Homework

15 March 2013

This week’s homework is a talk time homework and is due in on Wednesday 20 March.

Is space exploration a waste of money?

This is a moral homework and we want the children to be able to discuss, as a class, their views on the subject.

When we discuss the homework next week, we will also be encouraging the children to use different types of connectives when they make their points. See the below table.  Most have commas afterwards – this is a helpful way to show any sort of ‘add-in’.  You could encourage your child to speak using a slight pause where the comma might be – this can make any speaking more powerful.

15 March 2013

This week’s homework is talk time. It’s due in on Wednesday 20 March 2013.

How can art be a treasure?

Why do we treasure art?

What sort of art can we treasure?

08 March 2013

This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 13 March 2013.

I know what instructions are.

You could produce:

• art work
• cut out from a magazine
• construct something
• a poster
• write instructions
• draw
• your own creative idea

08 March 2013

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect. Your child will either have a position or coordinates worksheet to complete. It’s due in on Wednesday 13 March 2013.

08 March 2013

The homework this week is Creative and is due in Wednesday 13 March.

I can create a recount of my weekend.

As most of you will be aware, we’re writing recounts at the moment. We want you to keep a log of your weekend and present it to us anyway you like. It’s completely up to you! If you’re struggling for ideas, why not try creating:

• a written diary of the most exciting things that happened during your weekend
• a photo diary with captions
• a video diary
• a podcast of the highlights of your weekend

01 March 2013

Next Thursday 07 March is our annual school council election. This week’s homework, linked to the elections, is talk time.  It’s due in on Wednesday 06 March 2013.  Your child has a choice:

Either:

If your child would like to be a candidate for their class, their homework is to prepare a speech to present to their class.  This should include the following:

• Why they think they can represent their class well.
• What qualities they have to make a good school councillor.
• What suggestions they have for the new school council to consider.  Think of realistic ideas.

Some websites to help with this homework include http://involver.org.uk and http://www.pupilvoicewales.org.uk

Or:

If your child does not want to be a candidate in the elections, their homework is to discuss:

I understand the importance of voting.

This week, in class and assemblies, children have been learning about voting, school councils and why their vote, in the elections next week, really does count.

It’s the Spring half-term holiday next week…

It’s half-term holidays next week, so there are no specific homework tasks, times tables or spellings next week.

Of course, regular practice and learning can still happen: reading each day, swimming, tables practice, trips to the library, walks around Roundhay Park… A personal recommendation from me: take a visit to Leeds Art Gallery -the Liberty and Anarchy exhibition is great!

All will help your child have a happy and healthy holiday!

08 February 2013

The homework this week is practise makes perfect.

The children have all got a photocopy of a script in their homework books. They need to practise this so that when we go to Allerton Grange on Monday, they are ready to perform their part of the script.

08 February 2013

Our homework this week is Talk Time.

I can tell a story.

Children have been asked to plan a story (using the structure below) and then tell it to people at home. They will be asked to re-tell the story at school on Wednesday, when the homework is due in.  This homework is designed to help children’s story writing, which is what we’re focusing on at the moment in class.

Suggested story structure that children are familiar with:

• Beginning or Opening (sets the scene, tells a reader where and when the story is happening and often introduces the main characters)
• Middle (how the story progresses)
• End or Resolution (how the problem is solved)

In Year 1 we call this structure the Story Mountain.

08 February 2013

This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due in Wednesday 13 February.

Has there been (or is there) life on other planets? Discuss.

Following the discovery of an ‘alien egg’ right next to the school, I want you to discuss at home whether there has ever been life outside of planet earth. Why not try:

• exploring accounts of alien encounters
• researching what is required for life to exist and whether that is possible on other planets
• discussing whether it is ever possible to know for sure whether something exists in such a huge universe

We’ll be having a discussion next week, so make sure your child comes ready with some key points to make.