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White Rose maths resources are available on the Special Home Learning tab of our Bowsland website. Friday’s challenges will be on BBC Bitesize.

Summer Term Week 8, Lesson 1: Solve 2-step equations

Watch the video via this link: https://vimeo.com/428002477

and then complete the worksheet available on the Bowsland

Website.

Summer Term Week 8, Lesson 2: Find pairs of values

Watch the video via this link: https://vimeo.com/428002579

and then complete the worksheet available on the Bowsland

Website.

Summer Term Week 8, Lesson 3: Convert metric measures

Watch the video via this link: https://vimeo.com/428002669

and then complete the worksheet available on the Bowsland

Website.

Summer Term Week 8, Lesson 4: Miles and kilometres

Watch the video via this link: https://vimeo.com/428002822

and then complete the worksheet available on the Bowsland

Website.

BBC Bitesize: Maths Challenge of the Week: Find and complete the maths challenges available on Friday

here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ta

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Comprehension: protest

Activity on page 4.

Comprehension: protest Activity on page 4.

Comprehension: homelessness Activity on page 4.

To support our school team, there will be a longer English activity on Thursday and a longer reading activity on Friday.

Boxing up Activity on page 8.

Writing

Activity on page 10.

Comprehension: climate change Activity on page 5.

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Choosing an issue

Activity on page 5.

Modal verbs

Activity on page 6.

Conditional language

Activity on page 7.

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Yoga Try a yoga class from YouTube,

such as: https://www.youtube.com/user/C

osmicKidsYoga

Fitness Make an exercise routine. Can you

teach it to someone in your family?

Could you add some music to it?

We would love to see your routines

on Class Dojo/Tapestry.

Fitness Join Joe Wicks for another

workout:

https://www.youtube.com/chann

el/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Meditation Try a meditation class from

YouTube, such as:

https://www.youtube.com/watch

?v=Bk_qU7l-fcU

Fancy Dress Friday Join Joe Wicks for another

workout:

https://www.youtube.com/chann

el/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Mindfulness Chill out on a beanbag, cushion or

cosy place in your home. Listen to

some music or read a book.

Mindfulness Pick daisies and thread their stems together to create a daisy chain.

OR Try and create a whistle with grass.

You will need to use a thick blade of

grass and put it between your

thumbs. Now blow and it should

create a whistle.

Create a game Design and create a game that you can play with your family. You could create a board game, a quiz or a scavenger hunt for example.

Once you have created your game, play it with someone in your house. We would love to see your finished games on Class Dojo/Tapestry.

Mindfulness Make a poster to put in your

window. Use a positive,

inspirational quote.

You could make one up or use a

Google search to find one.

Week 4 whole School Project Bowsland PART-E Values: Responsibility

Find this project under the Whole School Projects Tab and complete today’s activity, choosing your own challenge level.

Bowsland Green Primary School Year 6 – Special Home Learning w/b 22.6.2020

This sheet will be issued for each week, for each year group, for pupils not in school. Links will be provided to electronic resources where possible.

Reading activities: texts

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Click on the link and read the page at https://helpbristolshomeless.org/about-us/, and then

answer the questions below.

1. What do you think Jasper Thompson means by the phrase, “change the face of homelessness”?

2. What does he say is the cause of homelessness?

3. According to the writer, what is the most important thing to do to help people survive homelessness?

4. How does free clothing and food not provide a ‘way out’ of homelessness?

5. “Programmes aimed at resolving complex issues such as addiction are vital”. Which word in this phrase is

a synonym for ‘meant to’?

6. What does the word ‘temporary’ tell us about the accommodation built by the charity?

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Watch the video or read the transcript of Greta Thunberg’s speech using the link below, then answer the questions.

https://www.ted.com/talks/greta_thunberg_the_disarming_case_to_act_right_now_on_climate_change/transcript?lan

guage=en

1. What was the earliest definition of climate change that Thunberg heard?

a. A natural phenomenon

b. Global warming and pollution

c. Something humans had created by their way of living

d. The result of industrialisation

2. What were some of the earliest examples of advice Thunberg was given to stop climate change?

a. Turn off lights and recycle paper

b. Stop radioactive waste from leaking into water

c. Use less electricity and water

d. Learn to live with less money

3. Which of these best describes her feelings with respect to climate change when she was about 10 years old?

a. joy

b. hope

c. anger

d. incredulity

4. What three conditions was Greta diagnosed with as a teenager?

5. Complete the sentence: Rich countries need to reduce emissions by _______ % annually.

6. What important reports and resolutions on climate change does Thunberg refer to?

_____________ and _____________

7. Fill in the blanks: We are in the midst of the _________ mass extinction with about _________ species going

extinct every single day.

8. What, according to Greta, is the cause of apathy among common people regarding climate change?

a. lack of money

b. lack of facts

c. lack of infrastructure

d. lack of will

9. Which is these is part of Thunberg’s activism?

a. striking outside the Swedish government

b. asking her classmates to not attend school

c. becoming a climate scientist

d. stopping to eat properly

10. According to her, what do we need more than we need hope?

a. less extinction

b. more knowledge

c. less plastic usage

d. more action

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Choosing an issue This week’s whole school topic is ‘Responsibility’. How do you think this week’s reading texts link with responsibility? On Thursday, we are going to write a persuasive speech calling people to action on an issue of your choice. There are many issues in the news at the moment; problems that affect many of us, and for which can all take responsibility? What issues do you already know about? Which issues do you feel passionate about? Why do you want people to take action? Today, we’d like you to reflect on some big issues and think about which are most important to you. To do this, we’ll start by sorting these problems into a ‘diamond 9’ formation. The more important an issue is to you, the higher it goes. The less important, the lower. Issues:

Global hunger Climate change Food waste

Cruelty to animals Homelessness Plastic waste in oceans

Racism Loneliness Road traffic & pollution

If you would rather replace one, or some, of these with other issues that are important to you, please do. This should be personal and meaningful to you! When you have sorted the issues, make notes to explain why the one at the top is the most important to you. For example:

Global hunger:

- It’s not fair that some people have too little to eat when many people have plenty.

- The problem is solvable – developed countries produce enough food to share or export.

- Somebody who doesn’t have enough to eat is likely to be unable to fulfil higher needs such as education, fulfilment, etc.

- Land is often used to make money (e.g. by building shops) rather than growing food, when food is what’s really needed.

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Modal verbs

There are countless examples of persuasive speeches online, but here is a small selection that I’ve been watching for ideas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh9GbYugA1Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr5Py1r9xjw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu3aQMxkrc4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVpwmWAIt00

If you watch any of them, you might notice how many of the speeches contain modal verbs to express levels of possibility, from impossible to certain and all

points in between. The principal modal verbs in English are:

can and could may and might

shall and should will and would

must

Our task for today is to use these modal verbs to write sentences.

These sentences will be about the issue that you decided as the most important in yesterday’s lesson.

In my example, I’m continuing to think about the issue of global hunger and our collective responsibility for ending it.

Around the world, millions of people can not rely on having enough to eat.

The problem could be solved, but it continues to be present in 2020.

You may be surprised to hear that in the UK, many families regularly go hungry.

This might be the biggest problem we face as a global community.

We shall not ignore the problem just because it doesn’t affect us personally.

With all of the technological and scientific advances humanity has made, nobody should go hungry.

Without collective action, global hunger will not simply go away.

Nobody would choose to go hungry, although many have to.

As a community, we must take responsibility and take action.

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Conditional language

When we talk about consequences or implications using ‘if’ and ‘unless’, we use conditional language.

This means that the main clause is conditional on something within the subordinate clause.

Some examples:

If it rains, we will get wet.

If you are careful, you will get there safely.

If I had been able to buy a ticket, I would have gone.

If water is heated to 100°C, it boils.

‘Unless’ is used as the opposite of ‘if’ – it works like ‘if… not’.

Unless it rains, we will not get wet.

Unless you are careful, you will not get there safely.

Unless I had been able to buy a ticket, I would not have gone.

Unless water is heated to 100°C, it does not boil.

Today, our task is to use ‘if’ and ‘unless’ to write sentences in the context of your chosen issue.

I am continuing to think about global hunger.

For example…

If we are to end global hunger, we must act now.

If a person does not have enough to eat, we share the responsibility to help.

If you were hungry, you would want others to support you.

If someone has insufficient food, it affects their whole life.

Unless changes are made, the issue will not go away.

Unless those who have enough help those who don’t, millions will die.

Unless we take responsibility, global hunger will continue.

Unless action happens quickly, the problem will only get worse.

Thursday: Boxing up

Before we write, we’ll now organise our writing and any other ideas that we’ve had into a boxing up frame. In my

example I have collected my favourite sentences from Tuesday and Wednesday, and added extra features of

persuasive writing:

o hyperbole/exaggeration: making things sound extremely big, small, good, bad, etc.

o repetition: saying the same thing more than once to emphasise the point.

o evidence or statistics: by researching and including facts, we show that we know what we’re talking about.

o rhetorical questions: asking the reader to think about what they feel or believe.

An example:

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Ending global hunger

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The problem could be solved, but it continues to be present in 2020.

You may be surprised to hear that in the UK, many families regularly go hungry.

We shall not ignore the problem just because it doesn’t affect us personally.

With all of the technological and scientific advances humanity has made, nobody should go

hungry.

Without collective action, global hunger will not simply go away.

Nobody would choose to go hungry, although many have to.

As a community, we must take responsibility and take action.

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If we are to end global hunger, we must act now.

If you were hungry, you would want others to support you.

If someone has insufficient food, it affects their whole life.

Unless those who have enough help those who don’t, millions will die.

Unless we take responsibility, global hunger will continue.

Unless action happens quickly, the problem will only get worse.

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This is the most serious threat facing

humanity’s survival.

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821 million people – more than 1 in 9 of the

world’s population – do not get enough to eat.

In the last 30 years, this number has fallen by

216 million (source: https://www.foodaidfoundation.org/world-hunger-

statistics.html#)

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No child, no woman, no man should go

hungry.

Without food, without drink, without

knowing where their next meal will come

from, nobody can thrive.

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How would you feel if…?

Do you think it’s right that…?

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Thursday: writing When you’re ready, it’s time to write your persuasive speech, telling the world why we need to take collective

responsibility for tackling your issue.

Use your plan and the model below, along with your best writing skills, to make your writing as powerful as

possible.

Fellow humans, and citizens of Earth.

I speak to you today about something that I believe is the most serious threat facing

humanity’s survival. Something that affects 821 million people. Something that

might be the biggest example of inequality in the world.

That something is global hunger – not having enough to eat. How would you feel if

you didn’t know when you would next eat? We shall not ignore the problem just

because it doesn’t affect us personally. Nobody would choose to go hungry, although

many have to. You may be surprised to hear that in the UK, many families

regularly go hungry. Do you think that’s right? Do you think that’s fair?

Without food, without drink, without knowing where their next meal will come from,

nobody can thrive. If someone has insufficient food, it affects their whole life. As a

community, we must take responsibility and take action.

In the last 30 years, the number of people around the world who don’t have enough to

eat has fallen by 216 million. This shows that we can solve this issue. With all of the

technological and scientific advances humanity has made, nobody should go

hungry. We have enough food – only, it isn’t shared fairly. This must end.

No child, no woman, no man should go hungry; not in 2020.

From the bottom of my heart, this is a call to action. Will you join me, or will you

stand by and let others suffer?

Reflection: If you heard this speech, which parts would you remember most? Why do you think this is?

Reading activities: answers

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

1. What do you think Jasper Thompson means by the phrase, “change the face of homelessness”? (Make

homelessness look different)

2. What does he say is the cause of homelessness? (“Many complex factors”)

3. According to the writer, what is the most important thing to do to help people survive homelessness? (…to get

people into safe, stable and comfortable accommodation)

4. How does free clothing and food not provide a ‘way out’ of homelessness? (By not stopping homeless people from

being homeless)

5. “Programmes aimed at resolving complex issues such as addiction are vital”. Which word in this phrase is a

synonym for ‘meant to’? (aimed)

6. What does the word ‘temporary’ tell us about the accommodation built by the charity? (People won’t live in it for

longer than they need to).

Friday

1. c

2. a

3. d

4. Asperger’s, OCD, selective mutism

5. 15%

6. IPCC and the Paris Report

7. Sixth mass extinction, 200 species

8. b

9. a

10. d