Homework at Angel Road

We value your support in working with your children with a few activities at home. We would like your help in practising the important skills of reading, spelling and maths. These activities need regular practice and some extra work at home makes a big difference in school.

We hope that the homework activities help parents keep informed about the kind of learning that is going on in school. Also it helps the children understand that learning does not just happen at school, helping them with routines that they will need as they go through their education.

Reading

Research shows that the most important homework activity for any child is to read with an adult. This includes the adult reading to the child. Remember to enjoy what you are reading and talk about what you have read and what you think about it.

Please listen to your child 5 times a week and record it in their reading diary. 

It is also important to read to your child, regardless of their age, and enjoy the process of sharing the text and the time together.

Please also see our 'Reading' page for further details of how you can support your child with their reading.

Questions to ask about what you are reading…..

Why did the character do that? What do you think will happen next? How does that make you feel?

Why is the text laid out in that way? Where is the story happening? Tell me about the main character? How are the paragraphs organised? Why did the writer use that word?

Maths

It is important that all children learn the times table facts. Please help your child with these at home by doing lots of short, regular practice so that they are able to recall the facts quickly.

This may be a specific maths skill such as a times table or using www.sumdog.com. The emphasis should be on practising facts to help improve the child’s fluency.

Ways to practise mental maths with your child

Chant or sing – Forwards or backwards, Quick fire questions 3 X 4 = ?, 6 X 3 =? Inverse operations 24 divided by 4 =? Missing numbers 40 + ? = 100 Write out a list, Colour patterns on a number square

Spelling

The children will have a spelling pattern to learn for the week. They could use this list to LOOK (at the words), COVER (them up), WRITE (them out without looking!) and CHECK (you have spelt them correctly). Or they could make a list of words that match the pattern or rule. Your child could put the words into sentences but try and get them to vary their sentences by starting with verbs, nouns, adverbs or adjectives.