Home Learning

Newburgh Primary School Home Learning  2023/24

 

 

Years  6

Maths

A mathematics task will be set on a Wednesday for the following Tuesday. Fluency of tables and division facts to 12X will be secured and extended using the TT Rockstars program. None set in the holiday.

Spelling

Each half term you will receive lists of spellings that your child is being taught in school. On Friday the children will have a “pop quiz” which will test their knowledge of the spelling rules and will review previous spellings that they have learnt. None set in the holidays.

Reading

Children are encouraged to read as often and as widely as possible. A menu of ideas can be found in the front of the reading record.

 English skills/ topic tasks

Children will be set an English skills / topic tasks each Wednesday to be handed in the following Tuesday.

 

 

Years 5

 

Maths

A mathematics task will be set on a Wednesday for the following Tuesday. Fluency of tables and division facts to 12X will be secured and extended using the TT Rockstars program. None set in the holiday.

Spelling

Each half term you will receive lists of spellings that your child is being taught in school. On Friday the children will have a “pop quiz” which will test their knowledge of the spelling rules and will review previous spellings that they have learnt. None set in the holidays.

Reading

Children are encouraged to read as often and as widely as possible. A menu of ideas can be found in the front of the reading record.

English skills tasks/ creative task

Children will be set a task each Wednesday to be handed in the following Tuesday.

 

 

Years 3 and 4

                 

Maths

Fluency of tables and division facts to 12X will be secured and extended using the TT Rockstars program- the more frequent the better!  None set in the holiday.

Spelling

Each half term you will receive lists of spellings that your child is being taught in school. On Friday the children will have a “pop quiz” which will test their knowledge of the spelling rules and will review previous spellings that they have learnt. None set in the holidays.

Reading

Children are encouraged to read as often and as widely as possible. A menu of ideas can be found in the front of the reading record.

 

 

Year 2

 

Maths

Fluency of their number bonds will be developed and embedded through the space cadet program. From Summer term fluency of tables and division facts of 2x, 5x, and 10x will be secured and extended using the TT Rockstars program. None set in the holiday.

Spelling

Each half term you will receive lists of spellings that your child is being taught in school. On Friday the children will have a “pop quiz” which will test their knowledge of the spelling rules and will review previous spellings that they have learnt. None set in the holidays.

Reading

Children are encouraged to read as often and as widely as possible. A menu of ideas can be found in the front of the reading record.

 

 

 

 

 

Year 1

 

Maths

Fluency of their number bonds will be developed and embedded through the space cadet program.

Reading

Children are encouraged to read their Read Write Inc book three times per week and share a range of other books as often as possible. A menu of ideas can be found in the front of the reading record.

Spelling

From Autumn term you will receive lists of phonics sounds and words that your child is being taught in school. On Friday the children will have a “pop quiz” which will test their knowledge of the phonic rules and sounds. None set in the holidays.

 

 

Reception

 

Phonics and Reading

Practicing phonics sounds as children are introduced to them - we usually send home a photocopy sheet of the cards/sounds learnt each week for children to practice at home.

Children are encouraged to read their Read Write Inc book three times per week and share a range of other books as often as possible. A menu of ideas can be found in the front of the reading record.

Also see the Reception web-page for tasks to develop speech and language, oracy skills and numeracy fluency.