Homework Tasks (27/02/26)

Talk Homework

We hope you all had a fantastic half-term break.  Welcome back to Spring 2!

Our new English text is called 'The Mermaid of Zennor' by Charles Causley.  Have a go at answering the following questions:-

"The oceans are becoming polluted.  How can mermaids help?" 

"Mermaids and humans should share the ocean equally.  Do you agree or disagree?"

 

Reading Homework

Please read daily (for at least 10 minutes). Log your reading in your reading record book. Over the course of the term, please try and read texts from across different genres (e.g. non-fiction, poetry, biographies, science-fiction). Please also remember to bring your reading record into school every day.

 

Spelling Homework

Please practise your weekly spellings from your reading record. Try using each spelling word in a complete sentence to help you understand its meaning and use it correctly. If your reading record has not been brought into school on Friday, your spellings will not have been stuck in. You will need to collect a spare copy of your correct spelling list from the Spelling Tray in the classroom.

 

Number Homework

Focusing on times tables. Please use ‘Garage’ mode to practise individual times table facts. We have been using this at school so you will be familiar with this mode. As you practise questions, the algorithm will adapt and continue to focus on the times tables you need to revise from your heatmap.

The aim is to turn your heatmap ‘GREEN.’ A totally green heatmap means you have consistently answered all facts in 4 seconds or less. You can view your up to date heatmap at any time in Garage Mode.

 

Number Homework (Extension)

If you are secure on your times table knowledge and have already turned your heatmap green, please have a go at the following challenge questions which link to what we have been doing in class this week:-

1) Are these two statements always, sometimes or never true?

• A fraction greater than 1 has a bigger numerator than denominator.

• Fractions greater than 1 are always bigger than 2.

2) How many fractions can you make that are:

• Greater than 1

• Less than 2

• Have a denominator of 4

Can you find them all? How do you know you haven’t missed one?

3) "If the numerator is 1 more than the denominator, the fraction is always bigger than 1."  Is this statement correct? Give examples to prove or disprove.

4) "If the denominator is 4, the fraction must be quarters." Is this statement correct? Give examples to prove or disprove.

5) How many fractions can you find that:

• Equal exactly one whole?

• Equal exactly two wholes?

Can you spot a pattern?