Homework
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Reception |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
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Reading |
-Reading x 15 minutes per day, 5 days a week (Parent to record in reading record) The child’s reading day is recorded in front of plastic bag
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-Reading x 15 minutes per day, 5 days a week (Parent to record in reading record) -Reading – children should bring books in every day, but the day their book is changed is in their reading record |
-Reading x 15 minutes per day, 5 days a week (Parent to record in reading record)
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-Reading x 15 minutes per day, 5 days a week (child to record in reading record)
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Reading x 15 minutes per day, 5 days a week (child to record in reading record)
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Reading x 15 minutes per day, 5 days a week (child to record in reading record) Reading books changed on a Tuesday -Reading Plus
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-Reading x 15 minutes per day, 5 days a week (child to record in reading record)
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Spelling /Phonics |
-Sounds and words to practise |
-Spellings (phonics and common exception words)
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-Spellings for a weekly test, Ash on Fridays and Oak on Mondays |
-Spellings for a weekly test on a Tuesday |
-Spellings for a weekly test on Wednesday |
-Spellings for a weekly test on a Friday
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-Spellings for a weekly test on a Tuesday
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Maths |
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-Number Bonds -Arithmetic homework – sent out Friday
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-Times tables (2, 5 and 10s) for a weekly test starting after Christmas
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-Times tables (2, 5 and 10s) for a weekly test on a Friday -Time table Rock Stars – 30 minutes per week |
-Time tables (12x12) for a test on a Friday -Time table Rock Stars – 30 minutes per week
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-Times tables (12x12) for a weekly test on a Friday -Time table Rock Stars – 30 minutes per week
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-One piece of Maths (given out Tuesday for the following Tuesday) -Time table Rock Stars – 30 minutes per week
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Other |
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-6 curriculum optional projects a term |
-One piece Punctuation and Grammar (given out Tuesday for the following Tuesday) -3 curriculum optional projects a term |
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Reception |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
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Autumn 1
To be completed during the Summer holiday |
Journeys - Draw a map of a journey -Create a picture of a form of transport - Take photos of a journey |
Birmingham -Write a postcard about a day out in the summer holidays -Take/draw a picture of a Birmingham landmark and write a caption -Find out the name and a fact about a famous person from Birmingham
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The Seven Continents -Mixed medium map: children can choose different art mediums to create an interesting map of the 7 continents - Fact file on one or all of the continents. - Find the flag: can you discover the different flags for the countries of the world? |
Seven Wonders of The World -Models -Poster information -Painting
Visit Seven Wonders of Birmingham |
Romans in Britain -Draw and label a Roman Soldier (template given) -Roman food – recreate a Roman place of food and label |
Crime and Punishment -Make their own island and set rules and consequences -Make an information leaflet for your own island and set rules and consequences -Make a charter for your own island and set rules and consequences
Parent visits: National Justice Museum
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World War II What measures were taken to protect the people living in Britain during WW2? -Make a model of gas mark or Anderson Shelter -Write an informative brochure -Design a board game that children could play during the air raids |
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Autumn 2
To be completed over October half term |
Under the sea -Create a underwater picture - Create a picture of a sea creature - Make a fact file of a chosen sea creature
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Space Create an alien/new planet - this could be represented in: Model form A picture/illustration A written description
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Explorers -Make a compass -Map out your journey from home to school -Create a fact file on Benedict Allen or Christopher Columbus
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Biomes -Postcard -Research animal and xbiomes -Shoe box diorama of the rainforest (canopy layers) |
World War 1 Life in the Trenches -Letter home from Solider -Recreate a trench -Watch Sainsburys’ 100 years advert -Visit Staffordshire Regiments Museum |
Civil rights: -Choose from Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Malala, Emmeline Pankhurst -Write a biography -Make a poster to explain their achievements -Make a presentation to share with the class
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Spring 1
To be completed during Christmas half term |
Jungle -Create a model of jungle animal -Create an information leaflet about a jungle animal -Create a jungle collage
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London -Find out about a London landmark - your findings could be represented in: Model form A picture/illustration A written description |
Europe -Make a model of a European landmark e.g. Stone Henge, Eiffel Tower -Find the hottest and coldest countries in Europe -Locate the UK on map and identify the 4 countries it’s made up of
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How to be a Historian: A Local History Study -Interview an older relative/ friend who has lived here a long time about the changes they have seen. - Historical fact file on one of the following: St Barnabas Church, Fort Dunlop or the Holly Lane Brick Works. - Create a family tree focusing on where people were born and where they live now. |
Japan Tokyo – capital city comparison with London -Hiroshima – the aftermath of the Atom Bomb -Japanese writing symbols |
Vikings -Find out about and make a Viking longboat -Create a map to show where the Vikings came from and which parts of Britain they invaded and settled in -Write an account from a monk's perspective of the Lindisfarne invasion
Parent visits: Jorvik museum |
Frozen Planet -Watch an episode of Frozen planet -Chose a pole, find out the temperatures throughout the year and record using a bar chart or line graph -Find out who Earnest Shackleton is |
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Spring 2
To be completed during February half term |
Imagination -Use a stick to create something using your imagination -Use a box to create something using your imagination -Use a rock to create something using your imagination
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Great Fire of London -Find out where and when the Great Fire of London started - The fire started in a bakery - bake your own biscuits/cakes at home -Make a poster about fire safety (e.g. who to call, who helps when there is a fire) |
Pre-historic Britain -Make a model of a weapon -Create a timeline showing the stone age, bronze age, iron age and ice age -Write a set of instructions explaining how to light a fire and explain what a fire was useful for |
The Water Cycle -Poster -Rap/song -Working model |
Rivers & Mountains Local River study -Facts about local rivers (Geography) -Visit a local river -Nature hunt/wildlife spot around river banks -Life inside a river (fish and plant life) |
Volcanoes and Earthquakes -Find out how a volcano/earthquake works and make a poster to explain -Design an earthquake-proof building
Parent visits: Lego Discovery Centre creating earthquake proof building
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Summer 1
To be completed during Easter half term |
The Farm -Draw a picture of an animal adding captions -Make a model of farm -Write a story about a farm animal |
The United Kingdom -Find out the names of the capital cities in the UK and show on a map -Find out the national flowers of the different countries in the UK and draw them/find photos of them -Research a landmark of the UK and present your findings however you choose |
Woman who changed the world -Draw a portrait of a woman of your choice -Create a fact file or PowerPoint about a woman of your choice -Write a letter to the Prime Minister explaining the things you would change |
Floods & Droughts -Newspaper article -Information leaflet to save water
(Speech in the style of Greta Thunberg on why we should act now on climate change) |
South America -Countries of South America -Create and label a map of South America adding capital cities -Culture study of one of the countries e.g. Brazil -Watch our plant Jungles episode – Rainforests |
Central America and the Mayans -Make a fact file about the Mayans -Find out about and build a Mayan temple -Design a travel brochure for a location of your choice in Central America Parent visits: Cadbury World JUST for the Mayan influence. |
Titanic What was life like on board the Titanic? -Make a model of a room on board the Titanic -Choose a class and a dinner menu for a passenger on board-Why did the Titanic sink? Find out about water displacement by testing own foil boat |
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Summer 2
To be completed during May half term |
YEAR 1 topic |
The Seaside -Write a list of what you would take to the seaside -Find out the names of 5 different seaside holiday sports in the UK -Create a poster of the animals that live in the sea around the UK e.g. seagulls, crabs, star fish, jellyfish |
Weather -Paint/draw a picture to show the four different seasons -Explain the main cloud types -Make a rain gauge and collect and monitor rain over a one week period |
Ancient Greece -Character description -Design mythical creature (art & labels) -Adventure story |
Anglo Saxons Bayeux tapestry -Recreate a different medium, one part of the tapestry -Tell the story from a soldiers point of view -Battle of Hastings fact file
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Brilliant Birmingham -Create a fact file on famous Brummies! - Investigate the industrial revolution and the part that Birmingham played in it. - Choose a key location in Birmingham, such as The Bull Ring, and complete a historical study detailing the changes there over time.
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