We’re setting weekly homework as we normally do. The key difference here is that Homework Books should stay at home for the time being. Just as normal, the tasks will be posted on the website. Instead of the task pasted into books, children will take home a piece of paper with the task on, too (like this!). The tasks will be a variety of Talk Time, Practice Makes Perfect and Creative, but especially the first two. Parents can email a picture or update about a completed task (just as you were doing with the home learning tasks we set in Spring and Summer terms). The homework will be reviewed in school, so some pictures would be good!
This week, our homework is Talk Time: I know the 8Rs for learning and how we use them at school, and at home.
In school, we use the 8Rs for learning: ready, responsive, risk-taking, responsibility, resourceful, resilient, reflect and remember.
We’d like the children to discuss what these words mean to them. Below is a list of questions that might help with your discussion.
How do the 8 Rs help you in school?
When have you used the 8 Rs outside of school?
How could you explain the meaning of each word in the 8 Rs?
Which 8 R do you think you use the most?
Which 8 R could you use more often?
Homework should be completed by Thursday 24 September 2020 and will be reviewed / celebrated in class.
Our email addresses are below:
3,4O – olliecatherall@spherefederation.org
3,4NV – nicolawadsworth@spherefederation.org & vickyrichardson@spherefederation.org
3,4EV – emmamccormick@spherefederation.org & vickyrichardson@spherefederation.org
If your child is in 3,4N or 3,4E please send emails to both teachers.
Times tables
Next week, we’ll recap the 10x table. We’d really like you to help consolidate this learning at home. Children should practise in preparation for a test on Friday 25 September 2020.
In class, we’ve spotted lots of children using their fingers (and similar strategies) to count up when working out times tables. This is a good strategy if you’re unsure of a specific table, and is certainly better than getting it wrong, but we’d really like children to know these tables as facts – and be able to recall these facts in just a few seconds.
If your child fancies a challenge, practise the other facts they know if they know a specific table.
eg If I know that 2 x 10 = 20, what else do I know?
I know that… 10 x 2 = 20 20 = 10 x 2 20 ÷ 10 = 2
20 ÷ 2 = 10 2 = 20 ÷ 10 10 = 20 ÷ 2
I can also use my place value knowledge…
2 x 100 = 200 2 x 1000 = 2,000 20 x 10 = 200 200 x 10 = 2,000