Homework

Friday 28 June 2019

This week, our homework is Practice Makes Perfect: I know my lines and/or the song lyrics for the production.

Our end of year production is not too far away now so all children should make sure they know their lines (and the lines before) and the song lyrics.

Friday 28 June 2019

This week’s homework is Creative and due on Thursday 4^th July 2019.

‘Explain what you have learned about refugees’

We have read a fantastic narrative poem The Day War Came, by Nicola Davies; had a workshop with Nola from My Bright Kite; and explored our own understanding through welcome posters in Art.

Now it’s the children’s turn to show what they know.

They can think about:

• Why do people leave their countries?
• What problems will they face?
• How will they feel coming to a new place?
• How do refugees cope with these challenges?
• Where do refugees come from?
• How can we welcome refugees?
• Find out about famous refugees.

Your child can show their learning and understanding in a variety of ways:

an acrostic poem, a poster, a drawing, a collage, a story, or any other creative way you wish!

28 June 2019

This week’s homework is Creative.

I can show what I know about plants.

In any way you choose, show what you have learnt about plants in our current topic.

Friday 21 June 2019

This week’s homework is Talk Time and due on Thursday 27^th June 2019.

Look at the two posters about water safety.  Can you identify the hazards / potential dangers?

Talk about the hazards identified in these different areas with an adult and discuss the ways to stay safe.

Think about the Water Safety Code:

• Stop and think
• Stay together
• What number do you call in an emergency?
• What do the different beach flags represent?

Talk about any other learning of Drowning Prevention Week (Y4s have completed specific techniques in swimming lessons).

21 June 2019

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect.

Choose a poem about plants, seeds, growing, trees or flowers. Copy it into your book. Try to read the poem every day to learn it by heart. There are some ideas below.

14 June 2019

Friday 07 June 2019

Friday 07 June 2019

This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework: I can illustrate a moral choice.  

A moral choice is committing to act for what you believe is right and good. As responsible citizens, we have a duty to ensure that we, and others, act on what we think is correct. This homework, which links to our on-going living and learning work, will help children to further understand this.

As this is a creative homework we look forward to receiving a range of responses. Children should think about something they feel passionate about and illustrate this however they see fit.

They could…

• create a piece of art that shows the choice
• write a news report about someone making a moral choice
• find a key person from history and explain how, and why, they made a moral choice
• create a short piece of drama to show the choice being made.

This homework should be completed by Thursday 13 June 2019.

7 June 2019

Times tables

This week, we would like the children to recap on their times tables.

In Y3, we are going back to our 3 x table only. Use the times tables sheets provided. For extra practice online, choose hit-the-button or times tables sheets on our website.

In Y4, learn all the tables learnt so far this year. We have provided a missing number square grid for challenge.

Thursday 16 May 2019

This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework: I can show what I know about a particular job.  

This homework is in preparation for our themed week which is next week. Throughout the week, we’ll focus on money. One aspect of this is how money is earned. Obviously, our children are a little young to be earning money but it is really important that they have aspirations.

For their homework this week, children should decide on a job (maybe one they want to do or one that a family member has) and find out some useful information about the profession: what a ‘normal’ day looks like, how much you can earn, what qualifications/experience you need, etc.

Children could respond to this creative homework in a range of ways:

• Create a poster
• Make a ‘project board’
• Re-create a ‘day in the life of…’ and document this in pictures
• Make a presentation
• Compare a few different jobs
• Devise a short play to show their peers what the job involves
• Research the salary and decide how they might spend their money
• Write a job application

Of course, there are many other ways in which children could respond. Children should be ready to celebrate their learning as part of their homework review by Thursday 23 May 2019.

10 May 2019

This week’s homework is Creative and due on Thursday 16^th May 2019.

As part of our new topic, Disasters and the Environment, we would like your child to find out about a global or local disaster. This can be natural or man-made. It may also be a personal disaster that may have affected them .

Children can present  findings in the most creative way they can.  They may decide to choose one of the following or come up with something completely different. Be creative!

• Poster
• Newspaper report
• Pictures or drawings
• Interview
• Comic strip
• Story
• …or any other creative way your child may think of!

Times tables:

Complete the table division wheels. Division is the inverse of multiplication so use your times table facts to help you.