Maths Learn By Heart - multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 or 1000

We have a new LBH task now and again it focusus on the basic skills that you will need for the rest of your lives. There are some simple tricks, however, to make these problems a little less daunting...

Divide by 10 = move the decimal point 1 place to the left (so 50.0 becomes 5.0)
Divide by 100, move it 2 places to the left.
Divide by 1000, move it 3 places to the left.

To multiply by 10, simply move the decimal point 1 place to the RIGHT (so 10.0 becomes 100.0)
To multiply by 100, move it 2 places to the right.
To multiply by 1000, move it 3 places to the right.

If you need any help then please just ask - and be ready for our tests on the following dates;

Test 1 is Friday February 7th.
Test 2 is Friday February 14th.

Presentation Friday!

From the start of the spring term, Year 6 shall be taking it in turns to hold presentations on a Friday afternoon.

The 20-30 minutes after assembly can be a little chaotic and we are now pleased to have something to work towards each week whilst learning something new.

This week, Davey, Hayley and Alex gave a talk on African animals and it was fascinating!

Maths Learn By Heart - Number bonds to 1000

Nobody knows their number bonds to 1000 including up to 4 decimal places so what is this LBH task REALLY about?

Yes, it's all about using column subtraction methods quickly and correctly.

Make sure you practice these for this Friday's test (09:00, Friday 24th January) and ensure your place value and borrowing is accurate.

It's nothing to worry about but make sure you are ready please!

Journalism

Year 6 have recently completed a short unit on journalistic writing. We have learned the key features of journalistic writing and applied them in various ways. On Thursday we carried out some action news drama and and this helped us to understand how to deliver news in an action-packed and exciting way...

Year 6 Gymnastics

Year 6 have now begun their spring term PE topic and we are looking at creating pirate gymnastics routines.

We will be learning about balances, poses and a variety of rolls we we will be carrying out safely - this learning will be demonstrated in our end of term pirates exhibition in the hall so watch this space...

Rolling on the high seas.

Planning our routines once the basic skills were established.