Every child should be doing the following daily:

• Reading for 20 to 30 minutes (could be 10 minutes before school and then 10 minutes after school) and filling in their reading response books
• Practising their number bonds and/or times tables, and spellings

Homework is handed out on Thursdays and should be handed back in Tuesdays. This will consist of two pieces of work; one for Maths and one for English. The homework is linked to what they have learnt in class that week. Its purpose is to revise/re-visit the work, so that children can practise their skills and parents can see what they have been learning.

Useful things you can do to help your child at home:

• Get them to retell / recount a story or news report
• Measure ingredients whilst helping with the cooking
• Ask questions about what they have learnt that day
• Ask them questions about the time (How long…? At what time will…begin/finish? What will the time be in…minutes/hours?)
• Any real life situations (shopping, bus/train times, cooking, board games and museum/art gallery trips)