16 September 2016
This week’s homework is Creative and is due on Thursday 22 September.
What do I know about the world?
For the last two weeks, our learning has focused on our world. We’ve had to learn new terminology, be more familiar with the countries that make up given continents and understand what a map tells us about an area. Now it’s time to show what you know. This might involve some learning you’ve done in class but you could also teach us something new.
What could you do?
- Create a test map that the rest of us have to see if we know which is the Tropic of Cancer and which are longitude and latitude.
- Find some images of different places around the world and see whether we can say where they are.
- Plan a walk through the countryside using an OS map, pointing out where you can visit along the way and whether you’ll be tired from walking up hills.
- Draw a map of our local area and make sure your map has a key.
16 September 2016
For this week’s Mathletics task, your child has been assigned three activities related to the learning we’ve done this week. This should be completed by Thursday 22 September.
There were some problems last week with some children’s activities becoming unassigned meaning they didn’t know which ones to complete. Here are the activities so you can find them yourselves if this happens again:
Place value
- lowest common multiple
- (something harder) rounding numbers
Add and subtract
- negative or positive
As always, come and let me know before Thursday if there are any problems and, if you’re finding it tricky, I’ll be around on Wednesday lunchtime for you to complete a task then.
09 September 2016
Each week, the children will be assigned a Mathletics challenge to work on at home.
This week, they have been assigned three tasks that relate to the learning we’ve done in class. These tasks must be completed by Thursday 15 September.
We’ll look at these tasks together once the children have completed them themselves and identify any strengths and weaknesses that occur from them. If for any reason they are unable to access Mathletics one week, it will be available every Wednesday lunchtime in Year 6 for them to complete it in school.
09 September 2016
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 15 September.
Choose a continent and see how many of its countries you can learn and locate on the map.
As our topic is Where in the World, we’ve been learning lots about different countries and where they are. This challenge will help them to become more familiar with their chosen continent and provides an opportunity to improve memory skills.
Have a happy and healthy holiday
It’s the summer holidays at last, so there are no homework or spelling activities. Enjoy the holidays instead!
Does your child spend less time outdoors than prison inmates? A survey suggests three-quarters of children do, as the time spent playing in parks, woods and fields has shrunk dramatically due to lack of green spaces, digital technology and parents’ fears.
Research shows that playing outdoors promotes social skills, improves vision, reduces stress, increases attention span and provides vitamin D.
15 July 2016
This week’s creative homework should be returned on Wednesday 20 July.
I can reflect on my time in primary school.
Children should reflect on their time in primary school and respond creatively. They could focus on friends they have made, what they will miss about Moortown Primary, what they have learnt, how they have changed over the course of their time at school, why they are proud to have attended Moortown Primary and anything else they wish to mention.
This is the last piece of homework that children will complete at primary school – make it a good one!
15 July 2016
This week’s whole school homework involves completing the pupil health questionnaire sent home with your child/children.
I can share my views about health.
This annual questionnaire helps us to find out pupil views on some of our key health issues at school. Please support your child to complete the health questionnaire by discussing these issues.
The questionnaire should be returned to your class teacher by Wednesday 20 July.
08 July 2016
This week’s homework is Creative and is due on Wednesday 13 July and is an exciting national competition.
Think about how you can present this creatively. We’ll be having a look at everyone’s homework and then we’ll need to decide which one of our class’s homework we want to enter into the competition.
08 July 2016
For our Talk Time homework this week, we’re reflecting on this week’s SEAL sentence.
I can discuss strategies to deal with feelings to do with change.
Think about effective strategies for coping with change and write some notes to help you discuss this in class.
Homework should be returned by 13 July 2016.
01 July 2016
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.