08 September 2017
This week’s homework is Creative: I can show how to make my class a good place to learn.
This piece is due in on Thursday 14 September.
Children should respond in a creative manner and show how they can make our place a good place to learn. This could be done in many ways but here’s a few ideas we came up with as a class:
- create a poster of dos and don’ts
- create a mini version of the perfect classroom using a cardboard box
- create a video explaining what the perfect learner would look like
- create a video in which you play the ‘perfect’ learner
- make a puppet show using a cardboard box and string
If you have any problems, please see me at the earliest opportunity.
08 September 2017
The first homework of Year 6 will be Creative and is due back on Thursday 14 September.
I can show how to use the 8Rs for learning in school or at home.
The 8Rs link to Living and Learning for this half term (formerly known as SEAL) and are a fantastic tool for encouraging the children to think about their learning behaviour effectively.
We’ve recapped all 8 this week but here’s a reminder for you at home: resilience, responsibility, reflectiveness, responsiveness, readiness, risk-taking, remembering, resourcefulness.
Here are a few ideas to get you going:
- Take photos which show you demonstrating the 8Rs at home.
- Create an 8Rs wheel with an example of how to show each one in class.
- Write a short story of a class who demonstrate all 8Rs well.
- Create scenarios for us to decide which R needs to be engaged.
14 July 2017
The final homework of the year is creative and is due in on Thursday.
I can create my own pirate flag.
Children should design their own pirate flag. This could be similar to the famous jolly roger or reflect their own pirate personality.
14 July 2017
This week, as it’s the final week of the year, children have been given one piece of homework to do. This is due on Thursday 20 July.
The homework is Creative: I can reflect on my time in Year 5 and look ahead to next year.
We have discussed lots of ways that children could respond to this:
- you could write a letter to Mr Catherall and Miss Rushbrooke
- you could make a poster about the different topics we’ve covered this year
- you could make a Year 5 themed board game
- you could create a timeline of the year
- you could do a video diary of the year
- you could make a Year 5 themed comic
- you could write a newspaper report about Year 5
- you could create a collage of your favourite pieces of homework
- you could create poster of highlights
- you could create a vlog about a typical day in Year 5
- you could make a movie trailer of the year we’ve had
- you could use Scratch to reflect on the year
Obviously, there are many more ways, too.
07 July 2017
This week’s whole school homework involves completing the pupil health questionnaire sent home with your child/children.
I can share my views about health.
Pupil voice is an important part of our school and this annual questionnaire provides pupil views on some of our key health issues.
Please support your child to complete the health questionnaire by discussing these issues.
The questionnaire should be returned to your class teacher by Thursday 13 July.
05 July 2017
This week’s homework is Creative: I can show what I know about light.
Some helpful ideas:
- a presentation about shadows and reflections
- a light quiz
- light vocabulary word search
- your own shadow puppets
- measure your shadow throughout the day and record the data
- create stained glass artwork
- make your own lighthouse
30 June 2017
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect: I can write a pirate poem.
We’ve been reading some pirate poems this week in English lessons. For this homework, I’d like children to create their own rhyming pirate poems.
Feel free to use existing poems as your inspiration and adapt the verses as you like.
30 June 2017
This week’s homework is Creative: I can show what I know about light.
Some helpful ideas:
- a presentation about shadows and reflections
- a light quiz
- light vocabulary word search
- your own shadow puppets
- measure your shadow throughout the day and record the data
- create stained glass artwork
- make your own lighthouse
30 June 2017
This week, as always, children have been given two pieces of homework.
The first is Practice Makes Perfect: I can learn my lines or know my role in the performance.
Children should ensure they know all their lines for the performance (and the lines before and after their own). If a child doesn’t have many lines to learn, they should make sure they are fully aware of their role within the production. Similarly, if children are still unsure of the songs, they should practise these at home, too.
The second piece is a little different this week: I am aware of my own health.
Children have been given a ‘My Health, My School’ diary to complete. They should do this for seven days – starting on Saturday 01 July and finishing on Friday 07 July. The completed diary should be returned to school on Monday 10 July. The diary will be used by the children to help them complete the ‘My Health, My School’ survey during school time. Therefore, it’s important that children complete the diary as honestly and accurately as they can.
23 June 2017
This week, children have two pieces of homework – both due Thursday 29 June 2017.
The first is Practice Makes Perfect: I can calculate perimeter and area.
Children have been given some maths problems to solve. They should complete four of the activities in their book.
The second is Creative: I can respond to something I have seen, or read, in the news.
For this homework, children should provide a response to something that has been in the news this week. We’ve discussed it as a group, and the children came up with the following responses:
- Make a collage of some recent news articles
- Create a game where people need to match the image to the headline
- Choose an article you like and an article you dislike and explain why
- Create a ‘Which one is real?’ board game
- Make your own newspaper article about something that has happened this week