23 November 2018
Homework for the whole school this week is Talk Time.
Which charity should our school support?
Next week, a charity will be decided for Scholes (Elmet) Primary to support for the year ahead – for example, when we have a performance, we’ll collect money for this particular charity. What charity does your child think we should support?
You could talk about:
- what a charity is
- why charities are important
- what sort of work they do
- charities that have meaning to your family, to school or the community
- national and international charities and their work
16 November 2018
This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework which children should be ready to discuss as part of our homework review on Thursday 22 November.
I know how to STOP bullying.
This homework is a response to our learning this week during anti-bullying week. Throughout the week, each class has had the chance to talk about what bullying is, what the different types of bullying are and how can we STOP it:
- Start
- Telling
- Other
- People
As part of your discussion you may find our school definition of bullying useful, as agreed by our School Councillors:
Bullying is when you hurt someone, physically or emotionally, several times on purpose.
As the homework is Creative, you can do anything you want to respond to the statement. Here are a few ideas to help you:
- Create a cartoon strip of a bullying scenario and how it is solved.
- Create an acrostic poem using the word bullying.
- Write your own ‘kindness statements’ for your class.
- Create a scenarios quiz for your class to decide what they would do.
09 November 2018
This week, there is a whole school Talk Time homework around this question:
Is it okay to break a promise?
This homework could be linked to the fact that next week is Anti-Bullying Week. For instance, a discussion may centre on whether it is okay to break a promise to keep a secret if a person’s safety and well-being is at risk.
Children should be ready to discuss this next week during their homework review.
19 October 2018
Year 3 division tables practise dividing by 5 (up to 60 divided by 5).
Year 4 division tables practise dividing by 8 (up to 96 divided by 8).
Don’t forget to check the website for more practice sheets. Record how long it takes you to complete a set. See if you can beat your personal best time.
Practise counting backwards, starting from the last number in the division table, and don’t forget the traditional way to support your child – a couple of mock tests to see how well your child knows their tables!
19 October 2018
This week, the whole school has the same Talk Time homework. In preparation for the upcoming School Council elections, children should complete one of the following tasks:
- I can prepare a speech (School Council elections).
- I know the importance of voting.
It’s time for children to consider if they would like to stand for election for our new School Council. With two representatives from each class, chosen democratically by their peers, all children are encouraged to take an active part in pupil voice.
Elections for our new school council will take place on Thursday 25 October with our polling station and ballot boxes at the ready. Candidates will have the opportunity to give their election speech to their class on Wednesday 24 October or Thursday 25 October.
What makes a good school councillor has been considered by our current school council.
- ‘use all the 8 Rs for learning’
- ‘be respectful’
- ‘help others’
- ‘be a good speaker and listener (to members of your class and in the meetings)’
- ‘tell the truth’
- ‘be confident with your ideas’
- ‘accept the views of others even if you don’t agree’
- ‘be friendly and approachable’
- ‘make good choices in class and around school’
Hints for your speech include:
- What skills and abilities would a good school councillor have?
- What are you particularly good at that would help you to be a great school councillor?
- What do you think would make the school better?
- What could you do that people would really like?
- Think of things that are realistic, maybe that you could do yourself, rather than having to ask other people to do
Thank you to our current school councillors for all their ideas and contributions. We hope you have enjoyed this role and responsibility. You’re welcome to stand again for election.
Good luck to all children who decide to stand in the elections.
If you choose not to stand in the election, you should consider the importance of voting.
12 October 2018
This week’s homework is Creative and is due in on Thursday 18 October.
I can show what I enjoy reading and why.
What do you enjoy reading and why? What genre of books do you enjoy the most?
There are many creative ways you could respond to this homework:
- create a game to show your favourite part of a book
- a powerpoint showing what you enjoy and why
- create a comic strip
- a poster to show what books you enjoy reading
- write an extract in the style of your favourite author
Times tables: practise the 12 times table (up to 12 x 12), including division facts. Don’t forget to check the website for more practice sheets.
Practice calculations using 12 times table knowledge. Here are a few examples. 70 x 12 = 12 x 600= 600÷12= 0.12 x 9 = 132÷12 =
12 October 2018
Year 3 division tables practise dividing by 10 (up to 120 divided by 10).
Year 4 division tables practise dividing by 4 (up to 48 divided by 4).
Don’t forget to check the website for more practice sheets. Record how long it takes you to complete a set. See if you can beat your personal best time.
Practise counting backwards, starting from the last number in the division table, and don’t forget the traditional way to support your child – a couple of mock tests to see how well your child knows their tables!
12 October 2018
This week our homework is creative and linked to the 8Rs.
- risk taking
- being resourceful
- being responsible
- remembering
- reflecting
- responsive
- resilience
- being ready
Show us in a creative way how we can remember them. Here are a few ideas:
Mnemonics, comic strip, photographs showing the 8Rs in action, poster, poem, rap…be creative!
12 October 2018
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect.
We would like children to work on their instant recall of number bonds of 10 (year 1s) and number bonds of 10 and 20 (year 2s). A sheet will be stuck in homework books. A great way to build up speed is to use Top Marks Hit the Button.
05 October 2018
Practice Makes Perfect
This week our homework will be about our Living and Learning statement which is: Remembering.
We would like you to learn by heart (remember) the following poem. We will be performing it together next week.
Windy day
A wind blew up one morning
And joined us in our play,
Chasing us around the playground
Blowing our ball away.
It whistled at the window
And bustling quickly through
Found our teacher’s pile of papers
And blew, and blew, and blew.
Then everybody scrambled
And we heard our teacher shout:
“Quick! Shut the doors and windows
And keep that wild wind out!”
By Mary Jefferies