W/C 19th July
Monday 19th July
Bring a Pet to Teams Day
Join us live on Microsoft Teams at 9am and bring along your pets.
What can you tell us about your pet?
- What is their name?
- How old are they?
- What are their favourite things to do?
If you don't have a pet, can you think about what pet you would have and why? Can you think of some ways to persuade your parents to buy you a pet?
Norbridge Memories
Join us on Teams to talk about your favourite memories from your time at Norbridge with your friends. Then, you can write a blog post about your favourite memories and why they are special.
Science Day: Properties and Changes of Materials - Today we will be learning properties and changes of materials and completing some different activities linked to this.
Visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4339j6/articles/zx8hhv4 to learn how to identify different materials. Then, complete the quiz on the PowerPoint.
Develop your understanding of dissolving, separating and irreversible by visiting the webpage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcvv4wx
Then, complete the two different experiments on the activity sheet.
Understand what states of matter are, discover the processes of freezing and melting and learn about evaporation and condensation by visiting the webpage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkgg87h
Then, complete the Solid, Liquid, Gas sorting activity.
After you have completed the activities, create a scientific leaflet with images/drawigs that explains these key areas of properties and changes of materials:
- solids, liquids and gasses
- dissolving, melting, freezing and evaporating
- reversible and irreversable changes
- properties of materials
Tuesday 20th July
Write a letter to the new Year 6s!
What advice would you give to children moving up to Year 6 in September?
What are the best bits of being in Year 6?
How can they prepare for the year?
Use the letter ticklist to help you.
Geography Day: Mexico - Today we will be learning about Mexico and completing some different activities linked to this.
Create a fact file about Mexico by researching the following areas:
- Landmarks and Attractions
- Mexican People and Languages
- Mexican Animals
- Mexican Food
- Weather
Use the fact cards to help you. You might want to use the fact file template to help you, or you might want to post your work on the class blog.
Read the PowerPoint about the Mexican celebration, The Day of the Dead. Then, use your symmetry knowledge to complete the other half of the sugar skull masks.
Read the facts about Mexico on the PowerPoint. Then, answer the quiz questions on the activity sheet.
Spanish-
We are going to learn some more Spanish! Read and say the numbers on the PowerPoint, see if you can count on your fingers in Spanish.
Then, read and learn how to say your age on the PowerPoint.
Wednesday 21st July
QUIZ
Join us on Teams at 9:00am for our Big Fat Quiz of the Year!
Year 6 Poem/Rap/Song writing
Can you write a poem/rap/song about your time at Norbridge? Film yourself performing it and post it onto Twitter and Teams!
Y7 Transition
Watch the following Youtube Video, depending on which school you will be attending in September
Outwood Valley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt6XzO3kImM
Outwood Portland: https://youtu.be/YpE2ArW-tgY
Then, visit the Outwood Transition Website to read important information such as:
- Uniform
- Attendance
- Equipment
Outwood Valley: https://sites.google.com/valley.outwood.com/oav-year6-transition/year-6-students
Outwood Portland: https://sites.google.com/portland.outwood.com/transition-portland
Can you plan, draw or write your route to school from September?
Can you write all of the things you will need to get ready for school the night before?
Finally, complete the transition activity:
Thursday 22nd July and Friday 23rd July
CAMP @ HOME
We have lots of exciting activities planned like:
- making and eating our own breakfasts together (with adult supervision)
- sports activities
- boat making
- scrap fashion
- nature art
- den making
- treasure hunt
- campfire songs and lots more!