02 March 2018
This week’s homework is Creative.
I can find, show and tell number stories.
You could find number stories around your house or outside. Draw a picture or take a photograph of the number story, writing the related number sentences to accompany it. There are some examples below.
I have 2 cats. Each cat has 4 legs.
- 4 + 4 = 8.
- Double 4 is eight.
- Half of 8 is 4.
- 2 x 4 = 8
My fence has 13 slats in each panel. There are 4 panels.
- 13 + 13 + 13 + 13 = 52
- 13 x 4 = 52
I made 12 cupcakes. I ate 3 of them.
- 12 – 3 = 9
- 9 = 12 – 3
- 3 + 9 = 12
23 February 2018
Our times tables focus this week will be the 8 times table (up to 8 x 12) and including division facts.
Practise counting forwards, backwards, starting from zero and then starting from a multiple, and don’t forget the traditional way to support your child: a couple of mock tests to see how well your child knows their tables!
23 February 2018
This week’s whole school homework is Talk Time.
Wild and free or safe and caged?
- 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?
02 February 2018
This week’s homework is Creative and is due in on Thursday 07 February.
I can show what I know about e-safety.
This can be done in a variety of ways:
- pictures and diagrams
- comic strips
- a poster
- a poem/ an acrostic poem
We look forward to seeing your creations!
02 February 2018
The numbers of my life!
This is a creative homework. Write a fact sheet about yourself. Tell us in numbers, percentages, decimals and fractions interesting facts and information. We’re expecting a minimum of ten interesting facts to share. For example…
- 3/5 of my family are male
- 70% of my pets have fur
- I have been alive for 3,243 days
Our times tables focus this week will be the 7 times table (up to 7 x 12) and including division facts. Practise counting forwards, backwards, starting from zero and then starting from a multiple, and don’t forget the traditional way to support your child: a couple of mock tests to see how well your child knows their tables!
2 February 2018
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect.
All classes are working hard on their recall of key maths facts. A copy can be found on the Learn More/Help My Child/Addition Facts guide section of the website. We’ve been trying to complete as many as we can against the clock. See how many you can do in two minutes. Check how many you got right then continue to work through the others, if you have any left.
26 January 2018
Our times tables focus this week will be the 12 times table (up to 12 x 12) and including division facts.
Practise counting forwards, backwards, starting from zero and then starting from a multiple, and don’t forget the traditional way to support your child: a couple of mock tests to see how well your child knows their tables!
26 January 2018
This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on Thursday 01 February
Word meanings
From a page of our class novel, we’d like children to identify at least five words with unfamiliar meanings. At home, discuss the likely meanings of the words, and talk about the strategies they used to get these meanings. Can your child include the words in conversations at home? (Can you?!)
Children will have a copy of the page in their homework books.
19 January 2018
In school today, we had a visit from the NSPCC. There was a KS1 and a KS2 assembly which promoted awareness about how to stay safe. (Check out the 15 January news article, Pants! The NSPCC safeguarding campaign, for some support at home.)
Next week, our Living and Learning statement of the week is ‘I am aware of risks’.
To support both of these things, this week’s homework task is a whole-school Talk Time homework:
I am aware of risks.
Talk with your child about risks. You might want to talk about:
- risks at home, at school and in lots of other places – can your child consider risks in different situations?
- weighing up risks – some risks (like putting your hand up to answer a question) is a safe risk as the worst that can happen is you might get the answer wrong; other risks are more dangerous – can you think of some more examples of safe and unsafe risks?
- risks to physical health (such as smoking), risks to mental health (such as stress) – can your child think about other examples?
- …and anything else that comes up!
19 January 2018
Our times tables focus this week will be the 8 times table (up to 8 x 12) and including division facts.
Practise counting forwards, backwards, starting from zero and then starting from a multiple, and don’t forget the traditional way to support your child: a couple of mock tests to see how well your child knows their tables!