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
Our Talk time homework is based on this week’s Living and Learning statement: We are all the same and we are all different.
Explain to your parents what this means. Discuss tolerance and mutual respect, what it means and how this applies in school and in wider society. Why is it important?
Our times tables focus this week will be the 7 times table (up to 7 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!
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!
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.
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!
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 is Practice makes Perfect.
We’ve been learning how to round whole numbers to 10, 100, 1000, 10 000, 100 000 and 1 000 000. Please complete the worksheet in your book.
Our times tables focus will be the 12 times table (up to 12 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!
22 September 2017
Our Talk Time homework is to discuss the following statement: Should we spend millions of pounds on space exploration?
Record the variety of thoughts and opinions in your homework book.
Our times tables focus will be the 6 times table (up to 12 x 6 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!
15 September 2017
Our Creative homework is in preparation for our big topic – Explorers. Choose an explorer to research. On Friday 22 September, come to school dressed as your explorer. You could choose a historical / modern explorer.
On the day, we’ll share our research and introduce ourselves to each other.
Our times tables focus will be the 6 times table (up to 12 x 6 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!
08 September 2017
Our Talk Time homework is in preparation for next week’s Living and Learning statements which are:
- I show I’m ready to learn
- I respond to feedback
Ask your child how they show their teacher they are ready to learn and how they respond to feedback. Why does the teacher need to see they are ready to learn? How would it affect the lesson if everyone is not ready to learn? How do they respond to feedback? When?
Your child could teach you a new skill. For example: bottle flipping, football skill, drawing a favourite character, a playground game, skipping game. While learning the new skill, your child will be giving you feedback to improve.
In class, we’ll discuss the feedback your child has given and how it affected the learning progress.
Our times tables focus will be the 3 times table (up to 12 x 3 and including division facts) – an easy one to begin with! 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!