Well, the weather has finally turned backed into the great British Summer, and judging by some of the comments in our guestbook, some of you are beginning to actually miss school !! So, to stop you getting too bored (and to help you keep up the standards that you achieved at the end of the year), here are some websites to help you prepare for September.
Literacy
http://www.crick.northants.sch.uk/Flash%20Studio/cfslit/Spellings/spellings.html
To help learn those last few high frequency words, including the mathematical vocabulary
http://www.lgfl.net/dbmaterial/web/learning%20objects/ls/Year%206%20Literacy%20Mnemonics/home/?verb=view
learn your weekly spelling by inventing a mnemonic - a rhyme or rap to help remember spelling patterns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/whatisasentence/flash7.shtml
punctuate the sentences and the paragraphs - try to remember the punctuation pyramid
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/monmouthshire/choose_adj_monmouthshire.html
choosing suitable adjectives to improve a piece of text
http://www.athena.bham.org.uk/autob.htm
click on the arrows at the bottom to move through this site which explains the key features of autobiographical texts
http://www.sutton.lincs.sch.uk/pages/playground/zone/story/start.html
examples of story starts to help with your writing - remember to select a genre which you need to practice. Remember the writing pyramids on your tables?
http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/Curriculum/Literacy.htm#KS2%20On-line%20Activities%20NEW
lots of links from a fantastic school website, called Coxhoe Primary.
Numeracy
http://www2.bgfl.org/bgfl2/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/cup_maths/questions.cfm
click on this link and it will give you some extra maths homework - the answers appear the week after for you to check
http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/Curriculum/Numeracy.htm
scroll down this page on the Coxhow website to find hundreds of maths links to some amazing websites. We will be using lots of them in September in our numeracy lessons. Remember some of them are easy, as the website covers all the primary school years including Key Stage 1.
Science
http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/Curriculum/Science.htm
briliant links to some useful science websites. Let us know which ones you found most useful.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/index.html
another good site to help start some of the revision for all of the science topics
We will also be investigating the Aztecs, so searching for information using Google, AJ Kids or Yahooligans would be a great way to spend some of those rainy days!!
Have a good holiday and we will look forward to seeing you all in September.
Keep Safe!!
