Home Learning
At Saracens Broadfields, we believe that it is important to reinforce the learning we do in class during the week with practice examples at home.
Every child should be doing the following daily:
- Reading for 20 to 30 minutes (could be 10 minutes before school and then 10 minutes after school) and filling in their reading response books
- Practising their number bonds and/or times tables, and spellings
Homework is handed out on Thursdays and should be handed back in Tuesdays. This will consist of two pieces of work; one for Maths and one for English. The homework is linked to what they have learnt in class that week. Its purpose is to revise/re-visit the work, so that children can practise their skills and parents can see what they have been learning.
Useful things you can do to help your child at home:
- Get them to retell/recount a story or news report
- Measure ingredients whilst helping with the cooking
- Ask questions about what they have learnt that day
- Ask them questions about the time (How long…?; At what time will…begin/finish?; What will the time be in…minutes/hours?)
- Any real life situations (shopping; bus/train times; cooking; board games; and museum/art gallery trips)
Some Other Ideas
Blue Peter Badge
It is easier than you think to get a blue peter badge! A Blue Peter badge is a special award given to Blue Peter viewers and fans. Badge owners can gain free entry into over 200 Blue Peter Badge Attractions around the country, like theme parks, zoos and castles. To find out how to apply for a badge click on the picture above.
I Can Cook
Cooking is an excellent learning activity you can do with your children – whatever their age. It can help your child with maths, science, literacy, art, language development and physical skills. But more importantly it is fun! Click on the picture above for some easy recipe ideas.
Science for Kids
Set the weekend off with a bang! Try out some science experiments. Click on the picture above to get some great ideas of simple (and some more challenging) experiments.
500 Words
500 Words is now one of the most successful story-writing competitions for kids in the world. It’s very simple. Entrants write an original story on any subject or theme in 500 Words or fewer and submit it online. If they win, their story will be read live on the radio by a superstar celebrity. Click on the picture above for more information.
Arts and Crafts
There are tons of websites with activity ideas for simple or more elaborate arts and crafts which you can do at home. Click on the picture above for some inspiration.
Sooper Books
We are now part of the Sooper Books Stories For Schools Programme.
Sooper Books, the award-winning digital children’s story platform, has kindly given our school free access to all pupils between 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday. If you’d like free access during these times please contact [insert name] for the login details. And please do not access the website via the school login outside of these times.
There is a range of fantastic fairy tales, children’s stories, original poems for kids, contemporary Aesop’s Fables, and new series content, each with a professional audiobook.
Many thanks to Sooper Books for letting us use their platform during school time.
