Homework

29 November 2019

This week, our homework focus is Practice Makes Perfect.

We have been practising reading aloud fluently and with lots of expression. The passage is below is one we have read this. Your task is to practise reading it aloud at home until you can read it with lots of expression. Imagine you had to perform it to another group of children and you needed to keep them interested. How would you read it? How could you change your voice? We will be performing these as part of homework review.

Voyage

Most people don’t believe in them. Especially grown-ups. Most people have never even seen them. Most people wouldn’t even believe their own eyes if they had!

Whether you’re a believer or not, I’m going to tell you about them anyway… In many ways, they are exactly like us; they eat the same foods as us, speak the same languages as us and even enjoy the same things we enjoy. In fact, if you were to look at one under a magnifying glass, you would think they were identical to us. The only difference is that they are a hundred times smaller than us.

Their story begins on a dark and windy night. The full moon sat in the sky: a torch to guide them. Thunder rumbled above them like a laughing giant, and the waves lapped up against them like a cat’s tongue hungrily exploring a plate of sardines. They were forced to leave their homes forever, in search of a new beginning.

The boot had been their saviour. However, crossing the pond was proving trickier than they had imagined…

Friday 22 November

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 – 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

Friday 22 November 2019

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 – 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

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 School Council will decide which charity we will support for the next year.

Friday 15 November

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 21 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 we can STOP it: 

• Start
• Telling
• Other
• People

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.

Friday 15 November 2019

Friday 15 November 2019

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 21 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 we can 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.

08 November 2019

This week’s homework is practice makes perfect.

In maths, we’ve been learning to multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1000. Click on the link below to remind you how we do this.

BBC Bitesize

Complete the sheet to show you can multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1000. Eg; 345 x 100=   3.4 x 10=    56 divided by 100=

08 November 2019

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect.

Learning number facts is an important part of developing maths fluency. This week’s homework is for children to learn all the bonds of 10 (pairs of numbers that make 10 when added together), so they can recall them instantly, including in missing number sentences. Y2s should also learn all bonds of 20. There are some examples of how to learn them below.

08 November 2019

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect. Our new topic is entitled ‘Where in the World’. To kick this topic off we have been studying the UK: its countries, counties and cities.

In your book you have a map of the UK which requires labelling with some of the major cities. You could use a road atlas or a map app to help you with this.

18 October 2019

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect. All this week we have been ordering and comparing numbers. The consolidate this children should have a go at this challenge of making up an example of their own.

Create four digit numbers where:
the digit sum is 12
the tens digit is one

Put them in order from smallest to largest.

Extra Challenge: The difference between the largest and smallest digit is 3. How many numbers is it now possible to make?

11 October 2019

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.

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.

Good luck to all children who decide to stand in the elections.

If you choose not to stand in the election, you should instead consider the importance of voting and democracy.