Homework due Friday, 6th July 2018:

Homework due Friday, 6^th July 2018:

Your task this week is to write a recount of our school trip to Richmond Synagogue. Try to use some of the words below in black. Don’t forget to use capital letters and full stops.

•First

•then

•next    

•also

•after

•because

•Finally

Here are some words below to help you with your recount:

Richmond Synagogue

worship

Torah

scroll

Shabbat

tallith

kippot

mezuzah

Hebrew

Homework due Friday, 29th June 2018:

Homework due Friday, 29^th June 2018:

We have been learning all about discussion texts and balanced arguments. For your homework this week, I'd like you to write a discussion of the following question: 

Do dogs make better pets than cats?

Remember to:

-Write an introduction that explains what you are discussing.

-Write arguments FOR and AGAINST, backed up with good reasons.

-Include a conclusion that sums up and explains your decision.

Try to include the following:

-      Sentence starters to add information to your argument (Furthermore, In addition, Indeed, Moreover).

-      Sentence starters to introduce a different side of the argument (However, On the other hand, In contrast).

-      Conjunctions (because, as a result, hence).

-      Generalisers (some people, many pet owners).

-      Interesting words to introduce opinions (think, claim, suggest, believe).

I'm looking forward to reading your discussions!

Homework due Friday, 22nd June 2018:

Homework due Friday, 22^nd June 2018:

As a part of our school values work we have been looking at different communities. For your homework this week we would like you to research the country you were given for the World Cup. Find out the information below AND two more interesting facts!

1.   The continent of the country

2. Foods they like to eat

3. Main languages spoken

4. Main religions

5. Label it on the map below

Homework due Friday, 15th June 2018:

Homework due Friday, 15^th June 2018:

For the next few weeks in Literacy we will be studying and writing discussion texts using causal conjunctions.

TASK: Write out the sentences below and fill in the gaps using the causal conjunctions  in the box. Please note: you may have to look up the meaning of some of the words to be able to use them correctly.

Homework due Friday, 8th June 2018:

Homework due Friday, 8^th June 2018:

Next term we will be learning all about the Romans. You may choose one of the following projects to complete over half term.

1) Research, design and make a Roman shield. Write instructions to explain how to make it

2) Research, design and make a Roman villa. Write instructions to explain how to make it.

3) Research the Romans and create a poster to show your findings. Think about things like homes, daily life, jobs, clothes/fashions and entertainment.

Homework due Friday, 25th May 2018:

Homework due Friday, 25^th May 2018:

We have been learning about stories of mystery and suspense in Literacy and have thought about what we could include to make them exciting! Use the pictures below or your own imagination to write the introduction to a mystery story, using between 50 and 100 words. Think about setting the scene, describing what you could hear and showing how you felt.

Perhaps you could include:

§     Some short, punchy sentences to build up tension

§     Ellipsis (…) to create the ‘what happens next?’ moment

§     Description of a spooky setting

§     SHOW how the character felt (He shrieked! Sweat poured from her face.)

§     Similes (My heart pounded like a drum)

§     Rhetorical questions (What could it be?)

§     Describe mystery noises and sounds.

Homework due Friday, 18th May 2018

Homework due Friday, 18^th May 2018:

Please help your child to learn the lyrics for these songs, which will be included in our upcoming Buddhist assembly.

Don’t Worry Be Happy Here is a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don't worry be happy In every life we have some trouble When you worry you make it double Don't worry, be happy...... Ain't got no place to lay your head Somebody came and took your bed Don't worry, be happy The land lord says your rent is late He may have to litigate Don't worry, be happy Don't worry, be happy Don't worry, be happy

Happy by Pharrell

Because I’m happy Clap along if you know what happiness is to you Because I’m happy Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do Repeat chorus Hey, come on (happy) Bring me down… can’t nothing… Bring me down… my levels too high… Bring me down… can’t nothing… Bring me down, I said (let me tell you now) Because I’m happy Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof Because I’m happy Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth Because I’m happy Clap along if you know what happiness is to you Because I’m happy Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do Repeat chorus Come on

It might seem crazy what I’m about to say
Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break
I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don’t care baby by the way

Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do

Here come bad news talking this and that,
Well, give me all you got, and don’t hold it back,
Well, I should probably warn you I’ll be just fine,
No offense to you, don’t waste your time
Here’s why

Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do

Bring me down…..Can't nothing bring me down
Bring me down…..My level's too high
Bring me down…….Can't nothing bring me down
I said (let me tell you now)
Bring me down
Can't nothing bring me down
My level's too high
Bring me down
Can't nothing bring me down
I said

Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth

Homework due Friday, 11th May 2018

Homework due Friday, 11^th  May 2018:

TIME CONJUNCTIONS

When, after, before, until, since, while, once, as and as soon as are conjunctions which can be used to connect an action or an event to a point in time. Conjunctions must be followed by an action done by someone, or something. If you take the conjunction out, the sentence would not make sense!

Task

Complete the following sentences by putting a time conjunction into them. Make sure they make sense! Then write five of your own sentences using time conjunctions.

She was a lot smaller  _________ she was young.

We must be quiet    ______ everyone has gone to bed.

Put your pyjamas on     ________________   you go to bed!

I’ll wait with you    ­­­­­­­­­­­___________________ the train comes.

I’ve been very busy   ____________    I started my new job.

No one left the classroom  ______________   the lesson was on.

I’ll call you   ___________________ I arrive.

We always have some popcorn  _______   we get to the cinema.

I saw him   _____________   I came out of the supermarket.

Homework due Monday, 30th April 2018

Homework due Monday, 30^th April 2018

This week we have been looking at biographies and autobiographies. Your homework is to find out as much as you can about the life of someone you admire. It could be a family member or somebody famous that you have heard about. Please make notes about their life on paper and bring it in to school on or before Monday, 30^th April. Try to sort their life into sections.

For example,

1)Date and place of birth/early years/ family life
2) Life at school
3) Early adulthood and first job
4) Marriage? Children?
4) Later jobs/achievements
5) Life now or date and details of death

Remember to include any important and interesting events and achievements.

I'm looking forward to seeing who you have chosen to research and what you have found out.

Homework due Friday 20th April 2018

Homework due Friday 20th April 2018

Please write two diary entries over the holidays. You should focus on using adverbial starters and remember to use a comma after your adverbials. Below are some examples of the different ways that you can start your sentences.

Each diary entry should include at least two activites that you completed that day, what you did, who you were with, describing what you could see/ hear/ feel, describing your thoughts and feelings.

Homework due Friday, 16th March 2018

Homework due Friday, 16^th March 2018

We have been looking at ways to show how a character is feeling by using a range of vocabulary to imply (hint at) their feelings without explicitly saying the adjective.

For example,

The boy was feeling sad.

The boy’s lip trembled as tears dripped down his cheek.

How do you think these characters are feeling?

Try to use SHOW not tell sentences to imply how the person is feeling. Think about their facial expression, body language, what they may say and how they may say it.

Can you think of at least 5 different sentences to show how each character is feeling?