Homework 24/03/23

Spelling

Group 1:

  1. equip

  2. equipment

  3. equipped

  4. especially

  5. exaggerate

  6. excellent

  7. existence

  8. explanation

  9. familiar

  10. foreign

  11. forty

  12. frequently

Group 2:

  1. early

  2. earth

  3. circle

  4. complete

  5. consider

  6. continue

  7. decide

  8. describe

  9. different

  10. difficult

  11. disappear

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Six - Geometry

Angle Rules (Pages 68-69)

Angles in Shapes (Page 73)

3D Shapes (Pages 74 and 75)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Six - Spelling

Prefixes (Page 58)

Suffixes and Word Endings (Pages 59 - 62)

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Homework 17/03/23

Group 1:

  1. embarrass

  2. environment

  3. convenience

  4. correspond

  5. criticise

  6. curiosity

  7. definite

  8. desperate

  9. determined

  10. develop

  11. dictionary

  12. disastrous

Group 2:

  1. calendar

  2. breath

  3. breathe

  4. build

  5. busy

  6. business

  7. caught

  8. centre

  9. century

  10. certain

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Four - Ratio, Proportion and Algebra

Ratio, Proportion and Unequal Sharing (Pages 42 - 43)

Section Five - Measure

Mixed Practice (Pages 66 - 67)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Four - Punctuation: Mixed Practice (Pages 50 - 51)

Section Five - Vocabulary: Prefixes (Page 52) and Suffixes (Page 53)

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Homework 10/03/23

Spellings:

Group 1

  1. category

  2. cemetery

  3. committee

  4. communicate

  5. community

  6. competition

  7. conscience

  8. conscious

  9. controversy

  10. awkward

  11. bargain

  12. bruise

Group 2

  1. accident

  2. accidentally

  3. address

  4. answer

  5. appear

  6. arrive

  7. believe

  8. bicycle

  9. actual

  10. actually

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Five - Measure

Area (Page 60)

Perimeters and Areas (Pages 61 and 62)

Areas of Triangles and Parallelograms (Page 63)

Volume (Pages 64 and 65)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section One - Reading: ‘Mixed Practice - Non-Fiction’ (Pages 20 and 21)

Section Four - Punctuation: ‘Punctuating Sentences’ (Page 42)

‘Commas’ (Page 43)

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Homework 03/02/23

Spellings:

Group 1:

  1. accompany

  2. according

  3. achieve

  4. aggressive

  5. amateur

  6. ancient

  7. apparent

  8. appreciate

  9. attached

  10. available

  11. average

Group 2:

  1. disappoint

  2. disagree

  3. disobey

  4. inactive

  5. incorrect

  6. illegal

  7. illegible

  8. immature

  9. immortal

  10. imperfect

  11. impossible

  12. impatient

Make sure you also continue to practise your individual target spellings.

Maths

Power Maths:

Problem solving - area

Problem solving - perimeter

English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section One - Reading: ‘Mixed Practice - Poem’ (Pages 18 and 19)

Section Three - Sentences and Tenses: ‘Mixed Practice’ (Pages 40 and 41)

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Homework 24/02/23

Spellings

Continue to practise the Y5/6 statutory word list. Pay particular attention to any words you have found tricky so far. Make sure you are using your individually highlighted target words.

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section One - Number and Place Value

Negative numbers (Page 4)

Mixed Practice (Pages 8 and 9)

Section Three - Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages (Page 39)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section One - Reading: ‘Comparing’ (Pages 14 and 15)

Section Three - Sentences and Tenses: ‘Standard and Non-Standard English’ (Page 39)

Section Four - Punctuation: ‘Apostrophes’ (Page 44)

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Homework 10/02/23

Spellings

Continue to practise the Y5/6 statutory word list. Pay particular attention to any words you have found tricky so far. Make sure you are using your individually highlighted target words.

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Three - Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Mixed Practice (Pages 40 and 41)

Section Four - Ratio, Proportion and Algebra

Formulas and Combinations (Pages 48 and 49)

Number Sequences (Page 52)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Section One - Reading: ‘Mixed Practice - Story’ (Pages 16 and 17)

Section Three - Sentences and Tenses: ‘Sentences’ (Page 31)

Section Four - Punctuation: ‘Inverted Commas’ (Page 45)

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Homework 03/02/23

Spellings

Continue to practise the Y5/6 statutory word list. Pay particular attention to any words you have found tricky so far. Make sure you are using your individually highlighted target words.

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Section Four - Ratio, Proportion and Algebra

Percentage Problems (Pages 46 and 47)

Finding Missing Numbers (Pages 50 and 51)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - ‘Structure’ (Pages 10 and 11)

Word Types - ‘Determiners’ (Page 28)

Sentences and Tenses - ‘Active and Passive’ (Page 35)

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Homework 27/01/23

Spellings

Continue to practise the Y5/6 statutory word list. Pay particular attention to any words you found tricky this week. Make sure you are using your individually highlighted target words.

Maths

Power Maths

‘Percentages of 2’

‘Percentages of 3’

English

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - ‘What Happens Next?’ (Pages 8-9)

Word Types - ‘Prepositions’ (Page 26)

Sentences and Tenses - ‘Tenses’ (Pages 36 and 37)

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Homework 20/01/23

Spellings

Continue to practise the Y5/6 statutory word list. Pay particular attention to any words you found tricky this week.

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Number and Place Value - Decimals (Page 6)

Calculations - ‘Written Multiplication’ (Page 13 - 14)

- ‘Written Division’ (Page 15 - 16)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - ‘Summarising’ (Pages 4 - 5)

Sentences and Tenses - ‘Formal and Informal Writing’ (Page 38)

Punctuation - ‘Adding Extra Information’ (Page 48)

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Homework 13/01/23

Spellings

Continue to practise the Y5/6 statutory word list. Pay particular attention to the words we found tricky this week:

  • parliament

  • thorough

  • exaggerate

  • embarrass

  • definite

  • conscious

  • mischievous

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Calculations - Order of Operations (Pages 20 - 21)

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages - Equivalent Fractions and Decimals (Page 37 - 38)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - ‘Retrieving Information’ (pages 2-3))

Sentences and Tenses - ‘Conjunctions’ (page 34))

Punctuation - ‘Hyphens and Bullet Points’ (page 49)

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Homework 06/01/23

Spellings

Today you have all received a Y5/6 Word List Checklist. Please learn these for your next spelling tests.

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Calculations - Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 (Pages 17-18)

- Multiplying and Dividing with Decimals (Page 19)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - ‘Word Meaning’ (page 1)

Sentences and Tenses - ‘Clauses and Phrases’ (pages 32 and 33)

Punctuation - ‘Colons, Semi-Colons and Dashes’ (page 46 - 47)

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Homework 16/12/22

Group 1 spellings:

  1. lead

  2. led

  3. morning

  4. mourning

  5. past

  6. passed

  7. precede

  8. proceed

  9. principal

  10. principle

  11. profit

  12. prophet

Group 2:

  1. completion

  2. expression

  3. discussion

  4. confession

  5. admission

  6. expansion

  7. extension

  8. comprehension

  9. electrician

Maths

CGP SATS Question Book

Fractions - ‘Multiplying Fractions’ (page 32) and ‘Dividing Fractions’ (page 36)

Geometry - ‘Coordinates’ (page 76) and ‘Reflection and Translation’ (page 78)

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English

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - ‘Making Inferences’ (page 6)

Word types - ‘Mixed Practice’ (page 29)

Spelling - ‘Spelling Tricky Words’ (page 65)

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Homework 09/12/22

Group 2:

  1. advice

  2. advise

  3. device

  4. devise

  5. farther

  6. father

  7. guessed

  8. guest

  9. heard

  10. herd

Group 2:

  1. mountainous

  2. obvious

  3. outrageous

  4. poisonous

  5. serious

  6. spontaneous

  7. tremendous

  8. various

  9. vigorous

Maths:

CGP SATS Question Book

Fractions - pages 29, 30, 31, 34 and 35

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English:

CGP SATS Question Book

Reading - choice of language, page 12 and 13

Word types - pronouns, page 27

Spelling - homophones, page 63

- Silent and unstressed letters, page 64

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Homework 02/12/22

Group 1 Spellings:

  1. doubt

  2. island

  3. lamb

  4. solemn

  5. thistle

  6. knight

  7. limb

  8. tomb

  9. whistle

  10. plumber

  11. column

Group 2 spellings:

  1. dangerous

  2. famous

  3. enormous

  4. humorous

  5. glamorous

  6. courageous

  7. curious

  8. hideous

  9. courteous

IXL Maths:

L. Fractions

4. Equivalent fractions

6. Write fractions in lowest terms

IXL English:

Reading strategies

H. Inference

3. Draw inferences from a text

Grammar and Mechanics

JJ. Verb tense

5. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

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Homework 25/11/22

Group 1

  1. ought

  2. bought

  3. thought

  4. nought

  5. brought

  6. fought

  7. rough

  8. tough

  9. enough

  10. dough

  11. through

  12. thorough

  13. borough

  14. plough

  15. bough

  16. though

Group 2

  1. division

  2. invasion

  3. confusion

  4. decision

  5. collision

  6. television

  7. erosion

  8. fusion

  9. passion

  10. pension

IXL Maths:

Q. Mixed operations

7. Evaluate numerical expressions with brackets in different places

8. Missing operators

IXL English:

Writing strategies

K. Editing and revising

  1. Use the correct frequently confused word

U. Phrases and clauses

6. Combine sentences using relative clauses

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Homework 14/10/22

Group 1

  • legible

  • noticeable

  • possible

  • possibly

  • reasonable

  • reliable

  • sensible

  • terrible

  • terribly

  • tolerable

  • tolerably

  • understandable

  • visible

  • visibly

Group 2

  • redo

  • refresh

  • return

  • reappear

  • redecorate

  • subdivide

  • subheading

  • submarine

  • submerge

  • misbehave

  • mislead

  • misspell

Don’t forget your statutory word list! (See below)

IXL maths:

F. Division

11. Divide 4-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers

12. Divide 4-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers: word problems

Grammar:

Grammar and Mechanics

GG. Pronouns

3. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun

LL. Prepositions

1. Identify prepositions

Daily reading - remember to bring in your Reading Diary each day

Bedrock

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Homework 07/10/22

Group 1:

  • adorable

  • adorably

  • applicable

  • considerable

  • considerably

  • changeable

  • forcible

  • dependable

  • comfortable

  • enjoyable

  • horrible

  • horribly

  • incredible

  • incredibly

Group 2:

  • irresponsible

  • irrelevant

  • intercity

  • interact

  • international

  • interrelated

  • anticlockwise

  • antiseptic

  • antisocial

  • autobiography

  • autograph

IXL maths:

D. Multiplication

13. Multiply 2-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers

14. Multiply 2-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers: word problems

Grammar:

KK. Adjectives and Adverbs

1. Identify adjectives

3.Identify adverbs

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Bedrock

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Homework 30/09/22

Group 1:

  • independence

  • independent

  • innocence

  • innocent

  • obedience

  • obedient

  • observance

  • observant

  • substance

  • tolerance

  • tolerant

Group 2:

  • disappoint

  • disagree

  • disobey

  • inactive

  • incorrect

  • illegal

  • illegible

  • immature

  • immortal

  • imperfect

  • impossible

  • impatient

From now on, I will also ask you to spell a random selection of words from the Year 5/6 statutory word-list so have a look over this each week too!

IXL Maths:

B. Addition and Subtraction

1) Add and subtract whole numbers up to millions

4) Fill in the missing digits

IXL English:

Vocabulary

Z. Homophones

1) Use the correct homophone

Grammar

Pronouns

2) Choose between subject and object personal pronouns

Daily reading - please remember to bring your Reading Diary in each day

Bedrock

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