07 October 2011
Your homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect.
I can use ‘add-ins’.
Your task is to create ten different sentences each with an add in.
In class, we are working on using ‘add ins’; these can be openers, middlers or enders.
Openers
- Silently, the thief approached the house.
- Panting wildly, Mark ran into the safety of the cave.
You could also use a connective opener (Later on, Because of this,) or a preposition opener (Under the chair, Further down the road,).
Middlers
- Sean, who lives in Leeds, likes chips.
- The dragon, breathing fire, stalked the princess.
Enders
- We couldn’t do wake up shake up because it was raining.
- The girls skipped along without a care in the world.
30 September 2011
This week’s homework is Talk Time.
I can discuss the difference between legal and illegal drugs.
This week, children have decided on this topic for their talk time homework. They have learnt lots about drugs safety through their sessions with d:side so now’s the time to discuss what they’ve found out.
Talk Time homework doesn’t need lots of evidence in the homework books; sometimes, we’ll suggest that just a comment from an adult to say you’ve discussed it is enough.
Good websites to refer to are: http://www.talktofrank.com and http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/drugs_alcohol/know_drugs.html
Talk Time homework works best if you:
- switch the TV off
- get a few different adults around – mums, dads, aunts, cousins, grandads, neighbours
- take it in turns to speak
- adults go first
- write notes about what you discussed
30 September 2011
The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 05 October.
I can design a road safety banner.
Children should create their banners on the sheet attached to their homework books. The banners are then being sent off for a competition. If one of our banners is chosen as the winner, we’ll win some prizes for the school!
Suggested slogans for the banners are:
- Please Drive Safely
- 20 is Plenty
- Kids Say Slow Down
I will look forward to seeing your creations next week. Have fun!
30 September 2011
The homework this week is Creative and is due in Wednesday 05 October
I can design a poster about water safety.
It is completely up to your child what sort of poster they decide to do, as long as it’s related to water safety. Here are some ideas:
- a poster encouraging children to stay safe in the water
- a poster making people aware of potential water hazards
- a poster about being safe at the beach
- a poster about being safe near a reservoir or lake
30 September 2011
This week’s homework is creative and it links to our Staying Safe week. It is due in on Wednesday 05 October 2011.
I can show how I need to be safe when playing outside.
Here are some ideas that we came up with as a class when we talked about the homework:
- A poster highlighting the dangers of playing in a playground
- A series of pictures or photographs showing potential hazards
- A list of rules
- A drawing
I look forward to seeing your creations on Wednesday.
30 September 2011
This week’s homework is creative and it links to our safety week. It is due in on Wednesday 05 October 2011.
I can show how I need to be safe when playing outside.
23 September 2011
The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 28 September.
I know how to stay safe around electricity.
As we have been learning about electricty for the previous two weeks, I thought it would be a good idea for the children to creatively show what they have learnt about staying safe.
Here are some ideas that we came up with as a class when we talked about the homework:
- A poster highlighting the dangers of electricity.
- A series of pictures or photographs showing potential hazards.
- Instructions about how to use electrical items safely.
- A song or poem about electricity.
- A letter advising someone how to use electricity safely.
I will eagerly look forward to seeing your creations on Wednesday.
23 September 2011
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Wednesday 28 September.
See if your child can give you an example of the following connectives:
- time connectives (Later on,…)
- adding connectives (Also,…)
- reason and result connectives (As a result,…)
- problem connectives (However,…).
We’ve been looking at these different connectives all week and now I want to see if the children can spot them. Their aim is to search through all magazines, newspapers etc. and find as many different connectives they can and then paste them into their homework book.
Feel free to be as imaginative as you can with your sources of connectives; the above examples are only suggestions. Happy snipping!
23 September 2011
This week’s homework is talk time and linked to our mini-topic – Sound.
I can talk about sounds I hear at home.
We want to know how many different sounds you can hear at home and what they are and how they sound (soft, sudden, irritating…). We will discuss your findings on Wednesday 28 September.
16 September 2011
Homework is due every week. It is given out on Fridays and is due on Wednesdays. This gives children enough time to do the homework.
We will be holding a ‘Learning Session’ for parents in the next few weeks, where we will explain the homework in more detail and show some examples.
This week’s homework is creative and is due on Wednesday 21 September.
I can show something interesting about myself.
Here are some ideas for what might be creative:
- poster
- labelled diagrams
- photographs
- models
- drawings
- writing some sentences
- your child’s own idea