8 March 2019
This weeks homework is Practice Makes Perfect.
Learning to tell the time is a long process! Year 1 children are expected to be able to tell the time to o’ clock and half past. Year 2 children are expected to be able to tell the time to five minutes, including quarter past and quarter to the hour. Children will bring home a sheet to complete in their homework books.
Y2 quarter past and quarter to
Help at home further by encouraging your child to tell the time at every opportunity – practice really does make perfect!
Friday 01 March 2019
This week, our whole school homework is Creative: I can present a summary of our class novel so far.
Every class in our school is currently enjoying their class novel topic. As such, we’ve read quite a bit of our books. This week, children should summarise what they’ve read so far. A good summary would give an overview of what’s happened, focussing on key events and characters. There are many ways in which children could choose to respond to this but here’s a few ideas…
- use an app to create a movie trailer for what’s happened so far
- create a timeline of key events
- turn what’s happened so far into a short comic
- write a song, rap or poem about one of the main characters/events
- create an image about a key event
- draw a portrait of a main character and label their characteristics
However children decide to respond, their efforts will be celebrated as part of our weekly homework review in class. This homework is due by Thursday 07 March 2019.
Year 6 revision guide
Year 6 homework for the next eight weeks will be practice makes perfect. All children in year 6 have been given four CGP books (two for guidance and two for questions). Each week children will be given page numbers to complete. With parent supervision, they can work through the questions and check their answers at the back of the book.
If you find that your child has a gap in their understanding of a certain subject, please don’t hesitate to let their class teacher know.
The books should be in school each Friday so that new pages can be given out.
For Friday 1st March children should have completed the following pages.
English: 28, 37, 47, 58
Maths: 6-12
8 February 2019
Times tables
Year 3 – practise and recap on the 3, 4, 8 times table (up to x 12) see resource sheet for practice.
Year 4 – times tables practise and recap on the 6, 7, 8 times table (up to x 12) see resource sheet.
Work out which of the multiples you know well and those you need to practice. Many children struggle with 7x, 8x, 9x, the multiple. Focus on the challenging ones to make understanding secure.
For example , 7 x 8 = 56 but you could remember it 56.. 7..8, or chant it!
Sometimes listening to rhymes, songs and you tube videos can help to remember times tables.
Friday 08 February 2019
This week, the whole school has the same creative homework which is due in on Thursday 14 February 2019.
I can show different ways to stay safe.
This week, we have enjoyed a staying safe themed week. We’ve had lots of visitors and covered a range of important safety-related topics. There are many ways, and many different situations, in which we need to keep safe: at home, at school, in our environment and online.
Children should think about the situations where they need to keep safe and who might help them to stay safe. This could be done in any creative way:
- a story
- a poem
- instructions
- a comic strip
- an advert
- an interview
- a game
- scenarios
…or any other creative ideas!
The homework will be reviewed as part of the themed week learning.
01 February 2019
This week, our homework is Creative: I can plan a short story.
The BBC 500 words is the world’s biggest short-story writing competition for children. Every year, thousands of children enter the competition with the winner’s story being read aloud on the radio by a celebrity.
For their homework this week, children should plan their short story. There are many ways in which children could plan their story:
- create a story map
- make a film video trailer
- make a comic strip
- make their story out of Lego, or Playdough, and take some still images
When planning their story, children should consider the plot, the characters and the setting. After half-term, we’ll have another homework where children will write their entry. For more inspiration, visit the BBC 500 words website. This homework should be completed by Thursday 07 February 2019.
1 February 2019
Times Tables
The Year 3 children have made a good start on their 8 times tables this week. For homework, practise quick recall up to 12 x 8. We have used cubes and counting sticks to help us. Year 4 times tables, continue to practise the 7 times table up to 12 x 7 and consolidate on 6s.
Check out the calculations web-page for support sheets.
Challenge: For each times table fact, write the division number sentence. For example,
3 x 8 = 24 , 24 ÷ 8 = 3
56 = 7 x 8 , 7 = 56 ÷ 8
1 Feb 2019
Year 1 : This week’s homework is Creative – I can count in 2s, 5s and 10s.
You could try:
- colouring the multiples of 2s, 5s and 10s on a 100 square
- counting forwards and backwards
- asking your child what’s 2/5/10 more and less
- singing ‘Kids TV’ or ‘Scratch Garden’ counting songs on YouTube
Year 2 : This week’s homework is Creative – I can count in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s.
You could try:
- colouring the multiples of 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s on a 100 square
- counting forwards and backwards
- counting forwards and backwards from another multiple
- asking your child what’s 2/3/5/10 more and less
- singing ‘Kids TV’ or ‘Scratch Garden’ counting songs on YouTube
- writing/chanting the multiplication and division facts
- decorating and displaying multiplication/division facts at home to learn
Friday 25 January 2019
This week, the whole school has the same Talk Time homework:
What is a drug?
This homework, which links to our Living and Learning statement, is a first step in children becoming aware of drugs. There are a few key points you may wish to talk about at home. Children need to be aware that some drugs are helpful, some are harmful. Some are legal, some are illegal. Don’t forget to consider that even the legal or helpful ones can be harmful.
Below are some question prompts that could help shape your discussion…
- What is a good definition for a drug?
- What is a drug? What is not a drug?
- Are all drugs bad?
- Why might some people need to take medicines?
- Who can prescribe medicine?
- Who should administer medicine?
- What should you do if you find some medicine?
- Should you take medicine that isn’t yours?
Children should be prepared to discuss what they’ve talked about at home during our homework review next week. This homework should be completed by Thursday 31 January.
18 January 2019
Times tables
Year 3 times tables practise the 4 times table (up to 4 x 12). Year 4 times tables practise the 7 times table (up to 7 x 12). Use the sheet from the website to help you.