10 May 2019
This week’s homework for both Year 1 and Year 2 is focusing on reading.
Copies will be stuck in books or can be found here.
Living and Learning – I know mental health is important
20 May 2019
This week’s homework is Talk Time and due on Thursday 9th May 2019.
We have been discussing the importance of online safety and creating safe, secure passwords and usernames. We have also talked about different online scenarios, how the children could respond to them and how to get help if they are worried about an issue.
For homework this week, could your child discuss the following questions that link to a moral issue:
Why do we need to keep our passwords secret?
Is it right to keep a secret?
Times tables – Use maths frame MTC website for more practise.
Look at the times tables you have been learning in your year group. Write your own personalised list of the tables you still need to practise.
Do you know the divisions?
Year 3 times tables – 3, 4 and 8 times tables (up to x 12).
Year 4 times tables – 6, 7 and 9 times tables (up to x 12).
Friday 03 May 2019
This week, our homework is Talk Time: Should the government buy every adult or every child a bike?
Children should discuss this idea with an adult at home and be ready to share their views by Thursday 09 May 2019.
Spelling
Like last week, children have taken ownership for their own spellings. Each child has been given a copy of the year 5 and 6 statutory spelling list from the National Curriculum. They have identified 10 spellings that they need to learn or revise. Children should learn these spellings in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 10 May 2019.
Times tables
This week, children should revise the 4 and 8 x tables, including the related facts. Children will be tested on a random selection of these on Friday 10 May 2019.
3 May 2019
This week’s homework is Talk Time. The whole school are exploring moral themes.
Is too much ‘screen time’ affecting family life?
You could:
- keep a diary of how much screen time you have
- discuss some ‘house rules’ around screen time
- talk about how to increase family times without screens
26 April 2019
This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework: I can illustrate different emotions.
This homework, which links to our living and learning statement, is an opportunity for children to show that they can recognise, and show, different emotions. As humans, we display a huge-range of emotions. Sometimes, it’s obvious how we’re feeling. Sometimes, it’s trickier for us to show, or recognise, an emotion. This statement allows us to spend time thinking about the different emotions we experience and how we can recognise these accurately in ourselves and others.
Children could respond creatively to this in a range of ways:
- create a piece of art that shows a range of emotions
- take pictures of themselves (or others) displaying different emotions
- write a short-story in which a character shows lots of emotions
- Devise a poem, song or rap about emotions
- Create a comic strip to illustrate different emotions
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 02 May 2019.
19 April 2019
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect.
Year 1 – I know doubles and halves.
Year 2 – I know division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
17 April 2019
This week’s homework is Talk Time and due on Thursday 25th April.
We have started our new mini-topic ‘Seeing’ and would like the children to discuss the following question:
Is sight the most important sense?
Think about:-
- All of our senses – what are they?
- How important are they for us live?
- Why do we need them?
- How would you manage if you didn’t have your sight?
22 March 2019
This week, the whole school has the same Talk Time homework: I can pay and receive compliments to/from people outside of school.
This homework, which links to our living and learning statement, is an opportunity for children to discuss the benefits of paying compliments to people. Here are some questions that might shape your discussion:
- How does paying a compliment make you feel?
- How does receiving a compliment make you feel?
- Why is it important to be sensible when paying or receiving compliments?
- Can you compliment people too much?
Children should be ready to discuss what they’ve talked about at home by Thursday 28 March 2019. It would be even better if children were able to talk confidently about times when they have given, or received, a compliment.
Please note: If you would like to send homework to us by email (Which we love by the way!) we have a new email address specifically for receiving homework. Please send all emailed homework to these addresses in the future.
15 March 2019
Our homework this week is Creative: I can show my talents.
All of the children in our school are blessed with an array of talents. This week, our homework, which links to our living and learning statement (I can recognise my talents), gives our opportunity to celebrate and share their talents. Children should respond creatively and be ready to show off their talents to their peers as part of their homework review. They could do this in a range of ways:
- create a short performance to show to their class
- film themselves showing off their talent
- make a collage of their many talents
- produce a piece of art to show off their talents
There are, of course, many other ways that children could respond. Children should be ready to show off their talents by Thursday 21 March 2019.