Year 5 Homework

08 July 2016

Posted on Friday 08 July 2016 by Mr Roundtree

This week’s spellings have been chosen by the children from an end of year test we did, identifying those which we’ve made mistakes on or find more difficult.

Think about what other spellings are similar to this: adding ‘ed‘, ‘ing‘ and any homophones that we might get confused with.

Spellings will be tested on Friday 15 July.

  • marvellous
  • interfere
  • sincere
  • comb
  • secretary
  • accommodate
  • stationery
  • category
  • confidence
  • suggest
  • island
  • reasonable
  • relevant
  • dough
  • physical
  • principle
  • essential
  • compliment
  • proceed
  • environment

08 July 2016

Posted on Friday 08 July 2016 by Mr Roundtree

For our Talk Time homework, we’re focusing on next week’s SEAL theme.

I can make a healthy change.

Think about what changes you could make next week which will help you to be healthier and write down some notes to help you discuss this in class.

 

 

08 July 2016

Posted on Friday 08 July 2016 by Mr Roundtree

This week’s homework is Creative and is due on Wednesday 13 July and is an exciting national competition. wonderlab

Think about how you can present this creatively and we’ll be having a look at everyone’s and then we’ll need to decide which one of our class’ work we want to enter into the competition.

 

01 July 2016

Posted on Thursday 30 June 2016 by Mrs Weekes

As you know, we have had to close school on Friday 01 July – Shadwell Lane had its water turned off.  For that reason, and because two classes are out of school today, there hasn’t been chance to set homework or spellings for this week.

Even though there is no set homework or spellings, please remember there are lots of things that the children can be doing to reflect on their learning from this week.

Again, I would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused by the school closure.

24 June 2016

Posted on Thursday 23 June 2016 by Mr Roundtree

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

Posted on Wednesday 22 June 2016 by Mrs Taylor

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.

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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

Posted on Thursday 16 June 2016 by Mr Roundtree

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

Posted on Thursday 16 June 2016 by Mr Roundtree

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

Posted on Thursday 09 June 2016 by Mrs Taylor

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

Posted on Thursday 09 June 2016 by Mr Roundtree

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.