06 March 2020
This week the homework is Practice Makes Perfect.
In class, we have been learning about data and the different ways it can be presented. We have looked at pictograms, tally and bar charts.
The children need to complete the sheets they have been given.
For a bit more of a challenge, we have asked the children to collect some data and then choose how to record it. This is optional.
28 February 2020
This week, our homework is Creative and is helping us to celebrate World Book Day next week.
I can show what I love about reading.
Children could come up with their own ideas for how to show this, or ideas might include:
- create a labelled diagram of the perfect place to read in
- write a book review
- draw and label/describe a character from your favourite book
- write a letter to an author telling them how much you loved reading their book
- write a one minute speech on your favourite book, persuading others to read it – consider what the most exciting parts are, which characters you love or you love to hate, who might enjoy reading it next and why
Be as creative as you like.
This homework will be celebrated in our weekly homework review on World Book Day itself, 5 March 2020.
07 February 2020
This week, the whole school has the same creative homework, which is due in on Thursday 13 February 2020.
I can show different ways to stay safe, including online.
This week, linked to our Living & Learning, we have been thinking about how to make safe choices, including online. There are many ways, and many different situations, in which we need to keep safe: at home, at school, in our environment and online.
Children should think about the situations where they need to keep safe and who might help them to stay safe. This could be done in any creative way:
- A story
- A poem
- Instructions
- A comic strip
- An advert
- An interview
- A game
- Scenarios
…or any other creative ideas!
The homework will be reviewed as part of our weekly homework review.
01 February 2020
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 6 February.
I know number bonds to 20.
The children have sheet to complete which allows them to practise the skills we’ve learned this week on addition. We’ll mark this work together in our homework review.
31 January 2020
This weeks’ homework is: I know our current science vocabulary.
In order to continue our science learning, the children are to complete the crossword which they have stuck into their homework books today.
This is due to be completed by Thursday 6th February ready for our Homework Review.
Good luck!
31 January 2020
This week’s homework is Talk Time: I know how to look after my mental health.
Next week is Children’s Mental Health Week. In class, after lunch, we have relaxation time where the children choose a mindfulness technique. We’d like the children to learn a new technique from the sheet provided (see below) or teach one to someone at home.
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is about focussing on the present moment. This is done through a variety of techniques to calm the mind and help manage our reactions to our thoughts and emotions.
31 January 2020
Homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect. This is due in on Thursday 06 February 2020. Please help your child to remember to bring their homework book in on Thursdays as this is the day we have our homework review where we share our homework with one another and celebrate their efforts, as a class.
We’ve recently finished a block of multiplication learning and all children can now use the column method to multiply with two exchanges. Your child has a sheet with questions and challenges to complete. They can choose to use the expanded or contracted method that we’ve practiced in class. Please encourage them to stick to the method that they’re already confident in rather than try something new at home.
If your child needs a challenge, please let me know as I have one available.
31 January 2020
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and will be marked as a class on Friday 7 February.
I can divide.
In Year 4, children are expected to be able to:
- divide a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number
- divide a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number when there are remainders
- divide a 3 digit number by a 1 digit number
- divide a 3 digit number by a 1 digit number when there are remainders
Your child has homework which practises a skill they have become confident with in class first and then moves on to newer learning that they’re less secure on. We’ve used the ‘bus stop’ method of division which you can check on our website using our calculations video for division.
24 January 2020
This week, the whole school has the same Talk Time homework: What is a drug?
This homework, which links to our Living and Learning statement, is a first step in children becoming aware of drugs. There are a few key points you may wish to talk about at home. Children need to be aware that some drugs are helpful, some are harmful, some are legal, some are illegal. Don’t forget to consider that even the legal or helpful ones can be harmful.
Below are some question prompts that could help shape your discussion…
- What is a good definition for a drug?
- What is a drug? What is not a drug?
- Are all drugs bad?
- Why might some people need to take medicines?
- Who can prescribe medicine?
- Who should administer medicine?
- What should you do if you find some medicine?
- Should you take medicine that isn’t yours?
Children should be prepared to discuss what they’ve talked about at home during our homework review next week. This homework should be completed by Thursday 30 January.
17 January 2020
This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework:
I can show different ways to make things better.
This homework, which is due on Thursday 24 January, is an opportunity for children to reflect on our living & learning statement for this week: I can make things better.
Children should think about ways to make things better in a variety of different situations and contexts:
- in class
- in a friendship group
- at playtimes
- at home
- with siblings
- out and about (countryside, park)
- the wider environment (recycling)
You could consider…
- Why should we try and make things better?
- How do we do this?
- When should we apologise?
- What is the effect it has on others around us when we make things better?
- Older children might want to consider the benefits of restorative justice.
Don’t forget to be creative! Produce a report or diary; capture photos of making things better; create rules for better games at play times; make a poster about how to say sorry; or, think of your own creative response.
This homework will be celebrated in our weekly homework review.