14 June 2019
This week’s 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.
07 June 2019
This week, the whole school has the same Talk Time homework based on our Living and Learning statement: I know honesty is important
This homework is particularly appropriate as honesty is the Christian value which we will be focusing on this half term.
For their homework this week, children should discuss the concept of honesty with their families, brothers and sisters or any other people who may wish to discuss ideas with them.
Children could respond to this homework in a range of ways:
- Why is it important to be honest?
- Discuss a time when you had to be honest.
- Is it ever ok to be dishonest?
- Is being honest always easy?
The discussion you have need not be recorded in homework books but you may want to make a few notes to help with our whole class discussion about the topic on Thursday 13 June 2019.
Thursday 16 May 2019
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.
16 May 2019
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
This week’s homework is a creative task and is due on Thursday 16 May. Look at the science experiment below. Have a go at following the instructions (you may need an adult to help you).
Write some sentences to answer these questions after completing the experiment.
10 May 2019
Our homework this week is Creative
As part of our ‘disasters’ mini topic, we have been studying volcanoes: How they form, what happens when they erupt etc.
Your task is to use your knowledge about them and any extra research you carry out to create a piece of work on volcanoes. You could create a poster, a poem, a game or anything else that you can think of.
We will be looking for creative ideas and originality.
03 May 2019
This week’s homework is talk-time:
Is mental health more important than physical health?
This homework, which links to our living and learning theme, is an opportunity to discuss the issues around mental health. If we can’t see our mental health, does that mean it is less important?
Can you justify your reasons and decisions?
Do people agree or disagree with you? Why?
Year 6: grammar and maths revision booklets to complete by Tuesday 07 May.
3 May 2019
This week we have a Talk time homework: Is physical health more important than mental health?
This homework, which links to our living and learning statement, is an opportunity for children to show that they can recognise what mental health is. We all have mental health but it is sometimes hard tell if our mind is healthy. If we can’t see our mental health, does that mean that it is less important?
You could respond to this in a range of ways:
- create a poster to show your ideas
- write a response to the question
- create a piece of art to show your ideas
- Write a poem, song or rap about mental health
Of course, there are many other ways in which you could respond. Please be ready to celebrate your learning as part of your homework review by Thursday 09 May 2019.
Masters of Mathematics
We are working hard on fundamental maths skills in year 1/2.
Here are a few links to some games that you may want to practise at home.
- Mathsframe speedy timetables (Adjust the difficulty to x2, x5 and x10).
- Jetpack Mathematics (Select year 1 or year 2).
- Hit the button (Try number bonds, doubles, halves or times tables).
26 April 2019
This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework: I can illustrate different emotions.
This homework, which links to our living and learning statement, is an opportunity for children to show that they can recognise, and show, different emotions. As humans, we display a huge-range of emotions. Sometimes, it’s obvious how we’re feeling. Sometimes, it’s trickier for us to show, or recognise, an emotion. This statement allows us to spend time thinking about the different emotions we experience and how we can recognise these accurately in ourselves and others.
Children could respond creatively to this in a range of ways:
- create a piece of art that shows a range of emotions
- take pictures of themselves (or others) displaying different emotions
- write a short-story in which a character shows lots of emotions
- Devise a poem, song or rap about emotions
- Create a comic strip to illustrate different emotions
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 02 May 2019.