Homework week beginning 22nd September 

You can find the homework for this week below. Homework will be collected on Thursday. 

Primary 5 pupils must wear a yellow top with navy or black bottoms to school on a Tuesday for swimming. This is the school PE uniform required for all pupils. 

Red 

Spelling rule – sh is ci with root. 

music – musician  

space – spacious 

finance – financial 

electric – electrician 

magic – magician  

• Read chapter 9 from ‘Kaspar the Prince of Cats’ aloud with an adult at home. 

• Write five sentences containing your spelling rule words. 

Blue 

Phoneme sound consolidation – ie (field, shield, chief, etc), oe (toe, potatoes, poem, etc), ough (thought, cough, bought, etc.) 

Common words consolidation – begin, follow, often, letter, woman, write, answer, began, heat, page, walk, answer, picture, once, until. 

• Read some of chapter 9 from ‘Kaspar the Prince of Cats’ aloud with an adult at home. 

• Play some active spelling games using your phoneme words and common words (hang man, text detective, create a word search, etc). Pupils will know the kind of games to play to practise their spelling words. 

Green  

Phoneme sound – au (haunted, pause, cause, etc.) 

Common words – keep, because, week, when. 

• Read the first chapter of your book aloud with an adult. 

• Write down as many words you can think of containing your phoneme sound. 

• Write three sentences containing your common words. 

 

Numeracy 

Try some of the active addition and subtraction games below to practise your number skills. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/addition-and-subtraction 

Homework week beginning 15th September 

You can find the homework for this week below. Homework will be collected on Friday. Pupils should know their spelling groups. 

Red 

Common words 

Inside, clothes, interesting, garden, yesterday, swimming, sure, before, never, opened. 

• Read chapter 8 from ‘Kaspar the Prince of Cats’ aloud with an adult at home. 

• Write five sentences containing your common words. 

Blue 

Phoneme sound – ough (thought, cough, bought, etc.) 

Common words – walk, answer, picture, once, until. 

• Read some of chapter 8 from ‘Kaspar the Prince of Cats’ aloud with an adult at home. 

• Write down as many words you can think of containing your phoneme sound. 

• Write three sentences containing your common words. 

Green  

Phoneme sound – oi (coin, foil, moist, etc.) 

Common words – their, some, them, last. 

• Read a book of your own choice aloud with an adult at home. 

• Write down as many words you can think of containing your phoneme sound. 

• Write three sentences containing your common words. 

 

Numeracy 

Answer the questions below using the standard written method. 

Squares and Triangles 

1. 247+126
2. 426-115
3. 507+134
4. 328+132
5. 541+366
6. 733-115
7. 472+316
8. 709-654

Circles

1. 24+12
2. 46-15
3. 57+14
4. 32-12
5. 51+36
6. 73-15
7. 42+36
8. 79-64