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.
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