Welcome to Leaders class!
Leaders is an exciting time for the children at Sleights as they are the oldest children in school. Leaders class includes children from Year 6. They are taught by Mrs Porter and supported by Mr Everall in their own building on the school playground.
In Leaders, children are taught maths and English daily and they also gather together with the rest of the school in collective worship.
Children in Leaders class love to read. The children are very lucky to have an amazing school and class library, filled with a diverse range of books that they can enjoy reading for pleasure. Children also enjoy listening to the class story at the end of each school day. In addition to reading for pleasure, Leaders also enjoy sharing a range of texts during whole class reading sessions, where they have the opportunity to read fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts as well as a whole class reading book. Reading at home is also incredibly important. Please record the reading that your child does at home in their reading record and ensure that this, alongside their individual reading book, is in school every day.
Children in Leaders class are very lucky to be taught by specialist teachers throughout the week. On a Tuesday, children will have swimming lessons at the Leisure Centre in Whitby. Children will continue to bring home their instruments to practice throughout the week and these will need to be returned on a Thursday morning ready for music with Ralph. Computing with Mrs Gurney will also take place on a Wednesday afernoon,
Each week, homework will be set on Sumdog on a Thursday. Children will also receive spellings every two weeks; these will be sent home on a Thursday. Spellings tests will happen on the second Wednesday.
Our class blog will be updated each week so keep an eye on this for exciting updates throughout the term.
Thursday 2nd July 2020
Good Morning Leaders
Why is the Sky Blue? – English
Fibonacci Sequence – Maths
The Fibonacci Sequence is a series of numbers. The next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it.
Have a go at these questions and then follow the link to find out some interesting facts about the Fibonacci sequence, which is often found in nature.
https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fibonacci-sequence.html
Challenge – see If you can spot the Fibonacci sequence in nature – take a photograph and upload it.
Collecting Flora and Fauna – Science/Art
Whilst out investigating nature for evidence of the Fibonacci sequence, see if you can collect some flowers and leaves that we are going to try and press.
There are a number of different ways that you can dry flowers but here is one recommended by the Natural History Museum.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-press-flowers.html
You will need : a newspaper and some heavy books
Wednesday 1st July 2020
Good Morning Leaders
Why is the Sky Blue – English
How many people are there in the world? Is there anyone else just like me?
In English today, we are going to listen to a song: https://youtu.be/uOgNeea8wRU and think about the lyrics.
What do you think the song writer is talking about from the lyrics used. Are there any other meanings to the phrases and verses other than the literal meaning?
Exactly like we would in guided reading, choose parts of the song to explain and evidence your answers.
Square and Cube Numbers – Maths
Now that we have investigated both square and cube numbers, the next questions ask you about both so make sure that you read the questions carefully.
Is There Anyone Else Just Like Me? – Art
We are going to continue our theme from English about different people and have a go at drawing faces today. This is something that lots of people find quite tricky to get right so you might want to watch the clip first to have a go at drawing a face. Remember you can stop the clip and have a go alongside if you would like, working step-by-step.
One you have had a go at drawing a face, I would like you to have a go at completing a face like the attached pictures, showing multiple people on one face.
Tuesday 30th June 2020
Good Morning Leaders
What a change in the weather!! ?
I’m not sure you will be needing your sun cream on your walks today but possibly a raincoat and umbrella. ☔️
Why is the Sky Blue? – English
You should now have a list of questions from yesterday that you would like to know the answers to.
Today, I would like you to concentrate on question words and see if you can write a question beginning with as many different ones as you can think of. Why is probably one you have used most often in yesterday’s list.
Happy questioning.
Cube Numbers – Maths
Now that we have reminded ourselves about square numbers, I’d like you to look at cube numbers, making a 3 dimensional cube.
Have a go at the questions attached.
Follow Me Facts
Over the course of the week, I would like you to make a follow me card game.
The cards are a little bit like dominoes with 2 sides, one side will have a question and the other side will have an answer. The question on the final card will be answered on the first card so that they make a loop. (Have a look at the picture attached).
Each question that you fins the answer to this week will become part of your game.
Monday 29th June 2020
Before we take a look inside the book, I would like you to make a list of questions about the world around you that you would like to know the answer to.
We will look further inside the book tomorrow.
Square Numbers – Maths
We have looked at square numbers in class, have a go at these questions to remind you.
Why is the Sky Blue? – Science
Friday 26th June 2020
Good Morning Leaders
There is a picture at the end of our book, when she is full of hope for a new day dawning.
She has spent the night under a beautiful canopy construction and fairy lights, allowing the stars to shine through.
Today, I thought you might like to make your own canopy/den and possibly (if the weather and your parents allow) you might like to spend a night out under the stars. ⭐️?
I would love to see your creations.
Thursday 25th June 2020
Good Morning Leaders
Yet another beautiful day – please make sure you put on your sun cream and hats if you are outside. ??
Rain Before Rainbows – English
Today, I would like you to complete a piece of descriptive writing to go with the picture that you completed yesterday. Remember to choose your words wisely, using powerful vocabulary to build a picture in the reader’s mind.
Graphs – Maths
Today, we are going to look at pie charts. Remember these show a portion of a whole (like slices of a cake).
Have a look at the graph and then have a go at answering the questions.
Seed Dispersal – Science
‘Sowing and planting. Root before shoot. Stem before flower.
Leaf before fruit.’
When plants get to the end of their flowering cycle you may have heard the term ‘gone to seed’ this means that they have finished flowering and they are beginning to produce seeds to make new plants and flowers. These seeds travel in a number of ways.
Today, I’d like you to investigate the different ways seeds can be dispersed. You might want to begin by watching the clip below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/znvfb9q
Untitled
Rain Before Rainbows – English
Inheritance – Science
glue, string and a variety of materials you can find around the house like a paper plate, cardboard, foil, brown paper, baking paper.
Tuesday 22nd June 2020
Monday 22nd June 2020
Good Morning Leaders
Hello Monday and a new week of learning.
It was nice to see the return of some sunshine over the weekend so I hope you all managed to enjoy some time outdoors with your families. I always think a bit of sunshine makes us feel brighter and ready for the challenges a new week will offer.
Last week, we looked at lots of the words in Rain Before Rainbows and, this week, we are going to concentrate on the illustrations – they can often tell a story all by themselves.
We are also going to be looking at lots of different types of graphs, reminding ourselves how to read them.
A busy week ahead – happy learning everyone.
Rain Before Rainbows – English
Today, I would like you to have a look at the pages of a book’. You may notice that this it not a complete copy of each page but a smaller section of the page that does not show any words or characters.
I have put the pictures into a specific order. Looking at these pictures, what do you think this tells you about the story or the mood that the author is trying to create as the story moves through?
Are there certain pictures that draw you in more than others? Why do you think this is?
Maths – Graphs
Today, I would like you to have a look at a pictogram and line graph and have a go at answering the questions.
Mood Colours – Art
After looking at your English learning, you will probably have understood the difference that colour can make on how something makes you think or feel. Some of this might be to express a time of day or to express a type of mood.
Today I would like you to choose an object, landscape or picture to re-create multiple times. You may decide to try a range of colour schemes or different amounts of light.
If the weather allows, you might want to do this at different times during the day which should give you a different aspect as the sun rises and sets. (You could even take a photograph to help you see the difference if you would like. ?)
Friday 19th June 2020
It’s Friday again already!!
This week seems to have flown quickly by. I hope you are all ready for a lovely weekend. You might want to try out your forest school knots making a den in your garden over the weekend to either enjoy in the sunshine or hide under in the rain. ?
It would be great to see your creations – happy den making.
English – Rain Before Rainbows
‘A rope to hold on to.’
Today,I’d like you to have a go at a short piece of descriptive writing. Imagine you are a character in story. This could be any story you can imagine and you are up to the part where you need a rope to hold on to. Continue the story to tell me where you are, what you are doing and why you need the rope?
Maths – Ratio
This is the last set of ratio and proportion questions before moving onto a different topic next week.
See how many you can get.
Forest School
Another line from Rain Before Rainbows – ‘A rope to hold on to.’
There are a number of knots that we can learn to help us in forest schools – some of which are very useful in den building to help secure a tarpaulin.
Find yourself a piece of rope or you could even use a shoelace (remember to put it back in the shoe afterwards) and see if you can have a go at learning these knots.