Homework

13 September 2019

This week’s homework is practice makes perfect.

This week, we have been learning all about place value and ordering numbers. The homework task is to practise ordering numbers up to ten million.

12 July 19

This week’s homework is a practice makes perfect and it is due on Thursday 18 July. We have been learning all about time in our class. Using our understanding of the five times tables has really helped us. This is a song that we like to use for our active learning.

This week, pupils should use their understanding of time to create a diary of the things they do on a typical Saturday.

Friday 05 July 2019

This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework: I can illustrate happy and healthy choices.

This homework links to our weekly living and learning statement and is something we talk about a lot in our school. Can you encourage your child to make a new healthy choice every day this week? Or think about one new healthy change your child can make? Try to help them make sure the choice is a realistic, achievable one, such as avoiding being on an electronic device after a certain time to help sleep, or adding one extra daily portion of vegetables to their diet each day.

As this is a Creative homework, children could respond in a variety of ways:

• Create a blog, video blog or diary to show the changes we’ve made.
• Create a poster convincing others to make a happy and healthy change.
• Make a cartoon strip in which a character makes a happy and healthy change.
• Write a song, poem or rap that will encourage others to make changes.
• Reflect on change they’ve made and how it made them feel.

There are of course lots of other ways to respond, too.

Children should be ready share, and celebrate, their homework in their class by Thursday 11 July 2019.

28 June 2019

In maths, we are learning all about different units of measure. This week’s homework is an activity to let you show off everything that you have learnt so far. We are currently looking at measuring height and length. Here is a free game to play at home.

Year 1:

You will have an activity that looks a little bit like this.

Year 2:

You will have an activity that looks something like this.

21 June 2019

This week’s homework is a creative task and is due on Thursday 27 June. Using your research skills, find and label a type of food from each part of a plant. You may want to use the table provided in your book, but please feel free to present your ideas in a different way if you would like to.

Draw and label food from these different parts of a plant.

Thursday 16 May 2019

This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework: I can show what I know about a particular job.  

This homework is in preparation for our themed week which is next week. Throughout the week, we’ll focus on money. One aspect of this is how money is earned. Obviously, our children are a little young to be earning money but it is really important that they have aspirations.

For their homework this week, children should decide on a job (maybe one they want to do or one that a family member has) and find out some useful information about the profession: what a ‘normal’ day looks like, how much you can earn, what qualifications/experience you need, etc.

Children could respond to this creative homework in a range of ways:

• Create a poster
• Make a ‘project board’
• Re-create a ‘day in the life of…’ and document this in pictures
• Make a presentation
• Compare a few different jobs
• Devise a short play to show their peers what the job involves
• Research the salary and decide how they might spend their money
• Write a job application

Of course, there are many other ways in which children could respond. Children should be ready to celebrate their learning as part of their homework review by Thursday 23 May 2019.

10 May 2019

This week’s homework is a creative task and is due on Thursday 16 May. Look at the science experiment below. Have a go at following the instructions (you may need an adult to help you).

Write some sentences to answer these questions after completing the experiment.

03 May 2019

This week’s homework is talk-time:

Is mental health more important than physical health?

This homework, which links to our living and learning theme, is an opportunity to discuss the issues around mental health. If we can’t see our mental health, does that mean it is less important?

Can you justify your reasons and decisions?

Do people agree or disagree with you? Why?

Year 6: grammar and maths revision booklets to complete by Tuesday 07 May.

3 May 2019

This week we have a Talk time homework: Is physical health more important than mental health?

This homework, which links to our living and learning statement, is an opportunity for children to show that they can recognise what mental health is. We all have mental health but it is sometimes hard tell if our mind is healthy. If we can’t see our mental health, does that mean that it is less important?

You could respond to this in a range of ways:

• create a poster to show your ideas
• write a response to the question
• create a piece of art to show your ideas
• Write a poem, song or rap about mental health

Of course, there are many other ways in which you could respond. Please be ready to celebrate your learning as part of your homework review by Thursday 09 May 2019.

Masters of Mathematics

We are working hard on fundamental maths skills in year 1/2.

Here are a few links to some games that you may want to practise at home.

• Mathsframe speedy timetables (Adjust the difficulty to x2, x5 and x10).
• Jetpack Mathematics (Select year 1 or year 2).
• Hit the button (Try number bonds, doubles, halves or times tables).