20 November 2020
This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework which children should be ready to discuss as part of our homework review on Thursday 26 November.
I know how to STOP bullying.
This homework is a response to our learning this week during anti-bullying week. Throughout the week, each class has had the chance to talk about what bullying is, what the different types of bullying are and how can we STOP it:
- Start
- Telling
- Other
- People
As part of your discussion you may find our school definition of bullying useful, as agreed by our School Councillors:
Bullying is when you hurt someone, physically or emotionally (including online), several times on purpose.
As the homework is creative, you can do anything you want to respond to the statement. Here are a few ideas to help you:
- Create a cartoon strip of a bullying scenario and how it is solved.
- Create an acrostic poem using the word bullying.
- Write your own ‘kindness statements’ for your class.
- Create a scenarios quiz for your class to decide what they would do.
13 November 2020
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Thursday 20 November.
LO: number bonds to 10, 20 and 100.
We’ve been learning about bonds to 100 in class and I’d now like children to practise what they’ve learnt. I’ve given them sheet with lots of different bonds as it’s important that the children are confident with bonds to 10, 20 and 100.
13 November 2020
The homework this week is creative and is due in on Thursday 19 November.
I can show what I know about a Greek god, hero or monster.
This week, our homework, which links to our history learning (Ancient Greece), gives our children the opportunity to celebrate and share their knowledge about a Greek god, hero or monster. Some examples of these that we have been learning in class are: Zeus, Ossydeus, Poseidon, Hercules, King Minos, Theseus, Ceberus and the Minotaur. Children should respond creatively and be ready to show off their knowledge to their peers as part of their homework review. They could do this in a range of ways:
– create a short performance to show to the class
– film themselves showing off their knowledge
– make a collage of their Greek god, hero or monster
– produce a piece of art to show off their Greek god, hero or monster
There are, of course, many other ways that children could respond.
13 November 2020
This weeks’ homework is talk time and is due on Thursday 19 November.
Our Living and Learning statement this week is:
Talk with a family member about the things that are the same and the things that are different between you both. We’re all human and we might like and do similar things but we want to celebrate our differences, too! Talk with your adult about the things that make you different and special. Be ready to share these in class next week.
06 November 2020
This week, our homework is Talk Time and is due in on Friday 13th November:
I can show what I think about Wolf Brother.
In class we’ve really enjoyed starting to read our rather gruesome Class Novel – Wolf Brother. We’d like children to read this text and do the homework explained below…
Read the text with an adult.
Try some of these:
- Take it in turns to read a sentence each to help notice where sentences end.
- Have the adult read a sentence and the child ‘echo’ it back, reading it in the same way.
- Pay attention to punctuation – you’ve got to pause where there are full stops, and a little where there are commas too. Where are commas being used and why?
- Choose a line and focus on your expression. Imagine you’re reading it to an audience (or aloud to the class like we do at school). How can you make your voice interest and engage anyone who is listening?
Discuss the following questions:
- Do you think the wolf is Torak’s guide? Why? Why not?
- Why do you think the author chose to write ‘Fever.’ on a line of its own?
- What do you think the wolf cub might call the fire?
- What words are you less familiar with? What do they mean? Can you use them in sentences yourself?
- Are there any parts that puzzle you? Do you have any questions?
- Does this remind you of any other stories, films or TV?
- Are you enjoying the book so far? Why? Why not?
- What do you think will happen next?
06 November 2020
| The homework this week is talk-time and is due in on Thursday 12th November. In Living and Learning lessons, we’ll be talking about and celebrating the things that make us the same and the things which make us different. For this homework, be ready to talk about the things that make you special. This could be a particular interest you have, a club you belong to, the religion you practise, or a cultural link you have to somewhere or something. |
06 November 2021
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Thursday 12 November.
I can identify nouns.
We’ve been learning about nouns in class and I’d now like children to practise what they’ve learnt. I’ve given them sheet with sentences on and their job is to identify the common and proper nouns.
If you’ve lost the sheet, here is a copy.
06 November 2020
This week, the homework is practice makes perfect and is based on the addition maths learning we have started in class this week. It is due on Thursday 12 November.
Click on this link for a video introducing this learning for you to watch at home.
16 October 2020
This week’s home is Practice Makes Perfect.
I can use commas in sentences.
Write out the sentences below using commas in the correct places.
On Sunday I had a busy day.
First I went to the shops.
I bought fish fingers chips and tomato sauce.
After that I watched television.
Then I drew a picture read a story and did my homework.
Finally I had my tea and went to bed.
If you need any help, feel free to email me before the homework is due.
16 October 2020
The homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect.
This week, we would like you to write expanded noun phrases (ENPs) about a monster. An ENP is a phrase that makes describing something more interesting. For example, teeth (a noun), can be expanded with some interesting adjectives and an article: lots of spine-chilling, razor-sharp teeth (article + adjective(s) + noun). You need to write two ENPs describing the monster’s face, two describing its body/clothes, two describing its behaviour and two describing its voice/movement/smell. Use your imagination or use Minotaur from the famous Greek myth as inspiration – this is the story which our mazes are based from. You can email your teacher if you want to ask any questions! oliwain@spherefederation.org or paulwilks@spherefederation.org
