07 May 2021
07 May 2021
This week’s homework is Talk Time. The whole school are exploring moral themes and we have linked this to our current Computing topic.
Is too much ‘screen time’ affecting family life?
You could:
- keep a diary of how much screen time you have
- discuss some ‘house rules’ around screen time
- talk about how to increase family times without screens
30 April 2021
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect.
How many ways can you make 10? Use pasta, toys or any resources at home to show your learning. Write the matching calculations to challenge yourself.
30 April 2021 – Timers Tables
Times Tables
This week, we will focus on the 12 x table.
Children should be ready for a test on Thursday 06 May 2021. Make sure you have a very quick recall of the multiplication facts up to the 12 x 12.
Here are a few examples of the kinds of questions children could be asked and the type of questions children could be practising in addition to the times table facts:
12,000 ÷ 100
1.2 x 10
48 ÷ 12 =
600 ÷ 12 =
30 April 2021
This week, the whole school has the same Talk Time homework: I know how to solve a problem.
Have a discussion with somebody at home about problems you may encounter in the classroom, playground or outside of school. Can you come up with three solutions for each problem?
Be ready to discuss your ideas in class on Thursday 06 May.
23 April 2021
This week, the whole school has the same Talk Time homework: Which charity should our school support?
Next week, a charity will be decided for us to support for the year ahead. We’ll focus our fundraising efforts on supporting this 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, your school or your community
- national / international charities and their work
Next week, each class will vote (because in our school we make democratic decisions) for the charity they would like to support to form a shortlist. Then, our recently elected Junior Leadership Team will decide which charity we will support for the next year.
Adults: before you discuss this with your child, check out this week’s Friday message from Mr Roundtree on the main news section of our website – it contains information about how we support charities and some points we’d like you to discuss with your child.
23 April 2021 – Times Tables
This week, we will focus on the 9 x table.
Children should be ready for a test on Thursday 29 April 2021. Make sure you have a very quick recall of the multiplication facts up to the 9 x 12.
Here are a few examples of the kinds of questions children could be asked and the type of questions children could be practising in addition to the times table facts:
9000 ÷ 100
0.9 x 10
54 ÷ 9 =
990 ÷ 9 =
19 March 2021
19 March 2021
This week our homework is Creative: I can show different ways to stay safe, including how to seek help.
In the first half-term, we promoted resilience as one of our Rs for learning. However, we can’t be resilient in all situations, at all times. It’s important for people to recognise when things seem overwhelming – and ask for help. It’s also important that children know how to stay safe. 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 how to seek help if they need it. 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!
Please send any completed homework to your child’s class teacher via email and it will be reviewed as part of our weekly homework review.
12 March 2021
This week, our homework is a creative homework: I can show forgiveness.
This homework, which links to our Christian value of forgiveness, is an opportunity for children to show that they can recognise, and show, forgiveness.
In school, we have been looking at the book The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse. In the book, Charlie Mackesy (the author and illustrator) gives different lessons using pictures and words. Your task this week is to design a new page for the story which could help teach forgiveness. You could paint it, draw it, colour it, design it on a computer, use lego or however you wish. Send pictures of your homework to Stjamesy3y4@spherefederation.org
Times tables/Number facts:
Complete the attached timetables challenge.
When it comes to times tables, speed and accuracy are important – the more your child practises, the more likely they are to remember the trickier tables facts. Times Table Rock Stars is a fun and challenging programme designed to help children master times tables. Children have already enjoyed practising at school. Now, let’s continue our rock star careers at home…
Children are also able to log onto NumBots (play.numbots.com) using the same login/password. This is a great game to practice their key number facts which is essential to their maths learning.
12 March 2021
This week, our homework is Creative:
I can show how the digestive system works.
I can show how the circulatory system works.
This homework links to our learning in science. Choose one statement and show how the digestive system or circulatory system works.
Children could respond creatively to this in different ways:
- create a model showing how the system works
- create a labelled drawing
- produce a PowerPoint
- write an explanation
Here are some useful websites to support the children and remind them of how these systems work: