Shirehampton
Weekly and termly home learning (homework)
At Shirehampton Primary School we recognise that pupils who have spent a busy structured day at school need time to relax and unwind at home and have an opportunity to play. We believe that home learning activities should be set but should not promote resentment, friction and conflict. Home learning should be meaningful used to effectively consolidate and/or extend what is learned in school.
We hope that children will feel a sense of personal satisfaction in a task completed well and that their efforts will be recognised and praised both at home and at school. We appreciate parental support with this.
This approach aims to support children’s growing perception about their ability to complete a task outside the school environment. It also fosters the skills of independent learning necessary for future life.
You can view our Home Learning policy here.
Home learning
Reading and Spellings
Children are expected to read at home 4 times per week. Please read with your child and sign their reading records. Reading records will be checked every Wednesday and library books can be changed every Wednesday.
Each child now also has access to an online library called 'MyOn'. Usernames and passwords are the same as TTRS. Reading on MyOn should still be recorded in reading records. This will be checked on the system by class teachers to ensure it is accurate.
Differentiated spelling will be sent home on a Wednesday and testing is on a Wednesday.
Please practice your times tables daily by using TT Rockstars or by writing them down. We recommend playing 5 minutes a day to maximise the retention of the multiplication facts. Our focus in year 3 is the 3,4 and 8 times tables.
A topic based home learning activity will be handed out at the end of each term. Children who complete their home learning will earn a reward during a lesson towards the end of term. If home learning isn't completed, the activity will have to be done in lesson time.
spellings and Phonics
spellings will be posted on this page termly. Please help your child practice by using Spelling Shed. The link can be found below.
We will be relooking at spelling groups in Week 1 of Term 5 and send out the terms spellings and update them here!
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Term 6 spellings
Mr Halligan's Spellings Term 6Miss Thomas' Spellings Term 6Miss Stephen's Spellings Term 6
Click for Year 3 Spelling Overview
termly homework
Please see the link below for details of the half term home learning tasks. Please be aware that every child that completes their home learning will be given a reward towards the end of term to celebrate the hard work that they have put into their learning outside of school.