Author: Mrs Lake

05 October 2018

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Thursday 11 October.

Year 5 and 6 have different homework this week. Follow the link to find videos to help support addition and multiplication.

Year 5 

I can add using column addition

Year 5 have been learning how to add using column addition. Your homework is to practise additions involving numbers up to 6 digits. Choose numbers which involve at least 1 exchange. Eg. 29,435 + 3,553. Choose your own calculations but remember to estimate the answer before conducting your calculation. Can you check your answer by using a different method?

Year 6 

I can use the standard method of multiplication. 

Year 6 have been learning how to use the standard method for multiplication. Your homework is to practise 4 digit by 2 digit multiplications e.g. 2765 x 67. Would you solve 1000 x 15 in the same way that you would solve 8735 x 43? Choose your own calculations but remember to estimate the answer before conducting your calculation. Can you check your answer by using a different method?

Great games in 5/6NK

This afternoon, 5/6NK have had a brilliant time in our homework review. The children were set the task of creating a game to entertain the children in their class. I was extremely impressed with the effort all the children had gone to in order to create board games, outside games, computer games, card games and sketching games. The children thoroughly enjoyed trying them all out. They talked about what they enjoyed the best about each game.

‘I really liked Archie’s game. I liked that you had to memorise where the times table questions were to find a pair.’ Reuben

‘Lilia’s game was fun and I will play it again.’ Freya

28 September 2018

This week’s list of spellings are all homophones – words that mean different things but sound the same.

Some of these homophones have been picked up as common errors in children’s writing. For the test, children will be given the word in a sentence. At home, practise each spelling by writing them in sentences. Think about the meaning of each homophone.

 

21 September 2018

This week our homework is Creative.  This should be completed by Thursday 27 September.

Design a game to entertain the people in your class.

This homework, links to our big topic starting next week – Time Travel. We will be focusing on how entertainment has changed through British history. Think about and discuss different games that have been played through history. What games do you enjoy playing? This homework should be evidenced in homework books with children ready to show off their games as part of our weekly homework review next week.

You could:

  • design an app
  • create a board game
  • design a computer game
  • design an arcade game
  • create a card game

14 September 2018

This week’s list of spellings are words with ‘silent’ letters. Use the spelling strategies stuck in your homework book to learn your spellings. These words have come from the Year 5 and 6 statutory spelling list. How many other words can you think of with silent letters?

  • environment
  • temperature
  • dictionary
  • twelfth
  • stomach
  • autumn
  • muscle
  • rhythm
  • vehicle

07 September 2018

This week’s list of spellings to learn contains words with the letter string ‘ough’. The letter string makes different sounds within different words. Children will be tested on some of these words and words that follow the same spelling rule on Friday 14 September.

Use the words to make up a nonsense story. Remember to check for squashed sentences and other punctuation.

  • though
  • dough
  • although
  • through
  • cough
  • trough
  • rough
  • doughnut
  • tough

07 September 2018

This week’s homework is Talk  Time. 

Do the schools rules apply in society?

In our first week back at school, we have discussed our school rules. Talk about whether our school rules apply at home and in society. Do you have a set of rules at home? Do you have rules at a club or activity you attend?

Why do we need rules? What rules do adults have?