13 January 2012
For all children in Year 1 to Year 6, the homework this week is Talk Time:
Which two charities should we support at school and why?
It’s time for children to think about our school charities. Currently, we support the NSPCC and the WWF. A previous School Council selected these because they wanted to help animals and people, and wanted to help nationally and internationally. We’ve helped these charities for two years now, so it’s time for a change. We need you to have a discussion at home about which charities would be best for us to support. Each class will then discuss this and then the councillors will bring the views and ideas together to decide on the charities.
You might want to discuss whether we support a local charity like St Gemma’s, or a children’s charity like Unicef, or a charity that have helped our learning, like the Dogs’ Trust, or even whether we should support charities in school at all.
06 January 2012
As some of you may already be aware, Moortown Primary School is linked with a school in Durban, South Africa called Shallcross Primary. This partnership allows us to share our learning. This week’s Creative homework hopes to introduce the children in Durban to our local area.
I can draw what I see outside my window.
Encourage your child to include a lot of detail and spend some time doing this as some of best ones will be sent to the children at Shallcross Primary in South Africa.
06 January 2012
This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 11 January 2012.
I can find different materials around the house.
Remember, all objects are made of a type of material (wood, glass, pottery, metal).
06 January 2012
Your homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 11 January 2012.
I can produce a piece of work for our Snowbound display.
Create a piece of work about snow, ice or being snowbound. Your work could be:
- Art work about snow or ice
- Collage or a collection of snow vocabulary – in other languages, too, perhaps
- Poetry
- Recounts or reports of snowy days
- Weather forecasts
- Your own idea
For this homework activity, your efforts should not go in your homework book. It should be bright, colourful, attractive and ready to be put up on display.
09 December 2011
The homework this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 14 December.
I know what Christmas means to different people.
We want you to have a discussion at home about what Christmas means to different people. Try to think of lots of different people and what they do at Christmas time.
09 December 2011
The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 14 December.
I can show what I have learnt about time.
The children all have a sheet with nine blank clocks stuck into their homework books. Their task is to carefully draw the minute and hour hands to show a time. They then have to write the time in words underneath. The children have been encouraged to challenge themselves according to how confident they are at time telling.
09 December 2011
The homework this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 14th December.
I know what Christmas means to different people.
I want you to have a discussion at home about what Christmas means to different people. Try to think of lots of different people but if you’re struggling, here are some suggestions:
- Christians
- other faiths
- people who don’t have a particular faith
02 December 2011
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect – to complete an addition worksheet.
You will find the worksheet in your child’s homework book.
This homework is due on Wednesday 7th December.
02 December 2011
The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 07 December.
I can show what I have learnt about fractions.
We’ve been learning about fractions in maths this week. We’ve mainly focussed on finding fractions of shapes. The children’s task is to show off what they have learnt. They could:
- Create and solve some fraction problems.
- Show what they know in a series of pictures or drawings.
- Write some fraction word problems.
- Make a poster giving information about fractions.
- Compose a fraction song or poem.
02 December 2011
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. It is due in on Wednesday 07 December 2011.
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 need:
- Lists (What you will need)
- Time connectives (First, wash your hands.)
- Bossy verbs (First, wash your hands.)
- Adverbs (First, wash your hands properly.)