11 November 2011
This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 16 November 2011.
I can use adverbs.
Adverbs often end in ‘ly’ and they describe verbs (which are actions or ‘doing words’). You could use the ones you had for your homework last week.
Here are a few ideas:
- Put adverbs at the end of a sentence: Year Two did their homework happily.
- Put adverbs in the middle of a sentence: Year Two happily did their homework.
- Put adverbs at the beginning of sentences. Happily, Year Two did their homework.
- Create a poster of different adverbs.
- Take photographs of yourself doing something and label with different adverbs.
04 November 2011
This week’s homework is Practice makes Perfect.
I can add numbers using a number line.
R2 (Remember to)
- Start with the largest number (circle it on your number line).
- Count on the amount of the smaller number.
- The number that you reach is your answer.
The children have different calculations depending on which maths group they are in. Please see their homework books for the correct calculations. Do ask me, Miss Hewson, or Mr Roundtree, if you’d like some help in supporting your child.
It’s the holiday…
…so there are no homework or spellings.
However, there are lots of ways you can support you child’s learning, first and foremost by visiting our Help Your Child section.
There are lots of things to do in or near Leeds, from geo-caching on Monday to a spooky Halloween walk on Sunday. Here are a few other ideas to fill the October half-term holiday with activities…
- take your child for an autumnal walk in Roundhay Park to collect chestnuts for a game of conkers or autumn leaves for an autumn collage;
- on a cold, autumn day, stay indoors and spend time baking (What unit of measurement will we use to weigh? If we want to make twice as much, how much will we need? When will the food be ready?);
- take a trip to Leeds Art Gallery – the Damien Hirst exhibition should prove a great opportunity for lots of discussion, description and possibly disagreement!
- and, as always, enjoy some relaxing reading (why not read some Tintin stories from a local library in preparation for the forthcoming film?)
School re-opens on Tuesday 01 November 2011 (following a training day on Monday 31 October 2011).
14 October 2011
This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 19 October.
I know about the body.
It links to our new topic Doctor! Doctor!
Your child could produce a:
- poster
- draw a picture
- write some sentences
- label a part of the body
- do some research
10 October 2011
Practice Makes Perfect homework
I can describe a character.
Find a character in a story book and think of adjectives (describing words) to describe them. Are they a hero or a villain? You could try to put these adjectives into sentences too. Remember to think of words to describe their appearance (what they look like) and personality (what they act like).
30 September 2011
This week’s homework is creative and it links to our safety week. It is due in on Wednesday 05 October 2011.
I can show how I need to be safe when playing outside.
23 September 2011
This week’s homework is talk time and linked to our mini-topic – Sound.
I can talk about sounds I hear at home.
We want to know how many different sounds you can hear at home and what they are and how they sound (soft, sudden, irritating…). We will discuss your findings on Wednesday 28 September.
16 September 2011
This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 21 September.
I can show something interesting about myself.
It’s the summer…
…so there are no homework activities or spellings to learn.
Don’t forget learning can still happen in the holidays:
- take your children to the park and talk about what they can see, hear and smell;
- take a trip using a bus or train, and take time to look at the timetable (Why is it in the 24 hour clock? How long will the journey last? When will we arrive?)
- enjoy visits to the local library;
- spend time baking (What unit of measurement will we use to weigh? If we want to make twice as much, how much will we need? When will the food be ready?);
- encourage your child to write some postcards to friends and family;
- take a trip to a museum or art gallery.
Research shows that the long summer holidays can mean some children’s learning regresses and they might struggle in the autumn term to keep up. Frequent talk-times, reading, counting and tables practice are so important!
08 July 2011
This week’s homework is Creative Homework. Please hand in on Wednesday 13 July.
I can show my learning journey.
This is the final homework of this academic year. It’s an opportunity for your child to reflect on their learning over the year. Their reflections could include:
- what they have learned
- when they learn best
- how they learn something new
- how they know they have learned something new
- how they approach learning something
We look forward to sharing these learning journeys with the children.
Thank you for all your support with homework over the past year.
Don’t forget learning can still happen in the holidays:
- take your children to the park and talk about what they can see, hear and smell;
- take a trip using a bus or train, and take time to look at the timetable (Why is it in the 24 hour clock? How long will the journey last? When will we arrive?)
- enjoy visits to the local library;
- spend time baking (What unit of measurement will we use to weigh? If we want to make twice as much, how much will we need? When will the food be ready?);
- encourage your child to write some postcards to friends and family;
- take a trip to a museum or art gallery.
Research shows that the long summer holidays can mean some children’s learning regresses and they might struggle in the autumn term to keep up. Frequent talk-times, reading, counting and tables practice are so important!
