Homework Week Beginning Monday 2nd March 2020

Due Thursday 5th March 2020

Numeracy

Please continue to practise your times tables and division facts by playing daily 10:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Spelling

P3 and P4: chalk, sand, leather, iron, gold, cotton, coal, wood, rubber, wool, silk

Cross Cutting Themes

Over the next three weeks the children will be working on preparing a class talk about a chosen natural or man-made material. They will create a poster for their presentation.

The children will present the talks on the last week before the Easter holidays. Please choose a material out of the list and do some research about it and bring in resources and ideas for your poster and talk.

Natural: chalk, sand, organic oil, leather, iron, gold, cotton, coal, wood, natural rubber, wool, silk

Man-made: concrete, glass, nylon, paper, synthetic rubber, steel, plastic, rayon, polyester

Homework Week Beginning Monday 24th February 2020

Due Thursday 27th February 2020

Numeracy

We’ve been revisiting place value. Please practise with the game using the link below.

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/countingCaterpillar/index.html

Also practise your times tables 10 min a day on "Topmarks: Hit the Button" or on any other online game you know.

Spelling

P3 and P4: experiment, substance, mix, stir, shake, dissolve, science, teaspoon, water, timer

Cross Cutting Themes

Science

States of water

Please complete the table on the working sheet.

Homework Week Beginning Monday 10th February 2020

Due Thursday 13th February 2020

Numeracy

We’ve been ordering the months of the year.

Sequence the months of the year:

Before Month After

_______________________ February ____________________________

_______________________ July ____________________________

_______________________ August ___________________________

_______________________ January ___________________________

_______________________ June ___________________________

_______________________ October ___________________________

_______________________ May ___________________________

Spelling

P3 and P4: internet, safety, time, clock, quarter, day, month, year, hour, minute

Cross Cutting Themes

saferinternetday.org.uk

Equality Thermometer (Ages 7-11)

--> There is a sheet in the homework pack to work with

Using the thermometer rating of 1 -10 (10 holding the highest importance) ask your child to place the names in order of who they think is more important online.

Key questions

· Who did you rate as the most important online? Why?

· Who did you rate as the least important online? Why?

· Where did you put yourself?

· Did you find this difficult? Why?

After the discussion, ask your child to twist their thermometer from vertical to horizontal. Ask your child what they think this demonstrates.

Use this as an opportunity to illustrate to your child that the online world hast he potential for everyone to be equal online. Ask your child if they think this reflects what the online world is like, and if not, why.

Homework Week Beginning Monday 3rd February 2020

Due Thursday 6th February 2020

Numeracy

We’ve been revising telling the time: o’clock, half past, a quarter to, a quarter past. Please practise here:

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/117/telling_the_time_in_words#

If you can’t open the link copy and paste it on your computer or laptop or tablet.

Spelling

P3 and P4: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Cross Cutting Themes

Do some research on volcanoes:

1. What is „The Ring of Fire“?

2. Why is it called The Ring of Fire?

Write your answers in the homework jotter using your own words.

Homework Week Beginning Monday 27th January 2020

Due Friday 31st January 2020

Numeracy

We’ve been using arrays as useful models for multiplication.

Create 3 arrays and write the two number sentences that go with it.

Spelling

P3: old, or, over, see, some, their, there, then, were, where

P4: another, any, away, best, black, blue, every, farm, fast, head

Cross Cutting Themes

As part of our Social and Personal Development and RME we’ve been looking at respect. We respect self, others and property.

Write down three situations in school or at home where you show respect.

Example

I am quiet in the library to show that I care about the others to read without interruption.

Homework Week Beginning Monday 20th January 2020

Due Friday 24th January 2020

Numeracy

We have been working very hard on building our 4 times table

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Click on 'Times Tables' and choose the 4 times table. Challenge yourself with other times tables.

Spelling

P3: only, our, other, right, up, want, which, them, went, who

P4: always, am, ask, each, egg, end, give, good, green, jump

Cross Cutting Themes

We have been exploring the water cycle could you try to explain to an adult at home how the water cycle works then they could write a sentence about how you did in your homework jotter.

Remember our key words Evaporation, condensation, precipitation

Homework Week Beginning Monday 13th January 2020

Due Monday 20th January 2020

Numeracy

Revision of 2, 5, 10 times tables and doubles.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Click on 'Times Tables' and 'Doubles' and choose the one you would like to practise. Challenge yourself!

Spelling

Please list these words in your homework jotter in alphabetical order and practice their spellings.

volcano, flood, tornado, destruction, lava, tsunami, earthquake, bush fire, avalanche, help

Cross Cutting Themes

We are exploring non-fiction texts and our topic this term is natural disasters. Choose a natural disaster and note 3 facts in your homework jotter.

Homework Week Beginning Monday 2nd December 2019

Due Tuesday 10th December

Literacy

Spelling

P3 and P4 words practice around advertisement:

offer, advertisement, snappy, bright, picture, product, positive, layout, eye catching, slogan

Reading

Reading for enjoyment:

Read a book of your choice for 15 minutes every night

Could you please bring a book to school for silent reading in class, thank you.

Handwriting

In jotters: joins to anti-clockwise

Numeracy

P3: You have 10 pounds to spend for Christmas shopping. Write down what you could buy, add the prices and calculate the change.

P4: You have 20 pounds to spend for Christmas shopping. Write down what you could buy, add the prices and calculate the change.

Cross Cutting Theme

Advertisement: working sheet ‚Food Advertising‘

Christmas Songs Practice

P3: Jingle Bell Rock and Let It Snow. There is a sheet with the lyrics.

P4: Sparkle and Shine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrP2_JjEfH4

Homework Week Beginning Monday 18th and 25th November 2019

Due Thursday 28th November

Literacy

Spelling

Revision P3: have, said, she, they, two, when, with, one, new, there

Revision P4: because, been, come, about, before, first, here, little, like, make

Reading

Reading for enjoyment:

Read a book of your choice for 15 minutes every night

Numeracy

Topmarks game to help with your growing knowledge of money

Adding money

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game

click on ‚Counting’, choose your ability level

Giving change

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Click on ‚Mixed Coins’ and then ‚Give Change’, choose your level of difficulty

Cross Cutting Theme

Advertisement

Have a look at advertisements in shops or on TV and talk about it. What do they have in common (slogans, catchy parts, font,...).

Christmas Songs

Could you please practise these songs at home.

P3: Jingle Bell Rock and Let It Snow. Have a sheet with the lyrics.

P4: Sparkle and Shine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrP2_JjEfH4

Homework Week Beginning Monday 11th November 2019

There won't be any homework this week due to parents meetings.

Homework Week Beginning Monday 4th November 2019

Literacy

Spelling

Please practise your spelling words by playing games such as spelling tennis etc with someone at home

Ask, another, black, bring, door, every, fell, found, green

Could you read a book of your choice for 15 minutes every night

Numeracy

Play the topmarks game to help with your growing knowledge of money

coins game

Order coins

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game

Toy shop Mixed coins exact money

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Cross cutting Theme

Please research article 12 of the UNCRC with someone at home and note down in your jotter what you think this article means.

Apologies for delay with homework!! I have been spending lots of time meeting your new teacher and sharing our learning with her. Ms Linder is really looking forward to meeting you all on the last Friday before the holidays.

Week beginning 30th of October 2019

Literacy

Please read a book of your choice from home for 15 mins per day and answer the questions below based on the text.

1. Make a text-to -text connection.

2. Make a text- to- world connection

3. Make a text- to -self connection.

Spelling

Please practice your spelling words by playing spelling games at home such as spelling tennis etc. Can you list the words in alphabetical order in your homework jotter?

Spelling words -

after

many

baby

know

children

gave

house

found

dinner

last

Numeracy

As our focus has been on rounding this week, have a look for some rounding games on topmarks.

Week beginning 23rd of September 2019

Literacy

To continue our learning on punctuation, can you help me fix these sentences?

1. lucy lives in inverness

2. my favourite book is by roald dahl

3. dinner time called dad

Numeracy

Please find on top marks Place value games to help improve these skills.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/place-value

Cross Cutting Themes

We are continuing our investigation on 'What makes me, me?' Can you find three facts (either online or from books) about one of the organs in our human body.

Thanks you, Miss McCulloch

Home work Week beginning the 2nd September 2019.

Homework this week is due in on Thursday 5th of September.

Literacy

As part of our learning this term we are exploring WOW Words (adjectives) to help improve our Vocabulary and Writing. Please read a book of your choice for at least 15 minutes per day and list 10 of the best wow words you find. We will be using these words in our writing on Thursday.

Numeracy

Please find on top marks Place value games to help improve these skills.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/place-value

Cross cutting Themes

In Science our topic is 'What makes me, me', can you look closely at the people in your family and note down some similar and different characteristics.