Homework

21 June 2019

Posted on Friday 21 June 2019 by Mrs Latham

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect.

Choose a poem about plants, seeds, growing, trees or flowers. Copy it into your book. Try to read the poem every day to learn it by heart. There are some ideas below.

14 June 2019

Posted on Friday 14 June 2019 by Mrs Latham

This week’s whole school homework is to complete our annual Health Survey. This helps us gather important information about what has worked well this year and what we could improve on next year. Please complete the survey and return it to school in your homework book on 20 June, ready for your class homework review.
Pupil Health survey 2019 Scholes

Friday 07 June 2019

Posted on Saturday 08 June 2019 by Mr Catherall

Friday 07 June 2019

This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework: I can illustrate a moral choice.  

A moral choice is committing to act for what you believe is right and good. As responsible citizens, we have a duty to ensure that we, and others, act on what we think is correct. This homework, which links to our on-going living and learning work, will help children to further understand this.

As this is a creative homework we look forward to receiving a range of responses. Children should think about something they feel passionate about and illustrate this however they see fit.

They could…

  • create a piece of art that shows the choice
  • write a news report about someone making a moral choice
  • find a key person from history and explain how, and why, they made a moral choice
  • create a short piece of drama to show the choice being made.

This homework should be completed by Thursday 13 June 2019.

7 June 2019

Posted on Friday 07 June 2019 by Mr Roundtree

Times tables

This week, we would like the children to recap on their times tables.

In Y3, we are going back to our 3 x table only. Use the times tables sheets provided. For extra practice online, choose hit-the-button or times tables sheets on our website.

In Y4, learn all the tables learnt so far this year. We have provided a missing number square grid for challenge.

Thursday 16 May 2019

Posted on Thursday 16 May 2019 by Mr Catherall

This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework: I can show what I know about a particular job.  

This homework is in preparation for our themed week which is next week. Throughout the week, we’ll focus on money. One aspect of this is how money is earned. Obviously, our children are a little young to be earning money but it is really important that they have aspirations.

For their homework this week, children should decide on a job (maybe one they want to do or one that a family member has) and find out some useful information about the profession: what a ‘normal’ day looks like, how much you can earn, what qualifications/experience you need, etc.

Children could respond to this creative homework in a range of ways:

  • Create a poster
  • Make a ‘project board’
  • Re-create a ‘day in the life of…’ and document this in pictures
  • Make a presentation
  • Compare a few different jobs
  • Devise a short play to show their peers what the job involves
  • Research the salary and decide how they might spend their money
  • Write a job application

Of course, there are many other ways in which children could respond. Children should be ready to celebrate their learning as part of their homework review by Thursday 23 May 2019.

10 May 2019

Posted on Friday 10 May 2019 by Mr Roundtree

This week’s homework is Creative and due on Thursday 16th May 2019.

As part of our new topic, Disasters and the Environment, we would like your child to find out about a global or local disaster. This can be natural or man-made. It may also be a personal disaster that may have affected them .

Children can present  findings in the most creative way they can.  They may decide to choose one of the following or come up with something completely different. Be creative!

  • Poster
  • Newspaper report
  • Pictures or drawings
  • Interview
  • Comic strip
  • Story
  • …or any other creative way your child may think of!

Times tables:

Complete the table division wheels. Division is the inverse of multiplication so use your times table facts to help you.

Image result for division wheels

10 May 2019

Posted on Friday 10 May 2019 by Mrs Latham

This week’s homework for both Year 1 and Year 2 is focusing on reading.

Copies will be stuck in books or can be found here.

 

Living and Learning – I know mental health is important

Posted on Saturday 04 May 2019 by Mr Roundtree

Our Living and Learning statement this week was about Mental Health. We talked about how we can see injuries and bruises on the outside (like a broken leg) and so we ask if the person is ok, but with mental health, the bruises can be on the inside so it’s not as easy to see.
We used the illustration of two bananas, both looking the same on the outside, but one was all squishy on the inside – that’s like our mental health. But unlike bananas, the bruises on the inside can heal, just like the external ones, if we talk and get help.
Quotes from the children about what they do when they feel down:
Poppy: “I read a book to help me calm down.”
Jessica: “I hold my breath as long as possible and then breathe out all the anger.”
Paige: “I stroke Granny’s dog.”
Alex: “I listen to my favourite songs.”
Lily: “I put headphones on and listen to calm music.”
Here are some photos of just some of many fantastic, creative homework from our children this week.

20 May 2019

Posted on Friday 03 May 2019 by Mr Roundtree

This week’s homework is Talk Time and due on Thursday 9th May 2019. 

We have been discussing the importance of online safety and creating safe, secure passwords and usernames. We have also talked about different online scenarios, how the children could respond to them and how to get help if they are worried about an issue.

For homework this week, could your child discuss the following questions that link to a moral issue:

Why do we need to keep our passwords secret?

Is it right to keep a secret?

Times tables – Use maths frame MTC website for more practise. 

Look at the times tables you have been learning in your year group. Write your own personalised list of the tables you still need to practise.

Do you know the divisions?

Year 3 times tables – 3, 4 and 8 times tables (up to x 12).

Year 4 times tables –  6, 7 and 9 times tables (up to x 12).

Friday 03 May 2019

Posted on Friday 03 May 2019 by Mr Catherall

This week, our homework is Talk Time: Should the government buy every adult or every child a bike?

Children should discuss this idea with an adult at home and be ready to share their views by Thursday 09 May 2019.

Spelling

Like last week, children have taken ownership for their own spellings. Each child has been given a copy of the year 5 and 6 statutory spelling list from the National Curriculum. They have identified 10 spellings that they need to learn or revise. Children should learn these spellings in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 10 May 2019.

Times tables

This week, children should revise the 4 and 8 x tables, including the related facts. Children will be tested on a random selection of these on Friday 10 May 2019.