Blog Author: Year 6

sacrifice

secretary

shoulder

signature

sincere(ly)

soldier

stomach

sufficient

suggest

symbol

system

temperature

thorough

twelfth

variety

vegetable

vehicle

yacht

opportunity

parliament

persuade

physical

prejudice

privilege

profession

programme

pronunciation

queue

recognise

recommend

relevant

restaurant

rhyme

rhythm

identity

immediate

immediately

individual

interfere

interrupt

language

leisure

lightning

marvellous

mischievous

muscle

necessary

neighbour

nuisance

occupy

Active and Passive Voice                Running Wild

Can you write five active sentences and then convert them to passive voice?

eg: 

Oona was feasting on the delicious, mouth-watering figs. (active)

On the delicious, mouth-watering figs Oona was feasting.…

embarrass

environment

equipped

equipment

especially

exaggerate

excellent

existence

explanation

familiar

foreign

forty

frequently

government

guarantee

harass

hindrance

bargain

bruise

category

cemetery

committee

communicate

community

competition

conscience*

conscious*

controversy

convenience

correspond

criticise (critic + ise)

curiosity

definite

desperate

determined

develop

dictionary

disastrous

Word list – years 5 and 6 (13)

accommodate

accompany

according

achieve

aggressive

amateur

ancient

apparent

appreciate

attached

available

average

awkward

Something different this week....by next week can you memorise "The Tyger" by the English poet William Blake published in 1794. You will have the opportunity to perform it in front of the class next week. Good luck.

‘The Tyger’ by William Blake

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, 
In the…

Year 6 Spellings                    Autumn 2           Week 2                        

suffixes -fer        

conferring                                                                                        

deferring                                                 …

Read Matthew 6:19-21

Treasures in Heaven

¹⁹ “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰ But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in…

In Year 6 we have enjoyed studying 'Journey' by Aaron Becker. We have thoroughly enjoyed the illustrations and have used the book as an opportunity to select language that shows awareness of the reader eg: "A majestic city towered over the little girl."

Write a diary entry about the event in the book when Will is watching Shrek and the military police arrive to give Will's mother the news of his father's death in Iraq.