16 September 2011
This week’s homework is talk time and linked to your mini-topic – Electricity! We want to know how much you use it at home. Inside your homework book you will find a sheet (fittingly titled “Electricity”) where you are going to log which appliances you use over the weekend that requires electricity. In addition, you are going to log how much you use. We will discuss your findings in next week’s lessons.
16 September 2011
This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 21 September.
I can show something interesting about myself.
It’s the summer…
…so there are no homework activities or spellings to learn.
Don’t forget learning can still happen in the holidays:
- take your children to the park and talk about what they can see, hear and smell;
- take a trip using a bus or train, and take time to look at the timetable (Why is it in the 24 hour clock? How long will the journey last? When will we arrive?)
- enjoy visits to the local library;
- spend time baking (What unit of measurement will we use to weigh? If we want to make twice as much, how much will we need? When will the food be ready?);
- encourage your child to write some postcards to friends and family;
- take a trip to a museum or art gallery.
Research shows that the long summer holidays can mean some children’s learning regresses and they might struggle in the autumn term to keep up. Frequent talk-times, reading, counting and tables practice are so important!
08 July 2011
This week’s homework is Creative Homework. Please hand in on Wednesday 13 July.
I can show my learning journey.
This is the final homework of this academic year. It’s an opportunity for your child to reflect on their learning over the year. Their reflections could include:
- what they have learned
- when they learn best
- how they learn something new
- how they know they have learned something new
- how they approach learning something
We look forward to sharing these learning journeys with the children.
Thank you for all your support with homework over the past year.
Don’t forget learning can still happen in the holidays:
- take your children to the park and talk about what they can see, hear and smell;
- take a trip using a bus or train, and take time to look at the timetable (Why is it in the 24 hour clock? How long will the journey last? When will we arrive?)
- enjoy visits to the local library;
- spend time baking (What unit of measurement will we use to weigh? If we want to make twice as much, how much will we need? When will the food be ready?);
- encourage your child to write some postcards to friends and family;
- take a trip to a museum or art gallery.
Research shows that the long summer holidays can mean some children’s learning regresses and they might struggle in the autumn term to keep up. Frequent talk-times, reading, counting and tables practice are so important!
01 July 2011
The home work this week is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Wednesday 06 July.
I can write a poem.
Children can choose to write either a kenning poem, cinquain poem, or adverb poem about a subject of their choice.
We have been writing these types of poems this week in our literacy lessons this week.
Examples of each type of poem are listed below:
Kenning
Kenning poems describe something without giving their name away:
A buzzing beast
A stinging stinger
A buzzing insect
A bug eyed beast
A flappy winged
A colourful monster
A crawling feeder
A flower raider
Adverb
Sadly, the black line slowly winds
Sadly, the cold wind splits the pines
Sadly, the grave site dark and cold
Sadly, the truth – we all grow old.
Cinquain
A cinquain is a five line poem that has a specific number of syllables on each line. The first line has two syllables. The second has four. The third has six. The fourth has eight. The fifth has two.
Friendship
Understanding
Talking, caring, sharing
Taking and giving all at once
Best pals
01 July 2011
The homework this week is ‘Talk-Time’ and is due in Wednesday 06 July.
I can talk about my trip to Roundhay Park.
- A discussion of the wildlife observed in the park.
- Your child’s favourite animal at Tropical World.
- The thing (including eating ice-cream!) that your child enjoyed the most.
- A discussion about thoughts on animals living in places like Tropical World.
Use the following openers to help you:
My opinion is that…
We have animals in Tropical World because…
I feel that having animals in places like Tropical World is a good thing / bad thing because…
01 July 2011
Homework this week is creative.
I can promote our forthcoming Year 5 and 6 production of Bugsy Malone.
It could be:
- a radio advert
- a poster
- a TV advert using your windows movie maker skills
- an interview with one of the cast, or
- your own idea!
Homework is due in on Wednesday 06 July 2011.
01 July 2011
This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 6 July 2011.
I can calculate time intervals.
A time interval is the time between something starting and finishing. For example:
- A bus journey
- A TV programme
- A train journey
- A lesson
- A cake baking in the oven
You can use number lines to calculate time intervals.
01 July 2011
The homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Wednesday 6 June.
I know what a question is.
The aim of this homework is to develop the children’s understanding and use of questions.Ask your child some questions, eg ‘What is your favourite colour?’ ‘Who is your best friend? ‘
Read through the sheet with your child. They choose a ‘wh’ question word that makes sense to complete each sentence. Then play the game at the end.
24 June 2011
The homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Wednesday 29 June.
I know other words for said.
We are just about to start writing stories in literacy and will be writing speech between characters. Therefore, your child has been tasked with finding as many different words for ‘said’ as possible, for example, shouted, whispered, replied etc. They can use dictionaries, thesauruses, the internet or other sources to find the different words. How they choose to present the information is completely up to your child.
The person who can find the most words will win a prize!