Year 1 Homework

28 March 2014

This week’s homework is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 02 April 2014.

I can recognise my own talents.

The SEAL theme at the moment is “Good To Be Me”.   We all have different talents and it is important that we recognise this.  Talk to your child about things you are good at and ask them to think about their own talents.  Do you have the same talents or are they different?

21 March 2014

This week’s homework is creative.  Now the Big Topic is finished, we would like to see what your child has learnt and what they have enjoyed the most.

I can show what I have learnt about heroes.

This can be presented in any way that you like.  Here are some ideas:

• a mindmap
• dress up as a hero – take a photo and write lots of facts
• what does hero mean?
• collage showing lots of different types of heroes

Looking forward to seeing all sorts of interesting homework.  It’s due to be handed in on Thursday 27 March as school will be closed on Wednesday 26 March.

14 March 2014

This week’s homework is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 19 March.

Are all “heroes” paid fairly?

There are heroes in all walks of life but are they all paid appropriately? 

Is it fair that a sporting hero earns a lot of money in comparison to a police officer or fire fighter?  Does it mean that if you are paid more then you are more of a hero?

These are questions that would be interesting to discuss with your child.  We look forward to hearing about your discussions on Wednesday in our homework time.

07 March 2014

For all children in Year 1 – Year 6, the homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 12 March.

 I can respond to my reading.

This homework follows the wonderful costumes and learning inspired by World Book Day.

As always, some ways that your children can respond are listed below:

• Write a letter to a character or author.
• Interview a character or author.
• Annotate a page of a novel with words/phrases/sentences/ descriptions that you like and why (top tip: get a photocopy of the page, don’t annotate your actual book!)
• Create a book review.
• Create a comic strip which summarises the story.

28 February 2014

This week’s homework is practice makes perfect.

In maths this week, there have been lots of addition and thinking about mental strategies.  The children have been encouraged to look for patterns and number bonds to help solve different calculations.  This week’s homework is consolidating this learning.

It’s half-term…

It’s the half-term, so in line with our current homework policy, there are no homework tasks or spellings to learn.

However, please make sure you’re reading lots with your child – we’re finding children are reading less than they need to if they are to gain fluency and understanding.  You could take your child to a local library, hunt down an old favourite to re-visit, plan a story book for each bedtime over the holiday, read more about a favourite subject on the internet, buy a comic or magazine… And, so they have good role models, make sure your child sees you read, too!

Our current homework policy will be reviewed soon.  A small number of you have told us you’re not entirely happy with it – it would be really helpful if you tell us more about what you’d like.  Send us an email or speak with Mrs Weekes or me about this.  Thank you.

07 February 2014

This week’s homework is creative so get those juices flowing!

I can find out about a hero from the past.

Before we all disappear for half term, we’ll learn about two real life heroes from the past. We’ll step into the life of Grace Darling, a young woman who saved 9 people after their ship crashed off the Northumbrian coast, and learn about Rosa Parks, who refused to give her seat up for a white person on a bus in Alabama, 1955.

We want to know what real life heroes in history you can find out about. Choose one and present everything you find out about them in the most creative way you can think of. Here are some ideas:

• Write an autobiography as though you are that person.
• Create an information leaflet on their life and what they did.
• Draw a story board of their life and what they did.
• Create a quiz and answer booklet to challenge your friends.

31 January 2014

For all children in Year 1 – Year 6, the homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 05 February.

I know what makes a good school councillor.

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 next Friday 07 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 05 February or Thursday 06 February.

What makes a good school councillor has been considered by our current school council and in each class this week.  Suggestions have included:

• ‘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.’

We invite children to respond to the sentence above in a creative way – they might choose to use this time to prepare an election speech or otherwise consider this statement and present it as a character description, pictures, an interview with a current school councillor or other ideas of your own.  For either option you should include the importance of voting.

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 and you are welcome to stand again for election.

Good luck to all children who decide to stand in the elections.  Results will be announced in our assembly on Friday 07 February.

24 January 2014

This week’s homework is creative homework.

What is a hero?

After a fantastic “hero day”, we would like to see what the children’s perception of a hero is.  There has been a lot of discussion already about heroes but there are many different heroes from fiction, sport, history and real life day to day heroes.  Ideas and opinions can be shown in any way your child likes and please remember to be as creative as possible.

This homework needs to be handed in by Wednesday 29 January.

Thank you for providing costumes for your heroes; the day kicked off our topic really well and we defeated the villainous character who appeared in Year 2!

17 January 2013

For all children in Year 1 to Year 6, the homework this week is Talk Time:

Which two charities should we support at school and why?

It’s time for children to think about our school charities. Currently, we support Dogs Trust and Water Aid. A previous School Council selected these because they wanted to help animals and people, and wanted to help nationally and internationally.  These charities were chosen because pupils passed on to School Councillors very clear and strong arguments to choose them eg Dogs Trust help us by visiting, so we have the chance to re-pay this, and everyone has a basic human right to water.

We’ve helped these charities for two years now, so it’s time for a change. We need you to have a discussion at home about which charities would be best for us to support. Each class will then discuss this and then the councillors will bring the views and ideas together to decide on the charities.

Once your child has decided on a charity, make sure they have clear, powerful reasons to support their views.

You might want to discuss whether we support…

• a local charity
• a children’s charity
• a charity which helps a vulnerable group in our community – this would link back to vulnerable groups we thought about in last summer’s Community Week