23 March 2018
This week’s homework is Creative and is due on Thursday 29 March.
Suggest a mini topic we should learn about in the summer term.
A mini topic lasts for two weeks but can be about anything at all. Topic learning should be interesting and fun but the best suggestions will also think about the learning that will take place throughout the two weeks. How will Maths and English fit in? What might circle time be about that week? Could PE link to it in any way? The best suggestions would also be realistic and take into consideration that there’ll only be two weeks of learning.
As a class, we’ll choose the best suggestion and take on this topic in June/July. It’s important to think about it now as we always plan a whole term of learning before it begins.
23 March 2018
Our homework this week is Creative: I can recognise my talents.
All of the children in Year 5 are blessed with an array of talents. This week, we’ll celebrate this as part of our Living and Learning lessons! I’d like children to respond creatively and be ready to show off their talents to their peers. They could do this in a range of ways:
- create a short performance to show to to the class
- film themselves showing off their talent
- make a collage of their many talents
- produce a piece of art to show off their talents
There are, of course, many other ways that children could respond. We’ll review our homework on Thursday 29 March 2018.
16 March 2018
As part of the curriculum in Year 2, children have to be able to recite poems from memory. This week, the children have a poem by Alan Ahlberg in their books which they should learn. Children can learn the whole poem or choose one of the coloured sections to learn.
Please Mrs Butler
By Alan Ahlberg
Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps copying my work, Miss.
What shall I do?
Go and sit in the hall, dear.
Go and sit in the sink.
Take your books on the roof, my lamb.
Do whatever you think.
Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps taking my rubber, Miss.
What shall I do?
Keep it in your hand, dear.
Hide it up your vest.
Swallow it if you like, my love.
Do what you think is best.
Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps calling me rude names, miss.
What shall I do?
Lock yourself in the cupboard, dear.
Run away to sea.
Do whatever you can, my flower.
But don’t ask me.
16 March 2018
This week, our homework is Talk Time: What is beauty?
Children should discuss this question with someone at home.
In class this week, we’ve had a lesson about body image. We discussed that:
- beauty has different meanings
- there are different ways the media changes beauty
Talk about how beauty is in the ‘eye of the beholder’ and that what is beautiful to one person may be very different for another. Can your child explain what ‘media’ is and why physical appearance is altered for advertising purposes? Are children aware of the negative consequences that photo shopping or air brushing may have on young people?
We’ll discuss this as a class as part of our homework review.
16 March 2018
This week, our homework is Talk Time: Is it OK to be proud?
Children should discuss this question with someone at home. It’d be great if you could focus on the difference between feeling proud and being boastful. We’ll discuss this as a class as part of our homework review.
16 March 2018
The homework this week is Practice Make Perfect.
This week, we’ve been learning all about measuring. Your child’s homework is to find things in their bedroom that are longer and shorter than the 30cm piece of paper provided.
If you lose your paper ruler, please ask me for another one.
16 March 2018
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is in preparation for next week’s Living and Learning theme (I know the difference between being proud and showing off).
What makes you proud?
Have a chat about anything and everything that makes you beam with pride. Perhaps it’s achievements or accomplishments, friends or family – whatever it is, be ready to explain and discuss in class on Thursday 22 March.
09 March 2018
This week the homework is Talk Time. We are coming to the end of our big topic, Life Forces, and I would like you to talk to your child about the things they have enjoyed and learnt during the topic.
09 March 2018
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect, consolidating learning we’ve been doing in Maths on perimeter. The children have a worksheet which requires them to find the perimeter of 2D shapes and explaining their reasoning.
This homework is due on Thursday 15 March when we will go through the answers together.
09 March 2018
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect, consolidating learning we’ve been doing in Maths on area and perimeter. The children have a worksheet which requires them to take on the role of a flooring company, practising their skills in a real context.
This homework is due on Thursday 15 March when we will go through the answers together.