Author: Mr Catherall

This week, children have two pieces of homework. Both are due on Thursday 18 May.

The first is Practice Makes Perfect: I can score 1000 points on Mathletics.

Please note: this does not have to be on ‘Live’ Mathletics. 

The second is Creative: I can appreciate art. 

We may not all ‘like’ art, we may not all aspire to be artists, but we can all appreciate art to some degree. For this homework, children should respond in a creative manner and show that they can appreciate art in some way. We discussed it as a class and the children decided that some good ideas were:

• create their own piece of art
• visit an art exhibition and document their trip
• imitate their favourite artist’s work
• do an interview with a (fake?) famous artist
• have a conversation (and record this in some way) with someone who does not particularly like art but can appreciate it in some way
• make a collage of all the art they like/own
• draw a picture, and ask someone you know to draw one, too. Then, compare and contrast them
• make a puppet show about why people appreciate art (possibly with an arty background)

There are, of course, many other ideas, too.

This week, children have two pieces of homework. Both should be completed by Thursday 11 May. They should also learn the 11x table and, more importantly by Year 5, the related key facts discussed during parents evening (eg if 5 x 11 = 55 then we know that 55 divided by 11 = 5. We also know that 50 x 11 = 550 because it is 10x bigger).

The first piece is Talk Time: I know when it’s appropriate to apologise and why it’s important to do so. 

Children should discuss this with an adult and be ready to share this with the class.

The second piece is Practice Makes Perfect: I can show what I know about 2D shapes. 

Children should complete the sheet they have been given which recaps learning from previous years. We will be building on, and consolidating, this learning next week in our maths lessons.

This week, children have two pieces of homework. Both pieces are due Thursday 04 May.

The first is Creative: I can prove that grammar is important. 

We focus on grammar and punctuation a lot in school but I would like children to prove that grammar is important in real life. After all, correct grammar/punctuation can be the difference between eating with your Grandma and eating your Grandma.

• Let’s eat, Grandma.
• Let’s eat Grandma.

The second piece is Talk Time: I can justify my own opinion (Should we spend so much money on exploring space?)

Last year, NASA’s budget was increased by $18.5 billion. This is obviously a substantial amount of money. Through discussions with an adult, I would like children to decide if they think that spending this much is acceptable. We’ll have a debate as part of our homework review next week.