Homework
Dear Parents/ Carers
Weekly Homework
As well as weekly Homework, please also look at the half termly Curriculum Letter to Parents/Carers ‘How to help your child at home’ section for further ideas of how to help your child in Maths and Literacy at home. It is on your child’s class page on our school website each half term.
Setting a homework timetable for your child:
It is up to parents and carers to decide how to organise children’s homework routines at home, but children should be doing their homework on most days e.g. Monday: Reading / Times tables
Tuesday: Reading/Spelling Wednesday: Reading / Times tables etc
Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Homework
Each week your child will get the following homework:
- Spellings to learn
- Times Tables Homework
- Reading (daily)
Children may also sometimes get other homework which will be given on paper, online or in planners. The children will be shown where it is.
Spellings
Children should work on learning their spellings throughout the week. Weekly spellings will be listed in planners or given out on a sheet.
Times tables
Times tables knowledge is crucial for most Maths concepts and children who don’t know their times tables fall behind in Maths. The times table that your child needs to learn is written each week in their planner or on paper. Children should learn the given times table in order, out of order and learn the division facts for that times table.
E.g. if your child is given the 7 times table to learn they should learn it in order (1x7, 2x7, 3x7 etc), out of order (6x7, 9x7, 3x7 etc) and the division facts (e.g. 56÷7 = 8, 77÷7=11, 21÷7=3 etc)
*Some children in Key Stage 2 know all their times tables and they will not be given a specific times tables but asked instead to work on speed/fluency and division facts revision of all times tables choosing a few times tables at a time.
Reading
The government recommendation for primary school children is that children should read at home for 20-30 mins per day. Please sign your child’s planner to show that they have been reading.
Year 2 Homework
Maths Homework is written in children’s Maths Homework books or on a sheet in the book.
Spellings are written in the children’s Spelling Books.
Reading is written in the children’s Reading Record Book. Please sign your child’s Reading Record Book to show that they have been reading.
Children may also sometimes get other homework which will be given on paper, online or in planners. The children will be shown where it is.
Year 1 Homework
Spelling homework is sent home in Planners.
Reading is written in the children’s Reading Record Book.
Please sign your child’s Reading Record Book to show that they have been reading.
Children may also sometimes get other homework which will be given on paper, online or in planners. The children will be shown where it is.
Nursery and Reception- Helping your child at home.
Class teachers will regularly give parents/carers ideas of how to help children at home including in the half termly Curriculum letter to parents ‘How to help your child at home’ section. It is on your child’s class page on our school website each half term.