Friday 11 October 2019
Friday 11 October 2019
This week, the whole school has the same Talk Time homework. In preparation for the upcoming School Council elections, children should complete one of the following tasks:
- I can prepare a speech (School Council elections).
- I know the importance of voting.
It’s time for children to consider if they would like to stand for election for our new School Council. With two representatives from each class chosen democratically by their peers, all children are encouraged to take an active part in pupil voice.
Elections for our new school council will take place on Thursday 24 October with our polling station and ballot boxes at the ready. Candidates will have the opportunity to give their election speech in class to their peers.
What makes a good school councillor has been considered by our current school council.
- ‘use all the 8 Rs for learning’
- ‘be respectful’
- ‘help others’
- ‘be a good speaker and listener (to members of your class and in the meetings)’
- ‘tell the truth’
- ‘be confident with your ideas’
- ‘accept the views of others even if you don’t agree’
- ‘be friendly and approachable’
- ‘make good choices in class and around school’
Hints for your speech include:
- What skills and abilities would a good school councillor have?
- What are you particularly good at that would help you to be a great school councillor?
- What do you think would make the school better?
- What could you do that people would really like?
- Think of things that are realistic, maybe that you could do yourself, rather than having to ask other people to do.
Thank you to our current school councillors for all their ideas and contributions. We hope you have enjoyed this role and responsibility. You’re welcome to stand again for election.
Good luck to all children who decide to stand in the elections.
If you choose not to stand in the election, you should instead consider the importance of voting.
Friday 4 October 2019
Friday 4 October 2019
This week, the whole school has a moral Talk Time homework and should be handed in on Thursday 10 October 2019. In Year 3/4, the moral homework is linked to our DT topic. We would like you to discuss:
‘Should we chop down trees?’
Can you imagine that Hetchell Woods, in Leeds, is going to be chopped down (felled), cleared and a new shopping centre is being built to replace it.
- What do you think?
- Have you ever been to the woods?
- How do you feel about the whole forest being removed and replaced by shops?
- What’s the effect of chopping trees down?
- Why do we need trees?
Friday 04 October 2019
This week, our homework is Talk Time: Should children be encouraged to take part in eSports.
Recently, two British teenagers we incredibly successful at an e Sports Gaming World Cup – a sixteen year old won £2.6 million. The enormous prize money has made some people question whether children should be encouraged to get involved in eSports.
The prize money earnt at the competition raised a few issues: whether rewarding children with enormous cash sums is right; the fact that, to be a world champion at eSports, you have to spend a lot of time practising – time spent sitting still, not doing physical exercise; the definition of sport, and whether eSports is a real sport.
However, one thing we know for sure is that eSports is becoming hugely popular worldwide. It now has a regular audience of around 300 million people. In total, fans spend 6.6 billion hours a year watching eSports – up from 1.3 billion hours in 2012. There’s big money in it, too. It is predicted that eSports will generate £1 billion worldwide by 2020, thanks to sponsorship, advertising and broadcast deals. But the eSports audience is quite narrow. Industry experts reckon that around 60% of American eSports viewers are young, aged 18-34. Traditional sports, such as football or rugby, tend to have a much wider age range of fans. The International Olympic Committee has already met to discuss introducing eSports to the Olympics. They decided against doing it for now but have not ruled it out for the future.
Is eSports a positive, sociable, fun activity that kids should be encouraged to get involved in?
Or, do they do more harm than good for youngsters?
Children should discuss this question at home with an adult and be ready to debate this during our homework review by Thursday 09 October 2019.
04 October 2019
This week’s whole school homework is moral themed and is a Talk Time homework. It is due in next Thursday, 10 October.
Wild and free or safe and caged?
Talk about the morals, ethics and purpose of how people use and treat animals. For example:
- Should we cage animals?
- Is it right and how do you feel about animal experimentation for medical or beauty purposes?
- Should animals be used for entertainment?
- Should any animal be allowed to be kept as a pet?
- Should we breed animals for food or fur?
Please email any digital homework (photo, video, audio files) to : Y1scholeshomework@spherefederation.org or Y2scholeshomework@spherefederation.org
Friday 27 September 2019
This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework: I can see maths all around me.
Maths is all around us. But, how often do we appreciate this? This homework is all about spotting maths in our everyday lives and we’re exposed to it more than we realise sometimes. We’d like to children to find some examples of maths from their everyday lives and show these creatively. There are many examples of maths in the world around us but here are a few examples:
- travel, TV or film timetables
- measuring ingredients
- finding examples of shapes in buildings
- counting out objects
- spending money when shopping
- distances on road signs
- %s in sales
- cutting food into the correct amount of slices or pieces
Children should be ready to celebrate their learning in our weekly homework review in class by Thursday 03 October 2019.
Please note: this homework should take no longer than 30 minutes.
Friday 20 September 2019
This week’s homework is Talk Time and due on Thursday 26 September.
This week, our Living and Learning statement is ‘I can take safe risks’. At school, we have been discussing when and where we take risks. For homework, we would like you to discuss risks, safe and unsafe, and where we might take them outside of school. This might be online, at home, at clubs, or in the community.
Friday 20 September 2019
This week, our homework is Practice Makes Perfect: I can start sentences in different ways.
In our recent writing lessons, we’ve been focussing on starting our sentences in different ways. We found some examples in different texts, practised starting sentences in different ways and then applied our learning when writing a setting description based on our class novel: The Nowhere Emporium. For their homework, we would like children to continue their learning by practising writing some sentences that start in different ways. This image shows the learning prompt we’ve been using in school and should help when completing the task.
For a challenge, create a short piece of descriptive writing where the sentence starters are varied. This homework will be reviewed as part of our weekly homework review in class and should be completed by Thursday 26 September.
Please remember, this homework should take no longer than 30 minutes.
Times Tables
This week, we will focus on the 4x tables. See the example in your homework book as an example of the kinds of questions asked during our times table test. Children will be tested on Friday 27 September 2019.
20 September 2019
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on Thursday 26 September.
When is it ok to take a risk?
Our living & learning statement this week is ‘I can take a safe risk’. This homework is all about discussing risks and when it is acceptable to take one. Talk about when risks are safe and unsafe and when we come across risks in our life: at home, online, at school, in the community etc.
If you would like more information about staying safe online, visit our school website: https://www.scholeselmet.leeds.sch.uk/learn-more/online-safety/
13 September 2019
This week’s homework is Talk Time and due on Thursday 19 September.
What have you enjoyed about the first week back at school?
You could talk about:
- the new classroom
- new friends
- new routines (choose lunch, class rewards, choice chips)
- school rules
- the expectations of the teachers/adults in school
- favourite lessons
- new learning
Friday 13 September 2019
This week, our homework is Talk Time: Is it ever OK to take a risk? If so, when?
Our living & learning statement next week is ‘I can take a safe risk’. This homework is all about discussing risks and when it is acceptable to take one. Discuss when risks are safe and unsafe and when we come across risks in our life: at home, online, at school, in the community etc.
If you would like more information about staying safe online, visit our school website: https://www.scholeselmet.leeds.sch.uk/learn-more/online-safety/
Children should be ready to debate the above statement in class as part of our homework review by Thursday 19 September 2019.