Homework Spring A
Hello Year 5,
Now that you are in year five, the expectation is that you complete 2 ½ hours of homework per week. This is to include:
- Daily reading (5x per week)
- Regular practice of weekly spellings
- Regular practice of number exercises including timetables rockstars
- Takeaway homework projects
Additional CGP Pages:
17.01.25 - 24.01.25
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling - pages 16 -17
Comprehension - None this week.
Maths - pages 25 -26
Reading
'Reading for pleasure is the single most important indicator of a child's future success' OECD 2022.
The will to read influences the skill and vice versa.
Research suggests that the are three important ways in which you can support your child to develop a love of reading:
- book chats
- family reading time
- reading aloud
I have uploaded a poster to our homework tab that may be of support.
Book recommendations
The following are
The following are good places to find new exciting texts and widen your reading repertoire:
BookMatch | The Reader Teacher
To help children branch out, the reader teacher offers some excellet suggestions for fans of a range of well loved authors.
https://ourfp.org/texts-authors/
Every month, a guest recommends three books. It is great way to stay up to date with some of the best current literature for children. They also provide lists of award-winning books and shortlists which you can explore together.
Another great resource is the Norfolk Children's Book Centre who publish booklists on the site below.
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/norfolkcbc
Maths
Times tables
Use your TT Rockstars account to practise timetables. In addition, you can also use your yellow homework books for timetables practise.
The link below is to a website where you can create the worksheets that we use in school to practise for the weekly 5-minute timetables test:
http://www.timestables.me.uk/
MyMaths
I will set weekly activities which may be revision of past learning or linked to current learning.
https://login.mymaths.co.uk/login
Certificates will now be awarded at the end of each half term. If you complete all the assigned work, a certificate will be awarded at the end of the half term. This has been decided to promote consistent effort and practice.
Spellings
Please use your yellow homework book to practice your weekly spellings. You will find your weekly spellings in the homework tab at the top of our class page. These spellings are based upon the rules/patterns we are exploring in our spelling lessons.
Spellings will be added to class pages on a Friday and tested the following Thursday.
You will also find the Y5/Y6 statutory spellings for the half term, broken down by week, on this sheet. Whilst we don’t test these weekly, a selection of these words will be tested at the end of each half term, so please do make sure that you are learning these at home too!
Please ask if you have any questions!
Kind Regards,
Mrs Smith