Information for families working with pupils in Class 5
Homework tasks in Class 5 this half-term will link to the key curriculum areas, and learning skills, that we will be focusing on during the school day. These are as follows:
1) Geography – learning about rivers by studying the River Thames and the Amazon River as case studies;
2) Literacy (spelling) – recapping the words from Year 5 target spelling words, learning homophones and homonyms, learning words with verb prefixes;
3) D.T. – designing and making a model bridge;
4) Literacy (core skills)– using direct speech accurately, ensuring the best presentation of work and checking work for errors (try to progress to the Advanced work and complete as many tasks as possible);
5) Mathematics – continuing to work on mental maths skills as well as focusing on written problem solving activities; and
6) Literacy – reading comprehension skills and learning how to write adventure stories;
7) Science – the life and work of famous scientists;
8) R.E. – practice for our Post-Resurrection Service at the Cathedral;
9) International Week – Singapore; and
10) Debating Club – all children in Key Stage 2 will be invited to join a new Debating Club that will run after-school on Thursdays – it is designed to develop pupil’s speaking and listening skills.
These tasks are in addition to the usual recurring tasks of reading, times tables and spelling practice.
The usual structure for homework in Class 5 will be as follows (please note some weeks this usual structure may not apply due to special circumstances, e.g. preparing for/recounting a special event):
Monday – test preparation
The children will be set 10 new words to learn and write in a sentence (sentences should link to a piece of punctuation that the pupils are currently learning about). Tests will be sat on Friday with an expectation that the children score 100%.
Tuesday – foundation subject links
The class will complete a task that enhances their learning in a foundation subject area – see blog links above for examples.
Wednesday – Mathletics
Pupils are set a range of different tasks on the Mathletics website that relate to current curriculum areas.
Thursday – Literacy/Mathematics
The students will be given a task that links to current topics being covered in their Literacy/Mathematics lessons – see blog links above for examples.