14 December 2012
This week, the final homework of 2012 is practice makes perfect.
As the Key Stage 1 production is approaching, the homework this week is to practise and prepare:
- the words to the songs (these are in your child’s Homework Book)
- individual parts (practise projecting your voice!)
Don’t forget: Monday is dress rehearsal so we need all costumes in school.
Public performances are on Tuesday and Wednesday, 2.15pm – donations to Dogs Trust (one of our school charities). See you there!
07 December 2012
This week homework is Practice Makes Perfect.
I can describe a scene and create a mood.
Children have been given four pictures of four different settings. The task this week is to describe two of the scenes using the follwing writing skills that they use in class:
- great punctuation
- adjectives
- similes
- adverbs
- metaphors
- alliteration
- a variety of sentence types and sentence starters
Homework is due in on Wednesday 12 December 2012.
07 December 2012
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. It’s due in on Wednesday 12 December 2012.
I can write instructions.
Think of an activity such as:
- Brushing your teeth
- Making a sandwich
- Baking a cake
- Playing a game
Write instructions to show how to make, play or do something. Remember that instructions could have:
- Lists (What you will need)
- Time connectives (First, wash your hands.)
- Bossy verbs (First, wash your hands.)
- Adverbs (First, wash your hands properly.)
07 December 2012
The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 12 December 2012.
Your child has a worksheet on addition in their book. If you have any questions about the worksheet, please come and see me.
07 December 2012
The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 12 December 2012.
There are two different homeworks this week. Look in your homework book to see which one you are doing. You might be practising using proper nouns or practising interpreting the information in pictograms.
If you have any questions, please come and see me.
07 December 2012
This week’s homework is slightly different as it’s Practice makes Perfect.
I know the difference between no and know.
I want your child to be able to distinguish between no and know. In the children’s writing this week, some have struggled with writing the correct homophone.
Here are a couple of activities that you can do to test whether your child knows the difference:
- Write no on a piece of paper and on the back write know. Then, read out a sentence and they have to show you whether they need to use no or know.
- Write a sentence and leave a gap in the middle for your child to place either no or know.
The children don’t have to write anything in their books, but they will be tested on iPads on Friday 14 December.
30 November 2012
This week’s homework is Talk Time. It’s due on Wednesday 05 December.
I can talk about what I have learnt about the circus.
Have a discussion with your family about all the learning you have enjoyed in this topic.
30 November 2012
This week’s homework is creative and is due in on Wednesday 05 December.
I can show what I have learnt in our transport topic.
The children have learnt lots during All Aboard! This is a chance for Year 3 and 4 pupils to show what they know in this week’s creative homework. As always, we want the children to be as creative as possible. However, if you’re struggling for ideas, here are some suggestions:
- a recorded radio show
- a poster
- a comic
- a picture montage
- a recount of your favourite bit of learning
30 November 2012
Your homework this week is talk time.
Should rich countries give aid to poor countries?
In class, we’ve discussed the differences between rich and poor countries and how those rich countries, like Britain, help out poorer countries. Children have been asked to discuss this with family members and make notes in their homework books about the discussions to share in class on Wednesday 05December.
23 November 2012
This week’s whole school homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 28 November.
I can show what bullying means and how to stop it.
As part of the current SEAL theme of Getting On, this week is anti-bullying week. Within class, the children have been asked to consider bullying including these key points:
- What is bullying?
- What are the different types of bullying?
- What should you do if you are bullied?
- What should you do if you see someone being bullied?
Useful websites to look at include:
- Childline (http://www.childline.org.uk/explore/bullying/Pages/Bullyinginfo.aspx)
- Go-givers (http://www.gogivers.org/)
- Kidshealth (http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/bullies.html)
You could produce:
- art work
- poetry
- a poster
- writing: diary, story, letter
- a rap
- a mindmap
- your own creative idea