04 November 2016
This week’s IXL homework is based around spelling and sentence work.
- Greek and Latin roots: PP.2
- Sentence, fragments and run-ons: C.2
IXL is a programme we’re trialling to decide whether we want to purchase it for use by school. The children all have log-ins which are written in to their homework books. If they then go to Y6 English, there will be a section which correspond with the subheadings above and an activity with the corresponding code. I’ve shown the children which activities they’ll be doing and how to get to it.
For IXL, it doesn’t ask a number of questions, instead the activity is complete once 100 points are achieved. Questions remain easier if mistakes are being made and, whenever a mistake is made, it explains what the mistake was. If children are answering questions correctly, they will get harder.
- run ons = squashed sentences
04 November 2016
This week, it’s time to get creative with Maths.
What are fractions?
We’re starting a unit on fractions which will keep us busy for the whole half term! On Thursday, we created a word study on the word fractions, thinking about what it means, how we could represent it as a picture, how it links to other maths and much more. Now it’s the children’s turn to be creative with it and answer the question in any way they choose. Here are a few ideas from me:
- a game involving adding fractions
- photographs of examples of fractions around the house or situations in which they might be used
- a story all about a family of fractions
- a page which teaches people how to do a certain skills to do with fractions
21 October 2016
It’s half-term, so there’s no homework. Enjoy the holiday instead: hunt down a collection of chestnuts on a walk at Roundhay Park, enjoy a cinema trip on a damp day, go further afield and visit somewhere new…
Whatever you do, have a good break.
14 October 2016
This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Thursday 21 October.
You’re completing an independent project at the moment. Discuss what you’re doing at home and think about how it’s going, whether you’re enjoying it and how you could work more effectively.
We’ll then use this discussion to reflect on our independent learning in class.
07 October 2016
You’ve been assigned two tasks for your Mathletics homework.
MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE WRITTEN
- Factors
- Multiples
These tasks need to be completed by Thursday 13 October.
07 October 2016
Although this week’s homework is Creative, we’re doing it slightly differently. Last year, the class really enjoyed the independent learning they did for our World History topic. The class would like to try something like this again so next week will be a week of independent project work linked to our topic.
Next week, you’ll be creating something independently about one aspect of living on the home front: evacuation, the blitz, air raids, women at war, rationing or anything else that piques your interest. Year 6 always create amazing Creative homework so what you actually choose to create is up to you. Here are a few ideas from me:
- A magazine for a child living during the war
- A project board (like we produced last year)
- An information leaflet.
- A game we can play
So, decide what you want to create and what it will be about. (You’ll have four hours throughout the week to complete it – think about that when making your choice.) Your actual homework will be to gather the information you need in order to complete the work in class.
So that we can complete this project work during class time, this homework will be due on Tuesday 11 October.
30 September 2016
For Mathletics homework, each child has been assigned two tasks from MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE WRITTEN.
- Everyone has been assigned ‘Short Division’.
- Some children have been assigned ‘Long Multiplication’.
- Some children have been assigned ‘Multiply 2-Digit Number regroup’.
This work will allow the children to practise skills we’ve been revising this week on multiplication and get a head start on division which we’ll be moving on to next week.
These task should be completed by Thursday 06 October. As always, let me know if there are any difficulties before Thursday and I’ll do what I can to help.
30 September 2016
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 06 October.
Write 10 sentences about your trip to Eden Camp using a range of openers – think about what else you could show off, too.
There’ll be pictures of our trip up on Y6 Class News to remind you of what we did and what you saw. Write ten sentences, making sure you’re using a range of openers – which is your writing target.
Although I want you to focus on openers, think about whether you can show off or practise any other skills too:
- middlers and enders
- punctuation (; : – )
- expanded noun phrases
- adverbial phrases
23 September 2016
For Mathletics you have been assigned one task. Some children have been assigned
ADD AND SUBTRACT: Add Multi-Digit Numbers 2.
and others have been assigned
ADD AND SUBTRACT: Estimation: Add and Subtract.
Complete the task and then have a go at Live Mathletics and see how many points you can get from Sunday to Thursday, when your homework’s due.
23 September 2016
This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Thursday 29 September.
I try and understand other people’s feelings.
This is our SEAL statement for next week. Children should discuss the statement at home and write some notes to help with our discussion in class.