Year 6 Homework
Please find homework tasks for this week (Friday- Friday). Some tasks can be completed verbally and do not need
to be recorded. Any homework that needs to be recorded should be completed IN BOOKS – no sheets of paper
please. Please bring your homework book in daily.
ALL work should be completed to your best ability – clear date, neat and accurate spelling, best effort in your new
books.
* Please note that additional homework may be given on some days to consolidate class work.
TIMES TABLES – PRACTICE UP TO 12 x 12 EVERY DAY! Challenge yourself with related division facts,
multiples of ten times tables and decimal tables too.
Day
Task
Everyday should include at least 10 minutes of brass instrument practice.
Friday 14th
November
Maths: IXL.- complete Y6 Measurement U.3
Which is more, 298 centimetres or 3 metres?
a) 298 centimetres
b) 2.9 metres
c) neither; they are equal
Explain your answer as fully as possible
Mrs Akhtar’s group: complete Year 7 X.9
Complete the problem below and explain your reasoning.
Monday 17th
November
Literacy: Reading journal tasks
*Check that your reading journal is up to date and reading record
signed
Complete 2 of the activities- your choice, but be ready to share them
with your guided reading group Tuesday.
Tuesday 18th
November
Science/ handwriting: Inheritance fill in the gaps using your neatest
handwriting.
genes/chromosomes
fertilised
egg
siblings
Fraternal or non-identical twins are similar to two
Have you
completed this?
( )
Signed by parent/carer
_________ born at different times – each one grows
from a separate egg that was ______ by different
sperm (so they may share some features but will
usually look different & may be of different gender).
Identical twins develop from one ______ which splits
into two at a very early stage of development.
Identical twins have the same ________ as each other
& are always of the same gender – male or female.
Extension: what are chromosomes and why are they
important when discussing inherited characteristics?
Wednesday 19th
November
Maths: Shape
Make a poster for the three different types of triangle: scalene, isosceles,
equilateral, right angle
Mrs Akhtar’s group: Complete Y7 exercises X2, X3, X4, X5
Write out 3 examples of problems that you solved and explain how you
did it.
Thursday 20th
November
Literacy: Write the blurb for your story
- Look at some books at home to see how other authors
have written theirs.
- Remember that the blurb tells the potential reader some of
the facts without revealing the whole story.
- Often the blurb will contain a quote recommending the
book to the reader