16 March 2018
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is in preparation for next week’s Living and Learning theme (I know the difference between being proud and showing off).
What makes you proud?
Have a chat about anything and everything that makes you beam with pride. Perhaps it’s achievements or accomplishments, friends or family – whatever it is, be ready to explain and discuss in class on Thursday 22 March.
09 March 2018
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect, consolidating learning we’ve been doing in Maths on perimeter. The children have a worksheet which requires them to find the perimeter of 2D shapes and explaining their reasoning.
This homework is due on Thursday 15 March when we will go through the answers together.
23 February 2018
This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Thursday 01 March.
Should zoos be banned?
Have a discussion about whether or not animals should be kept in zoos or whether or not we should close them down. Whichever side of the debate you fall on, come up with arguments for both sides and be ready to discuss them in class.
26 January 2018
The homework this week is creative and should be returned to class by Thursday 01 February.
I can show my understanding of money.
In maths, this week, we’ve added and subtracted money and practised giving change. Some ideas for how to show this understanding creatively are:
- make a quiz
- make a shop or shopping list
- make a song or rhyme
- make a board game
- make coins
19 January 2018
The homework this week is Talk Time and will be discussed in class on Thursday 25 January.
What is a safe risk?
This is in preparation for next week’s Living and Learning theme: I am aware of risks. Being aware of risks and being able to assess the degree of risk is a crucial skill for living independently and safely.
12 January 2018
The homework this week is creative and should be returned to class by Thursday 18 January.
I can show my understanding of division.
In maths, this week, we’ve used a range of strategies to help us divide: base ten, number lines and the ‘bus stop’ method. Some ideas for how to show this understanding creatively are:
- make a game of snap
- show grouping and sharing of objects
- make a quiz
- make a song or rhyme
05 January 2018
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Thursday 11 January:
I can describe my ideal imaginary friend.
Your task is to write a description of your dream imaginary friend, inspired by our current class picture book, Imaginary Fred. Our ideas in class were to describe:
- their personality
- their appearance
- their hobbies
- how they act
- what they might wear
You could make your description interesting by using:
- varied punctuation
- exciting vocabulary
- conjunctions
- different sentence openers
- varied sentence lengths
If you need any help, come in and see us before the due date!
08 December 2017
The homework this week is creative and should be returned to class by Thursday 14 December.
The children are invited to respond to something from either a cultural or spiritual perspective.
I can show what I know and think about something cultural.
We’d like children to present their responses about a recent book they’ve read, film they’ve watched, piece of art they’ve looked at, piece of music they’ve listened to – anything cultural in fact.
We’re interested to read some sort of description (a summary, for example) and then your child’s opinions. This review might include pictures, an interview (your child could write a fictional script between himself/herself and the artist, for example), a letter (eg to or from a character, or perhaps even the author) – anything which might include your child’s responses!
However, your child might prefer to do the following:
I can show what I know about a festival.
Over the course of this term, some children in school will have celebrated a religious festival of some sort. This might have been
- the Muslim festival of Eid ul Adha
- the Sikh and Hindu festival Diwali
- the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, coming up in December
- the Christian festival (of course, celebrated by many non-Christians) of Christmas
- and the Chinese New Year festival which next year will be in February
There are lots of other festivals and celebrations which you and your child together might want to reflect on. You can research more festivals.
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). Your child might also choose to research a completely unknown festival, or they might even think about creating a brand new festival, one that everyone will celebrate.
01 December 2017
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due in on Thursday 07 December:
I can show my understanding of instructions.
Your task is to write a set of instructions for a recipe, just like we’ve done in class. You need to include:
- a catchy title
- an introduction
- a list of what’s needed
- a method
- a top tip
If you need any help, come in and see us before the due date!
We’re practising all the times tables we’ve covered so far this year: 3, 4 and 8 times tables. Make sure to reiterate division facts, too.
For example, if we know 5 x 8 = 40, we should know 8 x 5 = 40, 40 ÷ 5 = 8 and 40 ÷ 8 = 5.
24 November 2017
For all children in Year 1 – Year 6, the homework this week is creative and is due in on Thursday 30 November.
Following our whole school themed week this week, Who do you think you are?, children should consider the following statement by showing what they have learnt.
I know what community is.
As a guide, children could think about these aspects.
- What is community?
- Where is their community? Children could consider their school community to local community to wider community. Moortown Community Group has lots of information about our local community.
- Who is in their community? Children could consider visits/visitors during our themed week.
- Why is community important? Children could consider the terms ‘identity’ and ‘diversity’ discussed during our themed week.
- How can we be a good citizen in our community?
This could be done in any creative way.
- A story
- A poem
- A map
- A comic strip
- An advert
- An interview
- A game
- A model
…or any other creative ideas!
