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
- Tooth decay is rising amongst young children.
- Obesity is rising amongst young children
- Other countries (like Mexico) have done it and it seems to work.
Against
- We should educate people rather than make them pay more.
- The people who make food are responsible not the people who buy it.
- People know what is in their food so they should take responsibility for their own diet.
11 May 2017
This week’s homework is a Talk Time.
I tell the truth and say sorry if I need to.
We have discussed this statement in class and looked at different scenarios.
11 May 2017
This week’s homework is a Talk Time.
I tell the truth and say sorry if I need to.
We have discussed this statement in class and looked at different scenarios.
11 May 2017
This week, children have two pieces of homework. Both are due on Thursday 18 May.
The first is Practice Makes Perfect: I can score 1000 points on Mathletics.
Please note: this does not have to be on ‘Live’ Mathletics.
The second is Creative: I can appreciate art.
We may not all ‘like’ art, we may not all aspire to be artists, but we can all appreciate art to some degree. For this homework, children should respond in a creative manner and show that they can appreciate art in some way. We discussed it as a class and the children decided that some good ideas were:
- create their own piece of art
- visit an art exhibition and document their trip
- imitate their favourite artist’s work
- do an interview with a (fake?) famous artist
- have a conversation (and record this in some way) with someone who does not particularly like art but can appreciate it in some way
- make a collage of all the art they like/own
- draw a picture, and ask someone you know to draw one, too. Then, compare and contrast them
- make a puppet show about why people appreciate art (possibly with an arty background)
There are, of course, many other ideas, too.
11 May 2017
| The homework this week is to plant and look after a tomato seed. You have all the things you need except the soil. Make sure that you talk to your child about giving the plant all the things it needs to survive. Observe carefully how the plant grows. You could take photos, sketches or write a short diary entry to record changes in the plant.
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05 May 2017
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect and is due in on Thursday 11 May:
I can recognise angles as a property of shape.
Children have been given a worksheet to practise what they have been learning in maths lessons. Please note you do not need a protractor to complete the homework. You can use anything that has a right angle.
05 May 2017
This week, children have two pieces of homework. Both should be completed by Thursday 11 May. They should also learn the 11x table and, more importantly by Year 5, the related key facts discussed during parents evening (eg if 5 x 11 = 55 then we know that 55 divided by 11 = 5. We also know that 50 x 11 = 550 because it is 10x bigger).
The first piece is Talk Time: I know when it’s appropriate to apologise and why it’s important to do so.
Children should discuss this with an adult and be ready to share this with the class.
The second piece is Practice Makes Perfect: I can show what I know about 2D shapes.
Children should complete the sheet they have been given which recaps learning from previous years. We will be building on, and consolidating, this learning next week in our maths lessons.
05 May 2017
The homework this week is creative and is due in on Thursday 11 May.
I can identify the different types of trees around me.
In this homework you have to become a tree detective. Use the ‘leaf key’ provided and other resources to find the names of the trees that are in your garden and local area. It would be great if you can bring in a leaf from each tree you identify. You could sketch or take photos of the different leaves or trees.
28 April 2017
This Week’s homework is Creative and is due in Thursday 04 May:
I can show what I have learned during our ‘Forces and Magnets’ topic.
During our mini-topic on Forces and Magnets, Year 3 have learnt about:
- Pushes and pulls
- Friction
- Magnetic materials
- Magnet strength
- Magnetic poles
Children can choose one or more of these ideas and show what they have learnt in a creative way. Maybe you could display your learning through an information poster, a diagram or a quiz.
I look forward to seeing all your wonderful creative homework!