Homework

11 January 2019

Homework this week is Creative: I can show something I’ve learnt this week.

This is due in on Thursday 17 January.  As usual, we will be carrying out our homework review so your child must be able to talk and answer questions about their homework, in class, on this date.

We are learning our 3 times tables.

11 January 2019

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 17 January.

I can multiply two digit numbers by two digit numbers.

This week’s maths learning has been centred around multiplication using a variety of methods including using a Base Ten area model, a grid method and a more formal column method.

Children have some practice questions to complete using the method of their choosing. They could even use more than one method in order to check their working out – just like we’ve done in class.

As always, if you need any help or would like to ask any questions, please come in before the due date and I am more than happy to help. Below are some example methods for the calculation 96 x 26 that we looked at in class.

Challenge your child! Can you spot the (possibly intentional) mistake in the grid method above?

11 January 2019

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 17 January.

I can measure and draw angles.

Year 6 learnt how to draw and measure angles in Year 5. However, in our learning before Christmas, lots of the children showed that they had not remembered how to use a protractor confidently. We’ve been reminded in class (today!) and now need to practise at home to make sure we’re confident.

There are angles all around us too so you could search the house as a family to see how many different types of angles you can find: acute, right angle, obtuse, straight line, reflex. Maybe some of them could even be measured.

In addition, the children are bringing home some practice questions for maths reasoning and grammar and punctuation. This is optional extra practice that many parents and children have shown an interest in. We will go through these questions in class and the practice will really help your child become more confident in their learning.

14 November 2018

This weeks homework is Talk Time and is due in on Thursday 20 December: I can discuss what will be included in my secret hideout.#

Early next week, Year 3 will be writing their own non-chronological reports which advertise their secret hideouts for sale. We have been looking at non-chronological reports this week and have started planning for our own writing.

Can they remember any of the features of a non-chronological report?

• present tense
• title
• subheadings
• bullet points
• alliteration
• repetition for emphasis
• direct questions/instructions

Can they come up with their own examples to use in their writing?

14 December 2018

The homework this week is talk time.

I can talk about what I was learning in these photos:

What subject were you learning?

What skills were you practising?

What part of the learning was most challenging?

What part was the most fun?

What would you like to learn next?

14 December 2018

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect, consolidating learning we’ve been doing in maths on comparing numbers. The children have a worksheet which requires them to work out if a number is more than, less than or equal to another number within 20.

This homework is due on Thursday 20 December when we will go through the answers together.

14 December 2018

This week’s homework is Talk Time:

I can reflect on my first term. I can make three targets for the next term.

Children have made a brilliant start to the year in the Autumn term. We’re asking them to reflect on what has gone well, what they could improve or what they’ve liked or disliked. We would also like children to make three targets for themselves for the coming Spring term. These targets should be SMART targets:

• Specific (Don’t be vague.)
• Measurable (Will you be able to say that you have or have not achieved it?)
• Agreed upon (Does your adult/teacher/sibling agree?)
• Realistic (Succeeding is a great feeling. Make sure you can actually achieve your goal.)
• Timed (Say when you want to achieve your target by.)

Children should be ready to discuss their reflections and targets on Thursday 20 December.

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!