16 September 2016
For this week’s Mathletics task, your child has been assigned three activities related to the learning we’ve done this week. This should be completed by Thursday 22 September.
There were some problems last week with some children’s activities becoming unassigned meaning they didn’t know which ones to complete. Here are the activities so you can find them yourselves if this happens again:
Place value
- lowest common multiple
- (something harder) rounding numbers
Add and subtract
- negative or positive
As always, come and let me know before Thursday if there are any problems and, if you’re finding it tricky, I’ll be around on Wednesday lunchtime for you to complete a task then.
09 September 2016
Each week, the children will be assigned a Mathletics challenge to work on at home.
This week, they have been assigned three tasks that relate to the learning we’ve done in class. These tasks must be completed by Thursday 15 September.
We’ll look at these tasks together once the children have completed them themselves and identify any strengths and weaknesses that occur from them. If for any reason they are unable to access Mathletics one week, it will be available every Wednesday lunchtime in Year 6 for them to complete it in school.
09 September 2016
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 15 September.
Choose a continent and see how many of its countries you can learn and locate on the map.
As our topic is Where in the World, we’ve been learning lots about different countries and where they are. This challenge will help them to become more familiar with their chosen continent and provides an opportunity to improve memory skills.
09 September 2016
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due Thursday 15 September:
Find out which country the flag from your peg label belongs to.
I would like you to use the brains around you to help you find out! Discuss this with people at home. If nobody knows it, you could look in an atlas or another non-fiction book. As a last resort, you could use the internet to help you but think carefully about what you would have to search for in order to find the answer!
Year 3 also have times tables each week to learn. These will be tested on Friday. This week is the 2 times table.
09 September 2016
This week’s second homework is Mathletics and is due on THURSDAY 15 June.
You have been assigned three Mathletics tasks.
Children should log on to Mathletics and complete the three tasks (they are related to our learning this week).
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.
09 September 2016
In Year 5 and 6, children receive two pieces of homework each week. This allows them more opportunity to take responsibility for their own learning outside of the classroom. Inside your child’s homework book is a parent/carer guide – it would be useful for you to have a quick read of this.
This week’s creative homework is due on THURSDAY 15 September.
I can show what makes a good learner.
This is a great opportunity for us to think about what we can do in class to make us successful learners. In class, we discussed several ways in which children could respond creatively:
- a board game
- a video
- a comic strip
- a poster
- a 3D piece of art
- an interactive quiz
There are other ways, too. The key point is that children are able to show the characteristics of a good learner through a creative response. I can’t wait to see them.
09 September 2016
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on Thursday 15 September:
I can make someone feel welcome.
This week, we have started to think about our new SEAL theme, ‘New Beginnings’. Our SEAL statement next week is I can make someone feel welcome and we would like the children to think about how they might do this.
Speak with your child to see what they could do or say to welcome someone, maybe with reference to our three new children in class. This will also help children to develop empathy skills to consider how others may feel in certain situations. As well as the school setting, you might also want to consider other examples such as other groups like brownies, sports clubs, at parties and even visitors to your house.
In our SEAL session next week, we shall be considering this statement through discussion and also drama.
Please see below for talk time guidance in our homework policy:
Talk Time homework: this involves a discussion topic eg ‘Should animals be kept in zoos?’ Children should make notes (even pictures, diagrams etc) ready to participate in a class / group discussion on the topic. Please make sure you write a comment about the Talk Time discussions in the homework books.
Top Tips:
- Turn the telly off!
- Sit around the dining table!
- Have a chat and share opinions and ideas!
- Children should talk with family, friends and each other.
Have a happy and healthy holiday
It’s the summer holidays at last, so there are no homework or spelling activities. Enjoy the holidays instead!
Does your child spend less time outdoors than prison inmates? A survey suggests three-quarters of children do, as the time spent playing in parks, woods and fields has shrunk dramatically due to lack of green spaces, digital technology and parents’ fears.
Research shows that playing outdoors promotes social skills, improves vision, reduces stress, increases attention span and provides vitamin D.
15 July 2016
This week’s creative homework should be returned on Wednesday 20 July.
I can reflect on my time in primary school.
Children should reflect on their time in primary school and respond creatively. They could focus on friends they have made, what they will miss about Moortown Primary, what they have learnt, how they have changed over the course of their time at school, why they are proud to have attended Moortown Primary and anything else they wish to mention.
This is the last piece of homework that children will complete at primary school – make it a good one!
15 July 2016
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.
This annual questionnaire helps us to find out pupil views on some of our key health issues at school. Please support your child to complete the health questionnaire by discussing these issues.
The questionnaire should be returned to your class teacher by Wednesday 20 July.