Homework

16 June 2017

The homework this week is talk time and is due in on Thursday 22 June.

I can change my learning for the better. 

It’s that time of the year where children will be starting to think about their next class and teacher. Therefore, it’s a good time to consider how you could improve your learning. This could be by taking more risks in class, by reading more often at home, by listening more carefully during lessons.

We can all do better something better!

16 June 2017

This week’s homework is practice makes perfect:

To collect, present and interpret data.

This homework is due in on Thursday  22 June.

We have been learning about statistics: presenting data using bar charts, pictograms and tables. For this week’s homework, I’d like you to collect some data, display it and write some one-step and two-step questions for the class to answer about your data, during our homework review.

We had a discussion in class and the children came up with some data they could collect.

• Traffic survey
• Different colour cars in a car park or on your street
• Different birds/insects/wildlife found in the garden or the park
• Different fruit in the fruit bowl
• Coins in a piggy bank
• If you are going to a family party or a club with a lot of people – ask them their favourite animal, favourite colour, favourite food

Children can collect the data in a tally chart and decide if they would like to present it using a bar chart or pictogram. Remember to label the axes and give the chart a title.

16 June 2017

This week, children have two pieces of homework to respond to – both are due on Thursday 22 June 2017. 

The first piece is Talk Time: I can discuss how I could change my learning for the better. 

Linked to this week’s SEAL statement, this piece of homework is intended to encourage children to reflect on their own learning over the year and then decide what they could do to make their learning even better in the future.

The second piece is Practice Makes Perfect: I can score 1000 points on Mathletics. 

Children should use the Mathletics app (or website) to practise their maths skills. Children should score at least 1000 points (note: this doesn’t have to be on Live Mathletics).

As always, if children have any problems or queries about their homework they should speak to me at the earliest possible opportunity so we can seek a solution – homework should never be a source of stress or worry.

09 June 2017

The homework this week is creative and is due in on Thursday 15 June.

I can show what I have learnt so far during our Extreme Earth topic. 

We have learnt so much already in our Extreme Earth topic. For this homework, I would like children to showcase their learning about the Earth’s surface, volcanoes or earthquakes.

This can be done in any creative way. Here are a few ideas:

• A story
• A piece of art
• A collage
• A video
• A presentation
• A quiz
• A comic strip
• A non-chronological report

09 June 2017

This week the children have a moral talk time homework:

Should all of the fresh food we buy be produced/grown in this country? 

This week, we looked at a variety of fruit and vegetables and saw that a lot of them came from countries across the world. Talk about the reasons for and against buying fresh food grown in different countries.

09 June 2017

This week’s homework is creative:

I can show what I’ve learnt during our Extreme Earth topic.

In class, we have had a discussion about some ideas for this homework. We came up with a few ideas.

• a working model
• a quiz
• a piece of art using different materials
• design your own Top Trumps
• a story
• slideshow or presentation
• get creative!

WARNING – NO VOLCANIC EXPLOSIONS WITHOUT ADULT HELP!

09 June 2017

This week, children have been given two pieces of homework to complete – both are due on Thursday 15 June 2017.

The first piece is creative: To be able to observe science in real life.

This week, we’ve completed three science investigations. For each investigation, we used our observation skills to make sense of what’s actually going on. Science is everywhere. We often don’t even realise that we are watching science in action. This week, children should spend some time observing science in action. Children don’t necessarily need to understand what is going on but the skill of actually taking time to observe something and think about what might be happening is a crucial aspect of being a scientist. I did this earlier without even realising at the time…

When I entered the supermarket, it was reasonably sunny. However, when I left five minutes later, it was raining extremely heavily – so heavily, in fact, that the rain was actually bouncing off the floor. I was caught up in a monsoon! It made me think: how does it physically bounce off the floor? The rain is made of water so surely it should splatter as it hits the ground? This wasn’t happening. The rain drops seemed to stay intact and bounce like a ball. I presume this has something to do with the amount of force that the rain was falling with. I don’t actually understand the exact scientific reason for this happening but the important thing is that I saw something happen and then questioned why. 

We discussed how we could respond to this as a class and the children had the following ideas:

• You could complete a scientific investigation of your own
• You could complete an everyday activity (like diving into a pool) and wonder about the science behind it (why does the water splash?)
• Complete a diary of your scientific thoughts

The second piece this week is Talk Time: I can discuss the general election results. 

Children should discuss the results of Thursday’s election with an adult.

09 June 2017

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 15 June.

To be able to create a classification key.

In Science this week, we’ve been exploring classification keys as a way of sorting information. We created our own in class to sort six Liquorice Allsorts and started to discuss how we could create one to sort our whole class.

Have a go at home at creating your own classification key. Don’t forget some end up with a category: you must be a mammal, and some end on a specific item: the blue Liquorice Allsort with jelly in the middle.

Here are some suggestions for what you could sort:

• A different type of sweet
• Animals
• Plants
• Illnesses (according to their symptoms)
• Cities
• Continents
• Oceans
• People

19 May 2017

For all children in Year 1 – Year 6, the homework this week is creative and is due in on Thursday 25 May. In preparation for our whole school themed week next week, Staying Safe, children should consider the following question by showing what they already know.

How can I keep safe?

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 the themed week learning.

19 May 2017

In addition to our whole school ‘staying safe’ homework, we also have a Talk Time piece: Debate: should we pay more for sugary drinks/food?

Children should discuss this with adults and be prepared to debate this important question with their peers as part of our homework review next week.

To get you started, here are a few ‘for and against‘ arguments we’ve discussed as a class:

For

1. Tooth decay is rising amongst young children.
2. Obesity is rising amongst young children
3. Other countries (like Mexico) have done it and it seems to work.

Against

1. We should educate people rather than make them pay more.
2. The people who make food are responsible not the people who buy it.
3. People know what is in their food so they should take responsibility for their own diet.