Homework

Homework

Homework is due every Monday. 

Diaries

Diaries are due every Friday. Students must read at least 4 times a week for 30 minutes each time. Book titles and pages/times are to be written down in diaries and signed by parents each day. Activities on the left hand side of the diary also need to be completed each week.

Expectations

It is expected that every student completes these weekly tasks. Failure to do so or to an adequate standard will result in students making up time at recess or lunch to complete these tasks. Repeat offenders will receive a strike.

Homework Term 3, Week 6

As students are preparing for their speeches due on Thursday there will be no homework this week.

Homework Term 3, Week 5 (due Monday 25th August)

English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! You can also log some books on the PRC. See your teacher for your login! 

Maths:

This week you are to go onto My Numeracy and complete three tasks.

Inquiry:

This week you should have just about finished your presentation and putting the final touches on it to present next week.  You should be up to check point 6 on the flow chart. Now is the time to check everything against the Rubric so that you can get the maximum benefit.  If you are unsure of anything or feel that you are running out of time, you need to talk to your teacher about it.  Don't leave it until the day before as this is not ideal.

Homework Term 3, Week 5 (due Monday 25th August)

English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! You can also log some books on the PRC. See your teacher for your login!  

Maths:

This week you are to select from the list below a worksheet of BODMAS/BIDMAS.  Just a reminder to underline the first part of the question so that you can answer it correctly if you need to.

Inquiry:

This week you should have finished your interview and researching your other person/group of immigrants.  It is now that you will begin to put together your presentation.  Start with your Venn Diagram as you should have already completed your front page.  This week you need to bring in your presentation and show your teacher where you are up to.

Homework Term 3, Week 4 (due Monday 18th August)

English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! You can also log some books on the PRC. See your teacher for your login!  

Maths:

This week you need to choose one of the conversion sheets to complete.  If you are having difficulty please see your classroom teacher for help.  As an added bonus there will be an extra challenge for the student/s in each grade who comes up with an alphabetical list of mass related words such as w = weight, m = mass.  For the tech savy students, you may be required to explain each term.

Inquiry:

You are about to embark on your next oral presentation for the year.  You will have an opportunity to interview someone and then compare their immigration story to another that you resarch about prior to 1950.  All of the information can be found below including the rubric in which you will be marked against.

Next week you should have decided on who you are interviewing, come up with your interesting questions, set a time for your interview, decided how you are presenting your information and created a front page.

Homework Term3, Week 3 (due Monday 11th August)

English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! You can also log some books on the PRC. See your teacher for your login!  

AR CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP AND CHALLENGE TERM 3

Details will be coming soon but until then get a start on reading your books.

Editing:

Choose one or two of the editing passages from below to complete.  If you don't know what to do please ask your teacher or come and see Miss J.

Mathematics:

Please complete the Mathletics Tasks that your teacher has set for you. 

Homework Term 3, Week 2 (due Monday 4th August)

English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! You can also log some books on the PRC. See your teacher for your login!  

AR CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP AND CHALLENGE TERM 3

Details will be coming soon but until then get a start on reading your books.

Writing:

This week we have been looking at autobiographies and biographies.  Choose a famous indigenous First Nations person to write a biography on.  Below there is a template for you to use or copy it into your books.

Mathematics:

Choose a level below that matches your group (or an appropriate level) and complete the Matharoo problem solving sheet.

Homework Term 3, Week 1 (due Monday 28th July)

WELCOME BACK!  We hope that you have had an excellent break and are ready for another eventful term.

English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! You can also log some books on the PRC. See your teacher for your login!  

AR CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP AND CHALLENGE TERM 3

Miss Hall's Grade won the AR Championship for the most Non-Fiction texts read, will they uphold their crown this term or will another grade rise to the challenge? The battle, the challenge, the books are there, will you contribute and add to your team because I know that Miss Hall's team is eager for another win! The challenge, if you choose to accept it is on!

Maths

This week we are having a focus on Problem Solving.  Each person is to complete the problems that can be found in the link.  You don't have to print these out.  You can complete each problem neatly in your book.

Inquiry

Research Task - This week you will have to find the answers to the following questions.  Please make sure that you are writing down where you find the information from as this will be part of your Literacy Lessons Credibility Tasks.

1.  What is NAIDOC Week?

2.  When is NAIDOC Week?

3. What does the acronym NAIDOC mean?

4.  What was this years' theme for Naidoc Week?

5. Do you think it is important that we have Naidoc Week?  Explain your thinking?

6. Choose one NAIDOC event that you could go and write down where it is it and why you would choose to go to that event.  It could be one in a different state.

7. Each year there is a different poster for NAIDOC week.  Can you please find the artist and in your own words summarise what the poster meant.

8. List down all of the places that you found your information from. 

Homework Term 2, Week 10 (due Tuesday 1st July)
English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! You can also log some books on the PRC. See your teacher for your login!

Maths:
Complete the assigned Maths Worksheet. Mrs Worland extension group, don't forget to be working on your project! Mr Schanssema will be checking in on you soon!

Musical:
Only one more week of rehearsals!!!
Blink and it will all be over!
Make sure you make the most of the time you have left!
If you have any questions or concerns, this is the time to ask it!!

Homework Term 2, Week 9 (Maths due Monday 23rd June)
English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! You can also log some books on the PRC. See your teacher for your login!

Maths:
Complete the appropriate worksheet below. The assigned groups is just a guide, choose what is the best fit for you! The sheet assigned to Mr Schanssema's group is tricky. If you are not familiar with the concepts, do the Mr Tapper and Miss J sheet.
Mrs Worland's extension group are to work on their project. 

Inquiry: DUE FRIDAY 20th!!! Winner must be decided on this day!
Complete your poster advertising our musical, Porridge!
The winning poster will be used on the front page of the program!
All posters will be displayed around the school to advertise the show!
It should be on an A4 piece of paper and include;
- Title
- by Craig Hawes
- 1st and 2nd July 2025
- Forest Hill Secondary College Theatre
- Grade 6 Templeton Primary School Presents (optional)
We are looking for a creative poster that best represents our show!
You may have time to work on it in class, so bring it to school each day! 

Homework Term 2, Week 7 (Due Wednesday 11th June)
English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! You can also log some books on the PRC. See your teacher for your login!

Writing:
This term, you may have looked at developing your characters in your narratives by analyzing their character traits.  
Inside character traits: personality traits that can be inferred from the persons or the characters thoughts, feelings, actions and dialogue.
Outside character traits: also known as external traits, they are the physical traits that can be seen by others such as appearance, clothing or gestures.

Choose a character from a story you have written and draw a picture similar to the example below. If you have done this in class already, choose a different character or choose a character from your Lit Circles book. 

Maths:
Logon to Essential Assessment and click on My Numeracy. Complete a total of two quizzes from any area.  These are all topics that you demonstrated in your assessment that you need to improve on. Your teacher will show you how to access these in class. 

Musical:
Keep singing, dancing and learning lines! Don't forget you should know all the song, not just the ones you are in!

Homework Term 2, Week 6 (Due 2nd June)
English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! You can also log some books on the PRC. See your teacher for your login!

Reading:
National Reconciliation Week runs from the 27th May - 3rd June.
Choose one of the below events that link to Reconciliation Week.
In your homework books right a paragraph explaining it. Think, who, what, when, why and how. We have included a link to BTN videos that can be used in your summary but you are not limited to them. Make sure eveything is in your own words.

Mabo decision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBJ_OjnPgYA
1967 referendum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz7hrwgczPg
National Sorry Day: https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/sorry-day/102363614 

Maths:
Complete the assigned Mathletics tasks

Musical:
Keep singing, dancing and learning lines! Don't forget you should know all the song, not just the ones you are in!

Homework Term 2, Week 5 (Due 26th May)
Reading: Finding the Main Idea
Choose 3 different articles from https://www.kidsnews.com.au/
1.  Write the name of the article in your book
2.  Read the article
3.  Write what the main idea of the article is
4.  Provide some details/evidence that support your choice in main idea

Spelling:
Complete the Word Wheel challenge

Maths:
Complete the appropriate Matharoo worksheet. 

Musical:
Keep singing, dancing and learning lines! Don't forget you should know all the song, not just the ones you are in!

Homework Term 2, Week 4 (Due 19th May)
English:
World Laughter Day was last week! To celebrate, we will be doing Mad Libs!
BEFORE you open the Mad Libs template, in your homework book write down;
1. a person in the room
2. letter of the alphabet
3. a noun
4. a noun
5. number
6. plural noun
7. a place
8. adjective
9. adjective
10. plural noun
11. type of food (plural)
12. adverb
13. colour
14. verb
15. noun
16. type of liquid
17. male celebrity
18. verb

What are Mad Libs? Mad Libs are stories with words removed and replaced by blank spaces.  One player acts as the “reader” and asks the other players, who haven’t seen the story, to fill in the blanks with adjectives, nouns, exclamations, colours, adjectives, and more. These words are inserted into the blanks and then the story is read aloud to hilarious results. Add the words you just wrote down in your book into the template below and read the story you have created.

NOW, it is time to write your own story with gaps that a partner will fill in next week! Your story should be about half a page and include around 10 gaps.

Spelling/Writing:
Re-write the following paragraph in your homework book and correct all the errors! Write all your corrections in red or underline them.

last nite me and my cousin jake went for a walk in the park near nanas house. the sky was brite and full of stars. “lets go see if we can spot a shooting star” said jake. we walked past the pond and got a big fright when a duck suddenly flew out of the reeds. “that gave me a hart attack” i said. we laffed and kept walking, even though it was getting colder and the lite from the streetlamps was starting to fade. jake thort he saw a owl in a tree but it was just a shadow. “we should of brought a torch” he said. “yeah, or at least wore jackets” i replyed. by the time we got back, my legs were tierd but the nite had been worth it. we talked about our hight and who would win in a pillow fight before going to bed. 

Maths:
Complete the assigned  worksheet on area and perimeter.
If you attended small group sessions with Mrs Worland, continue on with your project. 

Musical:
Keep singing, dancing and learning lines! Don't forget you should know all the song, not just the ones you are in!

Homework Term 2, Week 2 (Due Monday 5th)
English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! 

Maths:
Complete the ANZAC Maths worksheet. Your teacher will have some printed copies if you do not have access to a printer. 

Inquiry:
Read the information and watch the video on the following website  (some of you may have watched this in class last week)
https://www.abc.net.au/btn/anzac-day/11024708
Answer the following questions in full sentences in your homework book.

1. How many Australian soldiers fought at Gallipoli?
2. Describe the plan that Britain came up with to defeat Germany.
3. How long did the Gallipoli campaign last?
4. Where is the last post played?
5. When was it first used?

The Turkish perspective
1. What do Turkish people call the battle of Gallipoli?
2. Before Turkey became a country, it was part of the ________________ Empire.
3. In World War I, Turkey was on the same side as countries like...
4. Who was the leader of the Turkish army?  

Musical:
The Finale dance is now on the blog!  If you were absent it is especially important that you watch and learn it!
Practice singing the Musical songs and your lines! If you only have a small amount of lines you should know them all by now! 

No homework again this week!! We will start fresh on Monday!
Please, please, please make sure you have read your Musical script and practiced your dances and songs!
Only people with lots of lines should be bring their script to rehearsals now! Don't worry though, we will help you!

Homework Term 1, Week 9 (Due Monday 31st)
English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! 

Spelling:
Complete the  Phobia Crossword. Collect a  printed  version from your teacher if you need it!

Maths:
Create a weekly timetable for your family. Include all your weekly activities such as work, school, dancing, swimming etc.
How you set it out is up to you! You can use a computer if you wish. Below are some examples and a template but you are encouraged to get creative.  

Musical:
Practice your songs and read through your lines! You should be close to knowing all the words to your songs! 

Homework Term 1, Week 8 (Due Monday 24th)
English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! 

Spelling:
Complete the worksheet "Marina's Open Night"

Maths:
Complete the below worksheet on Mean, Median and Mode. For one of the questions it says to use coloured counters. You can collect this data at school or get creative at home and use something else! Everyone is encouraged to try and answer some questions from this sheet! However if it is too tricky, complete the Interpreting Data worksheet. 

Inquiry:
Soon you will be visiting Victoria's Parliament House.
Visit the below website and write down 5 interesting facts you can find on the website and 2 things you are looking forward to possibly seeing/learning on your visit.
https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/visit/ 

Musical:
Practice your songs and read through your lines! All of this can be found at the Musical page on the blog!

Homework Term 1, Week 7 (Due Monday 17th)
English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! 

Spelling:
Complete the below word search. If you are not able to print the sheet, see your teacher for a printed copy by Thursday 3:30!

Maths:
Complete the assigned Mathletics tasks.

Musical:
Practice your songs and read through your lines! All of this can be found at the Musical page on the blog!

Homework Term 1, Week 6 (Due Tuesday 11th)
English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! 

Spelling:
Complete the worksheet on Homonyms

Inquiry:
Complete the below activity about Democracy

Maths:
Collect some data and represent it in an appropriate graph in your homework book.
You might like to survey your family and friends, graph the weather from January or record how many basketball shots you can make in a minute. Depending on your data you can make a bar graph, line graph, stem and leaf, pie chart etc.
Make sure your graph is neat and includes all the information eg title, key 

Musical:
Practice your songs and read through your lines! All of this can be found at the Musical page on the blog!

Homework Term 1, Week 5 (Due Monday 3rd )
Reading:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary. Don't forget to complete your AR quizzes! 

Spelling:
This week we will be looking at words ending in the suffix -ness, -ful and -less.
Write a list of 3-5 words for each suffix and then write them in a sentence. You can have more then one of the words in a sentence but it needs to make sense!

Inquiry:
Research two local MP's (Member of Parliament) and write a profile on each person. Make sure to include which area they are MP for, which political party they are associated with and include a minimum of 4 interesting facts or information about them. Include a picture of this person within your profile. You might find this website helpful;

https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members 

Maths:
Complete the assigned Mathletics tasks.
See you teacher for your login!

Homework Term 1, Week 3 (Due Monday 17th )
If you haven't already done so, please bring in a tissue box and some headphones!
English:
Read for 30 minutes four times a week and record it in your diary.

Inquiry:
Find an article about the local, state or federal government. You could use the local paper, newspapers or the internet (kidsnews is great!) to find your article. Paste the article into your homework book and write a brief summary on what the article is about. Make sure to include whether it is a local, state or federal issue. 

Maths:
Complete the assigned Maths sheet below. If it is too easy or too hard please speak to your classroom teacher. You are welcome to complete as many as you like!

Homework Term 1, Week 2 (Due Monday 10th ) 

Please bring a box of tissues and a set of headphones into school. Headphones should be small enough to be kept in your tub all year!

Check out XUNO to complete some important permission forms.

House Captain speeches are on Wednesday (5th Feb)! Don't forget to write your speech if you are interested!

English:
Read for 30 minutes at least 4 times a week and record it in your diary.

Inquiry:
Decorate your Homework book front cover. Make sure it is colourful and to a high standard!

Maths:
Complete the appropriate Maths worksheet. Your teacher will let you know what worksheet is the correct one for you. If you are finding some questions too tricky, please speak to your classroom teacher ASAP.

If you do not have access to a printer, you can neatly write the questions out and answers them in your book. If you work on the sheet, make sure you trim it and glue it neatly into your book.