Buzzard
Homework
We're making a slight change to how we administer homework. You'll find your reading task below on Friday as usual but your MyMaths tasks will now bet set on that platform on Monday, needing to be completed by the following week. (https://www.mymaths.co.uk/).
The reason for this is we were finding it difficult to support all of the children who needed it on one day, so spreading the homework out will enable us to help the children more effectively.
If you need any help, please speak to your class teacher so they can help you. Catch up will be at break time on Monday and Friday which will be led by one of the Y6 teachers.
Reading Tasks
KIRFS
CGP Books
As promised, to ensure you are getting the best out of this wonderful resource, here are the areas of learning we have covered so far (new areas are in bold):
Maths
- Place Value (not including decimal numbers)
- Addition and subtraction
- Prime numbers
- Factors and multiples
- Square ands cubed numbers
- Multiplication and division
- Simplifying fractions
- Ordering fractions
- Adding and subtracting fractions
- Multiplying fractions
- Dividing fractions by whole numbers
- Multiplying or dividing by 10, 100 or 1000
- Units
- BODMAS
- Solving calculation problems
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
- Clauses
- Word types (nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs)
- Brackets for extra information
- Apostrophes
- Semi-colons
- Words with 'ough'
- Homophones
- Word endings - 'able' and 'ible'
- Word endings - 'ably' and 'ibly'
- Words with silent letters
- Formal and informal writing
- Adding suffixes to words ending in 'fer'
- Word endings - the 'shus' sound
- ei and ie words
- Using ellipsis
- Commas in lists
- Commas to avoid ambiguity
- Commas after subordinate clauses
Reading
- Entirely your choice!
P.S - The answers are in the back of the books (keep an eye on them!)
Welcome to Buzzard class!
We hope that the children are rested after the half-term break. The next few weeks will be busy. For the week beginning 4th March, we will be holding a mock SATs week. This will allow the children to become familiar with the timetable and expectations for the SATs in May. With the SATs in mind, please encourage your child to complete their homelearning as this is set with a view to supporting their learning. Your child can ask for paper copies of their homelearning if they do not have access to a printer at home.
World Book day is on 7th March - we are looking forward to seeing which character they choose to dress up as.
KIRFs this half term are to recall prime numbers to 50.
Our PE and library slots are on a Wednesday afternoon - (black trousers/shorts and a white top please).
Please remember to bring in your reading record each day as we do lots of reading!
Many thanks,
Mrs Mitchell