The Bellbird Primary School

Homework Help

Reading – Across the school, we prioritise reading as the main way in which you can support your children at home. Please read with your child daily, ideally for 20mins. Reading comments can be recorded in their reading records.

Spellings – Years 1 – 6 get weekly spellings to practise at home. These are handed out on a Friday and spelling tests will be the following Friday. Please make sure your child understands how to use each of these words in context. Practising them in sentences is a great way to secure their understanding.

Mathletics – Children in years 1 – 6 will get maths activities set weekly on Mathletics . All children have a login which is stuck in their reading record. There are lots of other activities and games on Mathletics for them to do once they have completed their weekly tasks.

Topic work – Each term, a topic web is sent out explaining what your child will be learning. Children are asked to complete 3 projects across the term that are linked to their topics or other learning in school. These projects can take any form and are an opportunity for children to further their learning in a way that they find most enjoyable. Projects in the past have included: Powerpoint presentations, models of landscapes /famous landmarks, paintings, non-fiction reports and even a life-size Egyptian sarcophagus!!

 

Useful websites and guides to help you to support your child:

A guide for supporting your child with their mathematics here

Home work help required with Maths? view helpful websites here

The National Numeracy Family Maths Toolkit is full of ideas and free activities to help families enjoy maths together.

We recommend this webpage to guide the the parent with reading to their child within the home.
A short “Youtube” clip entitled 10 minutes to save your child

Love reading
This website is helpful to parents who want to know what books they can buy to help encourage their child to love reading and keep up their enthusiasm.

Helping your child with Phonics – click HERE to be directed to our Phonics page

Science Vocabulary:

We focus heavily on the understanding of key vocabulary in our diverse curriculum. Here is the science vocabulary for each unit of learning in each year group. Please do have a look and discuss these words with your children at home!

Year 1 – here

Year 2 – here

Year 3 – here

Year 4 – here

Year 5 – here

Year 6 – here