Year 6 Inspire
Welcome to Year 6's Inspire page. On this page you find all the ICT resources that are used during the Inspire sessions.
Maths Inspire - 9th November 2016
The ICT Inspire session focused on the angles and how to use a protractor to measure angles.
The first part of the ICT Inspire session focused on the SUMS Mathematics website and on the “angles & turns 7” and “angles & turns 9” activity.
The “angles & turns 7” activity teaches pupils how to use a protector to measure an angle and to know acute and obtuse angles.
The “angles & turns 9” activity teaches pupils estimate angles and then use a protractor to measure the angle to the nearest degree.
Instructions on how to find these activities can be found by watching the video below.
The second part of the ICT Inspire session focused on the angles games on the woodlands junior website.
The 2 important activities were the ambleside primary games, what’s my Angle? and Angle Activities.
These activities show pupils how to use a protractor to measure an angle.
Note: Some links may not work as this website is not updated regularly.
The third and final part of the ICT Inspire session focused on the pupils using the protractor to answer test questions.
Click the link above to view and download the questions.
Literacy Inspire - 5th October 2016
The ICT Inspire session focused on the following spelling and grammar games.
20 Key Stage 2 Literacy interactive teaching resources for Primary Schools.
English educational kids games and activities for your IWB, PC or Mac. Teach your child, spelling, sentences, verbs, collective nouns, compound words, singular to plural, story sequencing, alphabetical order and grammar with these English learning games.
Enjoy these fun grammar games for kids. Find a range of free interactive exercises and practise activities that are perfect for helping students learn English.
Check out learning games related to topics such as punctuation, sentence structure, prefixes, suffixes, verbs, nouns, adjectives and more. Make use of the free educational games for children and have fun learning online.
The pupils were also given reading games to improve their literacy skills. The reading games are listed below.
Check out these fun reading comprehension games for kids. Find an awesome range of free English activities and practise exercises that are perfect for students.
Learn about poetry, non fiction book publishing, map directions and how to use a dictionary while improving your reading comprehension. Enjoy the following educational games for children and have fun learning English online.
Comprehension KS2 Literacy. Improve your reading comprehension skills with links to free to use resources. Teachers of key stage 2 pupils will find useful printed worksheets, interactive activities and quizzes. Parents wanting to help 8 to 11 year olds improve their comprehension skills will find plenty to interest them.
Maths Inspire - 2nd December 2015
The ICT Inspire session focused on angles using angle maths games. We have included a whole list of maths websites below to practise your mathematical skills!
English Inspire - 7th October 2015
The ICT Inspire session focused on the following SPaG games.
Maths Inspire - 13th January 2015
The ICT Inspire session focused on maths games that cover all the different areas in maths. There are lots of maths games below to practise your mathematical skills!
English Inspire - 17th September 2014
The ICT Inspire session focused on words that the government would like all pupils to know what they mean by the end of year 6. Pupils can use online dictionaries to find out the definition of words and then see the words used in a sentence. When pupils are reading words and do not understand what the word means then pupils can use online dictionaries. Some words have more than one meaning. E.g. present, present tense, present – as a gift.
The children had to use online dictionaries (See Below) to create their own dictionary using the words below:-
- Choose 1 word for each page (6 or 7).
- Put the words in alphabetical order.
- Look up the word using an online dictionary.
- Write a definition of the word and put it into a sentence.
- Add a picture to match.
Words: Sufficient, rhythm, prejudice, accompany, controversy, interfere, community, occupy, guarantee, existence, desperate, profession, persuade, equip, secretary