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
16 November 2012
This week’s homework is Practice makes Perfect. It is due in on Wednesday 21 November. Your child has to colour the squares in a variety of different ways to show one half or one quarter (depending on the sheet they have).
16 November 2012
The homework this week is Talk Time and is due in Wednesday 21 November.
I can talk about different ways to get on with my friends.
Our current SEAL theme is getting on. We’ve been learning about how to manage our feelings as well as learning to understand the feelings of others. Have a discussion with your family about all the ways you can get on with friends in and out of school.
Get your child justify their thoughts by using conjunctions like because or as.
16 November 2012
Your homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday November 28.
I can get show what I know about Victorian…
We’ve had lots of great learning during the Victorian part of our Rich and Poor topic. Next week we’ll move onto new learning and away from the history section of the topic. Children need to produce a piece of work about an aspect of their Victorian learning that they know most about. This could be…
- schools
- work
- clothes
- homes, or
- your own idea!
This piece of work could be…
- drawings
- writing; diary, recount, story
- a combination of drawing and writing
- a picture collage
- an illustrated list
- a timeline, or
- your own idea!
16 September 2012
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect – to complete a worksheet.
You’ll find the worksheet in your child’s homework book.
This homework is due on Wednesday 21 November 2012.
09 November 2012
Homework this week is creative. It’s the first of three homework tasks this year when we invite children to respond to something from a cultural or spiritual perspective (we’re going to time these so they fall close to religious festivals, from Eid to Easter).
I can respond to a book I’ve recently read.
This week, we’d like children to present their responses about a recent book they’ve read. We’re interested to hear your child’s opinions and any connections they might have made between the book and their own life. This book review might include pictures, an interview (you could write a fictional script between an interviewer and a character), a letter (eg to or from a character, or perhaps even the author) – anything which might include your child’s responses!
However, your child might prefer to do the following:
I can show what Eid or Diwali means to me and my community.
Just before the half-term, some children in school will have celebrated the Muslim festival of Eid. Next week, some children in school will celebrate the Sikh and Hindu festival Diwali. We invite those children to respond to the sentence above – they might include a recount (like a diary entry), pictures, an interview (perhaps in a script).
It’s the half-term break…
…so there’s no homework this week.
Please make sure your child continues to read lots and be read to – this is always the most valuable activity you can do at home to help learning.
Why not put some Maths into practice too: play a board game, bake something, create some mathematical art…