ArithmeticWatch the video here to help tackle these reasoning problems. It’s also on the Year 6 blog.https://vimeo.com/430339843

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A Week in Chloe’s ShoesThese questions are mostly focusing on using Wordsmith Wendy1. Why does the author use italics in the first diary entry?2. What does the writer mean by the phrase ‘soundless life’?3. ‘Keenan, Millie and Baz were merrily chatting about who-knows-what all the way back from school’. Explain the phrase ‘who-knows-what’.4. Why does Chloe have to lip read?5. Which phrase shows you Sunni is not a very active student?6. Which lesson did the writer get to use the earplugs in?7. What does the phrase ‘same old, same old’ mean?8. On what date can the writer collect the money? 9. What relation is Chloe to the writer? Explain how you know.10. Sum up the diary by writing one sentence for each entry.

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1. They emphasise his emotions at that point, and show that he is finding the challenge very difficult.2. It is a phrase used to describe the times when the writer has the earplugs in.3. ‘Who-knows-what’ is a phrase used when somebody does not know something. The writer does not know what his friends spoke about on the way home because he could not hear.4. She is deaf.5. ‘... leaning over to look at Sunni’s book to see if he’d got any more information written down (which of course, he hadn’t).‘6. Science7. It means that whatever is beingreferred to is predictable, repetitive and the same as it has always been. 8. On what date can the writer collect the money? Friday 19th May 20179. Explain how you know. Sister. The sentences which show this are: “Chloe was able to lip read when she was just a little nipper!” Dad said today at tea. “And her big, clever brother can barely make sense of a few words even after a week!”10. Answers must relate to either key events from each entry, or the writer’s emotions/reactions to/feelings about what has gone on that day.

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VOCABULARYCollate a bank of vocabulary that can be used to describe Alma and the settings: the streets of Barcelona and the shop.Think of vocabulary which can be used to describe these, and then find synonyms.

LANGUAGE

Think about some nouns from the video clip and use examples of figurative language to describe them. Put these into sentences.

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Read the poem belowCertainty

Amongst the chaos and confusion, the only certainty I’ve got, is that in six-month’s time, we’ll be tying the knot.

Our honeymoon might be a beer garden. Our wedding meal, a bag of crisps. But we’ll count our smiles as favours, and high-fives as wedding gifts.

Our band might be karaoke. Our cake, from corner shop.Our first dance in our kitchen with flutes of fizzy pop.

Decorations made out of pasta and toilet rolls galore. Whatever changes in the next few months, of one thing I am sure.

In six-month’s time, we’ll be husband and wife,And none of this will feel real.In six-month’s time: it’s the rest of our lives, and our love will be stronger than steel.

By Matt Abbott

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Adverbs of Possibility

Perhaps maybe possibly probably surely definitely certainly

Adverbs of Possibility Sentences Read these sentences. Find and mark the verbs, then find and mark

the adverbs of possibility.

Try changing the adverbs of certainty. Can you find one that will work

just as well? Can you find any that change the meaning? Can you

find any that sound awkward or unnatural?

Try changing the word order. Listen to the difference. How does it

sound?

1. Probably, Maria and Matt are looking forward to their wedding.

2. A wedding party in lockdown would certainly be a challenge.

3. They are surely unlucky to have to plan a wedding in lockdown.

4. If you want to have a memorable time, you should definitely think

creatively.

5. Perhaps, Matt thought that his poem would make people smile.

6. Maybe, people can identify with the situation that they are in.

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ceWho is Stephen Hawking and what were his theories about black holes?

Stephen Hawking was a prominent scientist and theoretical astrophysicist. You may already know some facts about him and what he studied. Talk to your partner about any facts you already know about Stephen Hawking’slife and work.

Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford on 8th January 1942. He grew up with his parents, his brother and sisters.

At school, Hawking enjoyed science and maths and he was nicknamed ‘Einstein’ by his friends. He wanted to study maths at the University of Oxford, but Oxford didn't offer a maths degree at that time. Instead, Hawking chose to study physics and chemistry.

Hawking found the work at university very easy. He joined the college boat club and was known as a daredevil because of the risks he took when rowing the boats.

After graduating from Oxford, Hawking studied for his PhD at the

University of Cambridge.

It was at Cambridge that Hawking first developed problems with his health. He became very clumsy, regularly falling or dropping things. His speech became slurred and hard to understand.

Doctors diagnosed Hawking with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS. Hawking was given just two years to live and he became very depressed. However, his disease progressed more slowly than doctors had imagined and he returned to his studies.

ALS: A motor neurone disease that causes muscle weakness, paralysis and

respiratory failure. It is a degenerative disease, which means it gets worse

over time. There is no cure.

Stephen Hawking lived a full life despite his disabilities. His condition did continue to deteriorate, though, and this renowned scientist sadly died on 14th March 2018, aged 76. He is remembered as one of the greatest scientists to ever have lived. His ashes are buried in Westminster Abby- this is one of the highest honours to ever be granted to an individual in recognition of their vast contribution. He is buried among past Kings and Queens, great writers and other hugely successful scientists, such as Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. The things he discovered have helped change scientific understanding forever.

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Much of Hawking's research was to do with black holes and he became a world expert on them.

Hawking developed theories about how black holes are formed, how they behave and where they can be found in the universe. This is one of his theories:

A black hole is a place where gravity has got so

strong that it pulls matter down into it and doesn't

let any of this matter escape, not even light.

Anything too close to a black hole will be sucked

down into it and trapped forever.

Imagine it is like a river with a waterfall. If you are swimming in the river away from the waterfall, you may be able to swim away fast enough so that you don't go over the edge, but as you get nearer to the edge, you cannot swim fast enough to escape the current of the water. You will be pulled over the edge of the waterfall.

This is how matter is pulled into a black hole.

The edge of a black hole is called

the event horizon.

Past the event horizon, nothing can

travel fast enough to escape the

black hole.

How does stuff (scientists would call it matter) get sucked into a black hole?

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Much of Hawking's research was to do with black holes and he became a world expert on them.

Complete these two inquiries to explore more about black holes.: how they are formed and how they behvase.