26 June 2015
The homeworks this week are both Practice Makes Perfect.
The first is an English homework. Children have a section from the Alice in Wonderland book. Their task is to rewrite this text as a script. Children should remember to include stage directions to tell the actors how they should say something or how they should move across the stage.
The second homework is a Mathletics activity which checks children’s understanding of angles. They have to compare and estimate the size of angles.
19 June 2015
This week’s homework is creative and is due on Wednesday 24 June 2015.
I can show what grows around me.
Get out and about, either into your garden or walking through the streets and parks, to see what plants you can see.
- Are there flowers, trees, fruit or vegetables growing in the world around you?
- Which can you name and which can you not?
- Are there any plants you see over and over again?
Show us in any way you like what grows around you.
Maybe you want to…
- Draw pictures.
- Take photographs.
- Create an information booklet.
- Film walking around and noticing plants around you.
- Describe the plants you find.
- Make a quiz to see if others can name what you see.
19 June 2015
The homework this week is creative.
I can show and explain what a half is.
In maths lessons this week, we’ve been learning about fractions. For their homework, I’d like children to prove to me that they know what a half is. To do this they must also think about what a half isn’t. They should show their explanations in any way they like: annotated diagrams, pictures, photographs, videos, a story.
19 June 2015
This week’s homework is talk time. Please make sure that your child is ready to talk about the homework by Wednesday 24 June.
Why do we need to treat all living things with respect?
12 June 2015
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Wednesday 17th June 2015.
I can write an algorithm.
Can you used the key words to write an algorithm (set of instructions) to get from start to finish, passing through all of the stages of plant growth in the correct order? Use a counter, toy car or Playmobile figure to help you by moving them through the grid, thinking about the instructions they would need to be successful.
12 June 2015
The homework this week is talk time and is related to our SEAL theme: changes.
I can change my learning / behaviour for the better.
Children should talk at home about what they can do to improve either their learning, behaviour or both.
12 June 2015
This week’s homework is creative.
I know what grows in my local environment.
As always, be as creative as you like.
We would like children to look around the local environment to find particular flowers, plants and trees.
- Do they know the name of them? If they don’t, how can they find out?
- Have they found any unusual plants? If so, where were they?
- What do they notice about leaves from different trees?
05 June 2015
The homeworks this week are Practice Makes Perfect and Creative.
The Creative homework prepares us for our new topic by asking children to show what they know about Earth and Space. Your child could write a poem, create a story or report about our solar system. They could do some number crunching about planets. They could collect data over the weekend about light and shadows. They could speculate about other beings that we share space with.
The Practice Makes Perfect homework are two Mathletics activities. The first is about measuring angles which we’ve learnt recently in class. The second supports the learning this week on transformations: reflections, translations and rotation (though this is not part of the new curriculum in Y5).
Top Mathletics tips:
1. It is not a timed activity. Do not rush!
2. Do not rush!
3. Read the questions carefully.
4. Use jottings on a piece of paper to help you.
5. Tell me if you are finding an activity hard and I will find time to help you with it.
05 June 2015
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. Please make sure it is handed in by Wednesday 10 June; there are a few children forgetting to hand their books in.
I know the days of week, months of the year and seasons in order.
15 May 2015
The homework this week is Creative and is due Wednesday 20 May:
Who do you think you are?
Next week, we embark on five days of learning about identity, diversity and community. Your child is required to think about themselves and what makes them who they are.
Creative homework is a great way for your child to engage with their homework any way they choose. I’ll be looking for homework with some creative flair as well as some refinement and finesse. Ideas could range from:
- a family tree
- a personal timeline
- a comic strip depicting their life journey
I’m looking forward to finding out what makes each child who they are and the themed week is sure to be a successful one!