Homework

03 March 2017

As usual, children have been given two pieces of homework to complete this week. Both pieces are due on Thursday 09 March 2017. 

Talk Time: I can discuss how adults I know work cooperatively. 

Working cooperatively with others is not only our SEAL sentence this week but it is also a crucial life skill. Children should discuss with an adult how working cooperatively looks in everyday life as an adult. A useful conversation to have would be to highlight how working cooperatively in the classroom is similar to working cooperatively in the workplace.

Practice Makes Perfect: I can show what I’ve learnt about decimals. 

We’ve just finished learning on decimals so this is a chance for children to show how much they’ve learnt. They should complete the questions they have been given independently – only asking for help if it is needed. There are 10 marks available so children should aim to complete the questions in roughly 8 minutes.

24 February 2017

This week’s Talk Time links to our SEAL statement for next week:

How can you help your group to work well together?

Discuss ideas over dinner, in the car, walking to school and make a couple of notes for our class discussion on Thursday 02 March.

24 February 2017

From now on, Year 6 will have Practice Makes Perfect homework each week in the lead up to SATs. The children have a ten minute SPaG test to have a go at. However, it doesn’t have to be completed in ten minutes and they can discuss it with you. We’ll then go through this in our homework review on Thursday 02 March.

They also have a Maths activity page which starts off with some arithmetic questions (which is the first Maths test they’ll do) before going on to more problem solving style questions. Again, we’ll go through this together in the homework review on Thursday 03 March.

24 February 2017

This week’s homework is talk time and is due on Thursday 03 March:

I don’t interrupt with my mouth or my hands.

Our SEAL theme this half term is ‘Getting on’; it covers four main aspects:

• developing the social skills of friendship
• working well together in a group
• managing anger
• resolving conflict

Children can discuss why it is important to take it in turns to speak and to listen without interrupting.

24 February 2017

This week, following our learning on 2D and 3D shapes, the homework is practice makes perfect.

This should be completed and returned to school by Thursday 02 March.

Here is some information that might help.

When we talk about 3D shapes, we talk about faces, edges and vertices.

• The faces are the flat parts of the shape.
• The edges are the lines where two faces meet.
• The vertices are the points where two or more edges meet.

For example, this cuboid has 6 faces, 12 edges and 8 vertices:

24 February 2017

This week, as usual, we have two pieces of homework.

First, we have a Creative homework: I can show what entertainment means to me. 

This really is an open-ended task. Children should think about what they do for entertainment and then present this in a creative fashion. They should focus on more than one type of entertainment. A good example would be a comparison between two different types of entertainment.

Second, we have a Practice Makes Perfect homework: I can correct spelling mistakes. 

Children have been given a worksheet to complete. The worksheet requires them to spot a series of spelling mistakes and then correct them. If children are not sure of the correct spelling, they should find out. This could be done in many ways: dictionary, internet or simply by asking someone.

As always, if you have any difficulties please contact me early in the week.

03 February 2017

For all children in Year 1 – Year 6, the homework this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 08 February. There are two options:

• I can prepare a speech (School Council elections).
• I know the importance of voting.

It’s time for children to consider if they would like to stand for election for our new School Council.  With two representatives from each class, chosen democratically by their peers, all children at Moortown Primary are encouraged to take an active part in pupil voice.

Elections for our new school council will take place on Thursday 09 February with our polling station and ballot boxes at the ready.  Candidates will have the opportunity to give their election speech to their class on Wednesday 08 February.

What makes a good school councillor has been considered by our current school council.

‘Communicating with others – pupils and adults.’
‘Having good listening skills to know what to contribute in meetings.’
‘Thinking of realistic ideas to suggest in meetings.’
‘Considering other people’s views even if you don’t agree with them.’

Hints for your speech include:

• What skills and abilities would a good school councillor have?
• What are you particularly good at that would help you to be a great school councillor?
• What do you think would make the school better?
• What could you do that people would really like?
• Think of things that are realistic, maybe that you could do yourself, rather than having to ask other people to do

Thank you to our current school councillors for all their ideas and contributions over the last year.  We hope you have enjoyed this role and responsibility.  You’re welcome to stand again for election.

Good luck to all children who decide to stand in the elections.

If you choose not to stand in the election then you should consider the importance of voting.

03 February 2017

This week’s homework is Creative and will be looked at on Thursday 09 February.

I can see area and perimeter all around me.

We’ve been brushing up on our area and perimeter knowledge this week so where can we see it in the world around us? As a class, we thought about some ideas for things we could do for this homework:

• Take photos of items around the house and measure it to work out the area and the perimeter.
• Go out and about and measure a field or garden (perhaps in steps rather than metres) to calculate its area and perimeter.
• Plan decorating a house, draw its floor plan and calculate how much it’ll cost for the carpets.
• Create a floor plan of our bedrooms and measure everything inside to place it onto our plan, drawn to scale.

Of course, if you can think of something else, we’ll look forward to seeing that too.

03 February 2017

This week, in addition to our whole school homework, we have a Creative homework:

I can see fractions all around me.

In class, we’ve discussed several ways in which children may choose to respond. Here are a few examples:

• Show how fractions are used to serve out food at the dinner table
• Show fractions of amounts (of food, money etc)
• Explain how adults may use fractions in their jobs
• Explain/show how we use fractions in everyday life
• Create a short video about one aspect of the fractions work we’ve been doing in school and how it is relevant to real life.

27 January 2017

This week’s homework is Creative.

To research the Vikings.

Year 4 have been given the chance to do some research about a particular period of time prior to learning about it next week.

Get those creative Viking heads on!