Homework

07 December 2018

This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework which should be returned by Thursday 13 December.

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

I can show what I know and think about something 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 can show what I know about a festival.

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.

30 November 2018

This week’s creative homework relates to our science learning about forces.

I can spot examples of pushes and pulls in everyday life. 

Below are a few ideas of what the children could do for this homework:

• Your child could take some photos of different pushes and pulls they see at home and when they’re out and about.
• They could draw some scientific diagrams of pushes and pulls in action.
• They could create a push and pull poster.
• They could create a push or pull quiz to test other people.

30 November 2018

This week’s homework is Creative and due in on Thursday 06 December: I can remember and be reflective by showing something I have learnt in Topic this week.

Children should reflect on their new topic that we have started this week – Forces: Magnets.

Suggestions in class, to show what they have learnt, included:

• a poster
• a video
• a presentation about magnets
• a drawing of a magnet
• a poem
• a dictionary of different forces

Be as creative as you like!

30 November 2018

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect:

I can find the perimeter of regular shapes and the area of compound shapes.

Children must find the perimeter of the white shapes A-D and then the area of the compound shapes E, F and G, using our learning from maths this week.

As always, if you need any help before the homework is due on Thursday 06 December, please come in and see me.

30 November 2018

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 6 December 2018.

I can calculate using fractions.

The children have a number of calculations to complete all of which will develop their confidence on the learning we have completed on fractions in class. These should be attempted independently but see whether your child can explain how they’ve completed some – it might be different to how you would do it.

We will go through the answers and any difficulties the children have had when we look at the homework on Thursday 6 December 2018.

23 November 2018

Homework for the whole school this week is Talk Time: Which charity should our school support?

Next week,  a charity will be decided for Moortown Primary to support in the year ahead – for example, when we have a performance, we’ll collect money for this particular charity. What charity does your child think we should support?

You could talk about:

• what a charity is
• why charities are important
• what sort of work they do
• charities that have meaning to your family, to school or the community
• national and international charities and their work

16 November 2018

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 22 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, 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.

09 November 2018

This week’s homework is talk time. It is a moral homework linked to our Time Travel topic:

You are the King or Queen and your castle is under siege (the enemy has surrounded you, cutting off supplies). You spot one of your knights outside the castle. Would you open the drawbridge to let them in or not?

Children should be ready to debate this in class on Thursday.

09 November 2018

This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due Thursday 15 November:

Is it ever OK to break a promise?

This homework encourages your child to discuss the morals around breaking a promise. As a class we discussed different situations and if we thought if was right or wrong to break a promise. For example, if somebody was being unkind to our friend would we break a promise to help the friend in need? Be sure to include these types of problems in your conversation.

Make sure to jot down some notes from your conversation in your homework book ready for our class debate.

09 November 2018

This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Thursday 15 November.

Has flight had a negative or positive impact on the world?

We continue our inventions Time Travel topic by moving on to flight. The Wright Brothers were the first to successfully create a flying machine which could take off and land under its own power. At home, discuss what impact this has had on the world, both negative and positive. Do you all agree or are there differences of opinion in your household?

Make sure your child writes a few bullet pointed notes about the discussion you’ve had to help them in the class discussion on Thursday.