13 November 2015
This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Wednesday 18 November.
I wonder how astronauts can stay healthy on the ISS?
Tim Peake’s launch is growing ever closer and our learning focus next week is all about being healthy in space. Around the dinner table, in the car, as you walk around the supermarket, discuss how they might stay healthy and don’t forget to write a few sentences so that you remember your ideas for our discussion on Wednesday.
We’re also using Makewaves, a social networking site, to share our work throughout this topic; if you want to upload anything you discuss, log on at home.
06 November 2015 – practice makes perfect homework
As always, Year 5 have a practice makes perfect homework due on Wednesday 11 November.
To show I can improve on my writing target.
Each child has written their writing target into their book and need to show (in any way they choose) that they are aware of what this is and can practise improving on it. You might want to write a paragraph that demonstrates you are considering your target, or you could write individual sentences to help you practise. It’s up to you. Here are the different targets with an example to help.
- To be able to use expanded noun phrases – In front of him stood a long, dark corridor that was full of shadows.
- To be able to use relative clauses – Tim Peake boarded the rocket, which was ready for lift-off, and buckled himself in for a bumpy ride.
- To be able to add detail to openers – Beyond the Milky Way, where the stars shone brightly, a comet flew through space.
- To be able to use a range of openers – ‘ly, ‘ing, conjunction, preposition
06 November 2015 – creative homework
This week’s homework is creative and is due on Wednesday 11 November.
To show what I know about the Solar System.
We’ve had a fantastic start to our new topic, Mission to Space and this week’s learning has centred around the Solar System.
- How many planets are there?
- What are their names?
- In what order are they from the sun?
- Which is the biggest and which is the smallest?
- What orbits Earth? How long does it take?
- What does Earth orbit? How long does it take?
- How long does it take for the Earth to spin on its axis?
- What else would you find in our Solar System?
- Where is the ISS?
…Just a few questions we’ve been answering through a research-based topic where the children are taking lots of responsibility for their learning. Here are a few suggestions of ways the children could present their learning this week:
- Draw and label a diagram of the Solar System
- Write a story, travelling through the Solar System on a rocket
- Create a model of the Solar System
- Present information about the planets using mathematical facts and figures
As usual, you can use one page in your homework book. For this topic, Year 5 will also be using a website called Makewaves to share the work we’re doing in class with other people taking part in this national project. If you want to upload your homework to your Makewaves site, it will add to your portfolio and we can have a look at it in class.
It’s half-term…
…so there is no homework this week.
Please make sure your child spends some time most days reading – books, comics, newspapers… Why not visit the library or a book shop this week?
To support writing, your child should review their spellings from the last few weeks. You could test them on words from all the lists, and ask them to use the words in sentences or a story, or create a comic strip with a word used in each speech bubble.Perhaps you could set a challenge (for you as well as your child!) of using spelling words in everyday conversations! Practising handwriting by joining up is a useful activity, too.
In Maths, children in Key Stage 2 should definitely practise times tables – including the related division facts. Can your child respond within five seconds (not counting up to work it out) to questions like ‘What’s 7 times 8?’ and ‘What’s 42 divided by 6?’
Of course, make sure your child is happy and healthy over half-term, too! A walk and play at Roundhay Park, a bike ride, a conker challenge, a trip to the art gallery… Enjoy!
16 October 2015
Practice Makes Perfect focusses on spellings this week. Choose 15 spellings you have learnt so far this year and write it into a sentence. Think about how you can show what you’ve learnt about different types of sentences too.
- Simple sentence (made more interesting with adverbs and adjectives)
- Compound sentence (using conjunctions to join ideas)
- Complex sentence (with an opener, middler or ender)
16 October 2015
This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Wednesday 21 October.
I make my class a good place to learn.
Discuss at home how you and other people in the class can make our class a good place to learn all the time. We’ll then share our ideas together on Wednesday.
Don’t forget to write a couple of sentences to help support your discussion in class.
09 October 2015
Year 5 also have a Practice Makes Perfect each week. This week you have been assigned three tasks on Mathletics to be completed by Wednesday 14 October.
- Comparing decimals
- Decimal order
- Rounding decimals
Don’t forget to press the ? if you’re struggling. We have just been learning about decimals in class so you should be able to complete this on your own.
02 October 2015 – Practice Makes Perfect
Year 5 also have Practice Makes Perfect homework each week. Last week, lots of children didn’t complete their Mathletics tasks. Therefore, they had to use their playtime to do this. If homework cannot be completed for any reason or might be difficult to complete (due to technology being required), please tell me before the due date and efforts will be made to complete it in school.
This week’s Practice Makes Perfect is due on Wednesday 07 October.
To answer questions about data.
Look carefully at the data and use it to answer the questions.
02 October 2015 – Talk Time
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on Wednesday 07 October.
Some people leave to go holiday and some people leave because they have to.
Discuss.
Lots of us like to go on holiday but some people are forced to move away from their homes. Why might people have to leave when others don’t have to? How would you feel if you were forced to move away from your home? Where would you go?
25 September 2015
This week’s homework is creative and is due on Wednesday 30 September.
I can create a Lego mosaic/model.
Whilst reading First News during guided reading, some of us spotted a competition we’d like to get involved in. The idea is to design your own Lego mosaic/model that commemorates the Queen becoming the longest reigning monarch. The winner of the competition will have their model made in school with their whole class. So, for homework, if you want to be involved in the competition, design your mosaic to mark this historic event. If you’re not especially inspired or interested in the Royal Family, design a Lego mosaic or model that links to our Holidays Big Topic instead.
Check out the competition information for top tips for your model design and make sure it’s clear as we’ll send any entries off to be judged. (Information is in homework books and here).
Any homework not for the competition will be judged in class and displayed on our topic wall.