You’ve found your way to our Homework page.
w/b 1/12/25
Talk Time Homework
This week we will be writing…
to continue an imaginative story, using awesome adjectives and descriptive language to describe different events and settings.
Please talk with your child about the story starter below and also some ideas about what might be happening and why – Here are some things to think about…
* Does he/she know where they’ve landed? *What will happen now to the elf? *What does the place look, sound, feel, smell like? (Think of AWESOME ADJECTIVES) *Where will his/her adventure take them? *What mischief/pranks will the elf get up to?
Remember to think about good descriptive adjectives to describe the places that he/she visits and what he/she gets up to. Try to give the reader clues with your description without actually telling.
Remember that the elf is small and human/household things will appear massive and they might not actually know what items are for or use them like we would!
How will your piece of writing end?
Will the elf be busted or will they live to pull another prank?
Adventures of an Elf on the Shelf
On this particular day, which started much the same as any other, the elf was on the shelf. It was the same bare, hard, wooden shelf that had been the elf’s place to be for nearly a whole year. The elf knew that it was now the busy time of year when all these mini humans needed to be spied on just to make sure that Santa put them on the right list! The clues were all there…
Christmas movies were on that talking box on the wall, Alexa and the mini humans were singing Christmas songs, sparkly lights were everywhere, the big humans were reminding the mini humans to behave because Santa was watching.
Sitting motionless for so long, forgotten at the back of the shelf, getting covered in dust, the elf was itching to get busy. The elf waited until the house was still and quiet and then jumped off the shelf…
Our songs for the Christmas Sing A Long are… * Vive Le Vent * Last Christmas
Follow the links below to listen to the tunes and to practise your singing!
Vive Le Vent words
Last Christmas music and words
P5 ONLY
Practise your words, song and poem. Hall Practice, Friday and Church, Wednesday this week.
The Nessy champion for this week Logan Cook with most time spent and most nuggets earned.
Will you be next week’s champion???
w/b 24/11/25
Numeracy work is focussed on + and –
-ion Worksheets have been given out for return by Friday Brush up on your mental maths skills using the games below
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families
Talk Time Homework
For the next few weeks we will be doing imaginative writing based around Elf On The Shelf.
This week we will be using our imaginations to invent our own Elf On The Shelf character.
Think about …
*name *age (remember it’s ELF years) *owned by *character /personality *physical description *hobbies *likes *dislikes *funniest prank *most dangerous prank *favourite holiday place …..
You can add any other info that you think is appropriate
Remember to THINK over your ideas at home so that you are READY to write on Friday.
to keep your reading and Tricky words work going!
The Nessy champion for this week Aaron Cook with most time spent and most nuggets earned.
Will you be next week’s champion???
P5 ONLY
Practise your words, song and poem. Hall Practice, Wednesday and Church, Thursday this week.
w/b 17/11/25
RESEARCH
This term, we are doing a novel study on ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Visit his website…
Watch some of the video below…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flf64WFaD_E The children have been given a research sheet on which to record…
5 INTERESTING Quentin Blake Facts
Use books or the internet to find 5 interesting facts about the illustrator Quinten Blake
Write your facts on your research sheet.
Who will find the most interesting fact?
Have a go at illustrating…
Log in to do assigned tasks and to take part in the Sumdog competition…
https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in
The Nessy champion for this week Brodie with most time spent and most nuggets earned.
Will you be next week’s champion???
with Tricky words and reading. Keep it up and remember to ask an adult to sign your reading marker.
P5 ONLY
Christmas Service Homework
IT’S NEARLY THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN…
This year, P5’s Christmas church service is called One World, One Light. We want to spread a message of community and companionship.
ALL P5 children should practice the song below…
One of our songs we are learning is Lean On Me by Bill Withers. Words only Lean On Me
Some children have Narrator parts and should work to… * learn their words OFF BY HEART, * speak in a nice, loud, clear voice and * speak slowly, taking note of punctuation.
w/b 10/11/25
This we we will continue to work on the ee phoneme and the different ways to make it.
Group – Watch the video and try the games
https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/games-206.htm
groups – watch the video and try the Spellzone games
https://www.spellzone.com/unit07/page8.cfm
Numeracy work will now focus on + and –
+ion Worksheets have been given out for return by Friday Brush up on your mental maths skills using the games below
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families
Talk Time Homework
In the story, George creates a marvellous medicine to give to his nasty grandma that will either cure her of her nastiness or send her through the roof!
This week we will be writing instructions for our own recipes.
Will it be a good or bad medicine?
What will the ingredients be… nice or nasty?
Think and talk about…
*an alliterative name for your recipe.
Mason’s Marvellous Magical Medicine
Chloe’s Crazy Crystals
*the equipment and materials that are needed. *any safety rules which must be followed. *the METHOD/steps that need to be taken to make the recipe and the order in which they must be done. *the verbs/action words required to explain EXACTLY what must be done at each step. SPRINKLE, MEASURE, STIR, BOIL, BEAT…etc.
*some adverbs to describe HOW the action has to be done…CAREFULLY, SLOWLY, FIRMLY, RAPIDLY…etc. *what the end result should be…think carefully about what your medicine is for.
REMEMBER…
Writing day is Friday.
to those children who have been working on their Tricky Words…
Keep working on them…remember to bring your book for a Check-up at least TWICE a week.
The Nessy champions for this week are Ali and Lyle with most time spent and most nuggets earned.
Will you be next week’s champion???
w/b 3/11/25
PLP Target Setting
Following from last week’s Talk Time homework, the children have set their targets in Literacy, Numeracy and HWB for this term. *Please discuss their targets and how YOU can help them to achieve them. *Fill in the highlighted parts ONLY and return to school by FRIDAY. Thank you.
ROUNDING to SUBTRACT
Round to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000
worksheet to be completed and returned by Friday.
Take the quiz below to check your Rounding skills…
Talk Time Homework
This week we will be writing instructions for how to carry out the science experiment which we will be doing on Wednesday.
On Wednesday or Thursday, think and talk about…
*the equipment and materials that were needed. *any safety rules which had to be followed. *the steps that were taken to carry out the experiment and the order in which they were done. *the verbs/action words required to explain EXACTLY what was done at each step. *what the end result was and why this happened?
***These are instructions for a SCIENCE experiment so think about any scientific words that we were used.
Writing day is Friday.
Here’s a video to watch. Why not try it at home too?
RESEARCH
This term, we will be doing a novel study on ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ by Roald Dahl. The children have been given a research sheet on which to record…
5 INTERESTING Roald Dahl Facts
Use books or the internet to find 5 interesting facts about Roald Dahl. Write your facts on your research sheet. Who will find the most interesting fact? Will it be YOU?
w/b 27/10/25
This we we will continue to work on the ai phoneme and the different ways to make it.
Group – Watch the video and try the games
https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/games-193.htm
groups – watch the video and try the games
https://www.spellzone.com/unit07/page2.cfm
Talk Time Homework
T2 Homework Task 1
This week we will be setting our learning targets for Literacy, Numeracy and HWB in our Personal Learning Plans.
Please talk with your child about things that they need to work on, improve or develop in each of these areas.
They should also think about what they ACTUALLY need to do to reach their targets.
Once complete, PLP’s will be sent home and parents can talk about targets set and record on the PLP what they could do at home to help.
Rounding to Add
Round to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000
worksheet to be completed and returned by Friday.
Keep going with … 
TRICKY WORDS and
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
w/b 20/10/25
Use the link below to log in. https://www.nessy.com/en-gb
TRICKY WORDS…
- Practise your TW at home. They are at the back of your homework jotter. Ask for a Check-Up when you are confident in spelling them correctly. Aim to have a Check-Up at least once a week but preferably more.
- All children now have a reading book. Please see the marker for pages to be read and sign when done. Books should be brought to school EVERY day as they are needed in class too.
- Some children also have word/sound walls too. These should also be practised nightly.
Talk Time Homework T1 Homework Task 3 This week we will continue writing… a recount of the visit to Dumfries House Please talk with your child about the visit to Dumfries House. They should think of question words WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN, HOW and be able to recount to you, in a logical sequence, the events of the visit. They should think about answering these questions:
- Why did we visit?
- How did we get there?
- What did we do when we got there?
- What activities did we take part in?
- Who led the groups?
- What did we learn?
- What is my opinion of the visit? Writing day is FRIDAY.
- NUMERACY
ESTIMATION and ROUNDING tasks have been assigned on Splashlearn. Please follow the steps below to allow FREE home access to the website…thanks to those who have already set it up.
- To enable your child to complete assigned tasks and access books at home, please sign up on SplashLearn for free Steps to set up home access
1. Go to https://uss.splashlearn.com/uss/WctPdGhg
2. Sign up for free and verify your email.
3. Enter class code: UFKBWD4. Select your child’s profile to complete setup. POP ART poster
Andy Warhol made pictures of POPULAR, everyday items. As part of our study on him, we are making a collage of things that are our favourite, everyday items using a power point page. To finish your poster, - log onto GLOW
- open EMAIL
- select the 9 DOT SQUARE on the top left heading
- select POWERPOINT to open your saved poster.
- add pictures and photos of things that are important to you
- email your finished poster to Mrs Burt
w/b 29/9/25
TRICKY WORDS…
- Practise your TW at home and ask for a Check-Up when you are confident in spelling them correctly. Aim to have a Check-Up at least once a week but preferably more.
- Try to read your Library book every night and remember to quiz on it.
- All children will be given a reading book this week with specific pages to read. Please check and sign the reading marker and ensure that reading books are brought to school each day to be used in class.
- Please talk with your child about what they think space is like.
- Listen to The Planets song for some inspiration… https://youtu.be/PCxjuDePdCI?feature=shared
- Think about ADJECTIVES to describe Space and the kind of events and activities that can happen in it. Think about words to describe its size, colour, texture, sound, temperature, shape, smell etc. e.g. Space is fiery when you are close to the sun with its hot, burning gases.
- Here are some ideas to get you started…
-
Let’s see who can think of some
adjectives. - NUMERACY
1. Go to https://uss.splashlearn.com/uss/WctPdGhg
2. Sign up for free and verify your email.
3. Enter class code: UFKBWD
4. Select your child’s profile to complete setup. Have a go at some of the tasks. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Each child will be given a ‘Work At Home’ jotter which should be kept in their bag and brought to school EVERY day.
This jotter can be used for homework tasks or any extra practice which the children or yourself feel that they need.
Please encourage your child to read or listen to stories read by you.
They have all chosen a Library book according to their Accelerated Reading ZPD number. Reading assessments done throughout the year means that their ZPD level can change.
Library books should be brought to school EVERY day.
Once a book has been read, the children can do a reading comprehension quiz in school or at home to check their understanding of what they have read.
Use the link below to access Star Reader and MYON…
Each child will be given a ‘Work At Home’ jotter which should be kept in their bag and brought to school EVERY day.
This jotter contains some ‘Tricky Words’ which they should practise learning to spell at home. When they are confident in spelling their words, they can have a wee Check Up in school and new words will be given.
The Spelling Strategy helper page is inside the front cover.
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
