Mr Baker's Reading Homework

As Christmas draws ever nearer, I think it would be great for my English Set to read one of the most famous Christmas stories aroud - A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. This book was written 168 years ago, but is rich in linguistic delights and moral themes; it is also a thumping good tale.
Being such an old book means that it is now out of copyright so there are many free ways to read it including ereaders such as the Kindle and Kobo. There are also PDF files available on the net. If you do not have a copy of the book at home, you can view it with the link below. Do not try and print it though because there are well over 100 pages of it and this would be expensive to print.
For homework, read and talk about chapter 1 with a grown up at home ready for some "Book Club" sessions next week.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7ltbtjWnVsONTBhNTBhODAtZDU1Ni00OTcyLWI4ZjEtMzY5MjAyMzdkYTMz

Advent Fayre

This Friday Year Six will be running the Advent Fayre. We will be asking for a £1 donation to support the work of the late Harry Mosely. The event starts at 9.00am and will run all day with each class having a slot during the day to have a go on the events and activities. Bring a Santa hat and enjoy!!!

Mr Baker's Homeworks 18.11.11

Here are the homeworks I have set this week.

Spellings:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1__00sAui3h5MjGarlGsIblTjeckdzE9b9ye2VhXxJK4/edit
English:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QaWC1KAZRQA0deGr_UXQCtcP8pkpQCHnZbNB3XMEp-A/edit
Maths:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O6ZrxBjStjmM-clbD1__fbudFedf29AFCA7GOgBIzXg/edit
RE:
See if you can learn the Ten Commandments ready for a quiz next week. 

Inspire Workshop - Thursday 10th November from 9.00am to 10.40ish

Just a reminder to everyone that there will be an important Inspire Workshop this Thursday about expectations in Year Six and important learning habits to adopt and bad habits to avoid. The workshop element will be based on maths teaching and how this can be supported at home.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL CHILDREN ARE SUPPORTED BY A GROWNUP.

Mr Baker's Homeworks 3.11.11

Seems like the holidays are a distant memory now. Here are my homeworks for handing in next week.
English - learning a new Alan Peat sentence type (EW,(comma)) and trying to use it in three ways when writing a short paragraph about a boy called Bert.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xuq_Xv8oBn0zm1y95kE3E4Sf3sc6GclTuXiylWMbLkI/edit
Maths - collecting data and recording it in a frequency chart.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18lPIogCvfzwhPv849otJmp1BUXu9PO1f0HECJyDFalY/edit
Spellings - We have had some trouble staying in past tense in our writing this week, so our spellings are all about spelling words in their past and present tense forms.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R86GZLBlRtsU2HNP-r_AL9XG2embCrwGrTtJlEn9r70/edit

Enjoy the long week end.

Mr Baker's Half Term Homework 21.10.11

Here are the homeworks I have set for the half term break.
The English homework is to plan for the biography big writing when we get back.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mnyB5jz20dINTYXTZmxtIkSJ552bB77yRepeWokIEkI/edit?hl=en_US
The spellings are here (don't forget to find and use the new word)...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sOAfX7sRYZY3yOUTYovaoVQe5jIEkRR3nUkUJf7Gv40/edit?hl=en_US
The maths homework is a combination of shape work and division fact practice. Some of this has not been created on the computer so will not be available to download. the BBC website activities are here...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zdx1emxa4tV0o2Ne61dNweqL9TRRH9_dbQhEfGRh4m4/edit?hl=en_US
Don't forget that a week off is great for a rest, but if you don't keep up with basics, you will be behind when you get back to school. So remember to read every day with an adult asking you questions about the reading. Keep up with the Mathletics and Mathsisfun websites to practice your tables which is essential.
Date for the Diary...
Year Six Inspire will take place on Thursday 10th November from 9.00am to 10.50am. All aspects of Year Six teaching will be covered, but the main focus will be on maths.
Enjoy the holidays.

14.10.11 Mr Baker's Homework

Just two homeworks to find this weekend, The Maths set get a second go at the mental test. Remember to try and do them in your head.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TviMKcn_qxtMD5LBqTJpRvJuYNVH7WBzIGf7d-IwXJc/edit?hl=en_US
This week we started thinking about biographies in English lessons and have now planned our own biographies. The homework is for you to write a first draft of the opening section. Remember, it does not have to be perfect until up-leveling opportunities, but I do expect the draft to have sentences that make sense, have a sensible flow, be grammatically correct and contain some Alan Peat sentences. Don't forget your VCOP either.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16grgoJ3umn6x-P-xpkIOHZ7Z-onLB_El2w2ZiUGEdkE/edit?hl=en_US
Good Look.