Useful Information

Homework

Reading

Please read daily. Reading Records will be collected in on a Wednesday to check – if no reading is recorded (at least 3 times a week) children will stay in to read for 15 mins during lunchtime play.

Tables weekly

Please practise times tables! There will be a test each Tuesday. Topmarks has lots of fun games to practise: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=times%20table

Spellings weekly

Spelling will be sent home on Fridays and should be handed in the following Thursday. They are taken from NC Statutory spelling lists for Year 3 & 4.

If spelling homework is not handed in, children will stay to complete it during their lunchtime play.

There will be a spelling test every Friday morning

Times Tables

All of the children work towards our Bronze Badge to begin with and move up as they complete every question correctly:

Test 1 is 2, 5, 10 x tables (50 questions)

Test 2 is 3, 4, 6 x tables

Test 3 is 7, 8, 9 x tables

Silver 1:  2x, 3x, 4x, 5x and divide

Silver 2: 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 10x, 11x, 12x and divide

Silver 3: all x tables (100 questions)

Gold 1: Multiplication of larger numbers

Gold 2: Multiplication and division of even larger numbers

Gold 3: Multipilcation of even larger numbers!

We recommend that the children practise every day - there are lots of resources online eg:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/keystage2-ks2/ks2-maths/ks2-calculations-times-tables

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/maths/primary-multiplication-division/multiplication-division-year-3-age-7-8/

and they really love these songs: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuvxmjgkjU0

of course, pen and paper and chanting can all help too!