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Year 6 Transition
Workbook
Iceni Academy 2021
Name: …………………….
Form Group: ……………
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In this booklet you will find
activities on:
Subject
English
Maths
Science
Humanities
History
Geography
Religious Studies
Modern Foreign
Languages
Technology
Physical Education
Mental Health and
Wellbeing
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English
English Challenge: Descriptive Writing
The Setting
1. Begin your story by trying to help your reader
imagine where it is taking place. Try to
describe the whole scene as if you are perhaps seeing it from
the top of a hill or even an aeroplane!
2. ‘Zoom in’ and describe something in more detail: a particular
part of the scene - a cloud - a reflection in a window - some
leaves falling: anything at all.
3. Describe something moving: the wind in a tree - a car - a bird - a
cloud - a paper bag blowing about.
4. Describe a sound or a smell, or both.
5. Describe a tiny detail of the scene: perhaps some paint peeling
off a door, or an insect crawling on a window.
The ‘Protagonist’
6. Now you’ve really set the scene you can introduce your main
character. The main character in a story is called the
protagonist. Don’t worry about giving him/her a name,
sometimes it’s best not to. Just introduce them by saying,
‘he’/‘she’ or ‘they’. For example ‘She sat with her head resting
in her hands …’ - of course you can give them a name if you
want to.
7. Try to tell us some of their thoughts: • What are they thinking
about? • What has been happening to them before this moment?
• What are they about to do?
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8. Describe a tiny detail of their appearance: the lines at the
corner of their eyes, a strand of hair blown across their face …
The Action
9. Now you have made the reader really ‘see’ the setting and feel
as if they ‘know’ the main character, you can begin telling the
story. Try to remember to describe what’s happening rather
than just telling the reader.
The Ending
10. When you reach the end try to return the reader to the
opening scene and describe it again, but perhaps this time it’s
getting dark or beginning to rain. You can use some of the
same words or phrases that you used in the opening paragraph.
Returning to the ‘place’ you made the reader imagine at the
beginning, will make them feel as if they’ve been on a journey
and are now ‘home’ again.
You can use the next three pages to write your story.
Alternatively, if you’re aspiring to write your first novel,
you may need to find some lined paper at home.
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Our Year 7 ‘Must Reads‘!
The English Faculty have asked Year 8 and 9 for their book recommendations. Here is a list
of books that our students have loved! There is no requirement for you to read all of these,
but if you’re looking for your next read, why not pick one from the list below!
Year 8 recommend for Year 7: Year 9 recommend for Year 7:
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The 1. Misfits – Charli Howard
Meltdown – Jeff Kinney 2. Grandpa’s Great Escape – David
2. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Walliams
Collins 3. Harry Potter – JK Rowling
3. Wonder – RJ Palacio 4. Skellig – David Almond
4. Mr Gum and the Power Crystals – 5. Matilda – Roald Dahl
Andy Stanton 6. Gangsta Granny – David Walliams
5. Tom Gates Top of the Class 7. Northern Lights – Phillip Pullman
(Nearly) - Liz Pichon 8. Holes – Louis Sachar
6. Tom Gates Epic Adventure (Kind 9. A Twisted Tale Series – Liz Braswell
Of) – Liz Pichon 10. Percy Jackson Series – Rich Riordan
7. Doctor Who: Tales of Terror – Mike 11. George – Alex Gino
Tucker 12. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find
8. Fairest of Them All: A Tale of the Them – JK Rowling
Wicked Queen – Serena Valentino 13. The Mortal Instruments – Cassandra
9. Hetty Feather – Jacqueline Wilson Clare
10. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – 14. The Power of Five – Anthony
Holly Jackson Horowitz
11. The Extinction Trials – S.M. Wilson 15. The Alex Ryder Series – Anthony
12. The Black North – Nigel McDowell Horowitz
13. The Maze Runner – James Dashner 16. The Lorian Legacy Series – Pittacs
14. War Horse – Michael Morpurgo Lore
15. Twilight – Stephanie Meyer 17. Butterfly Lion – Michael Morpurgo
16. One of Us is Lying – Karen M. 18. All the Invisible Things – Orlagh
McManus Collins
17. The Darkest Minds – Alexandra 19. Goodnight Mr. Tom – Michael
Bracken Morpurgo
18. The Mallory Towers Series – Enid 20. The Book of Dust – Phillip Pullman
Blyton
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Maths
Week 1: Day 1
Reasoning Questions (Max 10 Minutes)
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Week 2: Day 1
Reasoning Questions (Max 10 Minutes)
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Page | 9Week 3: Day 1
Reasoning Questions (Max 10 Minutes)
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Page | 10Week 4: Day 1
Reasoning Questions (Max 10 Minutes)
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Page | 11Week 5: Day 1
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Page | 12Reasoning Questions (Max 10 Minutes)
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Page | 13Week 1: Day 2
Quick Question Strips (Max 15 Minutes)
Addition & Subtraction BIDMAS Questions
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Page | 14Week 2: Day 2
Quick Question Strips (Max 15 Minutes)
Division by TU More Division
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Page | 16Week 3: Day 2
Quick Question Strips (Max 15 Minutes)
Factors & Division Multiples
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Page | 17Week 4: Day 2
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Page | 18Quick Question Strips (Max 15 Minutes)
Multiplication Negative Numbers
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Page | 19Week 5: Day 2
Quick Question Strips (Max 15 Minutes)
Prime Numbers/Factors Rounding
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Page | 20Week 1: Day 3
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Page | 21Worded Problems: Interpreting Data (15 Minutes)
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Page | 22Week 2: Day 3
Worded Problems: Fractions (15 Minutes)
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Page | 23Week 3: Day 3
Worded Problems: Fractions/Primes (15 Minutes)
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Page | 25Week 4: Day 3
Worded Problems: Angles (15 Minutes)
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Page | 26Week 5: Day 3
Worded Problems: Volume (15 Minutes)
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Page | 27Source of
Questions
Reasoning Questions – Third Space Learning
Quick Question Strips – White Rose Hub
Worded Problems – Twinkl
Great Revision Websites:
Worksheets and Interactive Games
https://corbettmaths.com/
http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/
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Page | 28https://www.khanacademy.org/
https://www.dadsworksheets.com/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
https://garyhall.org.uk/primary-maths-resources.php
http://www.mathsphere.co.uk/resources/MathSphereMathsPuzzle
s.htm
http://www.transum.org/Software/
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/22/most-popular
https://www.mathplayground.com/
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Welcome to Science at Iceni!
This booklet is to help you to
look at some of the most
important things that you need
to be able to do before we can do experiments
in a Science Lab.
Task 1
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Page | 30You will usually find a set of ‘Lab Rules’ in a science lab. They are there
for your safety!
The drawing below shows a lab where there are no safety rules .
1 Circle of all the things you can see going wrong in this lab.
2 For each of your answers, write down what they are doing
wrong.
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3. What do you think are the main rules for Lab Safety?
Create a poster to show your rules that we could put on display in a
classroom. Make sure that you include pictures as well as words.
Use the next page in the booklet
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Page | 32Safety Poster Page
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Page | 33This is my attempt!
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Page | 34Task 2
We use lots of different pieces of equipment in Science,
Conical
can you name F_____
any of them?
Spat______
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T_______
Cyl__der
Therm_______
Task 3
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Page | 36In Science we use Hazard Symbols to show why things are dangerous.
The same symbols are used all over the world so that all scientists can
be safe wherever they are working.
Have you ever seen any of these before? Can you match any of the
symbols to their meaning?
Task 4
Being able to measure and weigh out things is very important in
Science. If you do this incorrectly experiments could go very wrong!
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Page | 37Can you read the amounts on each of these pieces of equipment?
History
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Page | 38When you begin in Year 7, you will study the Norman Conquest. When Edward
the Confessor died without an heir in 1066, there were four candidates vying
for the throne. These were;
• Harold Godwineson
• William of Normandy
• Harald Hardraada
• Edgar the Atheling
You will need to research each of these candidates and create a profile of
each one, including their strengths and weaknesses as a potential King,
before giving them a star rating out of five based on their suitability to rule
England. There is a plethora of information online connected to this. Try to
avoid using Wikipedia and begin with some of these websites to help you:
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures
• www.english-heritage.org.uk
• http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/
• https://spartacus-educational.com/
If you are struggling or would like some ideas for how to set out your
candidate profiles then look to the next two pages. These are a guide; you do
not need to use them if you do not want to.
We look forward to reading your candidate profiles.
Name
Picture (Can you draw them?)
Star rating and give
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Page | 40Geography
• In this booklet, you are going to have an insight into
some of the topics you will be studying in Year 7.
• The 10 questions give you clues to help you work out the key
words that refer to an individual geographical topic.
• The answers will be at the end for you to check!
Q1
Q2
Q3
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Page | 41Q4
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Page | 42Q5
Q6
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Page | 43Q7
Q8
Q9
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Page | 44Q10
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Page | 45We would like you to research one of the 10 topics from
the previous pages.
It can be any one you want, perhaps you are already
familiar with one of them.
In preparation for September, you should put together a
project on your chosen topic.
This can be in the form of a poster, a diagram, a story, a
PowerPoint slide – it is up to you!
Answers
• 1. Moscow, Los Angeles, Beijing
• 2. Tropical Rainforest
• 3. Climate Change
• 4. Deforestation
• 5. Volcanoes
• 6. Earthquakes
• 7. Precipitation
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Page | 46• 8. Asia, Africa, Oceania, Antarctica, Europe, North America,
South America.
• 9. Greenhouse gasses
• 10. Typhoons, Cyclones, Hurricanes
Religious Education
Who are these pictures of?
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Page | 47The pictures are all different artist's interpretations of the Angel
Gabriel. The Angel Gabriel is a messenger from God who brings
good news. The good news he brought to Mary was that she was
expecting God’s child, Jesus.
• The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found
favour with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and
you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called
the Son of the Most High.
Activity:
• What questions would you like
to ask an Angel?
• Design/ make your own
Angel.
Modern Foreign
Languages
French
Can you translate the numbers and colours from French to English
and colour the number in with the correct colour?
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Page | 48Now use your knowledge of the numbers and colours to reveal
the bird beneath.
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Page | 49Légende des couleurs:
bleu = un
rose = cinq vert clair = huit
jaune = deux
orange = six vert foncé = neuf
noir = trois
rouge = sept bleu ciel = dix
brun = quatre
Can you colour all of the objects in using your knowledge of
translating from French to English?
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Page | 51Fill in the map of France with as many facts you can about the
country.
What could you include?
What is the capital city? What currency does they use? Do you
know any famous French speaking people? What might you eat if
you went to France? How can you travel to France from the UK?
Where else in the world do they speak French?
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Page | 52German
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Page | 53Die Zahlen… can you count to 10 in German? Find a video online to
help you with the pronunciation.
Have a go at this
German nursery
rhyme to help
Pr
practice numbers!
Try the grid below using numbers up to 30,
Add the number from the left with the number from the top and
write the answer in the box. One has been done already.
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Page | 54Fill in the map of Germany with as many facts you can about the
country.
What could you include?
What is the capital city? What currency does they use? Do you
know any famous German speaking people? What might you eat if
you went to Germany? How can you travel to Germany from the
UK? Where else in the world do they speak German?
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Page | 55China - Mandarin
Fill in the map of China with as many facts you can about the
country. What could you include?
What is the capital city? What currency does they use? Do you
know any famous Chinese speaking people? What might you eat if
you went to China? How can you travel to China from the UK?
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Page | 56Technology
1. Art Deco
Generate an Art Deco inspired school bag. You’ll have to
look up Art Deco, (examples below if you can’t) and use your
designs to illustrate or shape a school bag.
2. The letter ?
Make and decorate a letter for your room, or even a full word.
3. Online inspiration
Visit an online museum, https://www.boredpanda.com/famous-
museums-offering-virtual-
tours/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign
=organic, here are some examples but you can find others on the
internet, the design museum in London has an interesting site.
Pick an object from your tour as inspiration to design a gift for a
friend.
4. Upcycling
Upcycle an old T shirt, make sure you ask for
permission first.
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Page | 57Mental Health and Wellbeing
Just as we should look after our physical heath, looking after our
mental health is just as important. We have included in this booklet
some mental health and wellbeing activities and tips to ensure that
you are feeling your best and ready to start your journey at Iceni
Academy when September arrives!
Skills to learn
Sometimes it all feels like too much of an effort to learn something new. Particularly
when we are feeling a little lack lustre. But this is exactly the right time to be doing
this. Below are a list of new skills which you might like to give a go. Maybe you could
recruit the rest of your family and learn a new one each. Follow this up with a talent
show at the end of the week.
How to read a Basic First How to juggle How to do the following Yoga poses;
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Mindfullness
Mindfulness has been proven to reduce anxiety among children as well
improve their abilities to maintain positive relationships. These simple
exercises will also help to increase focus and attention, meaning that
progress can also be seen academically.
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Page | 59https://youtu.be/pVKIZNCL5Ms
1. Breathe
As simple as it sounds, take time to focus on nothing but your breathing This
will help to clear your mind. Try experimenting with breaths (breathe in for 2,
exhale for 4) as this will allow to find their own natural rhythm.
2. Muscle relaxation
When tensions are running high, ask your children to lie on the floor and
starting from their toes, tense their muscles for 5 seconds – squeezing as
tightly as they can – before releasing again. Continue all the way up the body,
even scrunching their facial muscles to relieve any tension from the day.
3. Sensing the senses!
Encourage your children to tap into their senses by pausing for a moment and
noticing exactly what they can see, hear and smell in that particular moment.
Being in the present can help to alleviate worries that children may have had
about previous lessons.
4. Noticing emotions
Mindfulness teaches children that it’s ok not to be ok. Recognising the
emotion that they are experiencing is the most important thing, as well as
understanding that this emotion will fade over time.
5. Time on your hands
For those needing some breathing space, a simple yet effective exercise is
asking children to hold out their hand in a high five pose, then as slowly as
they can, trace round each finger with their other hand. Taking the attention
away from what has made them feel frustrated or upset, even if only for a
matter of seconds, might be all it takes for them to calm down.
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Page | 606. Strike a pose
When thinking of mindfulness, yoga is the first exercise that springs to most
peoples’ minds. Complicated downward dogs may be attempted, but a simple
crossed legged position or standing tall with arms stretched out wide can
help children to refocus.
7. Heartbeats
Have your pupils job on the spot for 30 seconds to release some much
needed endorphins, then ask them to put their hands on their heart, noticing
the speed of the beats. This simple exercise is effective in improving
children’s focus.
8. Practise gratitude
When a day or a lesson seems to have been a complete disaster for a pupil,
take the time to have a quick circle time, asking the children to share one
positive thing about their day. Hearing what others are grateful for will foster
an environment of positivity.
9. Youtube meditation
There are so many fantastic guided meditation channels on Youtube now,
such as “Peace out” which lead children through a relaxation sequence.
Ideal for improving concentration before a long writing session.
10. The sound of music
Using a bell, tambourine or maracas, make sound for while the children close
their eyes. Ask the children to open their eyes when they notice that the
sound has completely gone and silence has been restored.
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