05 January 2018
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect.
Our learning in English has been linked to poetry. We’d like you to practise reading a poem aloud, ready to perform for others.
You could
- choose a poem from a book you might have at home or from the library
- practise this poem by Ogden Nash:
Winter Morning
Winter is the king of showmen,
Turning tree stumps into snow men
And houses into birthday cakes
And spreading sugar over lakes.
Smooth and clean and frost white
The world looks good enough to bite.
That’s the season to be young,
Catching snowflakes on your tongue.
Snow is snowy when it’s snowing
I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.
It’s Christmas!
We hope you all enjoy a well-deserved break and come back to school ready and fresh to learn on 02 January.
As it’s the holidays, there’s no homework this week but there’s a few things we think you should try and do over the festive break:
- spend time with family
- spend time with friends
- play outside
- throw a snowball
- build a snowman
- read a book, or two (or three)
- do something nice for your parents or carers
- spend some time relaxing and being mindful – remember our workshop?
- investigate something you observe
- be polite to everyone you meet
- eat a few treats (and plenty of veggies!)
- and, last but not least, have a generally awesome two weeks
08 December 2017
This week’s homework is Creative.
I can show what I know about a festival.
Around this time, many children in school will celebrate or will have celebrated a religious festival of some sort. This might be the Christian festival of Christmas (of course, celebrated by many non-Christians in the UK, too). It might also be the Sikh and Hindu festival Diwali, the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, or the Chinese New Year festival – which is early in the new year. There are lots of other festivals and celebrations which you and your child might want to reflect on. Research more festivals.
We invite children to respond to the sentence above – they might include a recount (like a diary entry), pictures, or an interview (perhaps in a script). Your child might also choose to research a completely unknown festival or they might even think about creating a brand new festival, one that everyone will celebrate.
01 December 2017
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect: addition and subtraction.
Use column addition or subtraction to calculate each of the following:
Y3
- 367 + 122 =
- 538 + 137 =
- 761 + 176=
- 386 + 279=
- 573 – 231 =
- 682 – 157=
- 427 – 183=
- 612 – 267=
Y4
- 3367 + 2122 =
- 4538 + 2137 =
- 3761 + 2176=
- 5386 + 1279=
- 8573 – 4231 =
- 3682 – 2157=
- 8427 – 3183=
- 5612 – 1267=
24 November 2017
Homework this week is Creative.
I know what community is.
Following our Community themed week, you could show what you have learnt about community. This could include ideas about who you are, school, family, village, city, national or international communities.
17 November 2017
Homework for the whole school this week is Talk Time.
Which charity should our school support?
Next week is a whole-school themed week: Who do you think you are? It’s all about community and identity. During the 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 you 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
10 November 2017
This week’s homework is Creative and due in on Thursday 16 November.
Our Living and Learning statement next week is… I know how to STOP bullying.
STOP can stand for two key messages:
- the definition – Several Times On Purpose
- the solution – Start Telling Other People
Make an A4 poster to share one of the key messages. You could use coloured pencils, felt tips, paint or choose an idea of your own.
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
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.