Homework

Reading  

Your child has been given a Reading Jotter to use to record the reading that they do at home. They will receive house points for reading at home three times a week or more.  Reading Jotters will be checked on a Thursday for Year 4 and a Friday for Year 3 and 2. 

Please play an active role in your child’s home reading. Your child is required to read at least three times a week for 20 minutes.   If they are reading independently, please ask them questions about what they have read such as: What was the main idea in the chapter / story? Who are the characters? What are they like?  What words told you this?  Please then initial their reading jotter to say they have read.  Your child’s school reading book will sit in line with their independent comprehension ability, which is formally assessed each term. 

Reading Tasks 

In the middle of the Reading Jotters for Year 3 and 4 children, there will be a reading activity sheet.  It has been designed to enable the more fluent reader to practice their comprehension skills, and for all children to engage further with the text they are reading.  The activities will vary in duration.  Some can be carried out over several books; others will be based on one particular text type. 

Children are to complete one activity each week, and should spend approximately 20 minutes completing this.  This activity will be looked at each week.  The children may choose which order they complete the tasks in, dependent upon the genre they are reading.  Your child has been asked to complete their reading task on the pages in the second half of their journal, but feel free to encourage them to use the computer or drawings which can be stuck into this part of the book.  Children will receive additional house points for each activity they carry out. 

Times Tables

We encourage children to take part in TTRS (Times Tables Rock Stars) at least three times a week.  

Spellings

Every other Friday, the Year 3 and 4 children will add a new Supersonic Spellings Parent Newsletter into their Spelling Books for Home. This includes information regarding the rule and spelling that the children have been learning. The newsletter provides a variety of activities which can be completed at home.

Phonics

Every Friday, the Year 2 children will add a new Supersonic Phonics Parent Newsletter into their Phonics Books for Home. This includes information regarding the sounds that the children have been learning. Children must select at least 3 words from the list and write 3 SUPER sentences.