Friday 18 January 2019
Friday 18 January 2019
This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework:
I can show different ways to make things better.
This homework, which is due on Thursday 24 January, is an opportunity for children to reflect on our living & learning statement for this week: I can make things better.
Children should think about ways to make things better in a variety of different situations and contexts:
- in class
- in a friendship group
- at playtime
- at home
- with siblings
- out and about (countryside, park)
- the wider environment (recycling)
You could consider…
- Why should we try and make things better?
- How do we do this?
- When should we apologise?
- What is the effect it has on others around us when we make things better?
- Older children might want to consider the benefits of restorative justice.
Don’t forget to be creative! Produce a report or diary; capture photos of making things better; create rules for better games at play times; make a poster about how to say sorry; or, think of your own creative response.
This homework will be celebrated in our weekly homework review.
11 January 2019
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect.
It is an opportunity to recap on learning we have been doing in class about calculating fractions.
Y5: adding and subtracting fractions.
Choose two fractions with different denominators to add or subtract.
Y6: adding and subtracting mixed numbers.
CGP revision sheet
Here are some links to support your homework.
11 January 2019
This week’s homework is a practice makes perfect and is due on Thursday 17 January.
Year 1:
This week, we have been learning to write numbers as words. There is an activity in the homework book to practice this. Have a look at this Fruit Splat game to practice reading numbers as words.
Year 2:
We have begun learning about multiplication – thinking about the multiplication sign (x) as groups of and how it relates to repeated addition. There is an activity in the homework book to practice this. Have a look at this Mental Maths Train game to practice – head to the multiplication symbol and choose from 2, 5 or 10 times tables. Remember “times by” means the same as groups of.
11 January 2019
Practice makes perfect: Addition
We have been working on addition using the column method. We have used apparatus and have moved onto the written method.
Children have a sheet of questions in their books which need to be completed using the column method of multiplication.
As always, homework is due next Thursday.
14 December 2018
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect:
I can add and subtract fractions.
This homework is an opportunity to show what you have learnt about adding and subtracting fractions.
Can you show how to add/subtract fractions with the same denominator? Eg; 2/5 + 1/5 = 3/5
Can you show how to add/subtract fractions with different denominators? Eg; 2/3 + 1/6 = 5/6
Year 6: Can you show how to add/subtract mixed numbers? Eg; 1 2/3 + ¾ = 2 5/12
You can draw pictures, write calculations and write number stories to show you can add and subtract fractions.
14 December 2018
Practice makes perfect: Addition and subtraction
We have been working on addition and subtraction and which calculations are possible by just counting on without the need for a mental method.
Children have a sheet stuck in their book which asks them to consider which questions are hard and which are easy. Children need to respond to each one with a reason and also answer the question.
07 December 2018
This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework which should be returned by Thursday 13 December 2018.
I can show what I know about a festival.
Over the course of this term, some children in school may 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, coming up
There are lots of other festivals and celebrations which you and your child together might want to reflect on.
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.
30 November 2018
This week’s homework is Practice makes Perfect and is a reading activity.
- Year 5: Advent
- Year 6: Narrative CGP comprehension
30 November 2018
Focus: Practice makes perfect
Rounding
This week, we’ve been rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. The children are all confident with the method of doing this and now just need to practise eg:
when rounded to the nearest 10, 45 rounds to 50 but 44 rounds to 40
when rounded to the nearest 100, 455 round to 500, but 439 round to 400
Children need to complete the table which is glued into their books about rounding different representations of numbers.
30 November 2018
This week’s homework is practice makes perfect and is due on Thursday 06 December. You will find an activity for the children to complete in their homework book.
Year 1:
We’ve been working on our subtraction skills (using a number line) and finding the difference between two numbers. Here are two clips to help explain finding the difference: Video 1 Video 2
Year 2:
We’ve been learning different methods to work out addition and subtraction calculations. We’ve learnt to use tens and ones (a rod of ten for each ten and cubes for the ones), drawing it pictorially (draw a stick for ten and a dot for one) or by using the column method. Have a look at our calculation videos which show some of the methods we use.