Homework

10 May 2013

The homework this week is creative and is due in Wednesday 15 May.

To complete the five-a-day challenge.

This week, your child has been set a challenge. Are they able to eat five portions of fruit or vegetables for five days? We want your child to keep a log of all the fruit and vegetables they eat on each day from Saturday until Wednesday. Your child should make a note of the fruit and veg they eat, in anyway they want. Here are some ideas:

• a daily diary of all the fruit and veg they’ve managed to consume
• a video diary of each day of the week
• a podcast detailing all the fruit and veg they’ve eaten
• a picture story of all your different portions of fruit and veg
• a chart or table which details what they’ve eaten

We’ll be sharing our successes next Wednesday and talking about how challenging it was to eat so healthily – or if it was just business as usual.

Finally, no cheating! Check the packaging to find out how much of a fruit or veg counts as a whole portion. One grape does not mean you’ve eaten one portion of fruit or veg, and lots of fruity snacks don’t have enough fruit in them to count as a portion.

Good luck!

10 May 2013

This week’s homework is talk time. It is due in on Wednesday 15 May 2013.

Why do we need farms? What is the best place for a farm?

03 May 2013

The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 08 May 2013:

I know about push and pull forces.

We’ve finished with our mini-topic for science. We thought it would be good to see what children know about push and pull forces.

Some ideas:

• a poem
• a poster
• some facts
• do an investigation
• research using ICT
• photos
• or your own idea

03 May 2013

The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 08 May.

I can rotate shapes using the correct mathematical vocabulary.

The children all have a sheet in their books which they need to rotate according to the instructions. The vocabulary they need to use and understand is in the following table.

03 May 2013

The homework this week is Creative and is due in on Wednesday 08 May.

I can create a persuasive poster that encourages children to eat healthily.

This week sees the start of our Big Topic, ‘Food, glorious food!’ We’re also learning about writing persuasively in literacy. This is a great opportunity for you to put your persuasive writing skills to the test and use them to persuade children to eat healthily. Here are the R2s (remember to) for writing persuasively:

• emotive language
• connectives (usually adding or reason and result – ask your child, they’ll know what they are!)
• exaggeration
• rhetorical question
• addressing the reader (using words like you)

03 May 2013

This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. Your child will have one of two sheets about length. It’s due in on Wednesday 08 May 2013.

03 May 2013

Your homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 08 May 2013.

I can invent and make a page of a study book to show people how to… (you need to fill in your own idea here!)

Think of the following:

• How the page should look so it looks like a study book or important bits book.
• How you are going to make it creative and interesting to read.
• What information will you include to help your reader learn about your chosen subject?
• What tips will you give to your reader?

26 April 2013

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect. Your child will have a worksheet to complete. In this worksheet, your child will have to join two sentences using one of the words given.

It’s due in on Wednesday 01 May 2013.

26 April 2013

This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 01 May 2013.

I know about nocturnal animals.

In science, we’ve learnt about some nocturnal animals. Your child could choose different nocturnal animals or just one and show what they know about them.

They could:

• produce a spider diagram of information
• draw pictures with labels
• write a fact file

…or think of another creative way of presenting their information.

26 April 2013

Homework this week is a mix of talk time and creative.

I can do something that makes me feel proud is our SEAL statement.

Your homework is to prepare a speech to deliver to the rest of the class about when you have felt proud of yourself.  Your speech should last one minute and describe the following:

• what you did that you were proud of
• how you felt
• how other people reacted to you

You’ll deliver your speech to the rest of the class on Wednesday or Friday of next week but homework has to be done by Wednesday.

You can prepare notes to help you but your speech should be spoken to the class, not read.