03 November 2017
This week’s homework is Creative.
On Friday 10 November, we’d like everyone to come dressed as a character from our class novel – Rebecca’s World. The character descriptions (and see below) from the book will help with ideas. The children will also remember other details about the characters.
Costumes can be as simple or as adventurous as you like. Please don’t go to the expense of buying new things. Have fun with your child creating their chosen character’s outfit!
Captain K
He wore black boots and red tights. He had a long-sleeved T-shirt in the same colour red, and on his head was what looked like a tight-fitting balaclava. Over his eyes was a red mask, and over that a pair of spectacles. He would have looked quite smart except that all of the clothes seemed to be about three sizes too large for him. The tights and T-shirt were wrinkled and baggy. There were a few darns here and there which had been made with wool that didn’t exactly match. In his belt was a stick about as long as half an arm.
Kovak
He wore a long, black overcoat and a false moustache. It was obviously a false moustache as it slipped down at one side. He made a few quick movements with his hands across his face and suddenly he was wearing a black eye patch, a big red celluloid nose and a ginger wig. He started searching in his pockets. He carried an incredible assortment of things: bits of disguises, old nails, tubes of glue, string and much, much more.
Grisby
Rebecca crashed into something large and soft and green. On the ground was the most miserable man she had ever seen. His mouth turned down at the corners, his forehead wrinkled in a frown and his eyes seemed on the verge of tears. He was wearing a raggy, shaggy, green fur coat with a matching hat. His feet were in boots and they had every foot ailment known to science; corns, callouses, verrucas, bunions, fallen arches, gout, ingrowing and outgrowing toenails.
Mister Glister
He was wearing the most spectacular suit Rebecca had ever seen. Every inch of it was covered in precious stones. They glittered and gleamed and dazzled. There was sparkling jewellery on his wrists and fingers and around his neck. He looked like a firework going off. He was very handsome with gleaming white teeth, suntanned skin and beautifully styled hair with flecks of silver.
Ghosts
One moment they looked as if they were made from green jelly, the next they seemed to be billows of oily smoke. You could almost see right through them. Their shape changed as they moved. First, they were toweringly tall then slinkingly short. Thin, then fat. They seemed to have neither arms nor legs but, despite this were moving at great speed. Rebecca thought she saw gaping red mouths and huge, sharp teeth.
The Scientist
Rebecca was surprised to see he was much shorter than her. He had sprouty hair that seemed to grow in different colours, a nose that was a bit like a chicken’s beak and a mouth like Poisson, who was Rebecca’s goldfish. He wore a white coat of the kind men in a chemist wear but it was much too long for him and he seemed in danger of tripping over it. He stared at Rebecca through spectacles that looked as if they had been made from the bottom of milk bottles.
In addition…
Lurk or Cringer – A smart suit
Rebecca – A frock
03 November 2017
This week is Practice makes Perfect. We’ve been learning how to read and interpret tables. Please complete the worksheet in your book.
Our times tables focus will be the 8 times table (up to 12 x 8) and including division facts.
Practise counting forwards, backwards, starting from zero and then starting from a multiple, 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!
03 November 2017
This week’s homework is Talk Time.
What do you know about adjectives?
You could talk about:
- Adjective Dress-Up Day
- what happens if you use too many adjectives
- making silly sentences with adjectives that don’t fit with the noun
- which adjective is your favourite
- which new adjectives you have recently learnt
It’s the half-term holidays…
…and so there’s no specific homework next week. This is in-line with our Homework Policy.
During the half-term, please encourage your child to read each day, even if just for 15 minutes. As well as their current book, reading comics, newspapers, websites are all good – and why not take a trip to the library!
It would also be really helpful to help your child brush up on their times tables. Children in Year 2 should know x2, x5 and x10 (and the related division facts) by the end of the year – so give them a head start now! By the end of Year 4, children should know all their tables up to 12 x 12 (and the related division facts).
And make sure they enjoy the break, too: perhaps an autumn walk, a day out, a trip to the cinema… There are lots of things going on in Leeds – check them out.
Whatever you get up to, we’re looking forward to seeing you again on Monday 30 October.
Friday 13 October 2017
This week’s homework is Talk Time, due in on Thursday 19 October. There’s a choice…
I understand the importance of voting.
or
I can prepare a speech.
Next week, we will be having School Council Elections. If you would like to be considered for a place on the School Council, you’ll need to prepare a short speech to deliver to the rest of the class giving reasons why you would be the right choice.
If you do not want to be chosen, your homework is to talk about the importance of voting and understand what it means to live in a democracy.
School Council elections take place on Thursday 19 October 2017.
13 October 2017
Our Talk time homework is in preparation for next week’s class council elections which are happening on Thursday.
Explain to your parents what will happen in school. Discuss democracy in school and in the UK. What is democratic in school? How does democracy work? Why is it important?
Each class will be electing (in a blind ballot), two members of their class to represent them in the school council. If you wish to be considered please prepare a speech you’ll give to the class on Thursday.
Our times tables focus this week will be the 4 times table (up to 4 x 12) and including division facts. Practise counting forwards, backwards, starting from zero and then starting from a multiple, 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!
13 October 2017
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on 19 October 2017.
I understand the importance of voting.
You could talk about:
- votes we hold in class (eg to name our class mascots)
- votes that adults take part in
- whether you would like to stand for school council (we will be holding elections on 19 October)
- family votes (to decide where to go or what to do)
06 October 2017
This week’s homework is Creative. Homework is due on Thursday 12 October 2017.
Can you create a map of your journey to school?
You could draw, take pictures, make a model or write about it. Don’t forget to add labels and a key. Use one A4 page in your homework book.
06 October 2017
Our current Big Topic is Explorers. Linking to this, homework this week is creative:
Create a map showing a journey.
The map could be imaginary or real, 3D or 2D. Your child should include key, contours, places of interest, and other geographical features such as a rivers.
29 September 2017
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and due on Thursday 05 October
Handwriting – I can write in neat, clear, joined handwriting.
Choose a book that you’ve enjoyed reading and copy the blurb.
Think about:
- neat presentation and layout
- which letter should not join (capital letters)
- letter sizes
- keep ascenders tall (b d f h k l t)
- keep descenders a consistent way below the line (f g j p q y)