07 October 2016
Although this week’s homework is Creative, we’re doing it slightly differently. Last year, the class really enjoyed the independent learning they did for our World History topic. The class would like to try something like this again so next week will be a week of independent project work linked to our topic.
Next week, you’ll be creating something independently about one aspect of living on the home front: evacuation, the blitz, air raids, women at war, rationing or anything else that piques your interest. Year 6 always create amazing Creative homework so what you actually choose to create is up to you. Here are a few ideas from me:
- A magazine for a child living during the war
- A project board (like we produced last year)
- An information leaflet.
- A game we can play
So, decide what you want to create and what it will be about. (You’ll have four hours throughout the week to complete it – think about that when making your choice.) Your actual homework will be to gather the information you need in order to complete the work in class.
So that we can complete this project work during class time, this homework will be due on Tuesday 11 October.
30 September 2016
This week’s second homework is Talk Time.
I can discuss ways to make a fresh start.
Children should discuss the idea of making a fresh start and suggest ways to make one. Children should write notes to remind themselves of the conversation when we discuss this in class. Also, the person they discuss this with at home should sign their homework book.
30 September 2016
This week’s Mathletics homework should be completed by Thursday 06 October.
Children have been assigned two tasks to complete:
Estimate sums
Estimation: add and subtract
Once again, if you experience any problems logging on to Mathletics please come and see me. If the problem cannot be resolved, children will be given time on a Wednesday lunchtime to complete the activities.
30 September 2016
The homework this week is Talk Time and will be discussed on Thursday 06 October.
I understand how someone else feels.
For this homework, children should discuss this statement with others at home.
They should consider:
- What are the different emotions someone might feel? How many can you name? When/why might someone feel that way?
- How would you know how someone else is feeling? What does their face look like? What does their body look like?
- What could you do if you see someone showing certain emotions? For example, loneliness, anger, confusion or worry.
In our SEAL lesson this week, we considered how someone else might feel through the book, Beegu.
Children should be prepared to share their ideas.
30 September 2016
For Mathletics homework, each child has been assigned two tasks from MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE WRITTEN.
- Everyone has been assigned ‘Short Division’.
- Some children have been assigned ‘Long Multiplication’.
- Some children have been assigned ‘Multiply 2-Digit Number regroup’.
This work will allow the children to practise skills we’ve been revising this week on multiplication and get a head start on division which we’ll be moving on to next week.
These task should be completed by Thursday 06 October. As always, let me know if there are any difficulties before Thursday and I’ll do what I can to help.
30 September 2016
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 06 October.
Write 10 sentences about your trip to Eden Camp using a range of openers – think about what else you could show off, too.
There’ll be pictures of our trip up on Y6 Class News to remind you of what we did and what you saw. Write ten sentences, making sure you’re using a range of openers – which is your writing target.
Although I want you to focus on openers, think about whether you can show off or practise any other skills too:
- middlers and enders
- punctuation (; : – )
- expanded noun phrases
- adverbial phrases
23 September 2016
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 29 September.
Some children are consolidating our learning about relative clauses:
I can use relative clauses.
Other children are recapping some previous learning:
I can spot squashed sentences.
23 September 2016
This week’s Mathletics homework should be completed by Thursday 29 September.
Score 1000 points on Mathletics.
Children could complete this on Live Mathletics or by completing other activities.
23 September 2016
This week’s homework is creative and is due Thursday 29 September:
I can design a chocolate bar wrapper.
As we begin our Big Topic based on a class novel (in our case, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), this chocolate-themed homework seems appropriate! There’s only one rule: don’t use more than one page of A4.
23 September 2016
The homework this week is creative and is due in on Thursday 29 September.
I love reading!
For this homework children should show off their love of reading. This could be stories, comics, fact books, poems.
Here are a few ideas for what the children could do:
- write a review of their favourite book
- create a poster celebrating their favourite book or author
- write a letter to a character in or the author of their favourite book
- interview a character or an author
- re-write a favourite part of a book
- write an alternative ending or new chapter for a favourite book