Homework
Autumn 1
Homework w/b 11.9.23
Maths- CGP Maths Book page.6
English- CGP Reading Book page.2
Homework w/b 18.9.23
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English- CGP Reading book page. 4
Homework w/b 25.9.23
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English- CGP Reading book page. 6
Homework w/b 2.10.23
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English- CGP Reading book page. 8
Homework w/b 9.10.23
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English- CGP Reading Book page. 10
Homework w/b 16.10.23
Maths- CGP Maths Book page. 11
English- CGP Reading Book page. 12
HALF TERM HOMEWORK w/b 23.10.23
Maths- CGP Maths Book page.12
English- CGP Reading Book page.14
Autumn 2
Homework w/b 30th October 2023
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Maths- CGP Maths Book page.13
Homework w/b 6th November 2023
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Homework w/b 13th November 2023
Reading- CGP Reading Book page. 20-21
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Homework w/b 20th November 2023
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Maths- CGP Maths Book page 16-17
Homework w/b 27th November 2023
Reading- CGP Reading Book page 24-25
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Homework w/b 4th December 2023
Reading- CGP Reading Book page.26-27
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Homework w/b 11th December 2023
Reading- CGP Reading Book page 28-29
Maths- CGP Maths Book page. 25
Friday 15th December 2023- Times tables Flashcards
The children have made and brought home a set of times table flashcards to use over the Christmas holidays. Please encourage your child to practice these over the festive period! Little and often usually works best! Thank you so much and have a very Happy Christmas everyone. Mr Tough :)
Spring 1
Homework w/b 8th January 2023
Reading- CGP Reading Book page 30-31
Maths- CGP Maths Book page 26
Homework w/b 15th January 2024
Reading-
Answer the following questions based on the text,' Nature Trail’ in the CGP Reading Book.
1) Write down all the rhyming words you can find in the first verse
2) Why do the squirrels visit the garden?
3) In the second verse, what adjective does the poet use to describe his garden?
4) Why do you think the poet thinks we all deserve a garden of our own?
5) Find 3 examples of apostrophes in the poem. Write them down and explain whether they are apostrophe of contraction of apostrophe of possession.
Maths- CGP Maths Book page. 27-28
Homework w/b 22nd January 2022
Reading
Answer the following questions based on the text,' Dragons and Marshmallows’ in the CGP Reading Book.
1) Why do you think the author has used italics for some of the words in the text?
2) On line 10, why does the poem used the word ‘hmmmm’?
3) Where does Zoey where her goggles and why?
4) Find and list as many prepositions that you can find in the text.
5) Think of 5 adjectives to describe Sassafras. Explain why you have chosen them
Maths CGP Maths book page. 29
Homework wb. 29th January 2024
Reading
Answer the following questions based on the text,' Anisha, Accidental Detective’ in the CGP Reading Book.
1) Why do you think there is a little star after the words ‘She’s making a right racket’?.
2) What do you think Anisha means when she says ‘ You’d think this too if you lived with my family’?
3) Why are the words ‘I DID’ in capitals and bold at the start of the fourth paragraph?
4) Write two adjectives written in the final paragraph
5) Why do you think the title is ‘High Adventure’? Explain using because
Maths- Complete p.30 in the Maths CGP book
Homework wb 5th February 2024
English- Answer the following questions based on the text,' Daddy fell into the Pond’ in the CGP Reading Book.
1) Why do you think people grumbled on line 1?
2) Find and copy 3 adjectives from anywhere in the poem
3) What is the glossary for? Can you explain?
4) What happened in the poem that cheered everyone up?
5)There are inverted commas in the poem. Who is saying these words?
Maths- CGP Maths Book p.32
HALF TERM HOMEWORK wb 12th February 2024
English- Answer the following questions based on the text,' Robotic Baby Penguin’ in the CGP Reading Book.
1) Why do you think the penguins might be shy of the humans?
2) Which person led the scientist and film makers?
3) What part of Antartica was the robot deployed in?
4) Find and copy 5 examples of verbs from the text?
5) What does ‘trial and error mean’? How did the scientists use it in the text?
Maths- The children have all brought a set of times table flashcards to work on after being assessed on their times tables this week. Please practice these regularly over the break- little and often usually works best! When logging into TT Rockstars, please use the 'garage' game mode as I have set it up to be the same times table facts as on the flashcards. Thank you for your continued support and have a lovely half term everyone. Mr Tough.
Homework w/b 19th February 2024
English Answer the following questions based on the text,' The Demon Headmaster’ in the CGP Reading Book.
1) Why do you think Dinah felt awkward in the first paragraph?
2) Describe how the children were standing near the start of the text?
3)What does ‘ reciting’ mean? Copy an example of the children reciting something from the text
4) Find and copy 3 examples of adjectives from the text. Remember an adjective describes a noun!
5) Why did Lucy used a scared voice in the last paragraph? Explain using because
Maths- CGP Maths Book p. 34
Homework w/b 26th February
English- Answer the following questions based on the text,' Poems about Crocodiles’ in the CGP Reading Book.
1) List 3 differences between the two poems
2) Which is the scarier crocodile? Explain using the word ‘ because’.
4) Find and copy three verbs from the poems
5) What does the word ‘ ignore’ mean in the second poem
Maths - Maths CGP book p.33
HOMEWORK W/b 4th March 2024
English - Answer the following questions based on the text,' Why Do Adults Get Shorter?’ in the CGP Reading Book.
1) Why has the author used sub-headings in this text?
2) What happens to vertebrae as you get older?
3) How many discs have most people got?
4) Look at the second section. What happens with your back when you sleep?
5) Find three verbs in the text and copy them into your book
Maths- CGP book p.38
HOMEWORK W/B 13th March 2024
English- Answer the following questions based on the text,' Muhammad Ali in the CGP Reading Book.
1) Is the text fiction or non-fiction? How can you tell?
2) Think of three adjectives to describe Muhammad Ali. Use ‘because’ to describe why you have chosen them.
3) Who did Muhammad defeat in 1964 to become champion of the world?
4) How many years is it since Muhammad Ali retired?
5) Why did Muhammad refuse to join the army in 1967?
Maths- CGP p.39
HOMEWORK W/B 18th March 2024
English- Answer the following questions based on the text,' High Adventure’ in the CGP Reading Book.
1) Find and copy an adverb from paragraph 1.
2) What words are used to describe Edmund when he was in Lower Sixth Form?
3) How does Edmund feel when he crawls into his bunkbed?
4) Give two adjectives Edmund uses in the final paragraph
5) Why do you think the title is ‘High Adventure’? Explain using because
Maths- CGP book p. 46
EASTER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK 2024
English- Answer the following questions based on the text,' Poems about Crocodiles’ in the CGP Reading Book.
1) Can you find three adjectives in the text and write them down?
2) Describe one of the crocodiles using an expanded noun phrase.
3) Why do you think some people are scared of crocodiles?
4) Find and copy three nouns from the poems
Maths- CGP Maths book pages. 42-45.
Spellings- Your child has brought home their weekly spellings to learn. There will also be new weekly spellings to work on which will be uploaded on spelling shed for the second week of the holidays. The login details for this are stuck in the homework diaries.
Thank you for all your support and have a super Easter break.
Summer 1
HOMEWORK W/b 15th April 2024
English
Replace the nouns with pronouns in the following sentences to make the sentences
less repetitive.
1. Oscar drew a picture. Oscar’s was pleased about Oscar’s picture. Oscar’s parents hung
his picture in his parent’s kitchen.
2. Peter took his favourite toy to school. Peter played with the toy at break time and all of
his friends wanted to watch him. Peter’s friends thought Peter’s toy was amazing.
3. ‘I wonder if mum could make a cake?’ thought Jane. If Jane helps mum to make the cake
then the cake will be baked much faster.
4. The actor was posing for the actor’s magazine photoshoot. The photographer asked the
actor to sit in various different positions so the photographer could get the best shots.
5. The dog and the cat were resting on the front porch when a loud bang of thunder roared
above the dog and the cat. Quickly, the dog and the cat dashed inside away from the
terrifying noise.
Maths- CGP Book- p.50
HOMEWORK W/b 22nd April 2024
English- Please see the conjunctions activity in your child's homework book
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