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.
04 October 2019
This week’s homework is Talk Time.
This half term, our Christian value is friendship. Sometimes we find ourselves in difficult situations, which leave us in a moral dilemma. Talk to somebody about the examples below. What you would do in the same situation? Why are these moral dilemmas?
- You see your friend cheating in a maths test.
- You’ve been invited to two friends’ parties on the same day.
- Someone is saying unkind things about your friend behind their back.
Talk to somebody and make notes so you are ready to feedback in our homework review on Thursday 10 October.
27 September 2019
This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework: I can see maths all around me.
Maths is all around us. But, how often do we appreciate this? This homework is all about spotting maths in our everyday lives – we’re exposed to it more than we realise sometimes. We’d like children to find some examples of maths from their everyday lives and show these creatively. There are many examples of maths in the world around us but here are a few examples:
- travel, TV or film timetables
- measuring ingredients
- finding examples of shapes in buildings
- counting out objects
- spending money when shopping
- distances on road signs
- %s in sales
- cutting food into the correct amount of slices or pieces
Children should be ready to celebrate their learning in our weekly homework review in class by Thursday 03 October 2019. Please note: this homework should take no longer than 30 minutes.
20 September 2019
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 26 September.
This week, we have been identifying and using a range of adverbs in our writing.Adverbs are words which add more information to verbs. They can be about time, manner and place. Sometimes they end in -ly but not always.
Your child has a sheet to complete on identifying and using adverbs.More information on adverbs can be found here.
Friday 06 September
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on Thursday 12 September.
What qualities do you look for in a friend?
This half term, our Christian value is friendship. In school and in collective worship, we will be looking at what makes a good friend and examples of being a good friend from the Bible. With your family, discuss the main question (What qualities do you look for in a friend?) along with the other suggestions underneath. Be prepared to talk about your answers in our homework review. You may want to make notes (or ask an adult) in your homework book to help you.
There’s an old saying that goes, “In order to have good friends, you have to be a good friend.” What does that mean? Do you think it’s true? Why? What are the benefits of having friends who are different from us?
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.
Friday 05 July
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 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 to share, and celebrate, their homework in their class by Thursday 11 July 2019.
Friday 21 June
This week’s homework is Practice makes Perfect. In our work on fractions we have been learning about fractions greater than 1 – or improper fractions to give them their correct name.
For homework, children need to complete the sheet on identifying improper fractions. Homework is due on Friday 27 June.