14 November 2014
This week’s homework is Creative and is due on Wednesday 19 November.
I can show what I have learnt in Katie and…
It is the end of our first Big Topic and we have thoroughly enjoyed it. Now it’s time to show everything you have learnt over the last eight weeks. Here are some ideas of ways to present your work.
- Poster – make a poster showing all of the different subjects we’ve covered.
- Quiz – create a quiz.
- Presentation – prepare a presentation to talk about what you’ve learnt (Maybe you could record yourself and bring in a video!).
- Examples – give examples of the different pieces of work we created.
07 November 2014
This week, children have been set an activity on Mathletics instead of their normal Practice Makes Perfect homework. Ask your children about Mathletics; they’ve been using it this week in school and should be able to use it as easily at home! However, if you have any problems or questions at all, please find me.
Our creative homework is:
I can show how to be safe.
Using the Year 6 assembly as our inspiration, I’d like the children to creatively show how they can be safe. Any digital homework can be emailed to our class email address: y5@moortown.leeds.sch.uk
Children could choose one of these situations, or find a new one to stay safe in:
- food
- rail
- road
- stranger
- smoking
- bullying
- coastal/water
- online
07 November 2014
This week’s homework is creative and is due on Wednesday 12 November.
I can be an artist.
As we’ve been looking at so many pieces of art and tried a few ideas out in class, it’s now time to see what we can do ourselves. Create any piece of art you want. Don’t forget, there are all sorts of types of art. Choose the one you like best or one you’ve never tried before…
- painting
- sketching
- pastel/chalk
- sculpture
- ICT
- photography
…and many more. We’re really looking forward to seeing your amazing art.
It’s half-term…
…so there’s no specific homework this week, apart from ensuring your child spends at least 20 minutes each day reading and 5-10 minutes learning their number bonds / times tables.
Enjoy your October break. If you stay in Leeds, check out all the activities the museums and art galleries have on offer.
17 October 2014
This week, our homeworks are Practice Makes Perfect and Talk Timeand are due in on Wednesday 22October.
PMP: I can find missing angles.
Children have been learning about shape in maths this week. They have a sheet in their book which asks them to find some missing angles in either a straight line or a triangle.
As always, please encourage children to find me before Wednesday if they need further help.
Talk Time: Paper books or eReaders?
More and more people are reading using an electronic device like an eReader or a tablet instead of traditional books. What do you think about this change? Do members of your family have different opinions?
When discussing topics at home, encourage your child to use connectives to signpost their ideas. Use the table below as a guide:
|
time |
adding (see also some time links) |
problem (or ‘opposing’) |
reason + result |
explaining |
| Firstly, / First of all, / Secondly,
Next, After that, Finally, Meanwhile, Then, / Just then, Suddenly, Later,
|
Also,
In addition, / Additionally, Furthermore, Moreover, As well as this, Besides, Another point is … Not only that, To make matters worse, |
However*,
In spite of this, On the other hand, Yet, Nevertheless, Contrary to this, In contrast, Despite this, Despite followed by thing: Despite the fact that…, Despite feeling tired, |
As a result,
Consequently, As a consequence, Therefore Due to this, Because of this, This results in… The reason for this is… |
For example,
In other words, That is to say, By this, I mean… The explanation for this is… |
17 October 2014
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect.
Time is a very hard concept to learn but we have made a good start. After looking at all the different ways we can measure time, we’ve now started to look at actually telling the time. This has started with o’clock, with some children moving on to half past. This week’s homework is looking at telling the time so that the children can show you what they have been learning. Please make sure that you encourage your child to look at clocks and tell the time with them as it can take a while for them to become confident with this aspect of maths.
Thanks for your support with homework – the children are handing in some excellent stuff!
17 October 2014
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on Wednesday 22 October 2014.
Is this art?
You have got four pieces of art to look at. All of them are very different.
- ‘Swept under the carpet’ – Banksy
- ‘Family of man’ – Barbara Hepworth
- ‘Rain princess’ – Leonid Afremov
- ‘Essence of elephants’ – Greg du Toit
Have a conversation around the dinner table or in the car about these pieces. Are they art? Do you like them? Which is your favourite? Make some notes about your ideas in your homework book and bring these to our class discussion on Wednesday 22 October.
10 October 2014
This week, our homeworks are Practice Makes Perfect and Creative and are due in on Wednesday 15 October.
PMP: I can interpret data in charts
Children have been learning about how to interpret data in charts. They have a sheet in their book with a chart (either a bar chart or line chart) and they have to answer some questions about the information in the charts.
As always, please encourage children to find me before Wednesday if they need further help.
Creative: I can design a coat of arms.
As part of our Big Topic on our Class Novel, we’re planning on doing some printing of coats of arms. Children have been asked to design their own coat of arms and been reminded of what they are historically and what it might mean for them now: symbols and pictures which represent who they are as a person.
Here are some real life examples:
Some can get very ornate, but I’m not looking for anything this detailed because we won’t be able to print them…
10 October 2014
This week’s homework is talk time.
Is it fair that some art is worth so much money when charities need money to help people?
The children are familiar with a few paintings by famous artists eg Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci. It will be interesting to investigate how much a painting like this is worth and then discuss whether this is fair when charities like St Gemma’s need funds to help look after people who are very ill. There is no right answer and everyone has different opinions – the children need to hear differing viewpoints so they can form their own opinions.
We will discuss this homework on Thursday 16 October as we’ll be at the Sculpture Park on Wednesday.
10 October 2014
This week’s homework is Creative and is due on Thursday 16 October.
I can be an artist.
As we’ve been looking at so many pieces of art and tried a few ideas out in class, it’s now time to see what we can do ourselves. Create any piece of art you want. Take real care with your work as it would be great to include this homework in our gallery event at the end of the topic. Don’t forget, there are all sorts of types of art. Choose the one you like best or one you’ve never tried before…
- painting
- sketching
- pastel/chalk
- sculpture
- ICT
- photography
…and many more. I’m really looking forward to what you come up with.