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Year 6 Topic Home Learning
Monday 4th May – Friday 8th May 2020
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Year 6 Home Learning TimetableMonday 4th May – Friday 8th May 2020Please see a suggested timetable of the activities that we have outlined for our Year 6 children. Please feel free to amend the timetable to suit you.
Miss Fini, Mrs Harmston and Miss Wilson
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Times Tables Rock Stars – Complete some challenges with a times table of your choice.
Reading – Read 15 minutes of your book and record in your Homework Diary.
Times TablesRock Stars –Complete some challenges with a times table of your choice.
Reading – Read 15 minutes of your book and record in your Homework Diary.
English English English English
Maths Maths Maths Maths
Topic –Science/Inheritance
Topic – Art –Hieroglyphics
Topic - PSHE -Letter
Topic – PE
As Friday is a bank holiday to celebrate VE Day 75, we
would like you to have a look at the special VE Day
PowerPoint on the school website. You will find lots of information and activities to enjoy throughout the day.
You might also like to try some of the Boredom Busters or Life Skills
Challenges. These can also be found on the school website.
Monday Science -Inheritance
Monday 4th May
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L.O: To understand how characteristics are inherited from parent to offspring.
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Do you remember what these key words mean?
Answers on the next page!
Offspring
Inheritance
Variations
Characteristics
Adaptation
Habitat
Environment
How many did you
remember?
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How many did you
remember?
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How many did you
remember?
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Cells, Chromosomes, DNA and Genes
While we won’t be looking at the following terms in too much detail, it is helpful to know about them
as they are what living things (like us) are made up of!
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Variation The reason for variation within a species is because of inheritance and adaptation.
Think about Charles Darwin’s discoveries on the Galapagos
Islands
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Inheritance
When we talk about inheritance, we often mean things that are passed on to us when
one of our relatives or friends has died. Inherited items are sometimes houses or
important objects.
In science, inheritance refers to the genes that are passed on from parents to offspring. When we refer to inherited
characteristics we tend to focus on physical characteristics as these are easy to spot but inherited characteristics can include
abilities such as taste and smell.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvhhvcw/articles/zp9f4qt
Watch me!
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Parents and offspring
While offspring does mean child, it does not mean that you are only offspring when
you are children! The inherited characteristics you gain
from your parents are part of your DNA for life.
Even when you are an adult you are your parents’ child!
Match the parent with its offspring.What characteristics can you spot to help you make your decision?
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Inherited or Acquired?
We often talk about inheriting characteristics
from our parents. However, it is not always the case
that these are passed on through DNA.
Acquired CharacteristicsSome are learnt as we grow
up. We call this acquired characteristics.
Do you have any talents or skills that you have learnt
from a parent?
Which characteristics do you think are inherited and which are acquired (learnt)?
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Inherited or Acquired?
Which characteristics do you think are inherited and which are acquired (learnt)?
We often talk about inheriting characteristics
from our parents. However, it is not always the case
that these are passed on through DNA.
Acquired CharacteristicsSome are learnt as we grow
up. We call this acquired characteristics.
Do you have any talents or skills that you have learnt
from a parent?
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InheritedPassed on from parents
AcquiredLearnt over time
Answers
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So what can we inherit from our parents?
You’ve probably noticed that you might look like your parents. This is because you inherit key characteristics from them, like your eye colour, skin colour, hair colour, face shape, height and more!
Most of our physical features are inherited from at least one of our parents. However, the reason we are not identical to our parents is because of variation.
The inherited characteristics from each parent can combine in different ways, which is the reason why siblings can inherit the same characteristics but are not identical to each other.
Even identical twins that share the exact same combination of DNA are not 100% the same! This is due to the fact that genes develop separately when the twins are embryos or during later development.
It is our genes that decide things like…
The colour of your eyes Your hair colour and typeHow tall you will be
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Have a go!
Possibleanswers on the next
slide.
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tch
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Some genes are bossier than others…
Genes can be dominant, or recessive.Dominant genes are the ones in charge! If one of your parents passes on a dominant gene, that’s the one which decides what colour your eyes are.
To get a recessive eye colour, you need to inherit two recessive genes. One from each parent.
Have a think about your parents eye colour –does this chart match for your family?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XuiboCs0TA
Watch me!Stop at
1 minute 50 seconds
This doesn’t necessarily mean that if one parent has brown eyes that the offspring will also have
brown eyes...
If the brown-eyed parent carries the brown AND
blue gene, then both genes will be passed down from
that parent.
Parents eye colour Possible eye colour of offspring
Task:
Using what you have learnt about inheritance, can you draw and label the
characteristics inherited from parents to offspring.
You can use the example given or use the blank one on the next page. You could model it on your own family or make it up entirely!
Think about the parents physical features and decide which ones might be inherited.
You can give the offspring both inherited and
acquired characteristics
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L.O: To understand how characteristics are inherited from parent to offspring.
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Option 1 Option 2
Tuesday – Topic -Hieroglyphics
Tuesday 5th May
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The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving’. This is because the ancient
Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods. This is not surprising because
hieroglyphs were very beautiful.
L.O. To understand and use hieroglyphs
In Ancient Egypt, the people who wrote hieroglyphs were called scribes. A scribe had to go to a special school to learn how to do it, because it was very
complicated. Hieroglyphs included around 700 different signs of objects and animals. Some signs were pictorial
or symbolic and stood for whole words. Some signs were phonetic, which means they stood for sounds.
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Hieroglyphs could be written vertically, horizontally, left to right, or right to left! The phonetic hieroglyph
alphabet is the closest version to our modern English alphabet. It is not exactly the same because
the ancient Egyptians did not have symbols for vowels (‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’ or ‘u’), but the alphabet given on
the next few slides includes the closest sounds.
L.O. To understand and use hieroglyphs
The ancient Egyptians wrote the names of their gods and royal people in an oval shape
called a cartouche. The oval shape represents a rope with special powers to ward off evil
spirits and keep the name inside it safe.
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One of the goals in writing hieroglyphics was that the writing would look like art and be beautiful to look at. A single picture symbol could stand for a whole word, called an ideogram, or a sound, called a phonogram. For example, a picture of an
eye could mean the word "eye" or the letter "I".
L.O. To understand and use hieroglyphs
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One of the keys to unlocking the secrets of ancient Egyptian writing was the 'Rosetta
Stone'. It was created in 196 BC.
L.O. To understand and use hieroglyphs
The Rosetta Stone is named after the town it was discovered in, a town called Rosetta, on
the Mediterranean coast in Egypt
The Rosetta Stone is famous because it contains hieroglyphic script that specialists
were able to decode.It was found in 1799 and took twenty years
to translate.
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L.O. To understand and use hieroglyphsAnswers on next slide
Can you crack the code and work out which Egyptian gods have been
written in hieroglyphs?
Hieroglyphic Alphabet
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L.O. To understand and use hieroglyphs Answers
1. Osiris2. Horus
3. Ra4. Anubis
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L.O. To understand and use hieroglyphsTask
Can you use the hieroglyphic alphabet on the next page to create a beautiful cartouche of your own name?
You can use the cartouche template on this page or draw one of your own. You might even want to make one out of cardboard and
use it as a name plaque for your room!
Extra challenge
Can you write a secret message using
hieroglyphs for someone in your family to solve?
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We would love to see the beautiful artwork on your hieroglyphic name labels and cartouches! You can take a photo of your work or
scan it and email it to us on our Year Group email address.
Miss Fini, Mrs Harmston and Miss Wilson
L.O. To understand and use hieroglyphs
Wednesday – PSHE-LetterWednesday 6th May
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For PSHE today, we would like you to write a letter.
You can write your letter to anyone you like – it could be a close friend or a family
member.
Once you have written your letter, you can ask your parents for permission to email or post the letter. Who knows, you
might even get a reply!
L.O: To write an informal letter
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Letter Formality
Formal letters are letters which are sent to people you don’t know. They can be sent for
different reasons, for example to complain about something, to give or ask for information or to
make an appointment. Formal letters are usually set out in a
certain way.
Informal letters are letters which are sent to people you know. For example, sending a
postcard telling someone about your holiday, to say, “thank you” for a birthday present or writing to friends or family who might
live a long way from you.
Letters can be organised under two headings. These are called formal letters and informal letters.
L.O: To write an informal letter
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27 Common Lane,Familiar Town,
Yorkshire,S24 9TD
6th May 2020
Dearest Great-Aunt Louise,
Start your letter by telling the person why you are writing to them.
Tell them everything exciting that you have been up to during lockdown – give lots of details so they can picture it clearly.
Have you learnt any new skills while you’ve been at home?Have you discovered any tips to bust the boredom of lockdown?How have you been feeling since lockdown began? Have these feelings changed?Do you have any great movie/book recommendations?
You might want to ask them questions too, to encourage them to write back to you.
Tell them you are looking forward to hearing back from them.
Love,
David
Step 1 – Write your address in the top right-hand corner of your letter if you want them to write back to you.
Step 2 – Write the date underneath your address.
Step 3 – You can use ‘Dear’ or a more informal greeting, such as ‘Hello’, or ‘Hi’. Add a comma after the person’s name.
You don’t need to write their address in an informal letter.
Step 4 – Write your letter!
Tell them what you’ve been up to.
Ask questions.
Your letter can be as long as you like.
You might even want to draw some pictures too.
Remember, you can use contractions (e.g. can’t, you’ve, didn’t) because it is an informal letter.
Step 5 – Finish off your letter using an appropriate ending e.g. ‘Love from’ or ‘See you soon’, followed by your name.
You MUST ask permission from your
parents before you give out
your address or any personal
details.
You might want to design your own letterhead with your name – just for fun!
Thursday – PE -Circuits
Thursday 7th May
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Today we are going to get moving!
Physical activity is so important whetheryou are indoors or outdoors.
By getting moving, you will improve aerobicfitness, muscular fitness and bone health.
What better reason to get those trainerson?
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These are just a few of the
stretches you could do.
You could also do a more
active warm up with Joe Wicks.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnKCGY9ZocA
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Before you start, you need to warm up your muscles.
Exercise can help you improve in so many areas of life.
- Increased focus, concentration and engagement
- Improved cardiovascular fitness, strength, flexibility and stamina
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Have a look at some of the circuit exercises on the next few slides.
Choose up to 10 exercises (2 or 3 from each list) to make your own
circuit.
You might want to do 15 of each exercise (reps) before moving onto
the next one.
You can then repeat the whole circuit.
If you are not sure, please check with an adult that you are doing
them carefully!
Have fun!
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Friday – History-VE Day Activity
Friday 8th May
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VE Day 75
Victory in Europe Day or ‘VE Day’ took place on May 8th 1945.
This year we are having a special Bank Holiday on Friday 8th May to mark the 75 year
anniversary.
For today’s home learning, we would like you to have a look at the special VE Day PowerPoint on the school website to learn more and then
choose an activity to complete.
There are a whole range of activities to choose from. You can do as many or as few
as you like.
Have fun!
