Optional Homework

At St Joseph’s, we are so grateful for the invaluable support that our parents and carers provide for our pupils. We know how well our families have been able to adapt to home learning so now that we can welcome all of our pupils back to school, we wanted to provide opportunities for our pupils to continue their learning at home, if they choose to. The homework given will prepare and support your child’s learning across the curriculum each half term. The homework tasks below are optional. If you would also like to read our homework policy, please follow the link below.

Autumn

To help you with your learning this term, here are some optional homework tasks and resources/activities for you to complete. I can’t wait to see your work that you complete at home! This is also the first place to start if you find yourself isolating at home while the rest of us are in school.

Click here for Y6 optional homework tasks.

Support/Resources for Optional Homework Tasks

If you have chosen to complete the optional additional tasks, here are some resources to guide you. Of course, you are free to use your own resources and research in a way of your choice but just remember to STOP, BLOCK and TELL if you find anything during your research that upsets you or makes you feel uncomfortable.

RE: St Therese of Lisieux

Here are some resources to get you started with this task. Also, think back to your time in Year 5 as she was your class Saint so I’m sure you already have lots of knowledge to draw upon.

Resource 1 for St Therese task Resource 2 for St Therese task

Geography: Map and Landmarks of the UK

This is a great task to work on and get your family involved too. Talk about where your family are from, where extended family live, places you’ve visited together and places you’d love to visit too. Look at where football stadiums are of different teams or other areas of interest like race courses, castles, etc. This is a great task because the creative nature of the task helps you to remember where places and landmarks are. You can actually make some models of landmarks too and put them on your map. It’s great fun!

Resource 1 for Map Task Resource 2 for Map Task

Maths: Triangles

Here is a starting point for the maths task about triangles.

Resource 1 for Triangle Task Resource 2 for Triangle Task Resource 3 for Triangle Task

Science: Water Cycle

This is such an interesting concept to understanding so enjoy watching the video. Think back to Year 4 when you first learnt about the water cycle. What can you remember? What have we done so far in lessons which will help you? If you have a more creative way in which you would like to demonstrate your understanding of the water cycle and all the related vocabulary, please feel free to get creative!

English Reading: Classic Novels

On our class book shelves, we have lots of classic novels. Some of the books are actually brand new so be the first to dive in and get engrossed. Here is a website with some suggested classic children’s novels. Have you read any of these before? Try a new one and write a book review.

Click here for some suggested classic children’s novels. Click here for a book review guide.

Spring 2023

Here are some extra homework tasks for you to complete if you choose to. You will see that they build on knowledge and skills you already have built in Y6 and are extensions to what you can already do.

Geography: Name and Locate Countries in Europe

To help you get started with this task, I have put a collection of maps of differing challenge for you use.

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History: Create Your Own Propaganda Poster

We learnt about propaganda last term. This is your chance to design your own poster. Remember the posters are meant to mislead and strengthen your position in the war in some way. I have attached some WWII posters for you to explore first but you can also use your knowledge of the WW1 posters we looked at together too. There is also a template to get you started if you are struggling to think of your own ideas.

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English/Science: Non-Chronological Report about Animals Adapting

Remember you can choose any animal from any environment so make sure you choose something you are interested in learning more about. There are resources below to help you get started and guide you: templates, sentence openers, checklists, etc.

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RE: John the Baptist

To help you learn more about John the Baptist, here are some resources below which will help you. You can read about him and answer the questions. The reading comprehensions are challenge by choice with the 3 star work being the hardest. Remember to make a glossary of any new words as you read to build your language skills. There are also some blank fact file templates to help you write your fact file about John the Baptist. Remember to also use your own research skills read around this subject so that you are going beyond the simple starter resources I have provided.

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Maths: Weighing

This is your chance to explore mass so get estimating and weighing. Don’t look at the units of measure on any items that are already labelled up. See if you can estimate it and see how close you can get. All the details to get you started are on the grid above but you could also get creative and come up with your own challenges related to weight. Send your ideas to me and I can share them with your classmates.

If you need practise converting units of measure, here are some resources to get you started.

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Summer 2023

Here are some extra optional homework tasks for your child to complete if they are looking for more to extend their learning. These are also perfect to start you off with home-learning if you find you are isolating.

Click here to download the summer optional homework grid.

Activity 1

If you choose this task, you can follow the tutorial below as a reminder of how to do this method.

If you are finding it tricky, you can try this worksheet instead:

Easier challenge: 3 digit by 1 digit

If you’re looking for more practise, you can try this:

If you need more practise with 4 digit by 2 digit, try this.

Activity 2

Watch these to learn all about Beatlemania. Then write a diary as if you have just seen the Beatles live at a gig. Remember to plan your diary first and then you can use the checklist to make sure you have all the correct features for this style of writing.

Checklist for diary writing.

Activity 3

To revise perimeter and area of compound shapes, try this activity. Watch the video tutorial first as a recap. Then draw your own compound shapes and calculate the area and perimeter.

If you need more practise, try this worksheet. Challenge yourself by choice using the stars on the sheet to guide you. 1 star is easier and it progresses to 2 and 3 stars.

Click here for area of compound shapes activity.

Activity 4

You’ve used this fan of subordinating conjunctions in class so you’re familiar with what it looks like and how to use it. Watch the tutorial about subordinating conjunctions if you need some help first, but remember I want you to start your sentences with the subordinating conjunctions. Write one ambitious sentence for each conjunctions, so you should have 10 sentences by the end.

Make sure you challenge yourself by extending your sentences with a semi-colon. Only do this for an extra challenge if you’re confident with using the subordinating conjunctions.

You can download the subordinating conjunctions fan here:

Click here to download the conjunction fan.

Activity 5

Last term, you practised naming and locating all the countries in Europe and so well! You can use the same App for this but click North/South America instead. Watch this tutorial and join in for more practise and you can download the maps too.

Click here for map of South America Click here for map of North America

Activity 6

I know how much you love art so get drawing. We are going to work on drawing facial features so try these tutorials. Remember, you first go is simply that! Try several times and see if you can improve.