Homework

13 May 2016

The homework for this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 18 May.

I can tell someone my address.

In SEAL, we have been learning about safety in the home. We have looked at pictures of rooms in the home and spotted hazards and potential dangers. We discussed how we can be responsible for making our home safer, for example, picking up toys so nobody trips over them. We know what to do in an emergency in our home and know that we can call 999 to contact the police, fire brigade and ambulance in a real emergency. Hopefully, no children will ever need to call the emergency services, but if they do, it is useful (or essential if calling from a mobile) to know their address.

The children know that their address is private information and that they should never tell anyone their address unless in an emergency.

13 May 2016

This week’s homework is creative and is due 18 May 2016.

I can research my favourite musician.

In English, we’ve been learning how to write biographies with a focus on musicians. In class, we have used Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong and The Beatles as inspiration for our writing but next week we’ll choose our own musicians. To do this effectively, your child needs to research facts about their favourite musician (or group) and present them in a creative way. This could be a poster, a mind map, a quiz or a PowerPoint presentation.

Your child may include:

• when their musician was born
• where  their musician was born
• where their musician grew up
• how their musician got into music
• what instruments their musician learnt as a child
• how they became famous

13 May 2016

This week’s creative homework is due on Wednesday 16 May.

To be able to name and describe the properties of 2D and 3D shapes.

Next week’s Maths will be all about shape. In Year 5, we need to be able to identify what 3D shape a net will make; identify and measure angles; and say whether a shape is regular or irregular.

Before we can do any of that, we need to be confident naming and describing 2D and 3D shapes and their properties. These are the 2D shapes we should be able to identify and describe:

• triangles (equilateral, isosceles, right-angled, scalene)
• quadrilaterals (kite, rhombus, trapezium, parallelogram)
• pentagon
• hexagon
• heptagon
• octagon
• decagon

We should be able to discuss ‘LADS’:

• Lines – how many, equal lengths, parallels?
• Angles – how many, which type, equal opposites, right-angles?
• Diagonals – how many can we spot by joining vertices?
• Symmetry – does it have any lines of symmetry? Where? How many?

We should also know the following 3D shapes:

• sphere
• cuboid
• cube
• prisms (pentagonal, hexagonal etc…)
• cylinder
• pyramid
• tetrahedron

13 May 2016

This week’s practice makes perfect homework is due on Wednesday 18 May.

To be able to describe the position of a shape, reflect it and translate it. 

These are all of the skills we’ve been learning during Maths this week. We’ve been remembering that we need to go along the x axis then the y axis for co-ordinates and making sure we know the difference between reflection and translation.

06 May 2016

The homework for this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 11 May.

My favourite toy-  Create something wonderful to go on our new ‘toys’ display wall.

We are beginning a new big topic! ‘Toys’ was chosen by the children and I am looking forward to lots of great learning. As we begin our topic, it would be lovely to begin filling our display with some wonderful creative work!

If you want your homework on display, it needs to be possible for me to put it up!

06 May 2016

This week’s homework is practice makes perfect and is due on 11 May.

I can practise using pronouns.

In English, we have been using pronouns in our book review writing. A pronoun is a word or phrase that can be used in the place of a noun. We use pronouns to avoid repetition in a paragraph. Your child has a series of activities to help them practise using pronouns.

06 May 2016

This week’s spellings are all homophones. Homophones are two or more words that sound the same but are spelt differently and mean different things. For example: fair (a place with rides and games) and fare (the cost of public transport).

• grown / groan
• eight / ate
• woman / women
• heard / herd

Your child also needs to find their own pair (not pear!) of homophones which they will be tested on.

06 May 2016

This week, the homework is creative and is due in on Wednesday 11 May.

I can design a toy of the future. 

We’re starting a new topic about toys next week and this homework aims to get children thinking about what their dream toy would be or what toy children may be playing with in the future.

I grew up dreaming about hoverboards (I was never very good on a skateboard) and am still disappointed no one has managed to create one.

Ask your child what their dream toys would be and get them to sketch it. They should include labels and annotations about what material the toy will be made from or what a part’s function is. Your child could even build a prototype to give us an idea of what your toy would look like!

06 May 2016

This week’s creative homework is due on Wednesday 11 May.

To be able to recommend a film.

We’re in the midst of creating our own animated films in class using stop motion animation. For homework, your child need to choose a film to present to their peers that they would recommend.

Please ensure that any film your child chooses is age appropriate and therefore no higher a certificate than 12A. This is a creative homework so they can present their chosen film in any way they choose:

• make a trailer of the film
• write an enticing film review
• introduce us to the characters
• storyboard what happens
• focus on a director instead and review a number of their films
• focus on an actor and review their best films

06 May 2016

This week’s practice makes perfect homework is due on Wednesday 11 May.

To be able to round to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000.

This homework is a recap of a maths skill we’ve learnt every year and just need to keep revisiting to make sure we remain confident with it. Round each number using the table provided. If it can’t be rounded to one of the numbers given, just leave it blank.

Please make sure homework is brought into school on Wednesday. Some children have been forgetting homework and therefore have not been able to check their work when we go through it as a class.