It’s the half-term break…
…so there’s no homework or spellings this week. Enjoy the holiday, whatever you get up to.
17 May 2013
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. Your child will have to complete the number sequences on the sheet in their book. It is due in on Wednesday 22 May 2013.
10 May 2013
This week’s homework is talk time. It is due in on Wednesday 15 May 2013.
Why do we need farms? What is the best place for a farm?
03 May 2013
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect. Your child will have one of two sheets about length. It’s due in on Wednesday 08 May 2013.
26 April 2013
This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 01 May 2013.
I know about nocturnal animals.
In science, we’ve learnt about some nocturnal animals. Your child could choose different nocturnal animals or just one and show what they know about them.
They could:
- produce a spider diagram of information
- draw pictures with labels
- write a fact file
…or think of another creative way of presenting their information.
19 April 2013
Homework this week is creative. It’s the second of three homework tasks this school year when we invite children to respond to something from a cultural or spiritual perspective (we’ve timed these so they fall close to religious festivals, from Eid to Easter).
I can respond to a programme or film I’ve seen.
We’d like children to present their responses about a recent programme or film they’ve seen. We’re interested to hear your child’s opinions and any connections they might have made between the programme or film and their own life. This might include pictures, an interview (you could write a fictional script between an interviewer and a character), a letter (eg to or from a character) – anything which might include your child’s responses!
However, your child might prefer to do the following:
I can show what Passover or Easter means to me and my community.
Recently, some children will have celebrated the Christian festival of Easter or the Jewish festival of Passover. We invite children to respond to the sentence above – they might include a recount (like a diary entry), pictures, an interview (perhaps in a script), or any other creative response.
Super Science Day Talk Time
We don’t normally set specific homework tasks in the holidays, but we encourage you to spend some time discussing the nine science activities your child will have taken part in, especially considering what they have learnt. The learning objectives were:
- I know that dyes are made up of other colours
- I know why objects float
- I can create a gas with a solid and a liquid
- I know that static electricity creates a charge
- I know about irreversible changes
- I know the effects of a chemical reaction
- I know what exercise does to my body
- I am aware of acids and alkalis
- I know what happens when you mix water with oil
Check out the pictures from the day to help jog your child’s memory of each activity… Can they match the learning objective to the photo?
22 March 2013
Super Science Day is postponed due to snow. The homework below relates to this themed day. We will have Super Science Day next Tuesday, 26 March. The homework below will happen after the Easter holidays – it would be a good idea to have some talk time at home about Super Science after Tuesday’s themed day.
This week’s homework is both talk time and creative. It is due in on Wednesday 27 March 2013.
Today, everyone took part in a Super Science themed day in which they completed nine science activities. The learning objectives were:
- I know that dyes are made up of other colours
- I know why objects float
- I can create a gas with a solid and a liquid
- I know that static electricity creates a charge
- I know about irreversible changes
- I know the effects of a chemical reaction
- I know what exercise does to my body
- I am aware of acids and alkalis
- I know what happens when you mix water with oil
In talk-time, we’d like the children to talk about what they have learnt and then, in creative homework, sum up their learning. (Creative homework can be completed on the next page in the homework book so that a full page can be used.)
15 March 2013
This week’s homework is talk time. It’s due in on Wednesday 20 March 2013.
How can art be a treasure?
Why do we treasure art?
What sort of art can we treasure?
08 March 2013
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect. Your child will either have a position or coordinates worksheet to complete. It’s due in on Wednesday 13 March 2013.
