It’s Christmas…
There are no homework tasks or spellings during the holiday period.
Instead, support your child in other ways. Make sure they take part in family events, encourage them to relax and catch up on some reading at home, encourage them to send thank you notes (emails are fine, too!) – all these things will help their English skills of speaking and listening, reading and writing.
Plenty of maths skills can be practised, too – planning some top telly and considering times and durations of programmes, working out what half price is when the sales start… could your child even help with some cooking to use various measures?
Whatever they do, make sure your child, and you, have a happy and healthy Christmas break.
11 December 2015
The homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Wednesday 16 December.
Find a rhyming poem to enjoy with your family.
You could look in a poetry book if you have one, or find one on the internet. Write down the rhyming words in your homework book. Enjoy!
11 December 2015
For our Practice Makes Perfect homework, we’re remembering the work we’ve done on estimating and measuring angles.
To be able to estimate and measure angles.
In homework books there is a sheet showing some angles.
- Name the angles
- Estimate how many degrees they’ll measure
- Use a protractor to measure them
- Compare this with your estimates
This homework is due on Wednesday 16 December. If pupils need to borrow a protractor, they need to pick on up before Wednesday.
11 December 2015
This week’s homework is Creative and is due on Wednesday 16 December.
To be able to show what an angle is.
For a change, we’re being creative with Maths, this week. Show what you know about angles: what are they; where do you see them; what are they called; how do we measure them; and anything else you can think of.
It’s up to you how you demonstrate your knowledge of angles. How creative can you be?
- Take photos of angles around you.
- Make an information leaflet.
- Create a piece of art filled with angles and label them.
- Present your information verbally.
11 December 2015
The homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Wednesday 16 December.
I can write a poem about winter / Christmas.
We’ve been learning about and writing haikus in English lessons this week. A haiku is a Japanese poem with three lines. Each line has a certain number of syllables:
- The first has 5 syllables.
- The second line has 7 syllables.
- The third line has 5 syllables.
Here are some examples:
Snowman
Snowman in a field
Listening to the raindrops
Wishing him farewell
Bumble-bee
Why do you bumble?
Are you unsure what to do?
In your stripy suit
No haiku
I’m sorry to say
That I really don’t feel like
A haiku today.
11 December 2015
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect and is due Wednesday 16 December.
Your child will have been given an extract from our class novel “Five on a treasure island” with the speech punctuation missing. Can your child add it back in?
They will also have a comprehension sheet to complete. To help your child with this, ask them to highlight the key words in the question and find the clues in the text before they go to write an answer.
04 December 2015
The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 09 December.
I can show what I know about the 8 Rs of learning.
The 8 Rs of learning are:
taking risks, being responsive, being responsible, being resilient, showing readiness, being resourceful, being reflective and remembering.
04 December 2015
The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 9 December.
I can show what I know about the 8 Rs of learning
The 8 Rs of learnng are:
taking risks, being responsive, being responsible, being resilient, showing readiness, being resourceful, being reflective and remembering.
04 December 2015
For Practice Makes Perfect, we’re returning to Mathletics. All of the children have been assigned three tasks related to time.
- What time will it be?
- Elapsed time.
- Using timetables.
This homework is due on Wednesday 09 December. If there is any reason that this homework cannot be completed at home, please let me know on Monday (before the homework is due).
04 December 2015
This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Wednesday 09 December.
To reflect on our topic, ‘Mission to Space’.
As Tim Peake’s launch draws closer, the end of ‘Mission to Space’ does, too. Over dinner, in the car, on your way to and from school, have discussions about the topic.
- Have you enjoyed it? Why?
- What new things have you learnt?
- Is there anything you’d still like to find out?
- What’s been the best thing about it?
- How could it have been improved?
Remember to write yourself some short notes to help with our discussion in class.