02 October 2020
This week’s homework is talk time and moral-themed and links with our science lessons over the next couple weeks. We’ll be talking about how environments can change and that this can be a danger for living things.
The question to consider and discuss is:
Do humans have a negative impact on the earth?
We’d like you to talk about whether humans contribute positively or negatively to the environment.
Do they have a positive or negative impact on the plants and animals in their localities?
Are things that we can do to have a more positive impact on the environment?
02 October 2020
This week, the homework is Talk Time and should be completed by Thursday 08 October.
Are animals happy in zoos?
This is a moral question, based around our science learning about living things. which we’d like you to discuss at home with your child. During the discussion with your child, it’s important to appreciate that there may be two opposing views and that although it’s okay to disagree we should respect the opposing view.
Top Tips:
- Turn the telly off!
- Sit around the dining table!
- Have a chat and share opinions and ideas!
- Children should talk with family, friends and each other –maybe even using FaceTime or Skype.
There is no need to record anything in your child’s homework book from your discussions at home. The children will be able to share their views when we review the homework at the end of the week.
02 October 2020
This week, the homework is Talk Time and should be completed by Thursday 08 October.
Are animals happy in zoos?
This is a moral question, based around our science learning about living things. which we’d like you to discuss at home with your child. During the discussion with your child, it’s important to appreciate that there may be two opposing views and that although it’s okay to disagree we should respect the opposing view.
Top Tips:
- Turn the telly off!
- Sit around the dining table!
- Have a chat and share opinions and ideas!
- Children should talk with family, friends and each other –maybe even using FaceTime or Skype.
There is no need to record anything in your child’s homework book from your discussions at home. The children will be able to share their views when we review the homework at the end of the week.
25 September 2020
The homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Thursday 1st October. Please send to paulwilks@spherefederation.org.
In writing lessons, we have been reminding ourselves what a squashed sentence is. A squashed sentence is where two ‘chunks of information’ that make sense on their own haven’t been separated by a full stop or a conjunction. For example: Humpty climbed the wall he was very scared. This is a squashed sentence as it needs something in between wall and he. Instead, it should read: Humpty climbed the wall. He was very scared. OR Humpty climbed the wall and he was very scared (or a different, appropriate conjunction).
Your task is to correct the squashed sentences on this sheet. As an extra challenge, you could write some of your own sentences and check you haven’t squashed any!
25 September 2020
The homework Y3 sent in this week was so amazing! Your children clearly spent lots of time working hard to produce their homework and clearly enjoyed doing so, too! Well done!
This week, the homework is a practise makes perfect: I can correct squashed sentences. It is due in on Thursday 01 October for homework review.
In writing lessons, we have been reminding ourselves what a squashed sentence is. A squashed sentence is where two ‘chunks of information’ that make sense on their own haven’t been separated by a full stop or a conjunction.
For example:
Humpty climbed the wall he was very scared. This is a squashed sentence as it needs something in between wall and he.
Humpty climbed the wall and He was very scared are chunks of information that make sense on their own.
Instead, it should read:
Humpty climbed the wall. He was very scared. OR Humpty climbed the wall and he was very scared (or a different, appropriate conjunction).
Your task is to correct these squashed sentences. As an extra challenge, you could write some of your own sentences.
Times Tables
This week, your homework is to practise the times tables that have been assigned to you on TT Rockstars.
Keep up the great effort, Y3.
25 September 2020
The homework this week is Talk Time.
‘I can talk about my favourite book.’
For this homework, I’d like you and your child to talk about their favourite book. I’d love to know what their favourite book is and what they like most about it.
Please email me a photo of your child holding their book to benparker@spherefederation.org before Thursday 01 October. The children can talk about it during our homework review session
25 September 2020
The homework this week is Creative and is due on Thursday 01 October.
What is Autumn?
This week, our fluency text in class was the poem, Autumn is here. For homework, we would like the children to show what are the signs of Autumn.
Creative homework allows the children to choose how they want to present this. It could be:
- Photos from a walk to show signs of autumn
- A painting of an autumn scene
- Artwork using a collection of autumnal natural objects
- Counting using some leaves, conkers or acorns
- Some sentences and pictures about an aspect of autumn (eg conkers, harvest, hedgehogs)
- Cooking using some autumn ingredients (eg blackberries, apples)
- Adding another verse to the poem, Autumn is here
Be as creative as you like!
As we are currently not returning homework to school, please send this to us by email (carolinetaylor@spherefederation.org and jackiefreeman@spherefederation.org).
18 September 2020
Your homework this week is creative: I know the different types of animals.
In science lessons, we’re learning about living things and their habitats. This week, we’ve been learning about the different types of animals and what makes them special (see this attached document for more information).
We’d like the children to show that they know some animals that belong to each group and why they belong to each group. For example:
All mammals have hair, give birth to live young, feed their young with milk and are warm-blooded. Some examples of mammals are humans, horses, whales.
It is up to children how they present this information. The may choose to create a poster, a video, a presentation.
Times Tables
Your child’s login details for Times Table Rock Stars is stuck into their homework books. Please login and practise regularly.
This week, we’re recapping the 2s,5s,10s and 3 times tables. Your Times Table Rock Stars questions will be set to practise these times tables (with a few exceptions for children who have already shown they have mastered these tables.
18 September 2020
Your homework this week is creative: I know the different types of animals.
In science lessons, we’re learning about living things and their habitats. This week, we’ve been learning about the different types of animals and what makes them special (see this attached document for more information).
We’d like the children to show that they know some animals that belong to each group and why they belong to each group. For example:
All mammals have hair, give birth to live young, feed their young with milk and are warm-blooded. Some examples of mammals are humans, horses, whales.
It is up to children how they present this information. The may choose to create a poster, a video, a presentation.
Times Tables
Your child’s login details for Times Table Rock Stars is stuck into their homework books. Please login and practise regularly.
This week, we’re recapping the 2s,5s and 10 times tables. Your Times Table Rock Stars questions will be set to practise these times tables (with a few exceptions for children who have already shown they have mastered these tables.
18 September 2020
The homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect and should be completed by Thursday 17 September.
Your child has been sent home with a maths sheet that will reinforce this week’s learning on numbers to 100.
Here’s a link to the sheet.
Please sent photos of your child’s completed homework to benparker@spherefederation.org. We will go through the answers in next week’s homework review.
