Homework

12 March 2021

The homework this week is talk time and is due in to discuss on Thursday 18 March.

I know what to do if I need help.

 This homework is linked to our Living and Learning statement for this week. Children should think about:

• when they may need help with something
• who they should ask
• why it’s important to ask for help.

We’ll then discuss the homework in class.

11 December 2020

This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework, which should be returned by Thursday 17 December.

The children are invited to respond to something from either a cultural or a spiritual perspective.

I can present a review of a book / TV show / film or something else cultural.

We’d like children to present their responses about a recent book they’ve read, film they’ve watched, piece of art they’ve looked at, piece of music they’ve listened to – anything cultural in fact.

We’re interested to read some sort of description (a summary, for example) and then your child’s opinions. This review might include pictures, an interview (your child could write a fictional script between himself/herself and the artist, for example), 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 know what a faith celebration means to me.

Over the course of this term, some children in school may have celebrated a religious festival of some sort.  This might have been

• the Muslim festival of Eid ul Adha
• the Sikh and Hindu festival Diwali
• the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, coming up in December
• the Christian festival (of course, celebrated by many non-Christians) of Christmas
• and the Chinese New Year festival, coming up

There are lots of other festivals and celebrations, which you and your child together might want to reflect on.

We invite children to respond to the sentence above – they might include a recount (like a diary entry), pictures, an interview (perhaps in a script).  Your child might also choose to research a completely unknown festival, or they might even think about creating a brand new festival, one that everyone will celebrate.

Of course, there are many other ways in which children could respond. Children should be ready to celebrate their learning as part of their homework review by Thursday 18 December 2020. 

03 December 2020

This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework: I can illustrate different emotions.

This homework, which links to our living and learning statement, is an opportunity for children to show that they can recognise, and show, different emotions. As humans, we display a huge-range of emotions. Sometimes, it’s obvious how we’re feeling. Sometimes, it’s trickier for us to show, or recognise, an emotion. This statement allows us to spend time thinking about the different emotions we experience and how we can recognise these accurately in ourselves and others.

Children could respond creatively to this in a range of ways:

• create a piece of art that shows a range of emotions
• take pictures of themselves (or others) displaying different emotions
• write a short-story in which a character shows lots of emotions
• devise a poem, song or rap about emotions
• create a comic strip to illustrate different emotions

Of course, there are many other ways in which children could respond. Children should be ready to celebrate their learning as part of their homework review by Thursday 10^th December 2020. 

27 November 2020

This week, the whole school has the same Practice Makes Perfect homework which children should be ready to discuss as part of our homework review on Thursday 03 December. It is all about our history topic. The vocabulary is linked to the Great Fire of London. Find the words in the wordsearch. Challenge : write each word in a sentence.

• old 
• modern   
• artefact         
•  firebreak
• diary
• rebuild    

27 November 2020

This week, the whole school has the same Practise Makes Perfect homework which children should be ready to discuss as part of our homework review on Friday 27th November.

I know the key vocabulary from our history topic.

This homework is a response to our ongoing learning in History.

Throughout the half term, Y3 and Y4  have been learning all about Ancient Greece. Within this learning, we have been exploring some relevant vocabulary, too.

For your homework, we’d like you to learn the different vocabulary. You may know some, all or none of the meanings of the words already.

The pieces are vocabulary are: oligarchy, empire, bias, government, democracy, chronology, influence, legacy, citizen.

The definitions are below.

There are lots of fun ways you can learn our vocabulary and help remember what each word means:
– Draw it – draw a picture to go with each word
– Flash cards – make a set of flashcards that have each word on
– Actions – you could create some actions to go with each word
– Sentences – can you make a sentence containing a word?
– Songs/rhymes – can you make these to help your remembering?

Times Tables:

Your child’s login details for Times Table Rock Stars is stuck into their homework books. Please login to both TTRS and Numbots and practise regularly.

Also, a huge well done to Y3 and Y4 who won their respective Times Table Rock Stars battles with Y5 and Y6! Amazing work! Keep it up!

27 November 2020

This week, the whole school has the same Practice Makes Perfect homework which children should be ready to discuss as part of our homework review on Thursday 03 December.

I know the key vocabulary from our History topic.

The vocabulary below is linked to the Great Fire of London.

Some of the words have been added to the word search below. How many can you find? Challenge: Use the words in a sentence.

20 November 2020

This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework which children should be ready to discuss as part of our homework review on Thursday 26 November.

I know how to STOP bullying.

This homework is a response to our learning this week during anti-bullying week. Throughout the week, each class has had the chance to talk about what bullying is, what the different types of bullying are and how can we STOP it:

• Start
• Telling
• Other
• People

As part of your discussion you may find our school definition of bullying useful, as agreed by our School Councillors:

Bullying is when you hurt someone, physically or emotionally (including online), several times on purpose.

As the homework is creative, you can do anything you want to respond to the statement. Here are a few ideas to help you:

• Create a cartoon strip of a bullying scenario and how it is solved.
• Create an acrostic poem using the word bullying.
• Write your own ‘kindness statements’ for your class.
• Create a scenarios quiz for your class to decide what they would do.

13 November 2020

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Thursday 20 November.

LO: number bonds to 10, 20 and 100.

We’ve been learning about bonds to 100 in class and I’d now like children to practise what they’ve learnt. I’ve given them sheet with lots of different bonds as it’s important that the children are confident with bonds to 10, 20 and 100.

13 November 2020

The homework this week is creative and is due in on Thursday 19 November.

I can show what I know about a Greek god, hero or monster.

This week, our homework, which links to our history learning (Ancient Greece), gives our children the opportunity to celebrate and share their knowledge about a Greek god, hero or monster. Some examples of these that we have been learning in class are: Zeus, Ossydeus, Poseidon, Hercules, King Minos, Theseus, Ceberus and the Minotaur. Children should respond creatively and be ready to show off their knowledge to their peers as part of their homework review. They could do this in a range of ways:

– create a short performance to show to the class
– film themselves showing off their knowledge
– make a collage of their Greek god, hero or monster
– produce a piece of art to show off their Greek god, hero or monster
There are, of course, many other ways that children could respond.

13 November 2020

This weeks’ homework is talk time and is due on Thursday 19 November.

Our Living and Learning statement this week is:

Talk with a family member about the things that are the same and the things that are different between you both. We’re all human and we might like and do similar things but we want to celebrate our differences, too! Talk with your adult about the things that make you different and special. Be ready to share these in class next week.