27 April 2018
The homework this week is talk time:
I can find out about the past by talking to an older person.
People are an invaluable evidence source when learning about the past. For this homework, children should talk to parents, grandparents and possibly great-grandparents to find out about aspects of their life as children: school, toys, food, transport, houses, etc.
27 April 2018
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and will be marked as a class on Friday 04 May (as school is closed on Thursday).
We’ve been working on our vocabulary this week so all of the children have some questions to complete based on our learning. These questions should be able to be completed independently but see whether your child can explain three of their answers to you.
20 April 2018
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 26 April.
I can complete arithmetic questions.
All of the children have created 20 arithmetic questions to practise at home. They’ve focused more on the questions they’re less confident on but should be able to answer all of the independently. Any questions that can be checked with a calculator can be marked themselves and then we’ll look at any others together in class.
20 April 2018
In preparation for next week’s Living & Learning theme, this week’s homework is Creative and due on Thursday 26 April.
I can recognise emotions in myself and others.
Last week, we did some artwork about different emotions by showing a variety of facial expressions and their associated colours. For next week, children should complete another piece of emotions artwork about themselves and in other people.
Friday 20 April 2018
This week our homework is TalkTime: Should we spend so much money on exploring space?
This links to our current mini-topic: space. Children should discuss this (including pros and cons) in preparation for a class discussion as part of our homework review.
20 April 2018
The homework this week is creative and is due in on Thursday 26 April.
I can show what I know about measures.
In maths lessons, we’re beginning to learn about measurement: length/height/distance, weight/mass, capacity/volume and temperature.
In this homework, children can show us what they know about one of or some of these types of measurement. You could…
- show off your measuring skills when cooking
- investigate the capacity of different containers around the house
- compare the height of different members of the family
- investigate the differences in temperature across a number of days or across a number of places
- or anything else to do with measurements!
23 March 2018
This week the homework is creative and is due Thursday 29 March:
I can recognise my talents.
As we’re coming to the end of our Being Me half term topic, it’s important to recognise why it’s good to be us! We want children in Year 3 to recognise that everyone is good at something and it could be anything! This homework is a great opportunity to show your talents in a creative way.
We had some ideas in class for how to show this week’s homework. You could:
- draw a poster
- design a piece of art
- film your talent
- create a song/poem/rap
- make a presentation
- write a story about your talent
- use a computer to help
Have fun!
23 March 2018
This week the homework is creative and is due Thursday 29 March:
I can recognise my talents.
It’s important to recognise that we’re all good at something and this homework is a great opportunity for your child to show their friends, teachers and peers what they are talented at in a creative way. We’ll be celebrating these talents in our Living and Learning lessons.
This homework could be presented in different ways:
- a poem
- a video of their talent
- a piece of art
- a song
- a poster
Any other creative way, that shows and recognises their talent, could be chosen.
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.