09 February 2015
Here are some sentences for your child to write at home.
- Read the sentence to your child.
- Ask them to repeat the sentence several times. They could whisper it, shout it or say it in a silly voice.
- Count the words.
- Say the sentence word by word for your child to write.
- Remind them to use a capital letter, a full stop and finger spaces.
- Ask your child to read the sentence back to check they have written every word.
- Write the sentence together, modelling how to read back.
- Lots of shops sell chicken as well as fish and chips.
- I will soon visit a farm.
- We can all run to the park.
06 February 2015
The Practice Makes Perfect homework this week is two Mathletics addition activities involving large numbers. Children must ensure that they don’t try to solve these problems in their heads. They should use a pencil and paper and not rush!
06 February 2015
For all children in Year 1 – Year 6, the homework this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 11 February.
I can prepare a speech (School Council elections).
or
I know the importance of voting.
It’s time for children to consider if they would like to stand for election for our new school council. With two representatives from each class, chosen democratically by their peers, all children at Moortown Primary are encouraged to take an active part in pupil voice.
Elections for our new school council will take place next Thursday 12 February with our polling station and ballot boxes at the ready. Candidates will have the opportunity to give their election speech to their class on Wednesday 11 February.
What makes a good school councillor has been considered by our current school council.
- ‘Communicating with others – pupils and adults.’
- ‘Having good listening skills to know what to contribute in meetings.’
- ‘Thinking of realistic ideas to suggest in meetings.’
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?
Thank you to our current school councillors for all their ideas and contributions over the last year. We hope you have enjoyed this role and responsibility and you are welcome to stand again for election.
Good luck to all children who decide to stand in the elections. Results will be announced in our assembly on Thursday 12 February.
If you choose not to stand in the election then you should consider the importance of voting.
Homework in Reception
Now that we’re well into the Spring term, we’ll be sending homework every Friday. In addition to the new phonemes and tricky words the children are given to learn, your child will receive either practice handwriting sheets or sentences for your child to write independently.
Please check on the homework section of this website for practice sentences from next week.
30 January 2015
This week’s homework is talk time.
I can stay safe at home.
It’s important that your child is ready to talk about this by Wednesday 04 February.
Encourage them to think about all the different rooms in the house and specifically think about situations where it may be dangerous. How can we avoid these dangers? How can they be responsible for their actions? How should we respond if there is an accident?
30 January 2015
The homeworks this week are Creative and Practice Makes Perfect.
The Creative homework is to design a section of our ‘contraption’ display. We are currently taking inspiration from ‘Rube Goldberg machines’ to make a contraption out of things we have in and around the classroom. Children have to plan and explain how their section would work and suggest materials which we could use to make it. The trickiest part of this is that most of the contraption has to hang from the wall.
A Rube Goldberg machine is a contraption, invention, device or apparatus that is deliberately over-engineered or overdone to perform a very simple task in a very complicated fashion, usually including a chain reaction. For ideas and inspiration, just ‘Rube Goldberg machine’ into youtube.
The Practice Makes Perfect homework is a Mathletics activity on our next unit of maths: measures.
30 January 2015
This week’s homework is creative and is due on Wednesday 04 February.
I can write a story set in a Norman castle.
R2s (our ‘remember to’ reminders…):
- capital letters and full stops
- adjectives
- conjunctions
Before you write your story think about these questions…
- Who would live in the castle?
- Do you have a goodie and a baddie?
- What does the castle look like inside and out?
- What main event happens to put one of your characters in danger?
- How do they get out of this danger?
- Is it a happy ending?
23 January 2015
The homeworks this week are Practice Makes Perfect and Talk Time.
The Practice Makes Perfect homework is a couple of Mathletics activities linked to our learning on fractions.
The Talk Time homework is a SEAL themed one, asking children: Why is it Good To Be Me? Lots of children (and adults) find it difficult to talk about things which they are good at. I’d like children to have a conversation about their strengths and why it is good to be them. We’ll talk about these next week in class.
23 January 2015
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. Please make sure it is handed in by Wednesday 28 January.
I can describe my house and I know my address.
There have been lots of adjectives used this week to describe different types of houses. It would be great if the children could write a description of their house or their favourite room. This is also an ideal opportunity for the children to learn their address – it is important that they know where they live even if it is just the number of the house and the street name.
Please make sure that homework books are handed in by Wednesday – there are a small number of children who are not doing their homework or not handing it in.
23 January 2015
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on Wednesday 28 January.
Which house would you live in and why?
All of the houses in your book are from different periods in time. Have a look. Imagine what they would be like inside and what it would be like to live there. Then, decide which house you would choose to live in and explain why you have chosen this.
Talk Time homework encourages discussion at the dinner table but please write a couple of notes explaining your choice to help you when we discuss the subject in class.