

human

university

unicorn

around

found

shout

flour

These are your spelling words to learn for homework.  Please learn them at home by completing an activity e.g. Build a pyramid, wordsearch, sentences or you might have an idea of your own.

Group 1

To generate their own list

Group 2

comfortable

conference

margarine

boundary

astronomy

secretary

reference

separate

necessary

Wednesday

Group 3

separate

history

chocolate

primary

similar

library

jewellery

offering

business

Wednesday

Sound Discovery

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