18 October 2013
It’s time to get your creative juices flowing again for this week’s creative homework.
I can show a healthy balanced meal.
It’s entirely up to you how you do this, make is as creative as possible! Maybe you could…
- Cook a meal at home that has a balanced amount of each food group.
- Take pictures of your work.
- Create a meal on a paper plate using dried food.
- Think about both sweet and savoury food.
Don’t forget about: Donny Dairy, Colin Carbohydrate, Victor Vitamin, Freddy Fat and Peter Protein.
11 October 2013
This week’s homework is talk time.
There has been lots of learning going on in art this week. There are so many artists who have drawn and painted faces. Giuseppe Arcimboldo painted faces using images of fruit. Here is one of them:
How does it make you feel?
Do you like it? Why?
What does it make you think of?
These are just some questions to help you talk about the painting.
We are looking forward to hearing your views when we discuss this on Wednesday 16 October.
04 October 2013
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect.
Handwriting is very important and the sooner we get it right the better!
This week’s homework is practising round and back to form letters like a and c. If you are not sure about the handwriting scheme, please take a look at the website so that you are able to support your child – there is a very useful guide which goes through the basic rules that we follow.
04 October 2013
This week our homework is practice makes perfect.
I can use a number line for addition.
We have been learning how to solve addition calculations on a number line this week. All of the children have completed similar calculations in lesson but a bit of extra practise will make sure we’re ready to take on a challenge next week. There are three calculations to complete, if you would like to do more that is great. Even better, why not try out the challenge and see how you do?
This homework is due on Wednesday 9th October.
Have fun you marvellous mathematicians!
27 September 2013
The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 02 October.
I can show that I know my number bonds.
Good number bond knowledge is really important and is something that you should be practising with your child at home. This week, all the children have a sheet stuck into their homework book which they need to complete.
27 September 2013
This week’s homework is creative homework. Please make sure it is handed in by Wednesday 02 October 2013.
I can show how I can look after my body.
This homework is to encourage the children to think about what they can do to ensure that their body is as healthy as possible. This will then lead into their learning next week.
27 September 2013
This week’s homework is Talk Time. The children need to discuss:
What would it be like to lose one of our senses?
As a reminder, nothing needs to be recorded in homework books (although the children can make notes if they wish to) but it would be useful to have a note from parents/carers to acknowledge that this question has been discussed. We will then talk about our discussions in next week’s homework review.
Top Tip
To imagine how it might be to lose our sight, we closed our eyes and let our friend guide us across the playground. Maybe you could try this sort of activity out at home for sight or one of the other senses.
This homework is due on Wednesday 02 October 2013.
20 September 2013
This week’s homework is talk time.
How do we use our senses?
We will discuss this on Wednesday 25 September so that we are ready to learn more about our senses in our topic learning.
Please remember there does not have to be anything written in books unless the children want to write a few points.
20 September 2013
The home work this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 25 September.
What makes a house a home?
You should explore the important things which make a house a home. Is it material things like the furnishings or the size of the house? Is it the location of the house? Is it the people who live in the house? Is it a combination of all these things?
Below are the guidance notes taken from the school’s Homework Policy for Talk Time homework:
Talk Time
Teachers have noticed that, in some instances, a lot of time has been taken on the presentation of the Talk Time homework. Children are welcome to do this although it is not necessary. The purpose of Talk Time homework is to encourage a conversation around their current learning. Any notes made in their homework book should simply be there to aid them as a prompt when it is discussed in class the following week. For this reason, teachers tend to give verbal feedback during their talk time session in class. We want our children to be expert talkers, using a variety of sentences and expressions, and able to back up their points or disagree with others in a polite way – this is more important than written notes for Talk Time. Simply: it’s hard to be a good writer if you’re not a good speaker, so Talk Times using ambitious words, useful phrases, interesting sentences is the best way to support your child.
20 September 2013
This week is creative homework. Just to remind everyone, this means that the homework can be presented in a variety of different ways – it’s up to you and your child! The only rule is that you can only use one page of the homework book (but you can come up with your own sneaky ways of enlarging the space if you need to!).
Homework needs to be handed in on Wednesday 25th September 2013.
I can explain similarities and differences between humans and animals.
It’s up to you how you do this but if you’re stuck here are some suggestions:
- Choose one or two animals to concentrate on
- Compare images
- Think about skeletons, movement, behaviour or habitat
- Write a descriptive paragraph
Happy homeworking!