24 June 2016
This week’s Talk Time homework is due on Wednesday 29 June.
I can cope with an unexpected change.
This is our SEAL statement next week as part of our Changes SEAL theme. Discuss – perhaps over dinner – what unexpected changes might happen to people and suggest ways we can deal with these changes calmly and confidently.
We’ll be discussing this in our circle time next week so don’t forget to write a few notes to focus your discussion in class.
24 June 2016
I can complete a diary about my lifestyle.
The homework this week involves completing a health diary, for the next seven days, to use when completing the online My Health My School survey. This will take place in school over the next few weeks.
Questions include what snacks they eat, how much exercise they do and how long they spend doing different activities. The data is used by local government to understand what children’s lives are like and how healthy they are.
The diaries and the survey itself remain confidential and personal information will not be discussed in school if children don’t want to.
Please support your child to complete the diary as accurately as possible and return the completed survey by Monday 04 July.
17 June 2016
The homework this week is practice makes perfect and is due in on Wednesday 22 June.
I can create a chart to present data.
You’ve been given some information in a tally chart – though you can use your own data if you’d prefer.
Your job is to create a bar chart (or another type of chart) using this data. Remember all that we’ve learnt this week!
Once you’ve created the chart, write some questions about the data for other people to answer.
17 June 2016
The homework for this week is practice is perfect and is due in on Wednesday 22 May.
Complete the sudoku puzzle!
You might need an adult to help you at first. Enjoy!
17 June 2016
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect and is due on 22 June 2016.
I can apply my shape learning.
This week, your child has a series of opportunities to practise and apply their shape learning from this week. Some of the key vocabulary you should expect to here/use is:
vertex / vertices – the corner of a shape
right angle – a 90 degree angle (a square fits perfectly into it)
parallel – lines which stay the same distance apart
perpendicular – two lines that meet at a right angle
angle – a measure of a turn / a vertex
greater than 90 degrees – a turn that is more than 90 degrees
less than 90 degrees – a turn that is less than 90 degrees
Warning!
An angle is only an angle when two straight lines meet. If a curved line meets a straight line it is not strictly an angle.
17 June 2016
This week’s Practice Makes Perfect homework is due on Wednesday 23 June.
To experiment with vocabulary for effect.
We’ve been practising using a thesaurus in order to expand our vocabulary this week, making sure that we check the meaning of words and that we know how to use them in a sentence.
I’m asking the children to find ten new words that they wouldn’t normally use in their writing but are more ambitious choices for them to remember in the future. For each word, they need to be able to explain what it means (this could be verbal rather than written down) and they need to have written it into a sentence.
As an extra challenge, see if you can find all ten words and their meanings without using the internet. It is an undeniably useful resource, but how else can we learn new things?
17 June 2016
This week’s creative homework is due on Wednesday 23 June.
I can show what I know about the EU referendum.
We’ve learnt lots about the EU referendum this week resulting in some fabulous debates. There were convincing arguments for both the vote remain and the vote leave campaigns. In any way they wish, children should show what they know about the EU and the upcoming referendum. They may choose to express an opinion on which way they feel people should vote, or they may wish to remain neutral and offer both sides of the argument.
Here are some ideas to get you going but, as usual, I’m sure the children will have much better ideas of their own:
- Create a campaign leaflet to go through people’s letter boxes informing them of the debate.
- Write a speech convincing the class to vote one way or another.
- Create a voting booth that the class can cast their votes to.
- Generate a quiz which tests our knowledge on the EU referendum.
I look forward to seeing what you come up with!
10 June 2016
This week’s whole school homework is creative and is due Wednesday 15 June:
Why does money matter?
In our recent Money Matters themed week, we considered spending, donating, saving and getting money. Take a look through the news section and class news pages to remind you about the week.
Your child is required to show their understanding of money in a creative way. Ideas could include:
- a game
- a poem
- a song
- a quiz
- a letter
- a comic strip
- a script
10 June 2016
This week’s Talk Time homework is due on Monday 13 June to be used during an Relationships and Sex Education lesson.
Identify somebody who you would consider to be a role model. Bring in a picture and be prepared to discuss who they are and why they’re your role model.
We’ll be talking about ourselves and how our emotions change during puberty. Identifying a role model is part of making sure we maintain a positive image of ourselves, thinking about how we can use our role model to do this.
Summer Half Term
In line with our Homework Policy, there are no homework tasks or spellings to learn next week because it’s the Summer half-term holiday. Of course, there are plenty of ways to help your child continue learning: get reading, go places, talk lots!
Have a happy and healthy holiday.