Y5 Homework
Snow Day - Friday 9th January
As school is closed today, we would like you to complete a few tasks to keep you busy.
Reading - please read for 20 minutes today. At least 10 minutes should be your normal reading book but you can choose to read anything else for the remaining time.
TTRS - please make sure you go on to TTRS and complete 10 minutes of Garage and 3 minutes in the Studio. As this is done in school time, it will not count towards your normal homework expectations.
Spelling - practise this week's spellings in any way you like. You could even write the words in the snow!
Snow days don't come around very often, so please make memories and try some of these activities:
- Go for a nature walk and enjoy the peace
- Build a snowman
- Make a snow angel
- Mix water and food colouring to create some snow art on your lawn
- Help your adults - wash up for them, tidy your room, do the dusting etc.
- Clear a path on your driveway
- Have a snowball fight
- Create a snowball 'tin-can alley'
- Be kind to your family
- Create a snow shelter
- Create some snowy artwork
- Write a description of a snowy scene or a snow story
- Research climates and weather.
With your adult's permission:
- Check on an elderly relative or a neighbour.
- Do something for the community around you.
Most importantly, have fun, stay safe and make some fabulous memories.
Reading
Children are asked to read at home with an adult at least four times each week and parents are asked to date and sign each entry in their Reading Record each week to confirm their child has read at least four times. Diaries will be needed in school each day and will also be collected in every Friday by the class teacher.
Spelling
Each week, your child will be given a list of spellings to practise at home. We would like your child to carry out at least two of the activities suggested below each week. Please sign their spelling books to show they have done this. A list of our weekly spellings will be given out each Friday.
Suggested spelling activities to help learn your spellings
Y5 & 6 Statutory Spelling Lists
Maths
Children are asked to rehearse the times tables weekly using times tables rock stars. This includes 15 minutes practice in the Garage and 2 minutes in the Studio each week during term time. The best way to complete this is 'little and often' throughout the week. Children will be completing a times tables challenge each Friday.
Topic Project
In addition to the weekly times tables and reading homework, children will be set a topic related project at the start of each half term. Children who choose to complete the project will have the opportunity to share this with the class.
Spring 1—Topic Project
This half-term, we are learning about ‘Earth & Space’ in our science lessons so we would love to see some fantastic homework related to this.
Here are some ideas of things you might like to create:
* A poster all about Earth or space
* A Powerpoint about the planets (or a specific planet)
* A model of the solar system
* A fact sheet of the solar system
* A piece of artwork about Earth
* A story about a mission to another planet!
Fascinate us with some fantastic facts, stun us with a stupendous story or marvel us with a majestic model! Whatever you choose to do, please bring it in by Monday 9th February.
Autumn 2 - Topic Project
This term's homework is linked to our Geography Biome topic.
Choose a Biome and create an image or model to represent it. You can draw a picture of your Biome, make a shoe box model of your Biome, make a Biome in a jar or any other creative representation you can think of! Homework project.
Homework projects will need to be brought into school in the last week of term please.
Autumn 1 - Topic Project
Our current History topic is learning all about the Vikings & Anglo-Saxons. We would like you to create a project of your choice relating to this topic.
You might choose to:
- research what life was life, and compare Viking and Anglo-Saxon lives;
- write a diary entry based as a Viking raider;
- create an information poster, or a Powerpoint about what you've learned from your own research;
- create a model of a Viking longship;
- design an Anglo-Saxon village
- or create a Viking or Anglo-Saxon helmet & shield.
We look forward to seeing what your imagination comes up with. Please bring in your projects in the final week of this half-term.